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84 Charing Cross RoadmeetsA Man Called Ovein this heartwarming, witty story about the life of an extraordinary woman, told through her letters.Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026THE #1NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLEROVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD WORDLWIDEATIMESBOOK OF THE YEARIRISH TIMESBESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'A warm, funny gem of a novel'LAURA HACKETT,THE TIMES'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'PANDORA SYKES'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNAL–Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters– to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the univer

Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD WORDLWIDEA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK'A warm, funny gem of a novel'LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES'Masterful . . .I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'What a novel! Tender, dry, sharp...devastating, but still feel good.'PANDORA SYKES'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNALEvery morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them

★歐巴馬2025夏季選書★普立茲獎得主Ron Chernow鉅獻，完整揭示馬克吐溫的傳奇人生與影響力★豐富史料、書信、手稿，真實還原文學大師鮮為人知的掙扎與幽默★描寫家庭、夢想、創傷、種族與社會批判，層層交織的生命旅程★理解美國文學、文化與時代精神的最關鍵讀本普立茲獎傳記大師Ron Chernow以權威筆觸，帶領讀者走進美國文學教父馬克吐溫的多采人生。《Mark Twain》追溯這位幽默天才本名Samuel Clemens的成長歷程，從密西西比河畔的少年、夢想成為輪船領航員，到橫跨報業、文壇，崛起為美國史上第一位全球知名文學名人。馬克吐溫以尖刻風趣的諷刺筆調描繪美國社會，創作《湯姆歷險記》、《哈克貝利費恩歷險記》等經典，深刻影響數代作家與讀者。這本鉅細靡遺的傳記不僅記錄了Twain的文壇輝煌，更真實揭露他為名聲與財富拚搏、商業投資失利而破產、流亡歐洲以及家庭創傷和晚年孤寂。Chernow透過大量信件與未公開手稿，細膩還原這位作家的光明與陰影——他如何反思奴隸制、批判社會不公，也如何在喪妻喪女的悲痛中，以犀利又動人的文學語言，批判世界同時療癒自己。Twain的故事，就是美國不斷變動與夢想衝突的縮影。Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow illuminates the full, fascinating, and complex life of the writer long celebrated as the father of American literature, Mark Twain Before he was Mark Twain, he was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Born in 1835, the man who would become America's first, and most influential, literary celebrity spent his childhood dreaming of piloting steamboats on the Mississippi. But when the Civil War interrupted his career on the river, the young Twain went west to

A contemporary Shaolin Master shares the wisdom and philosophy of the ancient tradition that has captured the imagination of millions worldwide'Knowledgeable, wise and compassionate' Rangan ChatterjeeA contemporary Shaolin Master shares the wisdom and philosophy of the ancient tradition that has captured the imagination of millions worldwideWhat do you imagine when you think of Shaolin? Ferociously strong warriors flying through the air?Shaolin is more than just the physical expression of martial arts. Rooted in Zen and Tao philosophy, it also offers a way of reconnecting our minds with our bodies through meditative movement to cultivate the core virtues of discipline and perseverance.In this book, Shi Heng Yi, founder of Shaolin Temple Europe and lay disciple of the Songshan Shaolin Temple, introduces us to the contemplative practice that underpins Shaolin – a way of life that has existed for over 1,500 years – and shows how it can help us today.Having experienced the challenges of mo

From the celebrated writer and observer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its titleSHORTLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING 2025From celebrated writer Robert Macfarlane comes this brilliant, perspective-shifting new book – which answers a resounding yes to the question of its title.At its heart is a single, transformative idea: that rivers are not mere matter for human use, but living beings – who should be recognized as such in both imagination and law. Is a River Alive? takes the reader on an exhilarating exploration of the past, present and futures of this ancient, urgent concept.The book flows first to northern Ecuador, where a miraculous cloud-forest and its rivers are threatened by goldmining.Then, to the wounded rivers, creeks and lagoons of southern India, where a desperate battle to save the lives of these waterbodies is

★2026 British Book Award: Romantic Fiction WinnerA dazzling and sweeping new novel from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry!The dazzling new love story and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick from the TikTok sensation and Sunday Times bestselling author of Beach Read and Funny Story.AN INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!‘Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats’ -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo‘A new Emily Henry novel is an event, ushering in longer days and promises of summer’ The Skinny-----When Margaret Ives, the famously reclusive heiress, invites eternal optimist Alice Scott to the balmy Little Crescent Island, Alice knows this is it: her big break. And even more rare: a chance to impress her family with a Serious Publication.The catch? Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud, Hayden Anderson, is sure of the same thing.The proposal? A one-month trial period to unearth the truth behind one of the

