A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR‘A thrilling, razor-sharp critique of US foreign policy … Red Birds is an incisive, unsparing critique of war and of America’s role in the destruction of the Middle East. It
Laconic, sharp and playful, 99 Nights in Logar is a stunning coming-of-age novel and a portrait of Afghanistan like no other, from an unforgettable new voiceMe and Gul and Zia and Dawoud out on the ro
A poignant, deeply human portrait of Egypt during the Arab Spring, told through the lives of individualsA FINANCIAL TIMES AND AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'This will be the must read on the destructio
A modern gangster cashes in on the London Olympics; business, politics and police corruption undermine the operation to stop him. When billions poured into the neglected east London borough hosting th
Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman who left Latvia with her sister to seek a better life in America. However, their family were murdered by Na
It starts as a game at a book group one night. Never Have I Ever... done something I shouldn't. But Amy Whey has done something she shouldn't. And Roux, the glamorous newcomer to Amy's suburban neighb
You don’t see rain stop, but you sense it. You sense something has changed in the frequency you’ve been living and you hear the quietness you thought was silence get quieter still, and you raise your
Following the success of her debut cookery book A Table in Venice, Skye McAlpine shares her favourite Italian-inspired recipes to serve her friends and family at last-minute weeknight get togethers, l
By day, Julia Ebner works at a counter-extremism think tank, monitoring radical groups from the outside, but two years ago, she began to feel that she was only seeing half the picture. She needed to g
Patti's Smith's exquisite prose is generously illustrated in this full-color edition of her classic coming-of-age memoir, Just Kids. New York locations vividly come to life where, as young artists, Pa
An Observer Pick for 2019One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern
We breathe over 20,000 times a day. But most of us don’t breathe properly – years of stress and anxiety mean we breathe through our chest, forgetting to use our diaphragm and stomach. We shallow breat
'Illuminating, witty and written with a wide open mind' Sunday TimesThe idea of the seductive sex robot is the stuff of myth, legend and science fiction. From the myth of Laodamia in Ancient Greece to
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Jenny Slate, Gillian Anderson, Zach Galifianakis, and Alex Sharp.In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Fr
As featured on Sunday Brunch and Woman's Hour'Laura Mucha has found the proof that love actually is all around.' Richard CurtisPoets, philosophers and artists have been trying to explain romantic love
Vibrant and authentic recipes from the bountiful islands of IndonesiaFrom the lush rainforests, tropical seas and abundant rice fields of Indonesia comes one of the most diverse cuisines in the world.
