Freydis is the leader of a band of Viking warriors who get as far as Panama. Nobody knows what became of them. Five hundred years later, Christopher Columbus is sailing for the Americas, dreaming o...więcej »
The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseb...więcej »
Glorious... Scurr is one of the most gifted non-fiction writers alive' Simon Schama, Financial Times A revelatory portrait of Napoleon written for our own time, exploring his love of na...więcej »
In Invisible Cities Marco Polo conjures up cities of magical times for his host, the Chinese ruler Kublai Khan, but gradually it becomes clear that he is actually describing one city: Venice. As Go...więcej »
"**Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**The world's finest living short story writer turns to her family for inspiration; and what follows is a fictionalised, brilliantly imagined ve...więcej »
An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City.Drawing on his family’s own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and yea...więcej »
'One of the masters of modern Chinese literature' Jung ChangA searing novel that traces the destruction of a community in communist China.Told through the eyes of Xiao Qiang...więcej »
From the Booker-shortlisted author of Narcopolis, in prose of extraordinary power, a novel about the women whose roles were suppressed, reduced or erased in the Gospels. 'Dazzling, smouldering .więcej »
The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.Finns have the largest per c...więcej »
'I've been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each of her novels is just a marvel' Anne TylerClara's rebellious older sister is missing. Grief-stricken and bewildered, she ...więcej »
How do we rein in the power of Big Tech?How do we tackle the climate crisis? How can all of us play a part in making change happen? For the past four years, Ed Miliband has ...więcej »
Five killers. One train journey. But who will survive? The original and propulsive thriller from a massive Japanese bestseller.*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING BRAD PITT AND ...więcej »
From the author of the No. 1 bestseller The Silk Roads: A New History of the WorldThe First Crusade is one of the best-known and most written-about events in history but in this new boo...więcej »
Michael is a broken man. He's waiting for the 09.46 to Gloucester, so as to reach Crewe for 11.22: the platforms are long at Crewe and he can walk easily into the path of a high-speed train to Lond...więcej »
What would happen if you fell into a Black Hole?Black holes are found throughout the universe. They can be microscopic. They can be billions of times larger than our Sun. They are dark ...więcej »
'An essayistic marvel...deeply personal and yet immensely readable' Sara Collins, GUARDIANAmerica is at a crossroads.Drawing insight and inspiration from Baldwin's writings, Glaud...więcej »
What does society owe each of us? And what do we owe in return?Our answer to these inescapable questions - known as the social contract - shapes our politics, economic systems and every...więcej »
'The wartime spy career of Mathilde Carré - aka "the Cat" and "Agent Victoire" - is so extraordinary it almost defies belief' The TimesAn exhilarating true st...więcej »
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021 & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A tour de force... A spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh' Booker Judges, 2021...więcej »
