'Brilliant interweaving of personal experience, imaginative musing and political clarity' Kate MosseThis volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century.

A brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic. From a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian government Rubashov reflects.

Once a powerful player in the regime, mercilessly dispensing with anyone who got in the way of his party's aims, Rubashov has had the tables turned on him. He has been arrested and he'll be interrogated, probably tortured and certainly executed. Darkness at Noon is as gripping as...

Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago’s slums, reckless, angry and adrift. A respectable job with the affluent Dalton family provides hope but sets him on course for a catastrophic collision between his world and theirs. Hunted by citizen and police alike, and baited by prejudiced officials, Bigger finds himself the cause célèbre in an ever-narrowing endgame.

First published in 1940, Native Son shocked readers with its candid depiction of violence and confrontation of racial stereotypes. ...

Superlatives flounder in the face of Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior, one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. This stunning edition is based on the Austrian National Library’s complete colored and gold-heightened copy and reprints its 594 maps covering all then-known continents to the highest reproduction standard, rendering full justice to this luxurious Baroque wonder.

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Walter is een idealistische man met intense verlangens. De hang naar erotiek is zijn lust en leven. Seks is zijn ultieme drijfveer, als het enige wat het leven de moeite waard maakt. Tot zijn frustratie wordt er echter weinig gepraktiseerd. Maar is Seks wel het enige dat telt? Hij gaat op zoek naar een betere wereld zonder de druk van zijn eindeloze aandrang. Hij vindt een onverwachte oplossing…

Babyboomer Willem de Kleynen, luistert zijn leven lang als klinisch psycho...

Europa staat in brand, maar onverschillig bestellen we nog een glas. Verdedigen we onze vrijheden, of verdedigen we onze leegte?

Terreur is niet blind, sterker nog, hij heeft het gemunt op onze westerse verworvenheden. Europa beeft en siddert, voelt zich door een reveille van godsdienstfanatisme plotsklaps teruggeworpen naar een era die het definitief verlaten dacht te hebben. Dimitri Verhulst schreef er een roman over: ‘Spoo Pee Doo’.

Hebben we onze monsters zelf gevoed? De urgentie aan ...

"The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational." -Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern ta...

'Graham Greene has wit and grace and character and story and a transcendent universal compassion that places him for all time in the top ranks of world literature' John le Carré The Third Man, Graham Greene's most iconic tale, takes place in post-war Vienna, a 'smashed dreary city' occupied by the four Allied powers.