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The biography of the brutal, crazed and incestuous Roman Emperor Caligula, who tried to appoint his own horse consul.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birth...
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his...
The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Start-up culture elevates hype to high art. These days, call...
The evidence in favour of calmness is huge. Practices like meditation and mindfulness improve life expectancy, productivity at work, health and even personal happiness. And you can reach Calm any w...
Sam Selvon is now widely considered to be one of the greatest chroniclers of the West Indian emigrant experience. His evocation of voice, of place, of longing, defined for many the experience of a ...
'The gay summer camp romp of my dreams' - Cale Dietrich, author of The Love InterestSixteen-year-old Randy Kapplehoff loves spending the summer at Camp Outland, a camp for queer teens. ...
Why is blood red? Why are carrots orange? Who invented the lightbulb? Why is the world 'going green'? Is the sky really blue? And what is ultraviolet light?You'll discover the answers t...
These days, you might know him better as a tractor-driving Gentleman Farmer, but Jeremy Clarkson wasn't always a horny-handed son of the soil.Not at all . . .Back in the day...
Why are all my clothes made in Asia?How do I get a pay-rise?And what even is money?Join Britain's most venerable financial institution for a rip-roaring crash-course on econ...
Michael Canard, now 26 years old, has had a tough run of it from the womb. Heart defect at birth, estranged father, mother killed and orphaned, all by the age of four! The family friend Ray Pric...
Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.'Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists...
'If one criterion of a classic is its ability to reorient our most basic way of viewing an object or a concept, Eric Williams's study supremely passes that test' Seymour Drescher Arguin...
Do you want to lose weight quickly while still enjoying the carbs you intake? If yes, you're in the right place to learn how.If you want to lose fats by just...
Did you know that nearly half of all adult Americans have cardiovascular disease?Cardiovascular diseases remain to be one of the leading causes of death worl...
Did you know that the Caribbean consists of a collection of over 7,000 islands, 13 countries and a dozen or so territories around the southeast of Florida and northeast of South America...
The secret to transforming your body and boosting your health that the superfood industry doesn't want you to know... When you think of healthy food, red meat is probably th...
How you can boost your metabolism and fast-track your fitness, without only eating salads and fruit... What do you think of when you hear the word "diet"?