One of the great classics on democracy, "Rights of Man" was published in England in 1791 as a vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government. In...
The opening book in the world famous "Lymond chronicles", Dorothy Dunnett's bestselling series. Lymond is back...the whisper spreads quickly on that warm August night in 1547. Francis...
The man lying beside you is not your husband. And he's not breathing... THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Full of corkscrew twists' Daily Mail'Brilliantly...
In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper's latest Bishop/Special Crimes Unit novel, an SCU team investigates a disturbing string of disappearances... How do you find someone who has...
'One of those sweeping, ambitious yet hugely readable, moving and richly comic novels that you find all too rarely in English fiction... A masterpiece' Daily TelegraphUnforgettably funny...
This funny play is about rich people. These people always want more money, so Volpone and his servant play a game. People think Volpone is dying. They bring beautiful things for him. They want his...
Set in Italy in the summer of 1940, this trio of stories explores the relationships between the different generations caught up in the war as well as Calvino's own experiences as a teenager. In...
Missing persons investigator David Raker specializes in finding the lost. Whether dead or alive, he brings home the truth to the families left behind. But there's one person he's never been...
The biographies collected in this volume bring together Plutarch's Lives of those great men who established the city of Rome and consolidated its supremacy, and his Comparisons with their...
'One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century' Michael Cunningham Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she...
Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, "A Confession" is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. It describes his search for...
George Eliot's tale of a solitary miser gradually redeemed aby the joy of fatherhood, "Silas Marner" is edited with an introduction and notes by David Carroll in "Penguin...
'The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A must-read' Bethany McLean, bestselling author of The Smartest Guys in...
An acclaimed expert on violence and seasoned peacebuilder explains the five reasons why conflict (rarely) blooms into war, and how to interrupt that deadly process.'Nothing could be more...
'Bold, inspired and hopeful' Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global'Lucid and captivating' Max Tegmark, professor of physics at MIT and author of Life 3.0A captivating...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder...
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has been recognized as a classic of modern political satire. Fuelled aby Orwell's intense...
About a Boy is Nick Hornby's comic and heart-warming million-copy bestseller 'How cool was Will Freeman?' Too cool! At thirty-six, he's as hip as a teenager. He's single,...
In I. J. Parker's latest mystery set in ancient Japan, a cold and hostile land pits Akitada against his deadliest foe yet I. J. Parker's engrossing historical novels bring eleventh-century...
Write fortune cookies to each other. Decide on your perfect theme song. Brainstorm ideas for your matching tattoos. In this book, you can fill out each page with a different friend, or complete the...
A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021, AS CHOSEN aby THE TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, TELEGRAPH AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'A big historical advance. Ours, it turns out, is a very un-insular "Island...
I have burned down the court of King Midas and from those flames, I will rise and wield my own power. The problem is, the world won't let me. Because when you turn against a King - everyone...