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Burke's hugely influential work - particularly in art - on the sublime and the beautiful Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely...

A collection of Bacon's vibrant, intelligent essays covering subjects ranging from ambition to the vicissitude of things One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...

Now with a new chapter, On Being Ninety- a memoir of ageing, memory, and time, written by one of the twentieth century's greatest writers at the age of eighty 'The...

Is there still anything to live for? Is anything worth pursuing, apart from money, love and caring for one's own family? 'Is there still anything to live for? Is anything...

The broadcasting memoirs of Sir David Attenborough, the world's leading Natural History programme-maker - revised and updated in mass market paperback Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker....

MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR A gripping tale of espionage and ambition, where the future of a nation is being decided in a remote SA desert during the darkest days of...

The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun. The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household...

Britain's greatest science writer comprehensively rebuts the creationists by pulling together the incontrovertible evidence for evolution Charles Darwin's masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, shook society to its core on...

Bill Gates' favourite scientist is on a mission to make facts matter Is flying dangerous? How much do the world's cows weigh? And what makes people happy? From earth's nations...

The beautiful and moving follow-up to the acclaimed Cider with Rosie 'The stooping figure of my mother, waist-deep in the grass and caught there like a piece of sheep's wool,...

A singular journey through the visionary world of Kafka and its captivating mysteries, now in Penguin Modern Classics What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbols? Things that...

A remarkable retelling of Hindu mythology, from one of Europe's greatest literary figures In Ka, Roberto Calasso delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature recreating and re-imagining the enchanting...

THE EXPERT ON EXPERTS SHOW US WHAT IT TAKES TO MASTER ANY SKILL What could a lacemaker have in common with vascular surgeons? A Savile Row tailor with molecular scientists?...

An authoritative rethinking of global history by a leading Yale professor When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale...

A new translation of Calvino's influential last work Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his...

A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement in Australia by Booker Prize-winning author Tom Keneally. A brilliant recreation of the first four years of white settlement...

An incisive and deeply practical essay from the acclaimed author of Don't Touch My Hair Stop the denial Stop the false equivalencies Interrogate whiteness Interrogate capitalism Denounce the white Saviour...

A delightful intellectual adventure that brings together physics and ancient philosophy Could there be a civilization on a mote of dust? How much of your fate have you made? Who...

The last book by one of Britain's most prominent public intellectuals is a superbly insightful and moving exploration of Wagner's last opera Wagner's last music-drama tells the story of Parsifal,...

An extremely funny scene-by-scene analysis of the Richard Burton/Clint Eastwood film Where Eagles Dare - published as the film approaches its 50th anniversary Where Eagles Dare is both a thrillingly...

A clear and trustworthy guide to understanding statistics, a perennial bestseller now fully revised and updated. This book is written for anyone who needs or wants to know how statistics...

Baldwin's last, unrealized project comes to life, using his original words to create a radical, powerful and poetic work on race in the United States To compose his stunning documentary...

An enlightening anthology of George Orwell's journalism and non-fiction writing Famous for his novels and essays, Orwell remains one of our very best journalists and commentators. Confronting social, political and...

A TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2019- the astonishing story of how culture enabled us to become the most successful species on Earth Humans are a planet-altering force. Our closest living...

A poetic, practical, raw and almost miraculously detailed picture of an ancient way of life struggling to survive and to be reborn - New Statesman As a boy, James Rebanks's...

The definitive history of a divided Europe, from the aftermath of the Second World War to the present After the overwhelming horrors of the first half of the 20th century,...

The acclaimed historical portrait of the love triangle between an opera star, a writer and an impresario - and their role in Europe's 19th-century cultural Renaissance The Europeans is a...

The provocative historical work on social economy, demography and population control Malthus' life's work on human population and its dependency on food production and the environment was highly controversial on...

One of 'the best artistic jokes of the century', this is both madcap cookbook and Futurist manifesto Part manifesto, part artistic joke, Fillippo Marinetti's Futurist Cookbook is a provocative work...

A searing account of George Orwell's observations of working-class life in the bleak industrial heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire in the 1930s, The Road to Wigan Pier is a brilliant...

In what remains one of his most seminal papers, Freud considers the incompatibility of civilisation and individual happiness, and the tensions between the claims of society and the individual. We...

The widely acclaimed author of The New Black returns with this brilliant exploration of madness What separates the sane from the mad? How can we tell them apart? And what...

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau In a short period - from the early 1640s to...

A selection of Cicero's philosophical writings on 'the good life', in a lively new translation by Thomas Habinek In the first century BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator, statesman, and defender...

Plato's riveting account of the trial and death of Socrates, in a new translation by Christopher Rowe 'Consider just this, and give your minds to this alone- whether or not...

Sallust (86-c. 35 bc) is the earliest Roman historian of whom complete works survive, a senator of the Roman Republic and younger contemporary of Cicero, Pompey and Julius Caesar. His...

Recently updated and expanded volume of the landmarks of ancient literary criticism The works collected in this volume have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world- they...

A satirical, witty text from the greatest humanist of the Renaissance Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval...

Two of Nietzsche's final and most devastating works 'Twilight of the Idols', an attack on all the prevalent ideas of his time, offers a lightning tour of his whole philosophy....

Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the...

A selection of Cicero's speeches and letters, which have had a profound effect on the Western liberal tradition of political thought Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, Cicero...

Tacitus' Annals of Imperial Rome recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity...

A new selection of Swift's witty, acerbic and polemical prose The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of...

Reflections by the creator of the essay form display the humane, skeptical, humorous, and honest views of Montaigne, revealing his thoughts on sexuality, religion, cannibals, intellectuals, and other unexpected themes....

Hemingway's journal of a month on safari in East Africa. This is Hemingway's East African safari journal. 'All I wanted to do was get back to Africa' Green Hills of...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'It will have blood, they say- blood will have blood.' On a bleak, stormy night, three witches prophesy- Macbeth...

With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, this is a must-have book for all ages With over 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable...

After the phenomenal success of Salad comes its long-awaited companion, More Salad , by the Two Raw Sisters. Margo and Rosa see the kitchen as a place to have fun...