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Up to the 1960s, psychology was deeply under the influence of behaviourism, which focused on stimuli and responses, and regarded consideration of what may happen in the mind as unapproachable...

'Another masterful tale of longing and desire.' Glamour'Aciman writes with an aching sensitivity.' JOHN BOYNE'You don't so much read Andre Aciman's novels as tumble breathlessly into them.' The TimesWe spend...

A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we...

'A brilliant and exciting debut' Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves'Darkly funny . . . For fans of Elizabeth Strout, Ottessa Moshfegh' Sharlene Teo, award-winning...

'When we asked this amazing line-up of authors to write their heart out on the twin subjects of sex and crime, they jumped at the idea, and they're at the...

Private Investigator Derek Strange and his partner, Terry Quinn, are running a PI business in the seedy underbelly of Washington DC. Strange and Quinn are approached by a young man...

Women in almost all walks of life have found at some point that their ideas are being stifled and a rise to the top of their profession has been blocked....

Conley Hawkins left her family's small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rear view mirror years ago. Now, after ten years of blood, sweat, and tears, Conley is...

'Glamorous, shocking and deliciously deceptive. The kind of sharp, exciting and sophisticated mystery I just adore' CHRIS WHITAKER'Intrigue, glamour . . . menace and mystery' FINANCIAL TIMESGone Girl meets The...

'The most exciting novel I've read in ages... I gulped it down, so readable, so EXCELLENT about people. Read it' Marian Keyes 'This novel is perfection' Glamour'A coolly ironic look...

'Quirky and colourful' Times Crime Club'An absolute delight' L C Tyler'This intriguing but charming murder mystery is packed with psychological depth and wonderfully-drawn characters' Eleanor RayWelcome to Roslazny - a...

The international bestselling dating guide by the writer of Sex and the City, now adapted into a hotly anticipated movie starring Jennifer Aniston and Ben Affleck. This hilarious, playful, but...

Once he'd reached his early thirties, Seb Hunter knew it was time to try to grow up - but that, of course, meant attempting to enjoy classical music. Pretending just...

The Story of English illustrates the compelling history of how the relatively obscure dialects spoken by tribes from what are now Denmark, the Low Countries and northern Germany, became the...

'The fullest picture of this presidency yet' Daily Telegraph'Kantor digs for detail and strikes gold' The TimesWhen Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he also won a long-running debate...

This book surveys Irish writing in English over the last two centuries, from Maria Edgeworth to Seamus Heaney, to give the literary student and the general reader an up-to-date sense...

Welcome to the Shahjahan, one of Calcutta's oldest and most venerable hotels. Its opulent suites, elegant restaurants, huddled bars and hidden backrooms teem with people, whose extraordinary stories are told...

Joe Duffy takes the pulse of the Irish nation every day on Liveline. Whenever somebody wants to get something off their chest, the advice is often: "Talk to Joe".Just Joe...

'Chilling.' Vogue'As unusual as it is alluring.' Elle'Delightfully disturbing.' Refinery 29'Very powerful.' Sayaka Murata'Disquieting.' Paula Hawkins'You will be obsessed.' Leila SlimaniThe Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched. Someone...

A small masterpiece with a vast canvas - three major wars of the twentieth century, no less - and a strong emotional charge, this is a taut, moving novel about...

Who dares look into her eyes? The Shamer is feared and resented for her power to unmask the soul's darkest secrets and crimes. Dina has inherited this gift from her...

A fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.The restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today. Spain has...

Since her death in 1987, Jacqueline du Pre's brother and sister have long felt that her life story has never been properly told. This is an extraordinary revealing, often painful,...

FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE JAMIE MET CLAIRE IN THIS BRILLIANT NEW OUTLANDER SHORT STORY.1740: Young Jamie Fraser has left Scotland and, with his best friend Ian Murray, is running...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Charming' - The Sunday Times'Delicious' - Daily Mail'Wonderful' - Stephen Fry'Delightful' - Delia Smith'Brilliant' - Claudia Winkleman'Joyous' - Caitlin Moran'Entertaining' - Observer'Funny' - Ken Follett 'Glorious' -...

A moving new take on the Oedipus myth by one of Scandinavia's best playwrights Rosa and Eric's son was 'disappeared' by the military junta in Chile in the 1970s. Now,...

This history of a family is an amalgamation of Garcia Marquez's shorter fiction, American fiction, biblical parables, and quixotic experiences of his own unique life story. His is a community...

As part of its plan to achieve a worldwide communist revolution, the USSR employed a German communist and publisher to recruit Western intellectuals - among them Gide, Hemingway, Malraux, Dos...

This book is about pleasing yourself...shortcuts to fantastic food for one. Looking for a quick fix in the kitchen? If the thought of cooking for one at the end of...

Landscapes is a timely and well-written analysis of the meaning of cultural landscapes. The book delves into the layers of meaning that are invested in ordinary landscapes as well as...