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Widely regarded as a landmark in American literature, Slouching Towards Bethlehem marks Joan Didion’s debut in nonfiction—a collection that helped redefine modern reportage and personal essay when it appeared in 1968. Lauded as some of the finest prose produced in the United States, these...

When Virginia Woolf met Vita Sackville-West in 1922, the acclaimed novelist and the charismatic aristocrat formed a connection that would evolve into one of the most celebrated literary relationships of the twentieth century. What began with curiosity and attraction grew into nearly two decades...

When Earth is invaded by an alien species that quietly takes control of human minds, few people remain free. Melanie Stryder is expected to become just another host, but even after the alien known as Wanderer occupies her body, she refuses to surrender her...

Phillip Tennent earns his living combing the tideline, salvaging the strange artefacts the Channel washes ashore. Years have passed since the crisis that reshaped the world, though no one can quite explain what happened. Governments have withered, unfamiliar creatures haunt the seas, and an...

Centuries in the future, at the dawn of a new historical era marked by both uncertainty and possibility, an orphan finds herself adrift in a city on the threshold of transformation. The state has disappeared, humans are reimagining their relationships with one another, and...

From the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World comes a fascinating history of one of the most ordinary (and influential) substances in human civilization: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has played a remarkable role in shaping the...

Bartholomew Port, known as Mew, steps into the bushes of a London park—and emerges in Dublin. But this is not the Dublin he knows. There are no cars, moving footpaths have replaced ordinary streets, there is no church, and everything feels strangely out of...

The first volume of Anaïs Nin’s celebrated nine-volume diary series, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931–1934 captures a pivotal period in the life of one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating writers and artists. Written in Nin’s own intimate and revealing voice,...

It’s been a year since Valdin’s ex-boyfriend left Auckland for Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing just fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a decent career where he’s only occasionally reminded that he’s the office’s sole Māori employee, and a...

The Pink Edition; Recipes, Stories Behind the Recipes, and Inspiration for Vegan Cheffing. Chefs Jean-Claude van Randy and Speed Dog, with help from Eric Obenauf, serve up accessible comfort food with an international twist—from South African Bunny Chow and Mexican Chilaquiles to Banana Peel...

Magnetic, lively, and wildly original, Beňová captures the verve and sophistication of Renata Adler and Rosalyn Drexler while carving out a singular voice. Set in a sprawling apartment complex outside Bratislava—where the walls echo with music and time drifts seamlessly—the novel follows young couple Elza...

The Underneath follows Kay Ward, a former journalist struggling with the constraints of motherhood. Along with her husband and two children, she rents a quaint Vermont farmhouse for the summer. The idea is to disconnect from their work-based lifestyle―that had her doggedly pursuing a...

Spanning over 40 years of South Africa’s past, present, and near future, Masande Ntshanga’s Triangulum is an ambitious, genre-bending literary mystery. In 2040, the South African National Space Agency receives a cryptic package containing a memoir and digital recordings from an anonymous woman claiming...

Erin, a 19-year-old girl from middle England, is traveling to Alaska on a journey that takes her through Iceland, Greenland, and across Canada. She is making a documentary about how men are allowed to express this kind of individualism and personal freedom more than...

In a world growing ever more interconnected and volatile, our biggest global challenges—from environmental degradation and poverty to systemic failure—cannot be fixed by piecemeal solutions. Written by the late Donella Meadows, co-author of the groundbreaking bestseller Limits to Growth, Thinking in Systems brings the...

A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel. Hidden down a quiet Kyoto alleyway near Higashi Honganji Temple, the Kamogawa Diner attracts lost souls in search of something far beyond a good meal. Here, the father-daughter "food detective" duo of Chef Nagare and Detective Koishi recreate long-forgotten...

Silo #3 Where Wool uncovered the secret life within the silos and Shift revealed how the subterranean network came to be, Dust brings Hugh Howey’s bestselling trilogy to a tense, apocalyptic conclusion. Now stepping into the role of mayor for Silo 18, Juliette harbors...

Silo #2 Before the walls of the silo were built, the seeds of humanity's downfall were already being planted. In Shift, the chilling sequel to Hugh Howey’s "wool", the timeline rewinds to trace the origins of the underground sanctuary and the terrifying science that...

A bold, unsettling, surprisingly tender debut novel for readers of Jesmyn Ward and Nightcrawling.Salomé Atabong is the sixteen-year-old daughter of a Cameroonian father and a Dutch mother, living in the Netherlands. She arrives at a juvenile detention center to start a six-month sentence for...

A bestseller when it was published nearly a century ago, this literary classic established Edith Wharton as one of the most important American writers in the twentieth century—now with a new introduction from Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jennifer Egan.Wharton’s first literary success—a devastatingly accurate portrait...

