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A stunning detective story from the winner of the World Illustration Award'Beautifully-drawn... Subversive, immersive' KATE CHARLESWORTH, author of Sally HeathcoteIn this stunning reimagining of a nineteenth-century Russian crime thriller from the world…
The average person sees about 10,000 commercial visuals a day. Yet, research shows we can only process about 1% of the visual information we encounter. If a picture is worth a thousand words, where does this excess leave us? 'Necessary reading for everyone…
'You are the knife I turn inside myself'Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2023AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEARIt’s time to dance, to love, to be free…‘Mesmerising’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other‘Fabulous’…
Set in the valley of the Mesta, one of the oldest inhabited river valleys in Europe and a nexus for wild plant gatherers, Elixir is an unforgettable exploration of the deep connections between people, plants and place. ‘Kassabova had me under her spell…
The essential introduction to the Middle Ages by the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval EnglandWe tend to think of the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition.…
‘Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON**AS SEEN ON THE ONE SHOW**Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.Food…
This gripping story of Kyiv during the Second World War told by a young boy who saw it all. 'Rightly hailed a masterpiece' Daily Mail'So here is my invitation: enter into my fate, imagine that you are twelve, that the world is at war and that nobody…
An inspiring and life-affirming story of a difficult childhood transformed into happy adulthood through the power of nature and gardensBeloved author Marc Hamer writes about finding refuge in his tiny back garden in this highly original story of childhood,…
Denise Mina reimagines Raymond Chandler's famed and troubled detective Philip Marlowe in this gritty thriller set in 1950s Los Angeles "This is Marlowe." "Mr. Philip Marlowe?" She asked. I glanced at the clock. It was exactly eleven am, as if she had…
As Seen on BBC Between the CoversThis European masterpiece from the Nobel prizewinner explores the lure and degeneration of ideas in an introverted community on the eve of the First World War. Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young…
**A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**'A moving love letter to Europe' Lea Ypi, author of FreeDrawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered.Timothy Garton Ash,…
From the author of cult favourite Atomised'Reading Houellebecq is like being caught up in a tropical storm: you are blown away by the ferocity of his imagination' ObserverMichel is a civil-servant at the Ministry of Culture. When his father is murdered,…
Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger-in-a-strange-land point of view that made his other books, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and Burma Chronicles, required reading for understanding…
Hidden inflammation lies behind many modern diseases. Shilpa Ravella, an expert in nutrition and the gut, explains why our immune systems are turning against us and what we might do about it. 'Controlling inflammation is the key to good health and this…
A rediscovered classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni'A timely reminder of man's inhumanity to man'JUNG CHANG, author of Wild Swans'Immensely powerful and deeply humane'KARL…
*Pre-order the paperback now* THIS KILLER WILL GET INSIDE YOUR HEAD... AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT 'Nesbø is one of today's most interesting thriller writers' LEE CHILD***When a body is found in the forest, the police make a horrifying…
The second poetry collection from the author of All Down Darkness Wide and one of the Sunday Times '30 under 30' in Ireland'An exquisitely calm and insightful lyric poet'MAX PORTER, author of Shy'His work will continue to be treasured long after our…
A beautiful new hardback anniversary edition of the multi-million copy sensationINCLUDES A NEW AFTERWORD FROM YUVAL NOAH HARARIWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers,…
**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . .Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing' EsquireWe're living on the wrong clock. And it's destroying…
'It is spring, moonless night in the small town, starless and bible-black...'Under Milk Wood tells the story of a Welsh village during one spring day. It is populated by some of the best-loved characters in British literature. Lyrical, funny, moving,…
She will whisper an empire into existence - but all stories have a way of getting away from their creators . . .'A total pleasure'SUNDAY TIMES'Shows once again why his work will always matter'NEW YORK TIMES'Rushdie still has the gift of alchemy'FINANCIAL…
Milý Bože, dycky sem byla hodná holka. Třeba mi dej znamení ať vim co se mi to děje. ***** Takto se počátkem minulého století na americkém Jihu snaží „štrnáctiletá“ černoška Celie korespondenčně propojit s tím, kdo podle všeho může za její utrpení ve…
YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?'Present day science fiction that feels…
When the wind on the moon blew straight into Dinah and Dorinda's hearts it meant that they couldn't help but behave badly for a whole year. Transformed into kangaroos, they terrorise the sleepy town of Midmeddlecum with glee. But what they didn't count…
The gaudy years of the Restoration are long gone and Robert Merivel, physician and courtier to King Charles II, sets off for the French court in search of a fresh start. But royal life at the Palace of Versailles - leaves him in despair, until a chance…
Discover Mann's Nobel Prizewinning semi-autobiographical and sweeping family epic. The Buddenbrook clan is everything you'd expect of a nineteenth-century German merchant family - wealthy, esteemed, established. Four generations later, a tide of twentieth-century…
Christmas won't be the same this year for Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, as their father is away fighting in the Civil War, and the family has fallen on hard times. But though they may be poor, life for the four March sisters is rich with colour, learn from…
July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn't remember her mother,…
One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse. In recent years, Laura Mersini-Houghton's ground-breaking theory, spectacularly vindicated with observational evidence, has turned…