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A major anthology of great Japanese short stories, now in Penguin Classics This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the...

Take the trip of a lifetime through poetry, journalism, historical fact, and science fiction with this daily anthology of travel writing. Travelling's never been easier. Wherever you are, find yourself...

A celebration of one of the most curious and playful literary groups of the twentieth century Brought together for the first time, here are 100 pieces of 'Oulipo' writing, celebrating...

From seven bestselling authors, including New York Times bestseller Kate Quinn, comes a gripping and vividly imagined novel following an epic struggle of rebellion against the might of Rome.Britannia: land...

Talking to Strangers is a freshly curated collection of prose, spanning fifty years of work and including famous as well as never-before-published early writings, from Man Booker Prize-finalist Paul Auster....

Author: Vivian Gornick Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 In her introduction to this year's The Best American Essays, guest editor Vivian Gornick states that her selections "contribute materially to...

A must-read collection for all music fans. Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times . From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the...

Jhumpa Lahiri's rich and varied selection of the greatest Italian writing of the twentieth century, now a Penguin Classics paperback This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over...

Author: David Galef Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'Destroy a nation, but its mountains and rivers remain.' Japanese Proverb This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations...

A lively and enchanting collection of much-loved tales, new to Penguin Classics Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously...

A spellbinding selection of short stories in the original Italian alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories...

Soon to be a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormakur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson. Only In Theaters July 12. A mesmerizing, panoramic story of one mans search to...

For decades, George R.R. Martin - bestselling author of A Song of Ice and Fire and creator of A GAME OF THRONES - has collaborated with an ensemble of science...

Penguin Classics relaunch After reading Christmas Carol, the notoriously reculsive Thomas Carlyle was \"seized with a perfect convulsion of hospitality\" and threw not one but two Christmas dinner parties. The...

'Captures moments in time like nothing else.' RICHARD E. GRANT 'Intimate . . . and rarely predictable.' MICHAEL PALIN 'Completely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.' STEPHEN FRY 'A volume to...

Now as sumptuously packaged as they are critically acclaimed- new deluxe trade paperback editions of the beloved stories. Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nights is based on...

Gilmore Girls hit our screens in 2000 and has been our autumn obsession ever since. There's a reason that Vogue calls it ' the quintessential autumn girl show' and that,...

In Letters of Note: Sex , Shaun Usher collects together some of the most noteworthy missives ever written on the subject, from euphemism-laden, flirtatious exchanges and desire-driven expressions of passion...

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From Ernest Hemingway's perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter's home-made gingerbread, The Writer's Table presents 50 of the world's best-loved authors' favourite recipes.In the style of books including A Room of...

A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, author of Matrix and The Vaster Wilds , and series editor Heidi Pitlor. "There have...

In this fascinating collection, Jenny Erpenbeck meditates on the disappearance and impermanence of things. Whether recalling the demolition of familiar places, the loss of a friendship, or a change in...

The word crip was once used to discriminate. Today, it is reclaimed and celebrated. Crip Stories is a gathering of vibrant and diverse experiences from disabled people. Bringing together memoir,...

Coming up in Granta 103, a brilliant investigation into the rise of the British jihad by Richard Watson, fiction from James Lasdun, Thamima Anam, Daniel Alarcon and Jennifer Haigh; poetry...