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One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest: a Novel
Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey`s One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can`t Stop Talking
`Quiet`, the Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller by Susan Cain, will permanently change how we see introverts – and how you see yourself. Our lives are driven by a fact most of us can`t name and don`t understand: whether we`re an introvert or an extrovert. This defines who our friends and lovers are,
What the Dog Saw: and Other Adventures
Pre-Order Malcolm Gladwell`s New Book, David and Goliath, Coming 3 October 2013. In What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell covers everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world. Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World
Winner of the 2019 Lionel Gelber Prize`Majestic, informative and often delightful … insights on every page` Yanis Varoufakis, ObserverThe definitive history of the Great Financial Crisis, from the acclaimed author of The Deluge and The Wages of Destruction. In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers, shook the world.
The English – A Portrait of a People
Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? What is behind the English
The New Spymasters: Inside Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror
“Number one Evening Standarad bestseller book of the year”. (Daily Telegraph). “Exceptional. A blueprint for productive, sophisticated espionage in the age of Islamist terror”. (Daily Telegraph). Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for
The Rule of Law
`The Rule of Law` is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more talismanic than that of democracy, but what does it actually consist of? In this brilliant short book, Britain`s former senior law lord, and
Pride and Prejudice
Part of Penguin`s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and
Design as Art
One of the last surviving members of the futurist generation, Bruno Munari`s Design as Art is an illustrated journey into the artistic possibilities of modern design translated by Patrick Creagh published as part of the `Penguin on Design` series in Penguin Modern Classics.`The designer of today re-establishes the long-lost contact between art and the public,
Outliers: The Story of Success
From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell`s Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative
Sense and Sensibility
Part of Penguin`s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores
The Criminal Alphabet: An A-Z of Prison Slang
The ultimate guide to the criminal world through its slang – from insults to terms of respect, weapons to injuries, crimes to punishment `I have spent almost 33 of the last 53 years in and out of prison, but mainly in. I was a juvenile offender back in the mid 1970s and went on to
Freedom from Fear
This collection of writings by Aung San Suu Kyi (edited by her late husband) reflects Aung San Suu Sky`s greatest hopes and fears for her people and her concern about the need for international co-operation. The book gives poignant and humorous reminisnces as well as independent assessments of her role in politics. Containing speeches, letters
Common People: The History of an English Family
This book is short listed for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize `Part detective story, part Dickensian saga, part labour history. “A thrilling and unnerving read.” (Observer). “Mesmeric and deeply moving.” (Daily Telegraph). “Remarkable, haunting, full of wisdom.” (The Times). Family history is a massive phenomenon of our times but what are we after when we
Mother Tongue
`More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to…` Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status
Troublesome Words
What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With “Troublesome Words”, journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to the problems of English usage and spelling that has been an indispensable
Respectable: Crossing the Class Divide
`Pithy and provoking, spiced with the personal` Hilary Mantel Lynsey Hanley grew up part of the `respectable working class`. At university, she discovered that social mobility is not all it seems. This book is about what it means to cross class divides, what we leave behind in order to get on, and how class affects
Justice: What`s the Right Thing to Do?
Michael Sandel`s Justice: What`s the Right Thing to Do? invites readers of all ages and political persuasions on a journey of moral reflection, and shows how reasoned debate can illuminate our lives.Is it always wrong to lie?Should there be limits to personal freedom?Can killing sometimes be justified?Is the free market fair?What is the right thing
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey`s legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs. Throughout history, some books
An Apology for Idlers
An irresistible invitation to reject the work ethic and enjoy life`s simple pleasures (such as laughing, drinking and lying in the open air), Robert Louis Stevenson`s witty and seminal essay on the joys of idleness is accompanied here by his writings on, among other things, growing old, visiting unpleasant places and the overwhelming experience of
