The Athenian Constitution

Aristotle

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government. The writer recoun...

Final Crisis

Doug Mahmke

What happens when evil wins? That's the question Superman, Batman, the Justice League, and every being in the DCU have to face when Darkseid and his otherworldly legion of narcissistic followers actually win the war between light and dark. Featuring the deaths and resurrections of major DC characters, F...

Modest Proposal : Little Black Classic

Jonathan Swift

'...a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food...' Swift's devastating short satire on how to solve a famine. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world ...

You Vs The World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up

Bear Grylls

Give the young person in your life the mindset they need to thrive.Kids today are presented with new challenges all the time. They face an uncertain future and are under constant pressure to thrive in an overwhelming and fast-paced world.You vs the World- The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up retells...

Arifureta: from Commonplace to World's Strongest ZERO (Manga) Vol. 8

Ryo Shirakome; Ataru Kamichi (Illustrator); Takaya-Ki (Contribution by)

THE LIBERATORS AGAINST THE WORLD Miledi and her fellow Liberators will challenge anyone, even God himself, to protect the world they love. So when a rebellious demon enlists their help against Demon Lord Rasul, they throw everything they've got into the fight. Once a just and idealistic man, Rasul has b...

Walking the Bones of Britain: A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary

Christopher Somerville

Blows the dust off geology to tell the incredibly dramatic story of all the upheavals, volcanic explosions, sea inundations and violent quakes that have shaped our landscape, human history and our everyday lives. Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walkin...

Burma Sahib

Paul Theroux

From renowned author Paul Theroux comes the fascinating, atmospheric tale of George Orwell's years in Burma. 'There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever.' - George Orwell Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair...

Juice (October 2024)

Tim Winton

An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you've never read him before. Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive all night across a stony desert. As dawn breaks, they roll into an abandoned mine site. From the vehicle they survey a forsaken place ...