1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, a radio broadcasts news of the killing ofPresident John F. Kennedy . . .Alexander Vasin's new posting as director of a brutal gulag camp ...
Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused...
From Carlo Rovelli, the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, this is a story of wonder, new worlds and why the end is just the beginningLet us journey into the he...
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
One of the most talked about debut novels of all time, White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship,...
Zadie Smith’s White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first timeOne of the most talked about fictio...
April 2018 marked the centenary of the death of the East London poet, Isaac Rosenberg. Born in 1890 to a working-class family of Yiddish-speaking immigrant Lithuanian Jews. His death in the French ...
Have you ever looked into the mirror and stared deep into your eyes and asked, “Who am I?” or “What am I doing here?” Well, you are not alone. According to news publicati...
Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now - including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has d...
The mysterious stranger seems perfect. But nobody knows who she is and what she has been compelled to do to survive. The gripping new bestseller from Tony Parsons.‘Vividly drawn a...
God knows everything; He is omniscient. Have you ever wondered why God created Lucifer? Certainly, God knew that Lucifer would go rogue and become Satan. Have you ever wondered why God created u...
An unprecedented wave of sex scandals is rocking Hollywood and Washington D.C. Never before have so many powerful men been accused of sexual misconduct all at the same time. What is going on?
'It was what we call in the trade a potato...'Tales of low-lifes and grifters trying to make ends meet in pre-War Germany.Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pio...
We all have a past that we sometimes try to forget. When a situation arises that reminds us of our past, we must not allow it to dictate our future but somehow use our past experiences to propel...
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened...
Anyone who wants to understand the twentieth century will still have to read Orwell' Timothy Garton Ash, New York Review of BooksWhether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittil...
Jesus Ain't Gonna Do Nothin', because He already did everything for us. Then He declared, 'IT IS FINISHED.' This book is a personalized message to you from God. You are not reading this ...
John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life, art and how we see the world around us. Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man and nature has been broken in t...
Why rebel?Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important.Because we n...
'So the only question is: do animals other than man suffer?'One of the great moral philosophers of the modern age, Peter Singer asks unflinching questions about how we should live our l...