★2026 British Book Award: Romantic Fiction WinnerTwo writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry. Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they're both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century. When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she'll choose the person who'll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice's head in the game. One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice--and she has a whole month to w

A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedomDespite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but more freedom for individuals in society - and is therefore morally better. But, in The Road to Freedom Stiglitz asks, whose freedom are we – should we be – thinking about? What happens when one person’s freedom comes at the expense of another’s? Should the freedoms of corporations be allowed to impinge upon those of individuals in the ways they now do?Taking on giants of neoliberalism such as Hayek and Friedman and examining how public opinion is formed, Stiglitz reclaims the language of freedom from the right to show that far from ‘free’ – unregulated – markets promoting growth and enterprise, they in fact reduce it, le

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksNo author perfected the twist in the tale better than Roald Dahl. His stories – many of which were filmed as Tales of the Unexpected – take us into a world that is shocking, cruelly funny and always has a sinister edge. What if plants could feel pain? What kind of father would bet his daughter in a wager? And what is the secret behind that delicious lamb dinner…?Key Selling PointsFrom Homer to Hafez, Simenon to Spark, Bronte to Baldwin, the Penguin Archives series encompasses the eclectic range of Penguin Classics titles, whether they are Icelandic sagas, ghost stories, satirical essays, ancient philosophy or science fictionA format books with irresistible cover designs, each one riffing uniquely on Penguin’s beloved heritageThe series takes us through nine decades of Penguin Books, from the publication of Poe, Austen and Wells in the 1930s to Gaitskill, Ditlevsen and Xiaobo in the 21st centuryThere is a huge appetite for little bo

The bestselling true story of the couple who lost everything and embarked on a journey not of escape but salvation, soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe winning Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.One of the most talked-about books of the decade, an inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world.**Now a major film, featuring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs**OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF THE TOP 100 BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS (SUNDAY TIMES 2024)WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD__Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years, is terminally ill, their home is taken away and they lose their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorse

A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeles’s KoreatownA Penguin ClassicKimRonyoung(Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986,Clay Wallsoffers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half of the twentieth century and how these immigrants’ nationalist spirit helped them withstand racism and poverty. Kim explores the tensions within a family of immigrants and new Americans and brings to the forefront the themes of Korean immigration, U.S. racism, generational trauma, and the early decades of Los Angeles’s Koreatown from a Korean American woman’s point of view.Through three sections representing the perspectives of mother, father, and daughter, what resonates the most is the voice of a woman and her self-determination, through national ide

“The best English edition of the classic Chinese fantasy novel I have ever read.” ―Minjie Chen,Los Angeles Review of BooksA Penguin ClassicBefore there wasThe Lord of the Rings,there was China’sMonkey King. The title character, also known as Sun Wukong, is a shape-shifting trickster on a kung-fu quest for eternal life, beloved by fans of the animeDragon Balland the video gamesLeague of LegendsandBlack Myth: Wukong. For raiding Heaven’s Orchard of Immortal Peaches, the Buddha pins Monkey King beneath a mountain and frees him only five hundred years later, to protect the pious monk Tripitaka on a fourteen-year journey to India in search of precious Buddhist sutras. Accompanied by two other fallen immortals—a rice-loving pig able to fly with its ears and a depressive man-eating river-sand monster—Monkey King undergoes eighty-one trials, doing battle with all manner of dragons, ogres, wizards, andfemmes fatalesin this rollicking adventure that not only stands as the most popular of China’s

THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES, FT, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR'Boundlessly wise . . .important and engrossing' The New York Times'One of the most important books I've read . . .It's absolutely brilliant' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'Urgent and essential' GuardianAcclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals how the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smartphone use among adolescents is changing our worldFrom 2010, as teens traded in their flip phones for smartphones packed with social media apps, unsupervised time online soared while face-to-face conversations with friends and family plummeted, and so did mental health. This profound shift took place against a backdrop of diminishing childhood freedom and over-supervision in the real world, depriving children of the experiences they most need to become strong and self-governing adults.The Anxious Generation delves into the latest research to show how this shift from free-play to smartphones disrupts deve

