This gripping nineteenth-century adventure stars Jorgen Jorgenson, who ran away to sea at fourteen and began a brilliant career by sailing to establish the first colony in Tasmania. Twists of fortune then found him captaining a warship...

"The Gathering" von Anne Enright ist ein tiefgründiger Roman, der sich mit Themen wie Familie, Erinnerung und Verlust auseinandersetzt. Die Geschichte dreht sich um die Hegarty-Familie aus Irland, insbesondere um die Protagonistin...

* NOW A MAJOR BBC SERIES STARRING JACOB ELORDI AND CIARAN HINDS* Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon, is haunted by a forbidden love as he struggles to keep his men alive in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp. Before captivity,...

"Genet: A Biography" von Edmund White ist eine umfassende Darstellung des Lebens und Werkes des französischen Schriftstellers Jean Genet. White zeichnet in dieser Biografie das facettenreiche Leben Genets nach, der als Waise aufwuchs und...

In this collection, Alice Munro captures the lives of ordinary women; their passions and contradictions that lie just below the surface. ‘One of the finest short-story writers of our time...absorbing and brilliant’ Observer Munro...

"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" von Deborah Moggach ist ein Roman, der sich um eine Gruppe britischer Rentner dreht, die aus unterschiedlichen Gründen nach Indien reisen, um ihren Lebensabend im vermeintlich luxuriösen Best Exotic...

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 Tsukuru Tazaki had four best friends at school. By chance all of their names contained a colour. The two boys were called...

A luminous memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a tender exploration of queer identity. 'Beautiful' Colm Tóibín 'Rapturous' New York Times 'Extraordinary' Observer 'Stunning' Sunday...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this modern classic, the acclaimed author of The Shards explores the incomprehensible depths of madness and captures the insanity of violence in our time or any other. "A seminal book.” —The Washington Post...

**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN 'Stunning... An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES Life on our planet as you've never seen it...

A life-changing gift of a book: What if you tried to stop doing everything, so you could finally get round to what counts? **The instant Sunday Times bestseller** Rejecting the futile modern obsession with 'getting everything done,' Four...

'A...humane and very beautiful book' Garth Greenwell, author of What Belongs to You A young boy has fled his home. Crouched in his hiding place he hears the shouts of the men hunting him. When the search party has passed, what lies...