Language & Literary Studies

A moving and inspirational true story of survival and triumph against incredible odds, celebrating the importance of never letting go of what drives the human spirit – hope.

This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton’s most intimate and revealing work yet. Along with Island Home and Land’s Edge (both also first published in paperback in 2017), it forms the remarkable culmination of Winton’s autobiographical trilogy, showing our finest novelist also to be one of our finest writers of non-fiction.

Shakespeare's play of magic and illusion reimagined by one of the world's great literary innovators

Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party.

These spiritual reflections of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) show a leader trying to make sense of himself and the universe, and cover diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality and the nature of the gods.

No one does family like Anne Tyler - and the Battistas might be her most appealing yet…the new novel from the bestselling author of A Spool of Blue Thread

From bitter poverty to the stardom of the West - this is the extraordinary true story of one boy's great courage and determination.

Also containing Berger's own drawings, notes, memories and reflections on everything from Albert Camus to global capitalism, Confabulations takes us to what is 'true, essential and urgent'.

The original vampire story - Dracula is still guaranteed to horrify

Welcome to the magnificent Making It Up As I Go Along – aka the World According to Marian Keyes™ - a bold and brilliant collection of Marian’s hilarious and often heartfelt observations on modern life, love and everything in between.

An enthralling anthology of the Golden Age of travel writing, with selections and contributions from today’s greatest living travel writers.

A lively collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe’s greatest, and bestselling, cultural giants.