THE INSTANTNEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLERFrom communication expert Jefferson Fisher, the definitive book on making your next conversation the one that changes everythingNo matter who you’re talking to,The Next Conversationgives you immediately actionable strategies and phrases that will forever change how you communicate. Jefferson Fisher, trial lawyer and one of the leading voices on real-world communication, offers a tried-and-true framework that will show you how to transform your life and your relationships by improving your next conversation.Fisher has gained millions of followers through short, simple, practical videos teaching people how to argue less and talk more. Whether it’s handling a heated conversation, dealing with a difficult personality, or standing your ground with confidence, his down-to-earth teachings have helped countless people navigate life’s toughest situations. Now for the first time, Fisher has distilled his three-part communication system (Say it with control, Say

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EXPLAINING HUMANS'A wondrous hymn to the scientific method, and some of its most profound discoveries, and what it can teach us all about how to live better and richer lives' Prof. Lewis Dartnell, author of BEING HUMAN: How our Biology shaped World HistoryA scientist’s journey from observation to discovery is anything but straightforward. It is littered with failure, unexpected diversions and joyous realizations.Science helps us to understand ourselves – but what we know about the world around us, what has already been explored and discovered, is only half of science’s story. Dr Camilla Pang will look at some of the biggest mysteries facing science today and how some of the best, most cutting-edge scientists can illuminate our own approaches to observation, hypothesis, exploration, troubleshooting and discovery in our own lives.

★ 看不見的世界，決定我們的一切——氣體的祕密人生★ 《萬物的故事》作者最新力作，最會說故事的科普作家★ 從笑氣派對到蒸汽船，一本寫給空氣的冒險史本書以氣體為主題，透過幽默且生動的敘事，揭示氣體在科學、醫學與文明發展中的關鍵角色。從歷史故事到現代應用，作者將抽象概念轉化為易懂且有趣的內容，讓讀者重新認識日常中看不見的存在。是一部兼具知識性與娛樂性的優秀科普作品。The secret life of gases from the author of the best-selling, prize-winning Stuff Matters'A delight' Dara O Briain'A witty, smart writer who has a great talent' Bill GatesWhy are most gases invisible, odourless and tasteless? Why do some poison us and others make us laugh? And why do some power our engines while others make drinks fizzy? In It's a Gas, Mark Miodownik masterfully reveals an invisible world through his unique brand of scientific storytelling.Taking us back to that exhilarating – and often dangerous – moment when scientists tried to work out exactly what they had discovered, Miodownik shows that gases are the formative substances of our modern world, each with its own weird and wonderful personality.We see how seventeenth-century laughing gas parties led to the first use of anaesthetics in sur

Neurochemicals affect just about everything in our bodies, including how we think and feel. Learn to optimize your body's chemical factory and achieve lasting effects in your life.This simple account can help everybody understand how our chemistry can affect us, and how we can affect it in turn. Through understanding six key substances - Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, Cortisol, Endorphin, Testosterone - we can learn to harness our mind's full potential and become our best selves. This book is about how to lead yourself towards the future you desire, for everyone who longs to feel high on life for real.

Like a long winter’s dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful historyWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2024Like a long winter’s dream, this haunting and visionary new novel from 2024 Nobel Prize winner Han Kang takes us on a journey from contemporary South Korea into its painful history‘One of the most profound and skilled writers working on the contemporary world stage’ Deborah LevyBeginning one morning in December, We Do Not Part traces the path of Kyungha as she travels from the city of Seoul into the forests of Jeju Island, to the home of her old friend Inseon. Hospitalized following an accident, Inseon has begged Kyungha to hasten there to feed her beloved pet bird, who will otherwise die.Kyungha takes the first plane to Jeju, but a snowstorm hits the island the moment she arrives, plunging her into a world of white. Beset by icy wind and snow squalls, she wonders i

Unlock a better understanding of your brain, body and environment to eat well and lose weight, forever.‘One of Britain’s top weight-loss experts’ This MorningFor years we’ve been told that successful weight loss is a simple matter of willpower and calorie control. But this argument fails to take into account how our brains and bodies respond to food – in particular, to the ultra-processed foods that seem inescapable in modern life.Bariatric surgeon and Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Andrew Jenkinson gives us a game-changing blueprint to free us from our biological impulses. Even though our brains are hardwired to seek out quick rewards in salty and sugary foods, he demonstrates how to escape our default behaviours to create long-lasting change.With cutting edge metabolic science, mental reprogramming strategies, easy lifestyle changes and even delicious recipes, maintaining a healthy weight never felt so good.

