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One of Patricia Grace's most popular novels. Now a feature film, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives. Makareta is the chosen one - carrying her family's...

'This country leans in on you. Like family. To my way of thinking, it is family.' The natural world, in Tim Winton's novels, is as much a living presence as...

The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. The inspiration for the Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy A curated collection of the very best adventures of...

A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and the new 'Reiwa' Era Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one...

'Peter Gatrell has produced a tour de force ... This important and timely work on one of the most challenging issues in modern Europe deserves to be widely read' Ian...

A fully revised and updated edition of the most approachable introduction to the beginnings of philosophy Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a...

The first and only in-depth economic history of England's gardens, from 1660 to today At least since the seventeenth century, most of the English population have been unable to stop...

A gripping account of how, in the depths of the First World War, Russia's greatest revolutionary was taken in a 'sealed train' across Europe and changed the history of the...

A richly detailed account of the little-known cultural and political relationship between Elizabethan England and the Islamic world In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was...

The story of the individuals whose ambition and recklessness transformed London, England and the world Life in Europe was fundamentally changed in the 16th century by the astonishing discoveries of...

One of the great novels of the twentieth century, now with a gorgeous new cover The marriage of Gertrude and Walter Morel has become a battleground. Repelled by her uneducated...

Dark, dreamlike love stories with a twist from the author of There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbour's Baby In these dark, dreamlike love stories with...

Three works of erotic prose fusing sex and spirituality, new to Penguin Modern Classics In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly...

This new translation, the first to be based on the latest critical edition of Ibsen's works, offers the best version available in English. Four of Ibsen's most important plays in...

Paul Bowles's masterpiece explores the dangerous space between cultures, through the attempt of one young man to find his place in a fragmenting society Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham...

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation that when asked to write an autobiography...

Primo Levi was among the greatest witnesses to twentieth-century atrocity. In this gripping novel, based on a true story, he reveals the extraordinary lives of the Russian, Polish and Jewish...

'A masterful debunking of some of the myths of capitalism ... Witty, iconoclastic and uncommonly commonsensical ... this book will be invaluable' Observer In 23 Things They Don't Tell You...

The international bestseller on memory and how to master it Can anyone get a perfect memory? Joshua Foer used to be like most of us, forgetting phone numbers and mislaying...

John Carter's modern translation conveys the compelling style of the original. His extensive introduction provides an in-depth assessment of Appian as historian and places the work in context Taken from...

Lives of the Artists made Vasari one of the most influential art historians of all time, fusing literary and artistic ability In his Lives of the Artists of the Italian...

The historical account of the end of the Roman Empire Ammianus Marcellinus was the last great Roman historian, and his writings rank alongside those of Livy and Tacitus. The Later...

Desperate Remedies was Hardy's first published work, and combines murder mystery with a powerful love story. Hardy described Desperate Remedies as a tale of 'mystery, entanglement, surprise and moral obliquity'....

When the young nobleman Harold Transome returns to England from the colonies with a self-made fortune, he scandalizes the town of Treby Magna with his decision to stand for Parliament...

New selection with introduction, suggestions for further reading, and full explanatory notes Selection includes The Portrait of Mr W.H., Wilde's defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from 'Intentions'...

Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a...

A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was 200 years ago. A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and...

An extraordinary investigation into human nature, by one of the most eminent international human rights lawyers The inspiration behind the hit podcast THE 100 TYPES OF HUMAN with DEXTER DIAS...

The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history. ** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story...

'A fascinating window on an unfamiliar world as well as an original and puzzling mystery' - Val McDermid An old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat. A cryptic...

The movie was Oscar-nominated and the book was banned in libraries across the States. This heartbreaking, compassionate and controversial novel interweaves themes of survivor guilt, madness and betrayal. In this...

A brilliantly executed intellectual detective story from the author of international best seller The Name of the Rose. Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on...

The next heart-racing, swoon worthy novel from bestselling, international sensations Monica Murphy . . . This was supposed to be the best year of Rowan Lancaster's life. Instead his ankle...

The searing debut novel by Chester Himes, 'written with youthful panache and a bellyful of anger' (Observer) Robert 'Bob' Jones - crew leader, shipyard worker, educated, employed - is finding...

The final novel in the trailblazing Harlem Detective series, set in a New York City at boiling point Bawdy and tough-talking, wickedly funny and wantonly sensual, Blind Man With a...

The much anticipated sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling debut, The Curse of Saints. As Aya's powers grow, danger rises . . . Aya has returned home at last. But...

The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month - a British Agent alone in frozen Russia. A Cold War secret that could echo through history . . . 1987. High in...

How do you start again, after losing everything? Find out in the Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling sensation! Anna had a dream life - according to everybody else. She lived...

Vintage classics presents Martin Amis' London Trilogy- Money, London Fields and The Information WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL CUSK Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and...

The 39th Alex Delaware novel from the No. 1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense, perfect for fans of Michael Connelly and David Baldacci. Some secrets are worth killing...

A new Vintage Classics edition of Martin Amis's MONEY - 40 years since its first publication WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ANDREW O'HAGAN John Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling...

Lavish balls, fetching bonnets, and dead bodies...It's time for Jane Austen to put down her pen - and find a killer Jane Austen is just starting out in society. The...

The first novel from one of Italy's most innovative writers of the 20th century 'The seething cauldron of life, the infinite stratification of reality, the inextricable tangle of knowledge are...

From a high seas mystery to a life-or-death showdown in the skies .... a white-knuckled new thriller in the NUMA series, from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Grand Master...

This beautifully dark and enthralling YA features a mysterious disappearance in a secluded Appalachian town. For fans of House of Hollow and Wilder Girls! This beautifully dark and enthralling YA...

A lifetime missing. Just three weeks to find her. The brand new thriller from the New York Times no. 1 bestselling author. Frankie never thought she'd be hired by a...

Elegant novellas-in-translation, VINTAGE EDITIONS celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found. FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF...

The third novel in the Jack Irish series won the 2000 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel, and has earned its place as a modern Australian crime classic. Jack...