Los Angeles 1936. Kay Fischer, a young, ambitious architect, is shadowed by Salvador Carriscant, an enigmatic stranger…

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As a Holder's daughter, Aspeth Honori knows the importance of magical artifacts... which is why it's a disaster that her…

These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and…

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Television news: genuine information or entertainment fodder? Fifteen years ago, Neil Postman, a pioneer in media education…

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With paper and pen or needle and thread, storytelling has many traditions. Penguin's award-winning art director Paul Buckley…

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One of the most inspiring and counter-intuitive thinkers of our age, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on…

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Recognising his perspective on life was slipping following his mother's untimely death, Charlie turned to the rhythms of the…

What to Do When Someone Dies is another ingenious thriller from the best-loved, bestselling author, Nicci French. Ellie…

'In the gloom it came along the branches towards me, its round, hypnotic eyes blazing, its spoon-like ears turning to and…

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Steven Runciman's triumphant three-volume A History of the Crusadesremains an unsurpassed account of the events that changed…

The Last Train to Zona Verde is Paul Theroux's compelling account of his final African journey. Heading north from Cape…

This is the second book in the new Penguin Maigret series: Georges Simenon's devastating tale of misfortune, betrayal and…

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This is chosen 16 times as a 'Book of the Year' - the top non-fiction pick of 2012. "The best work of modern history I have…

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'A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master's life and a dizzying array of never-before heard…

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The greatest novel of the twentieth century, now in a beautiful Clothbound Classics centenary edition Following the events…

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Freud's epoch-making insights revolutionized our perception of who we are, forming the foundation for psychoanalysis. In…

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Portrays the 'great lawgiver' Justinian as a rampant king of corruption and tyranny, the Empress Theodora as a sorceress and…

"Notes from Walnut Tree Farm" is a collection of writing by Roger Deakin. For the last six years of his life, Roger Deakin…

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Return to "The Great Railway Bazaar" in "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star" as Paul Theroux experiences the journey that…

One of the first woman authors, Julian of Norwich produced in "Revelations of Divine Love" a remarkable work of revelatory…

Foreign Office diplomat Peter Darwin is returning to England, back to his childhood home of Gloucestershire. But instead of…

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along…

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'With icy remorselessness, it puts paid to any notion that the horrors of modern history might be an aberration - for it…

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A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The VegetarianIn a…

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Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense, in a beautiful…

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Part of `Penguin's` beautiful hardback `Clothbound Classics` series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith,…

Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the…

One of the most significant Irish poets of the 20th century, Kavanagh came from a humble background to compose passionate…

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Through interviews with chefs working in professional kitchens all over the world, culinary students, line cooks and…

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