A powerful argument for reclaiming childhood - and all human relationships - from the online world, from the influential social psychologist and international bestselling authorTHE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter, stronger future for us all’ Susan Cain'Compelling, readable – and incredibly chilling . . . remarkably persuasive' Telegraph'Urgent and essential' Guardian'One of the most terrifying books I have read . . . some of the statistics Haidt quotes are truly shocking' Evening StandardAfter more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents in many countries around the world deteriorated suddenly in the early 2010s. Why have rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide risen so sharply, more than doubling in many cases?In this book, Social Psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues that the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smart

The Spellbinding Japanese Bestseller – A Magical Celebration of Books and StoriesThere once was a book-loving king who lived in the Kingdom of - well, no need to get into details. The story went something like this:One day, the king called two men to his castle and said, ‘I love books, I think I’ve read most of them. But my eyes are so bad now, I can’t read.Still, I love books, and I want to hear stories about them. I command the two of you to travel the world searching for anyone who knows of unusual books. Come back here and tell me their stories.’The two men set out on their journey.A year later they returned. By then, the king could no longer so much as sit up in bed. Night after night, the two men took turns telling him the stories they collected – tales of detective novels, romances, comedies, diaries, and quests.The book in your hands is the story of the books they found – and of what happened next . . .

From the acclaimed authors of the runaway New York Times bestseller 2034 comes another explosive work of speculative fiction set twenty years further in the future, at a moment when a radical leap forward in artificial intelligence combines with America’s violent partisan divide to create an existential threat to the country – and the worldIt is twenty years after the catastrophic war between the US and China that brought down the old American political order. A new party has emerged in the US, one that’s held power for over a decade. Efforts to tighten its grip have resulted in mounting violent resistance. The American president has control of the media, but he is beginning to lose control of the streets. Many fear he’ll stop at nothing to remain in the White House. Suddenly, he collapses in the middle of an address to the nation. After an initial flurry of misinformation, the administration reluctantly announces his death. A cover-up ensues, conspiracy theories abound, and the countr

Ex-lovers. Ex-rivals. New cohosts. Oh, puck.The perfect read for fans of ICEBREAKER, BEHIND THE NET and RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE! This is your next sizzling sports romance addiction . . .----Cut from the US women's hockey team right before her third chance at gold, Natalie Carpenter is scrambling for a plan that'll help her avoid moving back home. The answer: a guest-hosting gig on Wake Up, USA's winter games coverage. Her cohost: Darcy LaCroix, Nat's ex-girlfriend, one-time college teammate turned adversary.Since leaving Team Canada, Darcy has worked hard to make a name in broadcasting. If her big break requires sharing screen time with the former cocky freshman who turned her world upside down, so be it.At this point, there's nothing between them except history.But audiences disagree. #PuckingHotties is trending hard, and Nat and Darcy agree to lean into it – for ratings, obviously. It's not like Nat can forget the way Darcy broke her heart or their bitter team rivalry.Between wor

From twice Booker-shortlisted author Deborah Levy, a moving and revelatory collection exploring the muses that have shaped her life and work as a writerIn The Position of Spoons, Deborah Levy invites the reader into the interiors of her world, sharing her most intimate thoughts and experiences, as she traces and measures her life against the backdrop of the literary and artistic muses that have shaped her.From Marguerite Duras to Colette and Ballard, and from Lee Miller to Francesca Woodman and Paula Rego, we can relish here the richness of their work and, in turn the richness of the author’s own.Each page draws upon Levy’s life in exalting ways, encapsulating the wonderful precision and astonishing depth of her writing, as she seamlessly shifts between and meditates on questions of mortality, language, suburbia, gender, consumerism and the poetics of every day living. From the child born in South Africa, to her teenage years in Britain, to her travels across the world as a young woman

The comprehensive guide to a deeply human tradition of memory, mourning, and consolation through poetryA Penguin ClassicElegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practiced by the Romans, revitalized by the poets of the Renaissance, and continuing down to the present day, it speaks eloquently and affectingly of the experience of loss and the yearning for consolation. It gives shape and meaning to memories too painful to contemplate, and answers our desire to fix in words what would otherwise slip our grasp. InThe Penguin Book of Elegy, Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan trace the history of this tradition, from its Classical roots in the work of Theocritus, Virgil, and Ovid down to modern compositions exploring personal tragedy and collective grief by such celebrated voices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Bishop, Terrance Hayes and Alice Oswald. The only comprehensive anthology of its kind in the English language,T

Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda's honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery'A bombshell, moving, inspirational. Hart passes on the tips that helped her emerge from psychological as much as physical doldrums. No comedian, female or male, has been so taken to the nation's bosom since Victoria Wood' Independent'Irrepressible and joyous. Taking us affectionately by the hand, Miranda takes us through her ten-year journey to deep self-knowledge' Daily Mail'A wonderful book, filled with treasure' Julia Samuel'A raw and poignant account. Miranda is more of an everywoman than ever before' The Times'Miranda's account of slowly letting her guard down and being vulnerable is sweet and moving, and proof that happiness is possible even in the most trying times' GuardianHello to you, I am with news.I have a new book: I Haven't Been Entirely Honest With You. I know - what an intriguing title!Basically, I have had an unexpe

'Who needs Google when you have Will Buxton? The most comprehensive, all-encompassing book on F1 to date. A joy to peruse' BRAD PITT 'This book is perfect for newcomers who want to take their F1 obsession to the next level and for the die-hards, it's a brilliant potted history of the most fascinating and bonkers sport on the planet' GREG JAMES _____________________A thrilling illustrated history of Formula 1 racing, from its fascinating origins and inner workings to the top drivers of the twentieth century and today, by a celebrated motorsports broadcaster and star of Netflix’s breakout series Formula 1: Drive to Survive. With just twenty drivers competing at speeds of over 220 miles per hour on the world’s most challenging racetracks, Formula 1 is the ultimate test for any driver.To become a champion is to be counted among the world’s greatest athletes. In Grand Prix, Will Buxton pulls back the curtain on the cars, teams, tracks, records, and rivalries that have defined F1 since its v

Read the new novel from the worldwide Number One bestselling author behind the Emmy and Golden Globe winning HBO series Big Little Lies and recent smash hit bestseller Apples Never Fall.'Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant' Marian Keyes'A riveting story so wild you don’t know how she’ll land it, and then she does, on a dime' Anne Lamott, Number 1 New York Times bestselling author----We’re all so busy, caught up in life's moments, big and small . . .The flight attendant working a shift on her birthday.The mother struggling alone with two young children.The newlyweds setting off on their tropical honeymoon .The overworked father missing his kid’s big show.The young man returning from his best friend’s funeral.The ER nurse wondering what retirement will bring.All strangers. All unsuspecting. Each with a life heading in a particular direction – or so they imagine.Because an elderly woman is about to step into each of their paths. In just a few wor

READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY'S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEYCAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME?The most famous heroic story of all time, Odyssey is chock full of monsters, murder, maelstroms, gods, giants, wit, wisdom - and the most cunning hero of them all: Odysseus'A sweeping, engrossing story' i----Setting sail, hero Odysseus dreams of lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus a warrior's ways. However, gods toy with the desires of little mortals. Angered by this upstart's presumption, Poseidon - God of the ocean realms - curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years.Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man's endurance.Yet he is no mere mortal - and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever

READ THE FINAL BOOK IN STEPHEN FRY'S ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING GREEK MYTHS SERIES TELLING THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEYCAN A HERO FIND HIS WAY HOME?The most famous heroic story of all time, Odyssey is chock full of monsters, murder, maelstroms, gods, giants, wit, wisdom - and the most cunning hero of them all: Odysseus'A sweeping, engrossing story' i----Setting sail, hero Odysseus dreams of lying in the arms of his beloved wife Penelope, and of teaching his son Telemachus a warrior's ways. However, gods toy with the desires of little mortals. Angered by this upstart's presumption, Poseidon - God of the ocean realms - curses our hero to wander the seas for ten long years.Encountering one-eyed giants, six-headed monsters, terrible storms, titanic whirlpools, hypnotic sirens, seductive witches and jealous goddesses, Odysseus is tempted and tormented beyond any man's endurance.Yet he is no mere mortal - and the lure of his wife and son draws him, step by step, stroke by stroke, ever

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICKFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a “stunner” (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world.With her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters—Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more—as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, “What does anyone’s life mean?”It’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together

A novel about family, belonging, and the agony of imagining the life you should have had, sparked by the disappearance of a four-year-old Mi'kmaq girl from the blueberry fields of Maine.'For fans of Celeste Ng and Ann Patchett, this quietly beautiful book will break, then mend, your heart' Amazon, The Best Books of 2023WINNER OF THE 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZEWINNER OF THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION***One family’s deepest pain. Another’s darkest secret. Who will they be when the truth comes out?On a hot day in 1960s Maine, six-year-old Joe watches his little sister Ruthie, sitting on her favourite rock at the edge of the blueberry fields, while their family, Mi’kmaq people from Nova Scotia, pick fruit. That afternoon, Ruthie vanishes without a trace. As the last person to see her, Joe will be forever haunted by grief, guilt, and the agony of imagining how his life could have been.In an affluent suburb nearby, Norma is growing up as the only child of

