This newly revised and updated Spanish Phrase Book contains a wealth of useful words and phrases for travellers. The book…

An introduction to the science of neuroplasticity recounts the case stories of patients with mental limitations or brain…

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a…

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One of the great classics on democracy, "Rights of Man" was published in England in 1791 as a vindication of the French…

The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting faiths and…

Demonstrates how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities…

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2025'A vital and important book' David OlusogaFrom an…

Dating from the second century AD, this anthology is the second- oldest collection of Chinese poems in existence. The poems,…

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In this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in…

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In "The Stuff of Thought", Pinker marries two of the subjects he knows best: language and human nature. The result is a…

This unique anthology offers a more comprehensive look at the poems of Christopher Marlowe, England's first great poet and…

Marilyn Singer has created yet another collection of her ingenious reverso poems, this time holding up the mirror to…

A haunting evocation of a childhood in Czernowitz, which Penguin are publishing in their }Central European Classics{ series.…

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Draws principles of fundamental human rights.…

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The classic account of a lost boy's emotional breakthrough, from a renowed child psychotherapist'I welcome this book with…

Details the life of the author from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838: how he endured the…

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From the bestselling author of Public Enemies and The Big Rich , an explosive account of the decade-long battle between the…

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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the million-copy-plus Bestseller THIS EDITION of James Gleick's groundbreaking…

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The author presents an illuminating translation of ancient texts that reveal the origins of yoga, homeopathy, and holistic…

A wonderfully wicked new anthology from the editor of "The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime" It is the Victorian era and…

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'Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power. You will laugh aloud and you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In…

Galdos' four-part "Fortunata and Jacinta" (1886-7), the masterpiece among his almost 80 novels, tells the turbulent story of…

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A masterpiece of contemporary Latin American fiction, Rosario Castellanos' Book of Lamentations tells of an uprising of…

A literary discovery: an uproarious tragicomedy of modernization, in its first-ever English translation Perhaps the greatest…

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John Bunyan began this book while he was in prison for conducting unauthorised Baptist religious services outside of the…

Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his…

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'Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism…

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Since it was first published, this famous study of the Black Problem in America has become a classic. Powerful, haunting and…

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From the UK's foremost literary psychoanalyst, a dazzling new book on the universal urge to change our lives.We live in a…

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This book is short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The…

'Compulsive and wrenching ... Bhattacharya has written the epic text for the South Asian queer community that the characters…

Married to the retired magistrate of Vetusta, Ana Ozores cares deeply for her much older husband but feels stifled by the…

PRE-ORDER THE WITCHY, RADICAL RE-IMAGINING OF IRELAND'S MOST BELOVED SAINT AND GODDESSIn a wild, ancient grove at the edge…

Translated from the French original, this is a fascinating reference work to symbols from around the world, past and…

An epic, in-depth examination of the development of Japan following W.W.II, looking at how the nation as a whole reacted to…

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Reprinted from the 1830 original, this first edition is an important resourcefor comparison with the current "official"…

The author has spent years talking to terrorists - from Gaza and Afghanistan, to Indonesia and Europe. In this book, he…

Stalin, like Hitler and other tyrants, won and held power because he had collaborators - hangmen. Drawing on newly released…

"Originally published in Russian as Generation II" -- T.p. verso. Kniha 9780142001813 Homo Zapiens | Victor Pelevin,Viktor…

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Today, Trump's USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires. As inequalities grow…

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An instant New York Times Bestseller! Longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award for Fiction, the Carnegie Medal in…

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Regeneration by Pat Barker is a classic exploration of how the traumas of war brutalised a generation of young - published…