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From one of America's most celebrated writers, the moving, eye-opening bestseller about power, history and what lies hidden under the surface of ordinary lives 'The hierarchy of caste is not...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert reveals how climate battles and energy revolutions are mapping our future A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and...

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time...

An era-defining, agenda-setting call for trans liberation which will reshape our current conversation on transgender rights Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up...

A dramatic and powerful call for a new approach to society and government, using the determined co-ordination of the moon landings as a blueprint for change The extraordinary efforts that...

The dark, compelling history of a colonial witch-hunt, from the author of Witchfinders In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock...

'Fiercely argued and timely' (New Yorker), this is a must-read for the #MeToo era from a rising star philosopher Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood. What is...

A searing analysis of the disturbing trends in universities and a must read for parents everywhere. Have good intentions, over-parenting and the decline in unsupervised play led to the emergence...

A magnificent reckoning of how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone all over the world, and what can be done to save it We are...

'Celebrates human cognitive diversity, and is rich with empathy and psychological insight' Steven Pinker Why can humans alone invent? In this book, psychologist and world renowned autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen...

A renowned complexity scientist promotes a revolution to make economic predictions more scientific, allowing us to build a better world We live in an age of increasing complexity, where accelerating...

Grayson Perry's irreverent, acclaimed look at the art world, now published in paperback Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that...

A beguiling, human history of colour by one of art history's most exciting voices The world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as...

Everything you need to know to start doing physics - and nothing more This is the ultimate master class in modern physics. World-class physicist and father of string theory Leonard...

New edition of this bestselling work from a world-renowned psychotherapist Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her whole life raking over a...

In his introduction, John Keegan discusses Churchill's historical methods and the extraordinary achievement of The Second World War. This volume also includes appendices, an index, maps and diagrams. Winston Churchill's...

Steinbeck's lyrical and moving novel, now in an elegant clothbound edition The Pearl is Steinbeck's flawless parable about wealth and the evil it can bring. When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver,...

The searing, tragic French classic in a gorgeous clothbound edition Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of...

Dickens's great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful new clothbound edition This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts...

Rudyard Kipling's best-loved work, now available in a beautiful new clothbound edition The story of Mowgli, the man-cub who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India,...

Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the...

Discover Dante's original Inferno - the inspiration for Dan Brown's new novel - in this modern and acclaimed Penguin translation Describing Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide,...

Hardy's first Wessex novel, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are...

A super-special 10th anniversary edition of the first gripping, award-winning mystery starring schoolgirl detectives, Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong. With new never seen before bonus content! A super-special 10th anniversary...

The fantastic new mystery from the author of Murder Most Unladylike. Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong have returned to Deepdean for a new school term, but nothing is the same....

If a kid is trying to make you read this book, the kid is playing a trick on you. You will end up saying silly things and making everybody laugh...

A disoriented and confused young woman looks back on her life and her place in the world. New to Penguin Modern Classics G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room...

The collected poems of Lewis Carroll, newly edited by Gillian Beer and published in a beautiful clothbound edition 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in...

Beautifully designed clothbound edition of this brilliant translation Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth...

First time published individually in Modern Classics, alongside CLAUDIUS THE GOD Despised for his weakness and regarded by his family as little more than a stammering fool, the nobleman Claudius...

When an unbridled schoolmistress with advanced ideas is in her prime the classroom can take on a new identity and no one can predict what will happen. Jean Brodie is...

The acclaimed Top Ten Bestseller that tells you everything you need to know about your dog 'Every dog lover, dog owner or prospective dog buyer should read this book' John...

The 50,000 copy bestseller, soon to be a major Spielberg film In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows...

'Is it possible to read a book about the men who profited from the financial crisis and enjoy it so much that you laugh out loud? In the hands of...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth...

New look for two of the 20th century's most important novels Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out...

An astonishing new collection of poems from one of the most brilliant and iconic artists in contemporary culture Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's first book of new poetry since...

Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006 In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house - home to three people and a dog....

'Greene threatens to do for string theory what Stephen Hawking did for black holes' New York Magazine 'A magnificent challenge to conventional ideas' Financial Times 'I thoroughly enjoyed this book....

An edition to mark Slinky Malinki's 30th anniversary! Slinky Malinki steals anything from a clothes peg, to a slipper, to a string of sausages, to a clock! Our hero is...

New critical introduction, outlining the novel's publishing history, and discussing its reception, the character of Little Nell, Dickens's style, and the illustrations The tale of Little Nell gripped the nation...

Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense, new to Penguin Classics Jane Austen's earliest writing dates from when she was just...

Following the enormous success of HITLER- HUBRIS this book triumphantly completes one of the great modern biographies. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical understanding...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE Men as they really are... An ingenious book from the exceptional Granta Best Young British Novelist SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE...

A new reissue series of Martin Amis's novels to mark his 70th birthday THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE OSCAR WINNING FILM Amidst the horrors of Auschwitz, German officer, Angelus Thomsen,...

A provocative novel about the desire and duty to procreate, from the author of the critically acclaimed How Should A Person Be? 'Confronts the philosophical questions raised by childbearing and...

A tale of trust, betrayal, love and evil starring the hugely popular ex-Sith-Jedi female bounty hunter. Asajj Ventress. Based on unproduced episodes of Star Wars- The Clone Wars, this thrilling...