Filled with bright, unforgettable images, the deceptively simple work of William Carlos Williams revolutionized American verse, and made him one of the greatest twentieth-century poets.

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER\'He understands only the women he invents - the others not at all\'Thomas Hardy is one of the most beloved and most-read British authors. His influence on literature and the minds of his readers is singular.

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With a foreword by Becky Albertalli, author of Imogen, Obviously and Love, Simon ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’Hermia loves Lysander. But she must marry Demetrius or be condemned to life in a convent.

Imagine how different our world would be if our ancestors had looked up and there were no stars . . . For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. One of our species\' most enduring and universal relationships has been with the night sky itself, yet in the glow of today\'s artificial lighting, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos.

The genre-bending and masterful new collection of ghost stories from Jeanette WintersonA ghost has no substance, but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms. In the metaverse, we are all alternative forms.

\'John Keay is the master storyteller and historian. This grand narrative of Himalaya is as epic as the mountains and peoples he describes\' Dan Snow\'Adds the human element to the hard rock.

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 \'Exhilarating and whip-smart\' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal. A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe.

Elegant, mature and richly atmospheric, a bittersweet love story glimpsed through the veil of memory\'The love child of Normal People and Brideshead Revisited... Sublime and elegiac\' Francesca Reece \'[A] heady mix of hope and nostalgia, of desire and regret, of new love and lost love\' Sunday TimesThora, August and Hugo come from different worlds. One is an art school dreamer, one a wealthy scion

Hello humans, my name\'s Lennnie, I\'m a little blob that was sent by the book Gods to come check on you. So, let\'s get into it shall we?

Danielle Citron takes the conversation about technology and privacy out of the boardrooms and op-eds to reach readers where we are - in our bathrooms and bedrooms; with our families and our lovers; in all the parts of our lives we assume are untouchable - and shows us that privacy, as we think we know it, is largely already gone. The boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside interests

\'D\'you - er - have you seen her before?\' \'Yes. I know who she is.\' \'But, Grinstead, this painting is seventy years old - probably nearer eighty! You\'re not being serious - I mean . . . What do you mean?\' On a dark winter\'s night in 1970, Horley and Grinstead huddle for warmth in the Senior Common Room of a college in Oxford.

Fleeing Russia amid the chaos of the 1917 revolution and subsequent Civil War, many writers went on to settle in Paris, Berlin and elsewhere. In exile, they worked as taxi drivers, labourers and film extras, and wrote some of the most brilliant and imaginative works of Russian literature.

The first ever graphic novel adaptation of George Orwell\'s timeless dystopia. Winston Smith, an outwardly obedient citizen of Airstrip One, dreams secretly of truth and freedom - but his rebellion will come at a terrible cost.

\'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you\'ve been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling stupid.\' - Emily Maitlis \'Bryant is a genuine rarity, a Brit who understands America\' - Washington Post In When America Stopped Being Great, veteran reporter and BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant reveals how America\'s decline paved the way for Donald Trump\'s

The Ickabog is coming… A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers.

A collectible 50th anniversary deluxe edition featuring an updated introduction by Jay Parini and first edition cover art and illustrated maps of Steinbeck\'s route by Don Freeman A Penguin Classic In September 1960, John Steinbeck embarked on a journey across America. He felt that he might have lost touch with the country, with its speech, the smell of its grass and trees, its color and quality of

New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate whether for tourism or territorial ambition, while many islands are disappearing because of rising sea levels or fragmenting due to shrinking ice. It is a strange planetary spectacle, an ever-changing map which even Google Earth struggles to keep pace with.

Nick Cave\'s And The Ass Saw the Angel - part of the limited edition PENGUIN STREET ART series: timeless writing, enduring design. Outcast, mute, a lone twin cut from a drunk mother in a shack full of junk, Euchrid Eucrow of Ukulore inhabits a nightmarish Southern valley of preachers and prophets, incest and ignorance.

\'You are the knife I turn inside myself\'Franz Kafka\'s letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century\'s most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech. Their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment.