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A handpicked selection of novels featuring Simenon's legendary literary detective, Inspector Maigret, with striking new coversInspector Maigret's wife has fallen ill during their seaside holiday at Les Sables-d'Olonne. When he visits her in the hospital,...

Have you ever wondered what trucks do when it's time to go to bed? Your favorite Diggers are now in paperback!Truck-obsessed toddlers will want to make the diggers, tractors, fire engines, and more featured in this fun-filled construction tale part of...

Welcome to the summer of the apocalypse. One 12-year-old boy leads the charge against the forces of evil as he tries to stop the Four Horsemen from taking over the world in the start to a wildly funny and addictive fantasy series about accepting yourself...

Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements. This book demonstrates this to be a myth one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their...

Theatre and Race centers on the interrelationship of the words on either side of the ampersand. It offers an accessible overview of how race is performed and how western theatrical practice has wrestled with the topic, question, and "problem" of racial...

Sue Vice's study explores Claude Lanzmann's epic 1985 film Shoah both as cinema and as an example of Holocaust representation. Shoah, the distillation of more than 350 hours of footage gathered over eleven years, tells the story of the Holocaust through...

Cleo de 5 7 (Cleo from 5 to 7), Agnes Varda's classic 1962 work depicts, in near real-time, 90 minutes in the life of Cleo, a young woman in Paris awaiting the results of medical tests that she fears will confirm a fatal condition. The film, whose visual...

A beautiful children's picture book that teaches children about perspective and dreaming big. Rodney spent most of his days looking up. Imagining, for hours, what a life high among the treetops would be like and how it would feel to be so . . . tall...

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Tony Birch, Smoke Encrypted Whispers is a stunning collection of exhilarating poems, urban songlines and ancestral ties that have become the hallmarks of this poet.Reading this...

From the instant New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes an enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance about a young witch attempting to undo a terrible curseFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Witches comes...

The unflinching autobiography from the two-time world heavyweight champion, and British People's Champion, Tyson Fury, now out in paperback.The No-Holds-Barred Sunday Times bestselling Autobiography'Tyson Fury is an amazing real-life champion' Sylvester...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read’ At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. In an instant, the temperature at its...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'No, I don't hate being black. I'm just tired of saying it's beautiful. No, I don't hate myself. I'm just tired of people bruising their knuckles on my jaw.'A novella with the force of a screaming...

Beloved author Anne Coombs' final novel - a gentle satire with a rapier edge that captures the joys and hypocrisies of a mid-nineties version of the Australian bourgeouise.Raymond causes a stir in country town Glaston when he buys Glastonbridge, a house...

A clear, approachable guide to the world of sesame, from halva, tahini, and sesame oil to gomasio and furikake, with 80+ vegetarian-forward recipes, from the founder of popular tahini outfit Seed+Mill in New York's historic Chelsea Market.A clear,...

The definitive biography of one of Britain's most iconic heroines, reissued for the 200th anniversaryWhether honoured and admired or criticized and ridiculed, Florence Nightingale has invariably been misrepresented and misunderstood. As the Lady with the...

An eye-opening exploration of humanity's unprecedented path to global depopulation and why it's in everyone's interests to prevent itIf we continue as we are, with birth rates falling globally, the world's human population will peak in the next few...

Sparkling rural romance meets quirky rom-com in this delightful debut story of love, magic and fighting for home. Perfect for readers who love Rachael Johns and Alissa Callen. Is love on the cards?Reading the tarot is in Claire's blood. It's a gift she...

How communication works across the animal kingdom, for readers of Other Minds and Ed YongWhy Animals Talk is a scientific journey through the untamed world of animal communication. From the majestic howls of wolves and the enchanting chatter of parrots...

The compulsive new thriller from multimillion-selling NYT bestselling author Jennifer Niven.Eight students walk into an exclusive writers' retreat, but only one will walk out with a life-changing opportunity to realize their creative dreams.Effy is...

A gorgeously crafted book within a book about literature, purpose and what it is to belong by the much-loved author of The Cat and The City. 'A finely drawn evocation of Japan, of youth, age, dreams, disillusionment, struggles and strength... A poignant...

Make the best of tummy time with your baby with this two-in-one fold-out book featuring whole-hearted illustrations of love all around. This sturdy accordion book opens up to stand alone in a crib, on the carpet, or on a bed, making it easy for your...

The landmark book that opened the world's eyes to the suffering of animals, fully rewritten and entirely updatedAnimal Liberation started a worldwide movement when it revealed the abuse of animals in factory farms and laboratories. It demonstrated that...

