Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote and personal reflection, the Renaissance thinker and writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay. This ...

The Wave is based on a nightmarish true episode in a Californian high school, when a teacher wanted to demonstrate the dangers of propoganda and group-think. ...

'love is more thicker than forget  more thinner than recall  more seldom than a wave is wet  more frequent than to fail' (E E Cummings) ...

'A remarkable whodunit that’s as sharp as it is concise.' - Kirkus Reviews On a drizzly August morning, the inhabitants of the hill town of Sanover ...

Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home ...

Forensic psychologist Paul Britton can 'walk through the minds' of those who murder, rape, torture, extort and kidnap. He can see the world through their ...

Is it possible to overcome pain by learning to be happy? This is the question Karen Guggenheim asked herself after the sudden death of her husband in ...

The fourth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga. ‘A consummate entertainer who ...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language ...

The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a totalitarian ...