Essäer & Reportage

Best known for his iconic print Under the Wave off Kanagawa, also known as the Great Wave, Katsushika Hokusai was a revolutionary printmaker. His mastery of ukiyo-e in the …

In the third and final book which he wrote about his campaigns in the Civil War, Julius Caesar tells the story of his fight with Pompey in 48 B.C. which ended in the rout of the …

The seminal, uncollected essays--lauded as "dazzling" (The New York Times Book Review)--by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not …

Ingen går med i en sekt. Det är den kärleksfulla gemenskapen som lockar, den stora känslan av mening, strålkastaren av varmt ljus som sköljer över en. Som sedan plötsligt slocknar, …

Cultivated from the fierce ideas seeded in Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals is an elegiac reflection on death, pain, and a wavering confidence in humanity’s own abilities for …

Where there are pigeons, there is resistance. Forget everything you think you know about nature. Fahim Amir’s award-winning book takes pure delight in posing unexpected questions: …

90 Classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin BooksBest known for his existentialist novel The Outsider, set in French-occupied Algeria, Albert Camus was profoundly influenced …

As one of the county's finest authors, Andrew Martin delivers a comprehensive, personal, and funny celebration of all the things that make Yorkshire, Yorkshire.

In a world where we’re more connected than ever, why is it that we’re also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of classic writing to reclaim the pleasure of your own company.Part …

Where, or what, is home? What has it meant, historically and personally, to be ‘Italian’ or ‘English’, or both in a culture that prefers us to choose? What does it mean to have …