Democracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: from her childhood in post-war Japan, where democracy ...

How do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend our hard-earned money on our haircare, skincare and makeup; where do they come from, and how can we learn to ...

What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in common? They all helped create the Oxford English Dictionary. The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with ...

Writer, Samson Young, is staring death in the face, and not only his own. Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the ...

'A thought-provoking, quietly devastating novel about loneliness and what people will do to belong' RED 'Best Books of January 2024' 'This book blew me away, I'm still reeling from it . . . This is a ...

How do you find your daughter when no one believes she is missing? Single mother Jess and her daughter Issie have always shared an unbreakable bond. For the last seven years, it's been just the two of ...

PRE-ORDER THE WORLD-BURNING HORROMANTASY, BRINGING TOGETHER LITERATURE'S MOST FAMOUS LADY VILLAINS, LADY MACBETH AND KLYTEMNESTRA . . . For fans of A Dowry of Blood, Clytemnestra, and Piranesi, Vile ...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this legendary edition of The Odyssey. After ten years of war, Odysseus turns his back on ...