Fourteen years apart. One unexpected reunion. Is it too late to rewrite their love story?A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin‘A gorgeous book .. . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people.So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes--Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were best friends, that’s all.But, somehow, everything changed. Both left town – took different paths – and suddenly it’s fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She’s been married, divorced, and is back living in the house she grew up in.But when she gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she’s dreading or dreaming if he will be . . .Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they

Fourteen years apart. One unexpected reunion. Is it too late to rewrite their love story?A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin‘A gorgeous book .. . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people.So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes--Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary. They were best friends, that’s all.But, somehow, everything changed. Both left town – took different paths – and suddenly it’s fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She’s been married, divorced, and is back living in the house she grew up in.But when she gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she’s dreading or dreaming if he will be . . .Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they

An introduction to the wondrous world of clouds, by the internationally bestselling founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and a prize-winning children's book author and illustratorHave you ever watched a cloud being born?Clouds come in all manner of shapes and sizes, from low-lying Stratus to high-flying Cirrus via roll clouds, banner clouds and tornados. This beautifully illustrated guide reveals the facts, secrets and stories of all the major cloud types, and how they shape the weather around them. We learn their fancy Latin names, explore the parts of the sky where they like to hang out, marvel at the ways they play with sunlight – and even visit them on other planets, where they are sometimes made of acid.Cloudspotting for Beginners will inspire curious minds with a lifelong sense of meteorological wonder.

From the Sunday Times-bestselling author, comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **'Extraordinary' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES • ‘An epic thriller . . . droll, moving, with a cinematic eye and not a boring line in it' OBSERVER • ‘Fascinating . . . gripping' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH • 'Excellent . . . a fresh, unexpected take on the liberation of Paris' JULIAN JACKSON, author of France on TrialFrom the Sunday Times-bestselling Patrick Bishop comes a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great and most dramatic hinge moments of WW2.When the Germans marched in and the lamps went out in the City of Light the millions who loved Paris mourned. Liberation, four years later, triggered an explosion of joy and relief. It was the party of the century and everybody who was anybody was there. General Charles de

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE meets Tessa Bailey in a sexy new queer romance!PERFECT FOR FANS OF RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE, TESSA BAILEY AND ALI HAZELWOOD!‘I can only hope that the upcoming seasons of Love Island are as entertaining as this is’ Reader Review‘So wonderfully queer and brilliant!’ Reader Review---This summer, things are about to heat up.Cas Morgan has spent years of her life watching Hot Summer, the hit dating show that pairs together a bunch of sexy singles in an exotic island location.But she never quite thought she’d be a part of it, until her company secures a partnership with the show and Cas is handpicked as a contestant. If she does well and makes it to the finals, her long-awaited promotion will be secure.Cas is ready to spend the summer trying to win over the voting public. But just as she steps into the villa, her entire plan goes off course. She’s instantly smitten with fellow contestant, Ada. Ada is gorgeous and charming.As Cas’s feelings for Ada become undeni

‘One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written’ Thomas Piketty'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect‘Polanyi’s revolutionary work is a must-read’ Mariana MazzucatoKarl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is one of the earliest and most powerful critiques of unregulated markets. Tracing the history of capitalism from the great transformation of the industrial revolution onwards, he shows that there has been nothing 'natural' about the market state. Instead of reducing human relations and our environment to mere commodities, the economy must always be embedded in civil society.Describing the 'avalanche of social dislocation' of his time, Polanyi’s hugely influential work is a passionate call to protect our common humanity. ‘Polanyi's vision for an alternative economy re-embedded in politics and social relations offers a refreshing alternative’ Guardian‘Polanyi exposes the myth of the free market’ Joseph E. StiglitzWith a new introduction by G

A brilliant translation of one of the greatest works of Franz Kafka, author ofMetamorphosis, telling the haunting story of a man's desperate search for answers amid his prosecution for an unknown crimeA Penguin ClassicA terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis—an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life—including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door—becomes increasingly unpredictable. As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works through

An acclaimed translation of the final work by Franz Kafka—author ofMetamorphosisand some of the twentieth century's greatest literature—following the story of a man's bizarre, unending struggle to carry out his mysterious new jobA Penguin ClassicThe Castleis the story of K., the unwanted land surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka beganThe Castlein 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Rea