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1984 is a novel by the British author George Orwell in 1949. The narrative unfolds in an imagined future when most of the world has fallen prey to omnipresent government surveillance, propaganda, and endless war. Great Britain has become a province of the super state Oceania, which is ruled by the Party, whose leader is called Big Brother. The Party employs the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Winston Smith, the protagonist, is an ordinary worker who secretly despises the Party and dreams of rebellion.

***LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019*** Brought to you by Penguin. Electrifying and audacious, an unmissable new novel about old and new Europe, old and new love, from the twice-Man Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home 'The man who had nearly run me over had touched my hair...

Based on actual events, The Story of My Assassins tells the story of a journalist who learns that the police have captured five hitmen on their way to kill him. Landing like a bombshell on his comfortable life, just as he’s started a steamy affair with a brilliant woman, the news prompts him to launch an urgent investigation into the lives of his aspiring murderers - a ragtag group of street thugs and village waifs - and their mastermind. Who wanted him dead, and why?

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Reluctant Fundamentalist written and read by Mohsin Hamid. 'Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard. I am a lover of America . . . ' So speaks the mysterious stranger at a Lahore cafe...

Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife. There is the lingering regret of her childlessness, and now, her...

A predecessor to such monumental works as Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov, Notes From Underground represents a turning point in Dostoevsky's writing towards the more political side. In this work we follow an unnamed narrator who is disillusioned by the oppression and corruption of the society in which he lives and withdraws into the underground. Notes from the Underground shows Dostoevsky at his best.

THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR 30 MILLION BOOKS SOLD WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARD In the heart-pounding new installment of the No.1 bestselling Department Q series, a terrifying international investigation reveals the complex backstory of one of the department's own - the enigmatic...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER IN TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN SERIES - INSPIRATION FOR THE BLOCKBUSTER AMAZON PRIME TV SERIES The deadliest threat is the one you never see . . . It was a text message that started it. President Jack Ryan's old friend (and former operative) Father...

Bloomsbury presents The Boyfriend Candidate by Ashley Winstead, read by Ann Marie Gideon. THE BOYFRIEND CANDIDATE is a total freaking delight. It’s smart, sexy, funny and so sharply written.' — Carley Fortune, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meet Me at the Lake A laugh-out-loud...

Brought to you by Penguin. All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back in to their old bedrooms and showing their gratitude by berating their parents for their out-of-date politics. But for proud and high-profile left-wingers Emma and Eddie...

It’s November 3, 2020, and Emma McMasters has just been elected the 46th president of the United States. She’s facing a divided Congress and nation, allies that no longer trust America, enemies that have been emboldened, and the legacy of destruction left by the last administration. She must rebuild and reestablish trust in government, in the media, and in the electoral system, all the while carrying the mantle of first female president, and along with it, the hopes and dreams of millions of women and little girls who need her to prove that a woman can get the job done.

“If a woman really believes herself to be a lower kind of being, she should place herself in subjection….If not, let her show her power of choosing something better.” This is the challenge thrown down to George Eliot’s heroine, Esther Lyon, who dreams of marrying into a life of...

Apteekki-romaanista tutun Ruusvirran perheen tarina jatkuu1920-luku on Suomessa ja Porissa kiivaan taloudellisen kasvun aikaa. Myös uusia aatteita virtaa maahan ja erityisesti nuoret innostuvat niistä, niin myös Ruusvirran porvarisperheessä. Perheen pää Aron Ruusvirta on luovuttanut...

Nel corso di un conflitto planetario, un aereo precipita su un'isola deserta. Sopravvivono solo alcuni ragazzi, che provano a riorganizzarsi senza l'aiuto e il controllo degli adulti. I primi tentativi di dare vita a una società ordinata hanno successo, ma presto esplodono tensioni latenti ed emergono paure irrazionali e comportamenti asociali: lo scenario paradisiaco dell'isola tropicale si trasforma in un inferno.

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER IN AMERICA WINNER OF THE 2025 KIRKUS PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE NBCC JOHN LEONARD PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES PATTERSON PRIZE in collaboration with Bookshop.org Chosen as a BOOK OF THE YEAR in the Washington Post and New York Times Book Review In the summer of...

LONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZE 2026 ‘Playful, charming and warm’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘I adored every page’ MAX PORTER ‘A rollicking, wise, superb novel’ INDEPENDENT From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Sisters Brothers comes a thrilling novel about a young man on an...

Artemis Procter returns in David McCloskey's electrifying new spy thriller, where London has devolved into a covert battleground between British and American intelligence services. What if the CIA and British intelligence began spying on each other? This is the question at the heart of David...

Mary Morris, called "a marvelous storyteller" by The Chicago Tribune, returns with House Arrest—a vividly etched, engrossing story of a nation, two remarkable women, and the meaning of freedom. House Arrest tells the gripping tale of two women from different cultures whose lives intersect at a...

Brought to you by Penguin. **Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2022** Glory is an energy burst, an exhilarating ride. A bold, vivid chorus of animal voices calls out the dangerous absurdity of contemporary global politics, and helps us see our human world more clearly. A long time ago, in a...

Brought to you by Penguin. Intimidated by her father, the rector of Knype Hill, Dorothy performs her submissive roles of dutiful daughter and bullied housekeeper. Her thoughts are taken up with the costumes she is making for the church school play, by the hopelessness of preaching to the poor...