In the tradition of modern fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's American Gods andNaomi Novik's Spinning Silver comesan immersive fantasy saga, a debut novel aboutestranged siblings who are reunited after receiving a mysterious inheritance."A wonderfully...

The hilarious number one bestselling memoir from YouTube sensation Chris Broad, a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the world's most mysterious cultures.When Englishman Chris Broad landed in...

The Vintage Classics WEIRD GIRLS series ventures into the depraved, delectable depths of women's weird fiction with nine novels by nine pioneering women.Vintage Classics WEIRD GIRLS- Dive into the depraved, delectable depths of women's weird fiction.Rin...

Technological advances, an increasingly globalized workforce and seismic global events mean that change is a constant feature of business life today. The consequences of not managing change effectively can be devastating for businesses. How can managers...

A BARACK OBAMA TOP BOOK OF 2021 'A heartfelt and witty collection of essays on everything from marriage and knitting to the inevitability of death' Guardian 'A pitch-perfect collection ... She can turn a sentence like no one else- her writing is clear,...

Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world. But many have vanished from our collective memory despite their enduring...

The outback thriller meets the locked room mystery!From the author of WILD DOGS comes an electrifying combination of outback action thriller and the classic locked room mystery. 'Did you have to kill them all?' It's the question Gabe Ahern has been...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books'He stretched out his two long, lank arms, that looked like spider's claws, and seemed to embrace with them the expanse before him'His inheritance squandered and engagement severed, Guido di Cortese...

Discover a world of opposites with different kinds of houses! From a country house to a town house, little hands will love lifting the flaps of this bright and chunky board book. With bright, quirky art from Liuna Virardi and fold-out flaps to lift...

A new Vintage Classics edition of Martin Amis's MONEY - 40 years since its first publicationWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM ANDREW O'HAGANJohn Self is a consumer extraordinaire. Rolling between London and New York he closes movie deals and spends...

A Belletrist Book Club PickWhat would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again?A Belletrist Book Club PickWhat would you do if you found the spark that made you feel whole again?After twelve years of marriage and two kids, Merit has...

Apple TV + tie-in of the multi-million-copy No. 1 Sunday Times, No. 1 New York Times and No. 1 international bestseller and prizewinnerTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER Soon to be an Apple TV series starring Brie Larson'I loved it' NIGELLA...

From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes the TikTok sensation- a dark and twisted contemporary romance inspired by the Eros and Psyche myth.Her New Husband Isn't the Monster She Thinks.Cash Primrose takes his namesake seriously. As a...

What if your guide to the cosmos starts to lose his way? Fascinated by her grandad, a famous astronomer, a little girl could listen to his star stories for hours. But one day he starts to forget the constellations and eventually he can’t even remember...

The genre-bending and dazzling new collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestseller Jeanette WintersonOur lives are now digital, exposed and always-on. We have changed, but our ghosts have not. They've simply adapted and innovated. They inhabit...

Written in 1836, Woyzeck is often considered to be the first truly modern play. The story of a soldier driven mad by inhuman military discipline and acute social deprivation is told in splintered dialogue and jagged episodes, which are as shocking and...

A propulsive debut novel following a has-been reality TV star and a disgraced producer who get one last shot at redemption on a show set on a remote island, only to discover that the plot twists are beyond what they ever imagined.Everybody gets the story...

The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of absolute power for her son to rule over the Roman EmpireAncient Rome, AD 50The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to...

In this award-winning novel, Stephen Kinnane has written a deeply personal story of two remarkable people and of a vibrant, resilient Aboriginal community that flourished against the odds in the heart of Perth.A powerful and lyrical work by a writer of...

An empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The CrossingAn empowering novel of resistance inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang from the multi-award-winning...

If you look down towards the ground,A world of wildlife can be found.A gorgeous board book by award-winning author and illustrator Britta Teckentrup!This beautifully illustrated, fascinating board book reveals the lives of insects throughout the year...

Peek through the holes and explore a bustling world of bugs in this beautifully illustrated book from award-winning artist Britta Teckentrup.Clever die-cuts, gentle rhyming text and colourful artwork bring even the tiniest creatures to life.

A hilarious, all-too-relatable illustrated MG novel based on the life of YouTube superstar Mia Fizz!Everyone has sibling struggles, even YouTube superstars... Even with millions of followers, YouTube sensation Mia Fizz is a normal kid at heart. So when...

From Youtube sensation Mia Fizz comes a funny and charming illustrated series starter for tweens about gaining confidence and taking risks Based on the life of IRL YouTube sensation Mia Fizz, FAN TAKEOVER is the first in a new series that takes you...