Nathan is being held captive and is in agony. His saving grace is the voice of an angel who eases his pain and helps him regain enough strength to escape. When he does, she leaves him with a void...
'Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power. You will laugh aloud and you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening exploration of the human weakness for power,...
In the third in a new series of short, provoking books of original philosophy, acclaimed thinker Barry Dainton takes us through the nature of Self When you think 'What am I?', what's...
The "tale as old as time," in versions from across the centuries and around the world--published to coincide with Disney's live-action 3D musical film starring Emma Watson, Ian...
One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book...
A superb new translation of one of the greatest nineteenth century poems: the libretto to Wagner's Ring cycleThe scale and grandeur of Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung has no precedent and...
On the evening of 26th November 1703, a cyclone from the north Atlantic hammered into southern Britain at over seventy miles an hour, claiming the lives of over 8,000 people. Eyewitnesses reported...
Traveling in a motor home, Adrian Monk is determined to show his agoraphobic brother Ambrose the outside world. But as little crimes pop up along the highway, Monk can't resist getting...
"Connie McCabe longs for the summer where she spends the days leading tours across the continent. But it's on the glamourous shores of Lake Como where she is truly swept away after a much...
Mark Forsyth, author of the no.1 "Sunday Times" bestseller "The Etymologicon" unwraps the fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make...
Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a...
If you know London primarily through novels like "White Fang", these stories will provide a new perspective. Full of intriguing characters and snippets of pidgin, they also highlight...
'One of the most valuable books I've ever read' Adwoa Aboah______________________________________________________________________________________If change is the natural order of...
A gripping debut from Alex Grecian, "The Yard" evokes London in the wake of Jack the Ripper. Victorian London is in the grip of a wave of crime and murder, with its citizens no longer able...
"Paris is the World, the rest of the Earth is nothing but its suburbs" - Marivaux. In this intelligently-written and supremely entertaining new history, Colin Jones seeks to give a sense of...
The Gothic novel, which flourished from about 1765 until 1825, revels in the horrible and the supernatural, in suspense and exotic settings. This volume, with its erudite introduction aby Mario...
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A luxury superyacht. And a killer picking you off, one żeby one...Pre-order now! A twist-filled summer thriller, perfect for fans of T.M. Logan's The Holiday...
Formulated in 1904, the Conjecture promised to describe the shape of the universe, but remained unproven until a huge prize was offered for its solution. In 2006, a Russian mathematician had the...
Jockey Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At the same...
In a distant universe, since the beginning of time, workers have spent their lives weaving intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why? Andreas Eschbach's mysterious, poignant...
FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has matched wits with some of the most violent serial killers in history--and one of them has never forgiven him.... Patrick Bowers has pursued the nation's...
USA Today's top 100 books to read while stuck at home social distancing The iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding; Bridget Jones is now the inspiration for the September 2016 Working Title...
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul, a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I need to have an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon...