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Only widely-available edition of Khayyam's lyrical poetry Revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, Omar Khayyam is now known first and foremost for his Ruba'iyat. The short...

R. J. Hollingdale's selection structures Nietzsche's writings according to theme to give the fullest possible sense of the depth and scope of this extraordinary writer. The literary career of Friedrich...

Rousseau's autobiography, giving a unique insight into the mind and life of one of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is...

The verses have influenced artists from the Renaissance onwards, from Botticelli to Shelley and Tennyson, Andre Gide and Stravinsky. Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in...

A new edition of the last volume in Trollope's most popular series of novels When Reverend Josiah Crawley, the impoverished curate of Hogglestock, is accused of theft it causes a...

This edition is based on the first one-volume publication of Barnaby Rudge, reproducing all the original illustrations. Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots...

A tale of inheritance and destiny, this is the story Dickens considered his best The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic,...

The Comic masterpiece that catapulted the 24 year old Dickens to fame THE PICKWICK PAPERS began as a literary spoof centred around sketches of stock sporting fops by caricaturist Robert...

Penguin Classics relaunch. THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE was written towards the beginning of Hardy's career as a novelist and can be considered one of his most representative works. In...

Penguin Classics relaunch. When HMS Beagle sailed out of Devonport on 27 December 1831, Charles Darwin was twenty-two and setting off on the voyage of a lifetime. His journal, here...

Over the course of his short life, John Keats (1795-1821) honed a raw talent into a brilliant poetic maturity. By the end of his brief career, he had written poems...

**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature** The brilliant new collection of stories by the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize **Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**...

The thrilling follow-up to Jo Nesbo's #1 bestseller Phantom, in which Oslo police officers are being targeted by a brutal killer An edge-of-your seat Harry Hole page-turner you won't be...

An enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family where one before did not exist. He is...

'This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met' J K Rowling 'This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met' J K Rowling...

'The last major event in the history of the novel' Italo Calvino In this ingenious book Perec creates an entire microcosm in a Paris apartment block. Serge Valene wants to...

'A charming and original work... The parable itself is extremely relevant' The Times 'A charming and original work... The parable itself is extremely relevant' The Times iDEATH is a place...

The collected stories by one of the greatest short-story writers in the world. These slow, beautiful stories - resolute and resonant - are small masterpieces- apparently simple but actually crafted...

Travel back to a vanished world with the celebrated children's history series The Aztec Empire had been blessed by the gods. Its pyramid temples were warmed by the sun, its...

Their love was written in the stars, but how is Lia to move on when death trumps fate? Everything I Promised You is an emotionally raw and romantic YA novel...

From Ali Novak, author of the internationally bestselling novel and Netflix series My Life with the Walter Boys, comes the first book in an exciting repackage of her contemporary romance...

How do we take in the beauty of our planet while processing the losses? What trees can survive in the city? Which animals can survive in the wild? How do...

From bestselling saga author Catherine Cookson, this is gripping historical novel about family, secrets and love. Readers of Dilly Court or Katie Flynn will love Catherine Cookson. Even the approach...

In the sixth book in James Patterson's NYPD Red series, the wedding of the century invites the most brazen kidnapper in New York City to make the bride disappear. At...

Mark Haddon's bestselling The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is an unusual detective story written from the perspective of an autistic boy. Christopher is 15 and lives...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Tony Birch, Smoke Encrypted Whispers is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that...

A collection of three new chapters from the internationally bestselling, award-winning WONDER story. The multi-million-copy bestseller WONDER showed how choosing kindness and empathy can change the lives of those around...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'We that are true lovers run into strange capers.' Banished from her ambitious uncle's court, the lovesick Rosalind flees...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.' When Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, discovers his father was murdered, he...

STAGED- Timeless tropes, enduring stories - a new Puffin Classics collection 'The course of true love never did run smooth ...' Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or...

Roald Dahl's canon of family stories and poetry with collectable new covers featuring Quentin Blake's iconic illustrations and archive material provided by the Roald Dahl Museum. It was truly the...

An explosive YA thriller from international bestselling author of One of Us is Lying. The Storys are the envy of their neighbours- owners of the largest property on their East...

Maigret struggles to accept an old case whose conclusion still haunts him At a dinner party, Maigret recounts an old case in which Adrien Josset is found guilty and executed...

Maigret takes over as author and gives a rare glimpse into the legendary character's psyche I can still see Simenon coming into my office the next day, pleased with himself,...

A special film tie-in edition of the internationally bestselling book, packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes content. NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JULIA ROBERTS AND OWEN WILSON. This exclusive special edition...

The follow up YA thriller from the author of the international bestseller One of Us is Lying. The follow up YA thriller from the author of the international bestseller One...

'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show' Dickens's epic, exuberant...

Woolf's innovative modernist novel Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form...

Sue Bridehead, his last heroine, is an extaordinarily complex woman - an English Emma Bovary or Anna Karenina. Jude Fawley, the stonemason excluded not by his wits but by poverty...

First published in 1948, Cry The Beloved Country stands as the single most important novel in twentieth-century South African literature. Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of...

The most important work of modern science now available in Vintage Classics Discover Charles Darwin's most important ideas... When the eminent naturalist Charles Darwin returned from South America on board...

'The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself' -...

'A remarkable performance... As gripping as The Collector and The Magus' Observer Widely acclaimed since publication, John Fowles' most beloved novel is the ultimate epic historical romance. Charles Smithson, a...

The fifth and final title in Rick Riordan's Trials of Apollo series - set in the funny, mythical and action-packed world of Percy Jackson It's time to face the final...

The fourth title in Rick Riordan's Trials of Apollo series - set in the funny, mythical and action-packed world of Percy Jackson. The bestselling top 10 hardback, now in paperback....

Part of a series of new editions of Henry James most famous novels and short stories Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman,...

Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in...

Part of the authoritative and acclaimed Penguin Shakespeare series, now rejacketed in the celebrated Penguin Classics livery A young woman flees Athens with her lover, only to be pursued by...