What can the fall of Rome teach us about the decline of the West today? A historian and a political economist, both experts in their field, investigateOver the last three centuries, the...więcej »
Amerie Price is jobless, newly single, and about to be evicted.The last thing she needed was to run into her ex and his new girlfriend at her favourite coffee shop. Panicked, Amerie pre...więcej »
Masterful . . . has much to say to our times' Guardian'Begs to be read' Spectator'A luminous, thought-provoking novel' Esi Edugyan, author of Washington BlackIn ...więcej »
Is it possible to overcome pain by learning to be happy?This is the question Karen Guggenheim asked herself after the sudden death of her husband in 2013. Overwhelmed by this unexpected...więcej »
The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.‘A consummate entertainer who has made a generation laugh.... It...więcej »
For the people who swim there each day, the local pool is a haven of unexpected kinship and private solace. For Alice, her daily laps have become the ritual that gives her life meaning, even though...więcej »
From the acclaimed author of the dystopian classic A Clockwork Orange, The Wanting Seed is an inventive, thought-provoking and darkly absurd novel set in a work rampant with overpopulation.więcej »
Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends....więcej »
The Wave is based on a nightmarish true episode in a Californian high school, when a teacher wanted to demonstrate the dangers of propoganda and group-think. It is one of The Originals from Penguin...więcej »
When a witch doctor prophesizes a plague of rabies, Marquis de Casalduero dismisses her claims - until he hears his daughter was bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. She...więcej »