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Cicero's reflections upon the way to a live a good life For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at once a life of contentment and...

Penguin Classics relaunch 'Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains' These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate...

One of the greatest historical records of fourteenth-century England and France The Chronicles of Froissart (1337-1410) are one of the greatest contemporary records of fourteenth-century England and France. Depicting the...

'He has everything - pleasantry, seriousness, reason, vigour, pathos, eloquence of every kind' Voltaire A French courtier, secret agent, libertine and adventurer, Beaumarchais (1732-99) was also author of two sparkling...

A collection of four of the finest Greek plays The four tragedies collected in this volume all focus on a central character, once powerful, brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt...

Penguin Classics relaunch Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that...

One of the most influential - and best loved - spiritual autobiographies Born in the Castilian town of vila in 1515, Teresa entered the Carmelite convent of the Incarnation when...

W. F. Jackson Knight's prose translation captures the vitality and music of the original, while his introduction discusses Virgil's life and literary career, and his poetic style and vision. Aeneas...

Xenophon's account of the Greek war with Persia through the eyes of a young Athenian searching for his destiny abroad In The Persian Expedition, Xenophon, a young Athenian noble who...

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...

One of the best-known pieces of detective fiction and probably the most popular of all Holmes stories The terrible spectacle of the beast, the fog of the moor, the discovery...

A collection of some of Holmes' most challenging cases - and his first encounter with Moriarty This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance...

The famous Gothic novel from Ann Radcliffe From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her...

Definitive text in paperback IVANHOE (1819) was the first of Scott's novels to adopt a purely English subject and was also his first attempt to combine history and romance, which...

Penguin Classics relaunch Wilde was both a glittering wordsmith and a social outsider. His drama emerges out of these two perhaps contradictory identities, combining epigrammatic brilliance and shrewd social observation....

First time this book has been published as a Penguin Classic Ambrosio, the worthy superior of the Capuchins of Madrid, falls to the temptations of Matilda, a fiend-inspired wanton who,...

Penguin Classics relaunch The work of a young novelist at the height of his powers, NICHOLAS NICKLEBY is one of the touchstones of the English comic novel. Around the central...

'I am only just returned to a sense of real wonder about me, for I have been reading Villette - There is something preternatural about its power' George Eliot With...

Penguin Classics relaunch Mary Barton, the daughter of disillusioned trade unionist, rejects her working-class lover Jem Wilson in the hope of marrying Henry Carson, the mill owner's son, and making...

Penguin Classics relaunch. When her father leaves the Church, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the North of England. Initially...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin...

Born in Newgate prison and abandoned six months later, Moll's drive to find and hold on to a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery, bigamy, prostitution and...

Alan Ryan's anthology provides the perfect introduction to an enormously significant philosophical movement, aiming for "the greatest happiness for the greatest number" One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of...

Byron's exotic poem on the love life and adventures of Don Juan Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the...

A generous selection from the most charismatic and infamous of the Romantic poets Described as 'Mad, bad and dangerous to know' by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord...

A major new assessment of one of the most controversial topics in history The Bible observes that God made humanity 'for a while a little lower than the angels'. If...

The author of She-Wolves chronicles the lives and reigns of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose rivalry brought their nation to the brink of disintegration - and back...

The final instalment of N.A.M. Rodger's authoritative trilogy on Britain's naval history. At the end of the French and Napoleonic wars, British sea-power was at its apogee. But by 1840,...

A riotous biography of the charismatic ruler of eighteenth century Poland and Saxony, and his catastrophic reign Both King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, Augustus is one of the...

A brilliant, paradigm-shifting global survey of how human history has reshaped the planet, and vice versa over the last 500 years In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has...

Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories...

The extraordinary story of modern Europe on the move. A striking characteristic of modern Europe has been the extreme fluidity of its populations. Whether through war, state policy or a...

The real story behind the mercurial Masayoshi Son, who has three times lost and made tens of billions of dollars Gambling Man is the biography of one of the world's...

Ottolenghi's first brand-new major cookbook since the era-defining Ottolenghi SIMPLE and Ottolenghi FLAVOUR. With over 100 evocative, irresistible recipes alongside stories of childhood and home. Make a recipe a few...

A major new reinterpretation of the religious superstate that defined both Europe and Christianity, by one of our foremost medieval historians In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded...

#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....

"Well researched and riveting...The struggle of these four men against totalitarian injustice was noble, and this book memorializes it superbly."-The Wall Street Journal The untold story of four special operations...

Mein Kampf was first published in two volumes in 1925-6 and sold between eight and nine million copies during Hitler's lifetime, as well as being widely translated. It is the...

Featuring plant and bird directories illustrated with superb colour photographs and line drawings, as well as comprehensive planting tables and expert advice, this book has all you need to create...

The bestselling, multi-award winning, author of East, Fresh India and Made in India, Meera Sodha, is back with her much anticipated fourth book, Dinner FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EAST,...

A propulsive narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters. How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants of concentration...

Grow annual and perennial crops following permaculture principles on design, sustainability, and polyculture For a beautiful, productive, and edible paradise, transform your approach to growing with The Permaculture Garden -Create...

Air fryers save you time and money. Now discover just how delicious air frying can really be, with Jamie . . . Whether you're new to air frying or an...

An instant New York Times bestseller, this is an unforgettable story about a cat, love and loss from a highly acclaimed writer Caleb Carr lived with cats ever since he...

A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive us Just as surgeons once believed pain was good for their patients,...

Everything you need to know to make your own clothing and soft furnishings with a sewing machine Everything you need to know to sew your own clothes and home furnishings....

A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change It has become habitual to think of our...

From the UK's 'statistical national treasure', a clever and data-driven guide to how we can live with risk and uncertainty We live in a world where uncertainty is inevitable. How...