Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jo...
'It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.'The May of Teck Club 'exists for the Pecuniary Convenience and Socia...
We all know the pressure of feeling like we should be grinding 24/7 while simultaneously being told that we should 'just relax' and take care of ourselves, like we somehow have to decide between su...
Louise wakes up. Her head aches, her mouth is dry, her memory is fuzzy. But she suspects she's done something bad.She rolls over towards her husband, Niall. The man who, until recently,...
Are you at a standstill in your career? Do you feel like you aren't where you thought you'd be by this point, or have you already got to where you wanted and realised it isn't bringing you joy?
Abi Holland considers herself lucky.She's happily married, and her oldest daughter, Eva, is all set for a place at a top university.She just can't help but worry about Beth....
The perfect gift for Father's Day!This heart-warming book is the perfect way to tell Daddy 'I love you' on Father's Day - or on any other day of the year!With a little help ...
'Wry, beautiful, surprising and deeply moving' Rachel Seiffert, Guardian'Captures so excellently the low level anxiety that hums through everyday life' Daily TelegraphYou wa...
'A jewel of a book, a paean to the wonders of water and our place within it' James Nestor, bestselling of author of Breath'Glorious' The New York TimesTake a dive into the deep an...
For many of us, work, socialising and keeping fit are more challenging than ever and we are feeling disconnected from and unsure of the world around us. In Lift Your Vibe Richie shares his transfor...
'A fabulous journey through thirty years of political and intellectual ferment ... will reorient our reading of Foucault's major works' Didier EribonThe Essential Works of Michel Foucau...
Clear, bright, burnished ... the moods that it expresses are a true kind of poetry' The New York TimesTracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from c...
'An instantly gripping page-turner' Sunday Independent Life MagazineA young woman's body floats in the Dubai marina. Her death alters the fates of six people, each one striving for a be...
We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret.We are Private. And we're the best.In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission.
Other species adapt to their environments; we alone create ours. Over generations, we have remade the world to suit ourselves - using improved knowledge and technology to confront the traditional s...
'It is hard to imagine a finer account, both of the sweep of Italy's wars, and of the characters caught up in them' Caroline Moorhead, The GuardianFrom an acclaimed military historian, ...
One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth trave...
In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to al...
The best-loved and most widely read of all Japanese poetry collections, the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu contains 100 short poems on nature, the seasons, travel, and, above all, love. Dating back to the se...
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 ...