Glen Wu is drifting. Back in Hong Kong after years away, he’s teaching ESL with zero passion, hungover half the time, and high the rest. As the city seethes with unrest—tear gas in the streets, protestors disappearing overnight—Glen numbs himself with weed, fights with...

Amid rubble and rebuilding in a former Soviet land, one family must rescue one another and put the past to a stirring novel about what happens after the fighting is over “My mother stayed, so that we could go.” Having fled conflict in the...

Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation. Raised in the sun-drenched, idyllic world of Southern California and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing. But...

A secret destroys a man's perfect life and sends him on a collision course with a deadly conspiracy in this shocking thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Harlan Coben. The stranger appears out of nowhere, perhaps in a bar, or a parking...

The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Halloween, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry...

Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone- a secret order gathers...

There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building... wherever they had murdered. When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to...

As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until...

This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python...

Deluxe limited edition includes Stenciled Edges, Patterned Endpapers and a designed Case Cover. A gothic young adult romantasy set in the cursed Kingdom of Aragoa, where magic is punishable by death. The story follows Viola Sinclair, a young woman who has concealed her deadly...

From the author of the international bestseller Life of Pi comes a brilliant retelling of the Trojan War, seen through the eyes of two very different outsiders: an ancient soldier and a modern scholar. The Psoad is an Ancient Greek epic in free verse...

Lydia Davis stands as one of the most original, inventive, and influential voices in contemporary American fiction. Celebrated by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "one of the quiet giants of American literature," her singular work redefines the boundaries of flash fiction, translation,...

In this masterpiece of nature writing, Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times and shockingly harsh at others. Her intense, poetic prose explores and records the rocks, rivers,...

A young girl is plucked from obscurity to marry the Crown Prince of Korea. In her diaries, she chronicles the intrigues of courtly life and her own extraordinary existence.Two hundred years later, the Red Queen’s ghost haunts Dr Babs Halliwell, an Oxford academic obsessed...

There are still wild places out there on our crowded planet.Through a series of personal journeys, Dan Richards explores the appeal of far-flung outposts in mountains, tundra, forests, oceans, and deserts. Following a route from the Cairngorms of Scotland to the fire-watch lookouts of...

At the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing unstable on the island, she tries to come to terms with the addiction that has swallowed the last decade of her life. As she spends her mornings swimming...

In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Known by the Romans as Insula Medicata and famous for its monastery, it even survived Viking raids. Today the isle maintains its...

In The Hidden Ways, Alistair Moffat traverses the lost paths of Scotland - its Roman roads tramped by armies, its byways and pilgrim routes, drove roads and railways, turnpikes and sea roads - in a bid to understand how our history has left its...

Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six extraordinary men:...

For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, Stephen Amidon’s Locust Lane is a taut and utterly propulsive story about the search for justice and the fault lines of power and influence in a seemingly idyllic town....

The Atlas #2. Six magicians were presented with the opportunity of a lifetime.Five are now members of the Society.Two paths lay before them. All must pick a side. Alliances will be tested, hearts will be broken, and The Society of Alexandrians will be revealed...

Two strangers meet by chance at the Art Institute: Regan, a bipolar counterfeit artist in court-ordered therapy, and Aldo, a doctoral student who copes with intrusive thoughts through obsessive calculations about time travel. From the outside, their lives appear vastly different—but beneath the surface,...

A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit is a beautifully written exploration of how uncertainty and disorientation can lead to growth and discovery. Combining memoir, philosophy, and cultural history, Solnit reflects on moments of loss and transformation in her own life while...

With great lyricism, Anna Fleming charts two parallel journeys: learning the craft of traditional rock climbing and the developing appreciation of the natural world it brings her. Through the story of her progress from terrified beginner to confident lead climber, she shows us how...

Nineteenth-century Kristiania is an unforgiving place, and work is thin on the ground. Roaming the streets of Norway's capital, a penniless young writer searches for inspiration whilst trying desperately to make ends meet. Driven to extraordinary lengths, sleeping under the stars with his stomach...

Max and Mally, two out of millions murdered in the Holocaust, are deported in 1942 from Berlin to Theresienstadt – where they will starve to death. Decades later, in London and on a whim, their granddaughter, Jackie googles their names to find two commemorative...

Harry McCoy #5. Glasgow is a city in mourning. An arson attack has left five dead. Tempers are frayed and sentiments running high. When three youths are charged the city goes wild. A crowd gathers outside the courthouse but as the police drive the...

Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson - a whispering campaign seeks...

Dublin student life is ending for Sophie and her friends. They've got everything figured out, and Sophie feels left behind as they all start to go their separate ways. She's overshadowed by her best friend Grace. She's been in love with Finn for as...

A twist you won’t see coming. A love story you’ll never forget. From the acclaimed author of The Notebook comes a powerful novel about risking everything for a dream—and whether it’s possible to leave the past behind. We don’t always get to choose our paths...