First published in 1962, a year after Revolutionary Road, this sublime collection of stories seems even more powerful today. Out of the lives of Manhattan...View more

For centuries, the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured...View more

In a single volume, the seminal writings of the world's leading philosopher, linguist and critic, and author of the bestselling Who Rules the World ‘The general population...View more

In a prison in Occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves—and for rich lawyer Louis...View more

Condemned for a murder he did not commit, Henri Charriere, known as Papillon, was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after...View more

A collection of essays from Tom Robbins, this work includes tributes such as an ode to redheads, kissing, Diane Keaton, Leonard Cohen, tomato sandwiches and...View more

Zadie Smith's brilliant tragi-comic NW follows four Londoners - Leah, Natalie, Felix and Nathan - after they've left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on...View more

Competitive freediving-a sport built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath-tests the limits of human ability in the most hostile environment on...View more

In this surreal, savage sequel to 'Naked Lunch', Burroughs' famous cut-up technique, the slicing and random folding in of words, was fully developed, transforming the...View more

It is an April day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. The booming times of market optimism—when the culture boiled with...View more

Women imprisoned by superstition, chained by guilt.   Perched on a mountain in a land of ancient forests is a village, rife with secrets. Cut off from...View more

A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska, Eowyn Ivey’s THE SNOW CHILD was a top ten bestseller in hardback and paperback,...View more