Penguin Books

The Road to Lichfield is the Booker Prize shortlisted first novel by Penelope Lively, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time on the 40th anniversary of its publication. Ann Linton leaves her family in Berkshire and sets up camp in her father house when he is taken into a nursing home in distant Lichfield. As she shares his last weeks...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Entertaining, acute and disarmingly honest Economist A vital guide to the new economic order Rana Foroohar, Time The crisis of 2008 ended the illusion of a golden era in which many people imagined that prosperity and political calm would continue to spread indefinitely. In a world now racked by slowing growth and...

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is Mohsin Hamid's thrillingly provocative international bestseller, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2007 Now a major film directed by Mira Nair and starring Kate Hudson and Kiefer Sutherland - Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have...

A little masterpiece New York TimesJody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy, living on his father ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody& if the boy will learn to feed, clean, stable and care for him. But Jody learns, through the colt, and through his other adventures on the ranch, that with responsibility can come sacrifice and...

A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar...a veritable tour de force Richard Overy, New Statesman Transnational history at its finest ...social, political and cultural themes swirl together in one great canvas of immense detail and beauty Gerard DeGroot, The Times Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining...

A hush descends. All eyes are on you. One shot for glory. Your palms are clammy, your heart rate' s up. But you' ve got this. You will throw the paper ball into the bin first time...Pressure is a constant in all our lives. The pressure to hit a deadline, deliver a speech, cook for a dinner party. But how would life look if we could harness pressure...