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This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius, Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator's life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters, memos, reports, and diaries into a comprehensive, compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Philip Arditti, best known for The Danish Girl and Game of Thrones. This definitive recording includes an introduction by David Selim Sayers. 'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life...

En una zona del bajo Piamonte, un pequeño campesino fantasioso y embustero llamado Baudolino conquista a Federico Barbarroja y se convierte en su hijo adoptivo. Casi milagrosamente, todo aquello que Baudolino imagina genera Historia. Entre otras cosas, crea la mítica carta del Preste Juan, que prometía a Occidente un reino fabuloso en el lejano Oriente, gobernado por un rey cristiano.

'With the open-hearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.' Elena Ferrante In Naples, a new kind of gang rules the streets: the ‘Paranze’, the ‘Children’s Gangs’, groups of teenage boys who divide...

Nearly all Michael Angelo's sonnets express personal feelings, and by far the greater number of them were composed after his 60th year. To whom they were addressed, we only know in a few instances. Nothing is more clear than that Michael Angelo worshiped Beauty in the Platonic spirit, passing beyond its personal and specific manifestations to the universal and impersonal.

Brought to you by Penguin. Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms, The Copenhagen Trilogy is a searingly honest, utterly immersive portrayal of love, friendship, art, ambition and the terrible lure of...

Kazu knows something odd is going on when he sees a girl in a white kimono sneak out of his house in the middle of the night - was he dreaming? Did he see a ghost? Things get even stranger when he shows up to school the next day to see the very same figure sitting in his classroom. No one else thinks it’s weird, and even though Kazu doesn’t remember ever seeing her before, they all seem convinced that the ghost-girl Akari has been their friend for years!

Falk and his friends have pulled it off. Artyom has come back to life in Arktania, in the body of his game character, by becoming the Emissary of the God of the Dead. But Falk himself is now locked inside the game, trapped in a pocket dimension created by Hotei, where he has to repeat the first...

HE DOES NOT LET ANYONE ROLL THE DICE. Summer is here, and Female Merchant pays Goblin Slayer and his party an unexpected visit at their usual tavern to make them a proposal. Her next trade route will take her through the vast eastern desert where goblins now run rampant, and she would like the...

Cuando Inju, una reconocida pintora, muere en un accidente de coche, su mejor amiga, Cheonghee, se niega a creer lo que un crítico de arte afirma: que la artista se suicidó. Cheonghee se embarcará en una investigación obsesiva que la llevará a desentrañar aspectos desconocidos de una biografía cargada de fragilidad y desamparo. Pero la búsqueda de la verdad, a ratos peligrosa, supondrá remover su propia historia, hurgar en viejas heridas y padecer el vértigo que produce el misterio de la existencia.

이 책 『샴페인 친구』는 1997년, 30세 젊은 작가 노통브가 자신의 책 『사랑의 파괴』(1993) 사인회에서 만나게 된 페트로니유라는 22세 여성 팬과의 우정 이야기다. 아멜리 노통브는 샴페인을 좋아하지만, 혼자 마시기를 즐기지는 않는다. 그래서 술친구로 삼을 만한 사람을 찾아 나선다. 자신의 사인회를 찾아온 열다섯 불량소년처럼 생긴 페트로니유를 본 순간, 노통브는 직감한다. 페트로니유가 자신이 그동안 찾던 바로 그 사람이란 것을!

Having narrowly escaped financial ruin, Lawrence turns hisattention to helping Holo find her ancient homeland in the North. But how longcan a traveling merchant afford to wander the countryside looking for a villagethat he suspects may have ceased to exist long ago? When a rival merchant setshis...

After Kazuma and crew's less-than-relaxing vacation, Yunyun burst onto the scene with shocking news-the Crimson Magic Clan is in danger, and she wants to bear his children to save it! Kazuma returns with her to the village, but the situation isn't quite what he expected...

This collection of short stories captures special moments during the student council’s summer vacation, and it may even answer some important questions: How will Sayaka react to the truth about Masachika and Yuki’s relationship? What devious activities is Nonoa up to behind the scenes? Will...

When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―rendering the ancient poem in contemporary language that was “fresh, unpretentious and lean” (Madeline Miller, Washington Post)―critics lauded it as “a revelation” (Susan Chira, New York Times) and “a cultural landmark” (Charlotte Higgins, Guardian) that would forever change how Homer is read in English. Now Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time.

Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming Japanese bestseller for fans of Matt Haig, Fredrik Backman and THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS 'Library. What a nice-sounding word. So comforting. I feel like I'm a student again. Library ... Am I allowed to borrow books?' 'What are you looking for?' asks...

A story about everything and nothing, a boy in a plum tree, and a 7th grade no longer sure that anything means anything. "The novel asks the immense existential questions of the meaning of life. With its unusual, rhythmic and tightly composed language it is an amazing piece of work, which...

His heart and life are on the line!Seiichirou Kondou used to be a regular Japanese salaryman, but now he’s an accountant in another world! He is still a workaholic, but the handsome and doting Commander Aresh refuses to let him continue his unhealthy lifestyle. The young commander oversees...

Em As meninas do laranjal, Gabriela Cabezón Cámara amplifica vozes potentes que foram muito tempo silenciadas e se estabelece como uma das expoentes mais originais da literatura latino-americana contemporânea.* Livro vencedor do Prêmio Ciutat de Barcelona e do Prêmio de Literatura Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.Gabriela Cabezón Cámara inspira-se na vida de Catalina de Erauso, conhecida como Monja Alferes, para construir a história de As meninas do laranjal.

Brought to you by Penguin. FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING ORIGINAL HEALING AUTHOR Much-loved modern classic by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD Across a bridge, in view of cherry blossom lies the Marble Cafe where a woman...