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Essays on American hegemony from the West's most prominent critic of US imperialism For over fifty years, one fact has dominated global politics- the United States can respond to any...

Ancient philosophy for modern life from Harvard's most popular professor - a Sunday Times Top 10 and International Bestseller The first book of its kind, The Path offers a profound...

Now a majo 2020 Hulu series starring Zoe Kravitz Nick Hornby's first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain...

The story of a young woman's journey through love, motherhood and loss in 1920s Ceylon Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper is newly married to a rich and charming widower, eager to join...

A celebration of one of the world's greatest writers, to mark the first ebook publication of his works in 2014 When a witch doctor prophesizes a plague of rabies, Marquis...

Marquez Day- A celebration of one of the world's most loved writers available in ebook for the first time In his younger days, Sim n Bolivar swept the Spanish back...

The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his...

Marquez Day- A celebration of one of the world's most loved writers available in ebook for the first time 'It was inevitable- the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016, a hypnotic tale of female sexuality, power and myth from the author of Swimming Home Two women arrive in a village on the...

'Return of the master . . . Having plumbed the devious depths of the Cold War, le Carre has done it again for our nasty new age' The Times An...

Exuberantly funny and deeply moving, a monumental American novel about family, identity and modern life Jacob and Julia Bloch have a problem. While they've been coaxing Jacob's grandfather into a...

THE paperback of 2014 - outstanding reviews, huge coverage, le Carre's most compelling novel in years A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony, Gibraltar....

A brilliant new novel about love and marriage, twenty years after the bestselling hit Essays in Love Modern love is never easy. Society is obsessed with stories of romance, but...

'Gripping. The master at her best' Daily Telegraph The No 1 bestseller 'Don't you dare be happy, you bastard. That's what I thought when I heard. Don't you dare be...

A stunning bestseller from the superstar of women's fiction 'Dammit,' she realized. 'I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.' Hot-shot magazine editor Lisa Edwards' career is destined for high-rise New...

A stunning bestseller from the superstar of women's fiction 'A wonderful, subtle, hilarious and highly sophisticated novel' Evening Standard The agent- Jojo, a high-flying literary agent on the up, has...

An exploration of human rationality from two ground-breaking thinkers Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful,...

Eight classic Chandler short stories, reissued now in B format It was in the pulp detective magazines of the 1930s that Raymond Chandler's definitive take on the hard-boiled detective story...

The classic Chandler mystery, reissued now in B format Philip Marlowe's on a case- his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin...

A beautiful repackage of Chandler's most famous and popular novel of all - part of the Chandler reissue series Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family....

A beautiful new jacket treatment, part of Penguin's reissue programme of Dahl's adult titles What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her...

A beautiful new jacket treatment, part of Penguin's reissue programme of Dahl's adult titles 'An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually...

July 2005 sees a major relaunch of Chandler's Philip Marlowe series to tie in with Harrogate Crime Festival. Down-and-out drunk Terry Lennox has a problem- his millionaire wife is dead...

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,...

Reissue of one of the best-known novels of the 20th century - the controversial story of Humbert Humbert who falls in love with twelve year old Lolita 'You can always...

The Top Ten bestselling authors of The Quantum Universe take us on an awe-inspiring journey of scientific exploration We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the...

Enter a sweet but sinister world where fact and fiction merge... 'My name is Eva, which means \"life\", according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born...

The renowned behavioural economist exposes the irrational tendencies in our thinking and illuminates the way to make clear, logical decisions Why are we more likely to forgo the opportunity to...

A funny, poignant snapshot of young adulthood from the much-loved author of The Catcher in the Rye Franny Glass and Lane Coutell are the perfect campus couple- beautiful, intelligent, their...

The Catcher in the Rye is J . D. Salinger's world-famous novel of disaffected youth. It's Christmas and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school. Fleeing the...

An exciting new cover design brings this essential existential classic into the twenty-first century Meursault leads an unremarkable, bachelor life in Algiers, but his sudden involvement in a violent confrontation...

The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation 'Life is but a slow, drawn-out process of getting your...

Why has Aristotle had such an astounding influence on the world? What are his key ideas? What can he still teach us today? There is in Athens a rather plain...

The classic dystopian novel from Sweden, written at the midpoint between Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four Leo Kall is a zealous, middle-ranking scientist in the totalitarian World State who...

The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times number 1 bestseller The Girls Who Disappeared Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London...

A brand-new fantasy adventure for fans of AN EMBER IN THE ASHES, SHADOW AND BONE and THE GILDED ONES. Now a New York Times bestseller and soon to be a...

A practical guide to the life-changing benefits of meditation from leading Buddhist master Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche, the leading Buddhist monk in the UK, shares his collected wisdom on how...

A beautiful new collection of poetry from one of Britain's best-loved poets From 'Adultery in Isolation' to 'After You. No, After You' to 'Seaside Staycation,' a new collection from one...

A stand-out new YA romance from the number 1 bestselling author of Everything, Everything - this is Dirty Dancing with a supernatural twist. Evie is disillusioned about love ever since...

A foundational work of Black Radical critical theory, now to be widely available here for the first time Any struggle must be fought on a people's own terms, argues Cedric...

An uproarious exploration of Carribean immigrant experience from one of the great writers of the twentieth century Moses thinks he's got it made. Originally a poor Caribbean immigrant, he is...

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and irresistible memoir of life in and out of the kitchen Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with...

The poignant story of an outsider falsely accused of murder from the celebrated author of the Maigret series She was beautiful, full of vitality, and he was sixteen years older,...

Build a practical positive mental health strategy in the workplace from Penguin Business Expert James Routledge One in five people are experiencing mental health problems right now. Stress, anxiety and...

One of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it 'We are able to imagine anything because we...

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet- her children Shirley Jackson skewered the trials...

John Kenneth Galbraith, one of America's foremost economists, follows the incredible economic rise and fall that lead to the great crash of 1929 No account of the financial insanity of...

A brilliant science-fiction satire from one of the best writers of the twentieth century Dr Felix Hoenikker - a father of the atomic bomb - has another creation. Far more...