Turgenev’s final novel, Virgin Soil traces the destinies of several middle-class revolutionaries who seek to “go to the people” by working on the land and instilling democratic id...
The metaverse is a vision of how the next generation of the internet will operate. Many people believe it is the future. But what will that future look like? An immersive digital playground? The ne...
'"WAHALA" means trouble and there's plenty of it' GUARDIAN'Full of food, humour and pitch-perfect observation' STYLIST'All the ride-or-die realness of female friendship' RED M...
Two rivals. Seven countries. Could this be their chance to fall in love?Dylan Coughlan has just won a trip around the world. The catch? Her travel partner is a random contac...
A darkly humorous Czech satire: a new super-breed tries to conquer the world...War with the Newts (1936) is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early 20th-century Czech politics. ...
An epic story that has been beloved for generations, Watership Down has become one of the most famous animal stories ever written.Fiver, a young rabbit, is very worried. He senses somet...
With equal humour, sorrow and joy, the master storyteller brings together two worlds and turns his pen to life in Trinidad and London. Sharing tales of gossip and rivalry between village washerwome...
Eighteen-year-old Merricat may, or may not be, a mass murdererSix years ago everyone in the Blackwood family was poisoned by sugar laced with arsenic – everyone, that is, ap...
Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our television screens and news headlines on a regular basis. But even after a decade in power, he remains ...
Emily is on holiday with her best friend, Kristen, in the stunning mountains of Chile. They're having the time of their lives until, on the last night of the trip, Emily enters their hotel suite to...
This collection of speeches from one of the great modern orators includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to the British in June 1940 af...
A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal ...
Three women, five centuries, one spellbinding storyIn the present day, Kate flees a traumatic relationship to the Cumbrian cottage she inherited from her great-aunt; but the cottage hid...
lice has slipped and hit her head in her step-aerobics class and everyone's telling her she's misplaced the last ten years of her life. It would seem that Alice is actually thirty-nine and now she ...
A philosopher asks, what exactly do men get out of being men in the twenty-first century?Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the manosphere to the ...
From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, and the Sunday Times bestseller What If?, even more hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.
'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'How should we think and act in the world? These writings on the human condition by one of the twentieth centur...
A must-read... Fascinating' JO BRAND We need to rethink the conversation around mental health - psychologist Lucy Foulkes explores how and why. How do mental health problems...
'Full of wisdom and insight ... I cannot recommend it enough' Julia Samuel'Brilliant' Katy Hessel'Fascinating ... a valuable contribution to a wider debate about how women a...
One day, according to the Ancient Greek author Xenophon, the hero Hercules “went out to a quiet place and sat, pondering”. This book explores what happened here and how and why it can r...