Penguin

Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. As Smiley probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he...

Dear Becky, I#8217;m going away. I walked out of the hospital. I#8217;m going to have the baby after all. Don#8217;t be mad with me. Mia#160;#160; Mia is fifteen and pregnant. What should she do? Everyone else seems to know exactly what#8217;s best for her. So Mia runs away - on a journey to nowhere, in the company of strangers. But sometimes...

Entering 'early middle age' Adrian Mole lives alone with his two sons and a growing suspicion that life is passing him by. But that's the least of his problems. Forced to move his family to the notorious Gaitskell Estate, Adrian is soon doing hilarious battle once again with the fickle finger of fate - and more immediately: feral neighbours and...

Scott Schuman is back with a completely new collection of beautiful images of the men and women who have caught his attention. From its origins on the streets of New York, his much-loved blog, thesartorialist.com remains a vivid and growing source of inspiration for readers everywhere. In "The Sartorialist: Closer", Scott Schuman looks more deeply...

Journalist Bryan Burrough, grandson of an FBI agent, details the spread of both a new type of crime and a new type of crime-catcher in the early 1930s. The socioeconomic conditions in the U.S. during the Great Depression facilitated the rise in flashy, bloody crime sprees across state lines, committed by limelight-seeking perpetrators such as...

'The Day of the Locust' is an exposure of the sordid reality beneath the surface of Hollywood, where West worked and 'The Dream Life of Balso Snell' is a surrealist fantasy....