Horses have been our companions in work and leisure for thousands of years. As a species we have profited immeasurably from their resilience, strength and intelligence. In The Horse, Wendy Williams
In post-9/11 New York, Zou Lei is an illegal immigrant from northwest China. Forced to work fourteen-hour days and live in squalor, she nevertheless embraces the many freedoms her adopted homeland has
The discovery of vitamins changed our world dramatically. Terrifying diseases such as scurvy, which had claimed the lives of millions, became preventable and curable. But before long word of these 'mi
'I liked The Unit very much... I know you will be riveted, as I was.' Margaret Atwood'Echoing work by Marge Piercy and Margaret Atwood, The Unit is as thought-provoking as it is compulsively readable.
Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2016An anonymous package arrives in the post: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling New York-artist Jack's secret life. T
A breathtaking tale of family secrets, from the international bestselling author of An American MarriageA Most Anticipated Book for 2020 according to The Sunday Times, the FT and the Guardian'My fathe
'A dark treat of a novel: lush, exciting and gorgeously strange' Sarah WatersIn this darkest of fairy tales, a young woman sets off to pick berries in the depths of the forest, but can't find her way
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2014WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE 2015One morning in 1805, off a remote island in the South Pacific, seal hunter and abolitionist Captain Amasa
'Drunk Tank Pink' is a particular shade of pink. In 1979 psychologists discovered that it has an extraordinary effect: if you stare at it for two minutes, you dramatically weaken in strength. In thi
By the Man Booker-winning author Marlon James, this is the powerful story of Lilith, born into slavery on a Jamaican sugar plantation at the end of the eighteenth century. Even at her birth, the Night
The Coalition Government passed into law an unprecedented assault on the NHS. Doctors, unions, the media, even politicians who claimed to be stalwart defenders failed to protect it. Now the effect of
The international bestseller that reveals the amazing mind of your favourite friendIs your dog purposefully disobeying you? Probably, and usually behind your back. Should you act like 'top dog' to mai
'A fantastic read - think Girls meets Kitchen Confidential' Stylist'An adrenalised love song' Mail on Sunday'A stunning debut novel' Jay McInerney, author of Bright Lights, Big City*AN OBSERVER BOOK O
'Fascinating' - Brian Cox, Mail on Sunday Books of the YearWhere are we? Who are we? Do our beliefs, hopes and dreams hold any significance out there in the void? Can human purpose and meaning ever fi
A beautiful tribute to the international bestseller The Little Prince, with specially commissioned illustrations by the award-winning artist Pietari PostiFew stories are as widely read and as universa
A Sunday Times Book of the YearAs featured on the BBC Radio 2 Book ClubDr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, ladykiller, eccentric. He performed the first s
'If you're going to talk about women in the 21st century, you MUST read Peggy Orenstein's Girls & Sex.' - CAITLIN MORAN, author of How to Be a Woman*TIME Top 10 non-fiction books of 2016**Amazon B
A brilliant compendium of psychological discoveries that will truly make you wiser, The Wisest One in the Room is an accessible and pragmatic summary of how we perceive and misperceive the world aroun
A Book of the Year for The Times and the Sunday Times`The writer is the engineer of the human soul,' claimed Stalin. Although one wonders how many found nourishment in Turkmenbashi's Book of the Soul
