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Loggerheads and Other Stories
Jonathan Coe is not a prolific writer of short stories - the seven in this collection make up his entire output (as against ten published novels) - but each one is a jewel of storytelling and characterization. And each could... See More
Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
Winner of the Orwell Prize for Political Writing, Peter Hennessy's Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties captures Britain in an extraordinary decade, emerging from the shadow of war into growing affluence. The 1950s... See More
Humboldt's Gift (Penguin Modern Classics)
'I think it A Work of genius, I think it The Work of a Genius' John Cheever For many years, the great poet Von Humboldt Fleisher and Charlie Citrine, a young man inflamed with a love for literature, were the best of... See More
My Horizontal Life
'Many people feel like a one-night stand is something to be ashamed or embarrassed of. I disagree... ' We've all (well not quite all, perhaps) had at least one: a one-night stand. Often embarrassing and uncomfortable... See More
The Time Machine (Penguin Classics)
'The father of science fiction' Guardian The Time Machine is the first and greatest modern portrayal of time-travel. It sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, when he is initially delighted to... See More
Pilate: The Biography of an Invented Man
Although very little is known for certain about Pontius Pilate, the man who crucified Christ, this has not stopped writers in every age from imagining his life. In this extraordinary book, Ann Wroe recounts the lives of all... See More
Why I Write (Penguin Great Ideas)
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and... See More
Gone to Ground: (Grayson & Walker)
Will's first thought when he saw the man's face: it was like a glove that had been pulled inside out. When police detective Will Grayson and his partner, Helen Walker, are called upon to investigate the violent death of... See More
The Joy of Tax
'A brief but crucially important book' Marcus Chown In The Joy of Tax, tax campaigner Richard Murphy challenges almost every idea you have about tax. For him, tax is fundamentally about the ideas that shape the sort of... See More
Rough: How violence has found its way into the bedroom and what we can do about it
**AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S WOMEN'S HOUR** Rough is a revolutionary non-fiction work exploring the narratives of sexual violence that we don't talk about. A bad sexual experience. A grey area. Not rape but... A... See More
What Have I Done?: An honest memoir about surviving postpartum psychosis
'Such a raw, honest and important book' Giovanna Fletcher Like any new mum, Laura Dockrill felt rather overwhelmed after the birth of her son. But a slow recovery, sleep deprivation and anxiety quickly escalated into... See More
Professor Chandra Follows His Bliss
'I loved this beautiful book. It's tender and compassionate, written with exquisite care and verve, and so so SO funny' MARIAN KEYES Professor Chandra is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime. In the moments after the... See More
Mr Palomar (Vintage Classics)
Mr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. He is seeking knowledge; 'it is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath'. Whether... See More
Generation One: Lorien Legacies Reborn
THE FIRST BOOK IN AN ELECTRIFYING NEW SERIES set in the world of the number one New York Times bestselling I AM NUMBER FOUR ______________ The Loric didn't make us monsters and they didn't make us heroes. We choose what... See More
Story of a Murder: The instant Sunday Times bestseller by the author of THE FIVE
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The new page-turning, feminist retelling of the historical true-crime story of infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen, brought to justice by an extraordinary group of women. FROM THE... See More
The Brother Gardeners: Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies. But it was not bales of cotton that... See More
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire
Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. Ruthless in defence of his... See More
The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death
SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN and TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR At the heart of all human experience lies our obsession with death. For many years we turned to religion for answers, but with the twentieth century came ideas from... See More
Killing Gravity (Kindle Single)
Mars Xi can kill you with her mind, but she'll need more than psychic powers to save her in Killing Gravity, the thrilling science fiction space adventure debut by Corey J. White. Before she escaped in a bloody coup... See More
Deadly Dreams
There was a moment of incandescent, blinding light. I was weightless. I was fearless. I was free. And then I woke up. Fortuna has made terrible sacrifices to protect those she loves. Her powers may be getting stronger but... See More
Restless Slumber
'I told you the crown came at a cost.' Fortuna's world has been transformed. The faerie court is whispering in her head, her brother has lost touch with reality and an obstinate werewolf won't leave her side. And then... See More
Island of the Day Before
The year is 1643. Roberto, a young nobleman, survives war, the Bastille, exile and shipwreck as he voyages to a Pacific island straddling the date meridian. There he waits now, alone on the mysteriously deserted Daphne... See More
First You Write a Sentence.: The Elements of Reading, Writing … and Life.
A STYLE GUIDE BY STEALTH - HOW ANYONE CAN WRITE WELL (AND FULLY ENJOY GOOD WRITING) 'Joe Moran is a wonderfully sharp writer, calm, precise and quietly comical' Craig Brown Advanced maths has no practical use, and is... See More
Medea and Other Plays: Medea/ Alcestis/The Children of Heracles/ Hippolytus (Penguin Classics)
Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus 'One of the best prose translations of Euripides I have seen' Robert Fagles This selection of plays shows Euripides transforming the titanic figures of Greek myths into... See More
Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
A riveting, revealing and news-making account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by the CIA agent who conducted the questioning. In December 2003, after one of the largest, most aggressive manhunts in history... See More
Endless Terrors
To protect the ones she loves, Fortuna has left everything behind. She can't let down her guard. She can't rest. She can't stop moving. Not if she doesn't want her ever-growing abilities to be used as a catalyst for a... See More
As I Lay Dying (Vintage classics)
The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears and rivalries of the family are... See More
Auto Da Fé
Auto Da Fé is the story of Peter Kien, a distinguished, reclusive sinologist living in Germany between the wars. With masterly precision, Canetti reveals Kien's character, displaying the flawed personal relationships which... See More
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