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Cats converse with people; fish tumble from the sky... A bewitching and wildly inventive novel from a master stylist *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS,...

A new translation of Dostoyevsky's great novel of suffering and sickness Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Dostoyevsky set out to create a protagonist with \"a truly beautiful soul\"...

The perfect recipe for children's picture book classic - a mischievous mutt and bathtime. Harry is a black and white dog who hates having a bath - so when he...

A sensitive portrayal of the healing process that took place in the aftermath of the First World War, J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country includes an introduction by Penelope...

Eusebius is regarded as *the* historian of Christian antiquity Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned...

Stylish and open-hearted, this is a very different kind of love story, elevated and energised by being set in the world of creativity and video gaming THE BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'I...

The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century The definitive translation of one of the greatest French novels of the twentieth century In the opening volume...

The best poetic version of The Odyssey to have appeared this century - Hugh Lloyd-Jones Penelope has been waiting for her husband Odysseus to return from Troy for many years....

'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' John Ezard, Guardian 'Probably more...

Anais Nin's Delta of Venus is a stunning collection of sexual encounters from the queen of literary erotica. From Mathilde's lust-filled Peruvian opium den to the Hungarian baron driven insane...

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...

Meet Ignatius J. Reilly- flatulent, eloquent and pretty much unemployable . . . The ordinary folk of New Orleans seem to think he is unhinged as well. Ignatius ignores them...

Sendak's much-loved favourite, a best-seller and an acknowledged classic of twentieth-century children's picture books. One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another,...

This volume contains several other essays, including lyrical evocations of the sunlit cities of Algiers and Oran. In this profound and moving philosophical statement, Camus poses the fundamental question- Is...

Huge swathes of people spend their days performing tasks they secretly believe are not really necessary. This book shows why, and what we can do about it Back in 1930,...

A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. 'Destined to become a new classic' Chris Kraus A...

Launching a major new paperback series- Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 'The frail gunwales bent in, collapsed, and snapped, as both jaws,...

Rilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now in Penguin Classics At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a...

Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is both a masterpiece of journalism and a powerful crime thriller. Inspired by a 300-word article in The New York Times, Capote spent six years...

"I think this version is terrific. The light enjambed English hexameters are a great success. The effect is properly propulsive." - Prof A D Nuttall, Oxford Ovid's deliciously witty and...

Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before short stories from the bestselling author of the Outlander series. Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before...

A groundbreaking work on the root causes of addiction - and how to heal it - from the legendary Dr Gabor Mate To heal addiction, you have to go back...

A groundbreaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time' (Oliver Sacks) Why do human beings behave as they do? 'Awe-inspiring......

A magnificent Icelandic epic by the 'Tolstoy of the North' First published in 1946, this is a humane, epic novel set in rural Iceland. Bjartus is a sheep farmer determined...

Bestselling author and clinician Gabor Mate proposes a radical new theory on the ADD epidemic Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers...

The classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings. The classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings....

The unmissable new mystery in the bestselling, record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series by Richard Osman Who's got time to think about murder when there's a wedding to plan? It's been...

This groundbreaking bestseller describes a simple and effective way to let go of challenges from world-renowned author, psychiatrist, clinician, spiritual teacher, and researcher of consciousness, David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D....

Solzhenitsyn's masterwork about those who dared to oppose Stalin and the lives shaped, devastated and wasted by the Soviet regime. Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile....

Robin Kirkpatrick's superb translation of the most famous work of Italian literature, in a one-volume edition The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his...

Learn to draw with fun 5-minute drawing lessons for kids ages 6-12! Learn to draw with fun 5-minute drawing lessons for kids ages 6-12! Perfect for budding artists and kids...

The book that redefined our understanding of the legacy of European colonialism and empire, now reissued with a new PMC jacket 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer In this highly acclaimed...

'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, Observer Following the events of one single day in Dublin, the 16th June 1904, and what...

A dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream and the price required to make it come true from international bestseller Fredrik Backman Beartown is a small...

The groundbreaking idea that some systems actually benefit from shocks, and how to expose ourselves to them - now in paperback In The Black Swan Taleb outlined a problem, and...

The internationally bestselling and prize-winning history of German life in the fallout of the Third Reich, filled with eye-opening, shocking and vitally human stories of ruin, repression and revival. THE...

A groundbreaking text of educational philosophy and social reform, now in Penguin Modern Classics This seminal text argues that the perceived passivity of the poor is the direct result of...

A glorious history of the jewel-like city on the Adriatic which was a melting-pot of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian culture. Winner of the 2020 Duff Cooper Prize In 402...

A moving, revelatory story about one of the world's great museums and art's capacity to heal, by a writer who spent a decade as a museum guard. ** THE NEW...

The Myths series gathers a diverse group of the finest writers of our time to provide a contemporary take on our most enduring myths. From the outset the idea was...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series- all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton and introduced by our finest contemporary writers 'Jane...

The first in the thrilling Fallen Academy series, sitting at the sweet spot between romantasy and dark academia, with an apocalyptic war between angels and demons thrown in for good...

Aristotole's examination of the nature of happiness In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle sets out to examine the nature of happiness. He argues that happiness consists in 'activity of the soul...

A high concept thriller and genre busting classic, now a major motion picture starring Matt Damon _________________________ A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the...

A major new BBC TV drama brings Anne Frank's extraordinary diary to a whole new generation. In July 1942, thirteen-year-old Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi...

Elegant and rich Persian poetry Thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Jelaluddin Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His inspirational...

A novel based on the incredible true story of Stefania Podg rska, a Polish teenager who hid 13 Jews in her attic during WW2. DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL WHO GIVE...

This collection captures the essence of a remarkable woman, one of the foremost thinkers of our century Simone Weil was one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century- a...