‘Many of us find ourselves called upon to be leaders at some point in our lives. Whatever meaning leadership has for you, I hope the stories I tell in these pages may resonate with your own experiences, and may even offer you some guidance.
‘Trees are not just living things, but feeling beings, like us. Better keep a watchful eye over them…’ Ezo spruce, hinoki, cherry blossoms. Persimmon, maple, cypress. The trees of Japan cast a spell on those who visit its landscape. But as
A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series. ‘Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation’ Alan Hollinghurst ‘We set off in o
'Our very best writer today' Milan Kundera Ditie is a pint-sized hotel waiter with big dreams. Between pocketing stolen change from unsuspecting customers and reminiscing on nights spent at the local brothel, he fantasises about his immense
Nothing is more mysterious than another human soul. Magda is a writer, Emerence her housekeeper. Magda is new to their quiet Hungarian town, while Emerence, fierce and enigmatic, knows and is known by all. Though she enters Magda’s home whe
Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly turn
Toru Okada's cat has disappeared. His wife is growing more distant every day.Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving.As this compelling story unfolds, the tidy suburban realities of Okada's va
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Races. Get from point A to point B, an
‘ Illuminating, beautiful . . . This is a special book, full of little epiphanies ’ Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on Love The Examined Life , the bestselling debut from psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz, was about learning how to live; hi
Migraines, back pain, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue and a host of other chronic illnesses have crippled modern populations. For the past twenty years, Dr Howard Schubiner has been conducting clinical trials, writin
'There is no author whose books I look forward to more' Bill Gates‘There is perhaps no other academic who paints pictures with numbers like Smil’ Guardian Discover how speed shapes life on Earth, from grinding geological processes to the as
Mitch and Yonko haven’t spoken in a year. As children, they were inseparable, raised together in an orphanage outside Tokyo—but ever since the sudden death of Mitch’s brother, they’ve been mourning in their private ways, worlds apart. In th
‘I love this new series . . . The Summer Guests is a cracker of a mystery! I couldn’t put it down.’SHARI LAPENA'What a ride - The Summer Guests hooked me from the first explosive chapter. . . Immersive, compelling, utterly addictive – a mas
Magical-antique experts Amelia Tarrant and Caleb Sterling have been best friends forever, although lately each has begun secretly wishing for more than friendship. But when rumors about their relationship spread, they're forced to fake bein
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025** A GUARDIAN , OBSERVER , FINANCIAL TIMES , BBC , TIME , VOGUE , MARIE CLAIRE , ESQUIRE and ROLLING STONE BOOK TO READ IN 2025 Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplishe
Shi Heng Yi is the founder of Shaolin Temple Europe and lay disciple of the Songshan Shaolin Temple in China – the birthplace of Kung Fu. In this book he introduces us to the contemplative practice that underpins the physical training of th
With a foreword from Graham Norton This is the official 70th anniversary celebration and your ultimate backstage pass to the magic of Eurovision, the cultural phenomenon that has united millions of people across the globe. The history of th
AD 60. Nero Claudius Caesar is Emperor. He is feared for his temper. He is known to be intoxicated by the power he wields. And why not? The Roman Empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia. Nero is god of all he su
In Nature's Memory , zoologist Jack Ashby shares hidden stories behind the world’s iconic natural history museums, from enormous mounted whale skeletons to cabinets of impossibly tiny insects.Look closely and all is not as it seems: these m
With his Odyssey , best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn has created a momentous new work, hailed by classicists and poets alike – a translation to stand with those of E. V. Rieu and Robert Fagles. Setting aside the streamlin
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