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A celebrated essayist as well as novelist, the author presents articles, which he writes for his regular column in l'Espresso magazine, that explore many aspects of the modern world such as: a crisis in ideological values, a crisis in politics, and unbridled individualism.

'A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing the world' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS*SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE*The past is another country, the old saying goes.

'One of the funniest, most riotously inventive and enjoyable novels you'll read this year' - Observer`The most outrageously entertaining novel of the year... A joy' - Philip HensherRoland Barthes is knocked down in a Paris street by a laundry van.

'As compelling as it is tough, sidestepping piety in favour of clear-eyed infectious anger.' - Rebecca Nicolson Sunday TimesIrene Dalila Mwathi comes from Kenya with a brutally violent personal history.

The first steps into a turning point and a new life are made so easily and carelessly: the stories focus in on crucial moments of transition, often imperceptible to the protagonists. an old friend brings bad news to a dinner party;

Embarking on a journey of Japan to explore its dazzling food culture, the author and his family discover future food trends and meet a cast of food heroes, from a couple lavishing love on rotten fish, to a chef who literally sacrificed a limb in pursuit of the bowl of ramen.

** BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week **Shark Drunk is, in part, the tale of two men in a very small boat on the trail of a very big fish. Together, they tackle existential questions, experience the best and worst nature can throw at them, and explore the astonishing life teeming at the ocean's depths.

Travelling to Restoration Britain encourages us to reflect on the customs and practices of daily life - and this unique guide not only teaches us about the seventeenth century but makes us look with fresh eyes at the modern world.

With a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people and a global reach, the Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was the greatest human disaster, not only of the twentieth century, but possibly in all of recorded history. The author recounts the story of the pandemic, tracing it from Alaska to Brazil, from Persia to Spain, and from South Africa to Odessa.

The text message arrives in the small hours of the night. It's just three words: I need you. Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her.

`Thrilling... The "dizzying" story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And yet the heart still feels sacred: just before the operation to fit one of the first artificial hearts, the patient's wife asked the surgeon if he would still be able to love her.

Winner of the East Anglian Book of the Year 2015 Winner of the New Angle Book Prize 2017John Craske, a Norfok fisherman, was born in 1881 and in 1917, when he had just turned thirty-six, he fell seriously ill.

THE SUNDAY TIMES & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Richard and Judy pick In A Dark, Dark Wood comes Ruth Ware's new compulsive page-turner.

** Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction **Selected as a Book of the Year -- Observer, Sunday Times, Times, Guardian, i magazine `It's got a thunderstorm in it. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda.

Selected as a Book of the Year by The Times and The Economist A secret history of China - a fresh new way of thinking about a people, a civilisation, an epic story. The ubiquitous relationship that the Chinese people have had with water has made it an enduring metaphor for philosophical thought and artistic expression.

Provides the rounded portrait of Hitler to date. This book sets out to correct our perception of the Fuhrer. It also includes his charming and repulsive traits, his talents and weaknesses, his deep-seated insecurities and murderous passions.

Hortensia James and Marion Agostino are neighbours. Both are successful women with impressive careers. And both are sworn enemies, sharing hedge and hostility which they prune with a zeal that belies the fact that they are both over eighty. And gradually the bickering and sniping softens into lively debate, and from there into memories shared.

The operation failed to eliminate Molaison's intractable seizures, but it did have an unintended effect: Henry was left profoundly amnesic, unable to create long term memories.The story of Patient H.M., as he came to be known, is the story of how we came to understand memory, and better understand ourselves.

***Shortlisted for the Costa Book Award*** ** The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller **What is the difference between friendship and love? Jewish and mercurial, a talented pianist tortured by nerves when he has to play in public, Anton fails to understand how deeply and irrevocably his life and Gustav's are entwined.

WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other.

SONNY'S ON THE RUN Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins. He knows something about Sonny's disgraced father. SONNY WANTS REVENGE He needs to break out of prison and make those responsible pay for their crimes.

Is sleeping with someone after 2 dates and 6 weeks of texting the same as getting married after 2 meetings and 6 months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day? Pondering these, and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of single-motherhood, redisovering her sexuality in what some people outdatedly call 'middle age'.

An edge-of-your seat Harry Hole page-turner you won't be able to put down. 'Nesbo is several steps ahead of you in this endlessly twisting, multi-layered thriller' Sun The police urgently need Harry Hole. A killer is stalking Oslo's streets.

From the author of Fight Club, the classic portrait of the damaged contemporary male psyche, now comes this novel about the apocalyptic marketing possibilities of female pleasure.

An astonishing new masterpiece from the Nobel and twice Booker Prize-winning author of Disgrace and SummertimeAfter crossing oceans, a man and a boy - both strangers to each other - arrive in a new land.

The definitive insight into the man behind Liverpool's Champions League 2019 victory Jurgen Klopp was confirmed as manager of Liverpool FC in October 2015 to a rapturous reception.

After killing his brother Abel, Cain must wander for ever.Written in the last years of Saramago's life, Cain wittily tackles many of the moral and logical non sequiturs created by a wilful, authoritarain God, forming part of Saramago's long argument with God and recalling his provocative novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ.

THE NEW GLOBAL PHENOMENONRoger Brown has it all: clever and wealthy, he's at the very top of his game. And if his job as a headhunter ever gets dull, he has his sideline as an art thief to keep him busy. Roger sees his chance to become rich beyond his wildest dreams, and starts planning his biggest theft ever.

But `All That She Wants' heralded the arrival of a new type of hitmaker, the faceless teams behind the music who painstakingly craft tunes to tweak the brain's delight in melody, rhythm and repetition. If you've ever found yourself humming a chart hit you didn't even know you knew, this book will change the way you listen to music.