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The Only Suspect: An ingenious psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Our Holiday

The Only Suspect: An ingenious psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Our Holiday

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Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND...
Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in

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Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...
Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

Command: The Politics of Military Operations from Korea to Ukraine

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A new history of command from 'one of Britain's foremost military thinkers' (Observer) Throughout history, the concept of command - as both a way to achieve objectives and as an...
Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West

Why Empires Fall: Rome, America and the Future of the West

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Why did Rome fall - and what can it teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist investigate Over the last three centuries,...
The Penguin History of Modern Spain: 1898 to the Present

The Penguin History of Modern Spain: 1898 to the Present

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A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first, drawing on a wealth of Spanish-led historical scholarship never before seen in English 'Spain is different,'...
This Land: The Struggle for the Left

This Land: The Struggle for the Left

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#1 Bestselling author of Chavs and The Establishment returns with an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes next We live in an age of upheaval....
Democracy Rules

Democracy Rules

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One of our most essential political thinkers offers a vital account of democracy in the twenty-first century After the acrimony of Brexit, the shock of Trump, and the continued pull...
How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance

How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance

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How can we stop the spread of fascism? The bestselling author of PostCapitalism offers a guide to resisting the far right The far right is on the rise across the...
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom

The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom

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A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose...
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

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A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people...
Shattered

Shattered

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From Hanif Kureishi, author of The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed 'A few days ago, a bomb went off in my life, but...
HOPE: The Autobiography

HOPE: The Autobiography

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The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously....
The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future

The Taiwan Story: How a Small Island Will Dictate the Global Future

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In this urgent book, we learn why a small island in the East China Sea will be central to the world's future An urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters...
The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

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The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades By the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of...
Scaffolding

Scaffolding

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The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'The Susan Sontag of her generation' Deborah Levy The story of two couples who live in...
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the

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From one of the world's most prominent thinkers comes an urgent warning of the threat that US power poses to humanity's future The land of the free. The home of...
The Trading Game: A Confession

The Trading Game: A Confession

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The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the...
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

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The celebrated CNN journalist and leading global commentator examines how COVID-19 will fundamentally reshape our world Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its...
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition

The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first

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The definitive history, now revised and updated with a new final chapter covering Russia's role in the world in 2020 Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror...
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great

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The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to...
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

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The definitive story of the Great Financial Crisis and how it continues to haunt our lives In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers,...
The Impossible Thing

The Impossible Thing

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How do you find something that doesn't exist? Find out, in the most joyful mystery of 2025... 'A perfect crime caper.' Woman & Home 'Comic, thrilling and ultimately moving.' The...
Flesh

Flesh

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From Booker-shortlisted author David Szalay, comes a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp 'A revelatory novel' Sunday Times 'Brilliance...
Confessions

Confessions

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'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...
Table For Two

Table For Two

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From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A...
Funny Story

Funny Story

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Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday...
The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

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The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business...
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

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A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINE From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie,...
Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

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A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the

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The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history...
Becoming

Becoming

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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwide Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self,...
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

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From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

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A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities and histories in violent collision Milad is five years old and excited for his school...
Pandora's Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies That Broke Television

Pandora's Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies That Broke Television

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From the author of the 'stone-cold classic' Easy Riders, Raging Bulls comes a blockbuster follow-up- the inside story of television's epic transformation The revolution has been televized. From The Sopranos...
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire

The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good

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A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. You know...
Be Useful: Seven tools for life

Be Useful: Seven tools for life

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Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof *Featuring new bonus material Arnold Schwarzenegger's 77 Lessons...
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy

Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became

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The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

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A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and the new 'Reiwa' Era Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one...
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

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We can all treat history with more respect. If we do, we might find that the cure for the Russia Anxiety is within reach ... Russia is an exceptional country,...
Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel,

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'Excellent ... A detailed, even-handed account of the world's most intractable and damaging political dispute' Sunday Times Ever since the Ottoman Empire was defeated and British colonial rule began in...
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress

Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and

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One of the world's greatest thinkers tells the heroic story of human progress - and why we neglect it at our peril Is modernity really failing? Or have we failed...
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

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A New York Times bestseller and recommended by Bill Gates- Jared Diamond's visionary exploration of how nations cope with trauma and crisis, why some recover, and others don't. In his...
Funny Story

Funny Story

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Set over one sizzling summer, FUNNY STORY is a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the...
Paris Echo

Paris Echo

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb' OBSERVER 'Cunningly crafted' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Faulks is doing what he does best' SUNDAY TIMES In the depths of the archive, Hannah dances with the ghosts...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

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Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world 'When I'd slept enough, I'd be okay. I'd be renewed, reborn.' This...
The Green Road

The Green Road

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A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner. A book about family, selfishness and compassion on Ireland's Atlantic coast, from the Booker Prize-winner....
My Year of Rest and Relaxation: The cult New York Times bestseller

My Year of Rest and Relaxation: The cult New York Times bestseller

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A deliciously dark satire on modern privilege from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Eileen (and enfant terrible of American fiction), Ottessa Moshfegh Read THE razor-sharp satire that everyone on TikTok...
Enter Ghost

Enter Ghost

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A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare...