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Nelson Algren was a renowned writer, known for his penetrating and influential social novels such as The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren’s first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this new edition of Somebody in Boots features an introduction by Colin Asher, the author of a biography of Algren. 

Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN 'A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL Love and Death. Grief and Joy. Music that lasts forever...

'A gorgeous, wildly seductive novel, shimmering with intelligence, humour and joy' - Sarah Waters Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize In 1838 Frédéric Chopin, George Sand and her children travel to a monastery in Mallorca. They are there to create and to convalesce, to live a simple life...

In 1995, 12-year-old Sidney Parsons was savagely murdered by two boys his own age. No reason was ever given for this terrible crime, and the 'Demonic Duo' who killed him were imprisoned until their release in 2002, when they were given new identities and lifetime anonymity. Online journalist Scott King investigates the lead-up and aftermath of the killing, uncovering dark and fanciful stories of demonic possession, and encountering a village torn apart by this unspeakable act.

Brought to you by Penguin WHAT IF HILLARY RODHAM HAD TURNED DOWN BILL CLINTON'S PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE? ‘Startlingly good. One of my favourite writers.’ Kate Atkinson ‘Awfully opinionated for a girl’ is what they call Hillary as she grows up in her Chicago suburb. Smart, diligent, and a...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege—but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus...

Kathryn Janeway reveals her career in Starfleet, from her first command to her epic journey through the Delta Quadrant leading to her rise to the top as vice-admiral in Starfleet Command. Discover the story of the woman who travelled further than any human ever had before, stranded decades from home, encountering new worlds and species.

Under sin opvækst i Belfast, gør Sean alt, hvad er forventes af ham. Han arbejder hårdt, han studerer, og han holder sig - for det meste - ude af problemer, men da Sean vender hjem fra universitetet, har intet ændret sig. Det er de samme venner, som tager de samme stoffer på de samme...

»Ein sprachgewaltiges und zartes Debüt. Dass Muri Darida viel zu sagen und ein Talent fürs Erzählen hat, ist sicher. Eine Lektüre, die einen mitnimmt und sich lohnt.« Teresa Preis, Buchkultur Nominiert für den Deutschen Buchpreis 2026 (Longlist). Lazi sitzt im Zug nach Budapest und hat...

Madrid, 1889. La capital es una ciudad de contrastes vibrantes. En ese mundo en ebullición, una joven de catorce años se enfrenta a la prematura muerte de su madre. Su nombre es Julia Loewe. Inteligente, audaz y con una visión prodigiosa, Julia comprende que ha nacido una «nueva mujer», que recorre el mundo, que trabaja, que monta en bicicleta y que, para conquistar su independencia, necesita algo revolucionario: una nueva moda.

সোমনাথ ব্যানার্জী-র জীবনের কাহিনী শুনুন, শংকরের লেখা অনবদ্য উপন্যাস, শুনুন শুধুমাত্র স্টোরিটেল-এ!...

Ein bewegender Familienroman und zugleich die unvergleichliche Erfolgsgeschichte der Firma LEGO Billund 1924. Der dänische Tischler Ole Kirk Christiansen liebt seine Familie über alles. Doch nach einem schweren Schicksalsschlag muss er seine vier Söhne allein großziehen, und seine Zimmerei...

ভাৰতবৰ্ষই স্বাধীনতা লাভ কৰাৰ পাছৰ সময়। মিছিং সম্প্ৰদায়ৰ এখন গাঁও। য'ত প্ৰগতিশীল চিন্তাৰ অধিকাৰী, সকলোৰে...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE From the #1 nationally bestselling author of By Gaslight, a novel of exquisite emotional force about love and art in the life of one of the great writers, reminiscent of Colm Tóibín's The Master, or Michael Cunningham's The Hours. In...

Rosalind Franklin has always been an outsider - brilliant, but different. Whether working at the laboratory she adored in Paris or toiling at a university in London, she feels closest to the science, those unchanging laws of physics and chemistry that guide her experiments. When she is assigned to work on DNA, she believes she can unearth its secrets. Rosalind knows if she just takes one more X-ray picture - one more after thousands - she can unlock the building blocks of life.

Though her name is synonymous with elegance and chic, the iconic Coco Chanel had a complicated dark side, and in late August 1944, as World War II drew to a close, she was arrested and interrogated on charges of treason to France. 

In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.

When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with a tireless interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an enigma. "I can only hope," she tells his roommate, the handsome, charming Joshua Speed, "that his waters being so very still, they also run deep." 

Germany, 1942. Franciscan friar Anton Starzmann is stripped of his place in the world when his school is seized by the Nazis. He relocates to a small German hamlet to wed Elisabeth Herter, a widow who seeks a marriage - in name only - to a man who can help raise her three children. Anton seeks something too - atonement for failing to protect his young students from the wrath of the Nazis. But neither he nor Elisabeth expects their lives to be shaken once again by the inescapable rumble of war. 

Narrated by Roger Allam, Olivier Award-winning star of The Thick of It. Inspired by the true story of mountaineer George Mallory, Paths of Glory bring to life one of history's enduringly enigmatic figures in a stunning novel from bestselling author Jeffrey Archer. 'Archer at the peak of his...