The Passion

Jeanette Winterson

Henri had a passion for Napoleon and Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow Henri butchered for his Emperor and never killed a single man. Meanwhile, in Venice, the city of chance and disguises, Villanelle was born with the webbed feet of her boatman father - but in the casinos she ...

Tales from 1,001 Nights

Ursula Lyons (Translator); Robert Irwin (Introduction by); Coralie Bickford-Smith (Illustrator); Malcolm C. Lyons (Translator)

Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality, colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar s...

Upheaval - How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change

Jared Diamond

In his landmark international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel, and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis. Diamond’s analysis of the ways in...

The Tree in Me (HB)

Corinna Luyken

A stunning and sensitive portrait of the strength within each of us and the nourishment we receive from the natural world, by the creator of the acclaimed My Heart and The Book of Mistakes Through poetic text and exquisite illustrations of children revelling in nature, this picture book explores the va...