The summation of the existentialist philosophy threaded throughout all his writing, Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus is translated by Justin O'Brien with an introduction by James Wood in Penguin ...
'A true genius . . . Roald Dahl is my hero' - David WalliamsOne child a week is fifty-two a year.Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.BEWARE.
The new Kurt Austin adventure in the NUMA Files series from UK No. 1 bestseller Clive Cussler.The world's oil supply is vanishing, the stock market is plummeting, and the key to saving ...
James Henry Trotter is about to go on the adventure of a lifetime.James lives his awful Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker, two of the meanest people you can imagine.Life isn...
George Kranky's grandma is a grouch. She's always mean to George (and not much nicer to his parents either).One day, when George is put in charge of giving Grandma her medicine, he wond...
*Features lyrics from a brand-new song by Tim Minchin - written especially for the new Matilda the Musical film!*Read it before you see the film - hitting cinemas in October, and starri...
Is it possible to die a happy death?This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Alge...
'An irresistibly brilliant examination of modern conscience' The New York TimesJean-Baptiste Clamence is a soul in turmoil. Over several drunken nights in an Amsterdam bar, he regales a...
The much-loved Roald Dahl collection of hilarious animal rhymes, updated for a whole new generation of readers with an exciting new interior design and cover look.A collection of (mainl...
Caligula reveals some aspects of the existential notion of 'the absurd' by portraying an emperor so mighty and so desperate in his search for freedom that he inevitably destroys gods, men and himse...
Inspired by Roald Dahl's spine-tingling story The Witches, we present the ultimate guide to witch-spotting, stuffed with fun activities, stories, jokes and more!Witches are hiding every...
'One of those books that marks a reader's life indelibly' William Boyd'A compelling, dreamlike fable' GuardianIn The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual...
With a burst of machine gun fire the assassins strike . . .When the Van Dorn Agency's top detective, Isaac Bell, thwarts a plot to kill a US Senator, the race is on to uncover who was b...
Meursault leads an unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, a...
Soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring ANNE HATHAWAY, OCTAVIA SPENCER, STANLEY TUCCI and CHRIS ROCK, coming in 2020.A splendiferous new hardback of THE WITCHES, part of a collection...
In 1074 B.C., vast treasures disappear from the tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs. In 1927, a daredevil American aviator vanishes on an attempted transcontinental flight. And in the present day, a fishing...
Mr and Mrs Twit love playing tricks. They really are the meanest jokers, and unfortunately they are VERY GOOD at it.But just imagine if you were so good at pranking that you could trick...
A deadly venom. A ruthless terrorist. A billionaire's terrifying final wish . . .Answering a research ship's distress call in the Timor Sea, Juan Cabrillo's Oregon finds the crew unable...
The legend of Croesus's riches has echoed across millennia. Stolen and hidden by pirates after the Persian King's defeat in 546 BC, his staggering wealth was thought to be lost to history . . .
THE ACTION-PACKED NEW OREGON FILES ADVENTURE FROM NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLIVE CUSSLERNine scrolls of ancient wisdom.Nine individuals seeking to rule the world . . .<...