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Brought to you by Penguin. Travel along with actor and podcaster Tim Downie as he explores the strange and beautiful places that have shaped British folklore. Tim brings to life the mystical stories that shape the character of our isles. Push through the bramble and briar to embark on a journey...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A sensational celebration of Annie Ernaux's work—featuring collected writing by critics, journalists, and 24 previously unpublished pieces by the Nobel Prize winner herself—offering a full view of the author's life, writing style, reception by...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Starting in 1968 when three classic Marvel anthologies were split into separate titles for Iron Man, Captain America, Sub-Mariner, The Hulk, Doctor Strange, and Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel began an explosive arc of growth which culminated in...

Explore the Stories Behind the Legends In 1984, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter brought Marvel’s heroes and villains together for an epic battle that became the template for comic book crossovers and impacted Marvel’s storylines for decades, including major changes to the Spider-Man...

The incredible, inspiring true story of one woman’s escape from religious indoctrination, through the power of books, publishing in our National Year of Reading 'Julianna Glasse blazes a trail for every woman who has ever felt oppressed' CHELSEA HANDLER On the surface, Julianna Glasse had it...

Slavoj Žižek revists his radical interpretation of Antigone 10 years on, elaborating on the original work in daring and surprising ways. This updated text includes an additional essay reflecting on how this play speaks to our contemporary moment more powerfully than ever, as well as a...

An impassioned, boundary-pushing work of criticism traversing an array of subjects, from fine arts to design to architecture, taking aim at the ubiquity of white paint in our society and what its prevalence reveals about our values It’s hard to identify a material that takes up more sensory...

One of our most brilliant biographers illuminates the life and work of an incomparable, extraordinary and fascinating novelist. “Hermione Lee is a literary life-writer par excellence.” —The Atlantic Anita Brookner is famous for her quiet, incisive studies of solitary and emotionally...

The global history of the rise and transformation of bookstores, from medieval book merchants to today’s neighborhood indies. "This is the arresting and ultimately optimistic story of the making and marketing of print culture. Here is a book for every book-lover to buy.” -Jeff Jarvis, author...

Read by the author Blending lyric memoir and cultural criticism, acclaimed poet Franny Choi’s debut essay collection explores our obsession with cyborgs and what sci-fi representations of Asian femmes reveal about race, gender, sexuality, disability, labor, technology, and language. In the...

Experience the gentle character of Winnie-the-Pooh through the lens of ancient Taoist principles, illustrating how simplicity, humility, and naturalness lead to a happier and more harmonious life. First published in 1982, The Tao of Pooh introduces the principles of Taoist philosophy through the...

'A wonderfully engaging account of Poe’s troubled life and work . . . Nimble, generous, brimming with insight' - SARAH WATERS 'Emily Ogden does not flinch from the obscure and sometimes horrifying recesses of Poe’s psychosis' - SUE PRIDEAUX Are you brave enough to step into the darkness?...

A fascinating and intimate inquiry into the shadowy life and horrifyingly compelling work of Edgar Allan Poe and why we are drawn to darkness in art Since Edgar Allan Poe’s mysterious death in 1849, his stories and poems have captivated millions of readers around the world. Two centuries later...

What a Time to be Alive! So lettuce remember Liz Truss, relive the last days of the Tories, meet the guy they called No-Drama Starmer, and succumb to hyper-resistant superbug Nigel Farage. Travel stateside to meet our supranational Silicon Valley overlords, Donald Trump and his cavalcade of henchmen - then head for infinity and beyond with Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos. Experience testing times for misunderstood men in television, create wonder in every moment with Meghan, and relive the horror of the Gwyneth Paltrow ski massacre trial.

READ BY THE AUTHOR Ancient Greek mythology meets the best of today’s self-healing insights for a hero’s journey you won’t soon forget: your own. It’s a tale as old as time: a seeker steps out from the familiar into the unknown, facing great danger on the way to enlightenment. While in...

A daring, genre-defying work of non-fiction from one of our greatest poets Alice Oswald goes in search of poetry in its original, wildest form – before it was written down, before it belonged to a single voice – and finds it still speaking all around us. What begins as an attempt to...

The world of horror comes to life with this gorgeously illustrated and whimsical journey through the genre—exploring the folklore, monsters, and tropes that have fueled our fears for centuries. Horror is where the macabre meets the profound, and The Illustrated Compendium of Horror is your...

From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has reached the highest tier of the American literary canon is what we have come to understand as his...

A collection of Caldecott Medalist Maurice Sendak's critical writings devoted to authors and artists whose work he admired, including Randolph Caldecott, Beatrix Potter, and Walt Disney, along with several interviews and autobiographical pieces. Now with a new introduction by Sergio Ruzzier!...

The Monsters and the Critics, a new HarperCollins book, full description to follow when available...