We are invisible: we clean your houses, we look after your children, we know your secrets.But now you know one of ours…Rules for being a maid:• No smoking• ...
ver since she can remember, Meg has wanted to be a professional cook.But it's 1964, and in restaurant kitchens all over England it is still a man's world.Then she gets a call from...
We couldn't go on indefinitely being swept off our feet'One of the great literary curios of the twentieth century Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott F...
A major anthology of great Japanese short stories introduced by Haruki MurakamiThis is a celebration of the Japanese short story from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to rem...
The stunning advances that have transformed human experience in recent centuries are no accident of history - they are the result of universal and timeless forces, operating since the dawn of our s...
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.'Th...
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Stanley Yelnats' family has a history of bad luck, so when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre (which isn't green and doesn't have a lake) he is not surp...
Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literar...
Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what's a witch to do when he won't leave her side - and she kind of doesn't want him to?Mariel Spark is ...
Born into an era of heroes, a prophecy claims that Psyche – Princess of Mycenae – will defeat a monster feared even by the gods themselves. Rebelling against society’s traditions,...
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also ...
A student moves to the city to research Gothic nudes, renting an apartment from a painter, Agnes, who lives in another town with her husband. One day, Agnes arrives in the city and settles into the...
‘Literally out-Christies Agatha’ - Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealNina de Gramont's The Christie Affair is a stunning novel which reimagines the unexplained...
Meet Ava: rule-abiding lawyer who has ticked all of life’s boxes. She’s married to a successful surgeon and has just taken an indefinite career break to raise her adorable toddler. A pi...
A remarkable tale of love and loss' KATIE FFORDE'Tender and intriguing' RACHEL HORE'An enthralling, moving read - I loved it' HOLLY MILLER_____________Some love storie...
On a dark winter's night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford. Conversation turns to the two impressive works of art that Horley has rece...
* NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller * RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PickJuly * Jimmy Fallon/TONIGHT SHOW Bookclub Pick August * GRAZIA Summer Reading Pick *'Utterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously w...
Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen...
'This girl is a force to be reckoned with.' Gordon RamsayHow Wild Things Are celebrates nature and the slow-food life on the rugged and sometimes wild island of Tasmania. When chef Anal...