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Philip Roth was one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century. Born in Newark, New Jersey on 19 March 1933, Roth grew up in the largely Jewish community of Weequahic, a neighbourhood he was to return to time and again in his writing. He attended Bucknell University, Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago, receiving a scholarship to complete his M.A. in English Literature.In 1959, Roth published his first book Goodbye, Columbus for w...

The third book in James Ellroy's "Underworld U.S.A." trilogy, concerned with the political upheaval towards and after the turn of the seventies. Reissued as an Everyman's Library Classic.

From 2009 to 2017, Ben Rhodes served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama overseeing the Administration¿s national security communications, speechwriting, public diplomacy and global engagement programming. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, from 2007-2008 Rhodes was a senior speech-writer and foreign policy advisor to the Obama campaign. Before joining then Senator Obama¿s campaign, he worked for former Congressman L...

Following the fantastic success of his bestselling memoir, Where I Belong, Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle returns with a hilarious, heartwarming account of leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. Armed with the same personable, candid style found in his first book, Alan Doyle turns his perspective outward from Petty Harbour toward mainland Canada, reflecting on what it was like to venture away from the comforts of h...

From respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate Danielle Martin, an important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. In the style of Atul Gawande, she uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't. Most importantly, she proposes six big ideas to make healthcare achievable an...

The author of "The Interestings" hailed in the "Sunday Telegraph" as 'one of America's most ingenious and important writers' emerges with a warm and immersive epic on ambition, power, womanhood and the struggle for a place in the world. The level of compassion and insight is comparable with the work of Anne Tyler, and the ambition on display recalls Jonathan Franzen.

The debut collection from the author of "Sisterland" features an array of characters, such as Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail and a man and woman flirting through the game 'You think it, I'll say it, ' united by their combination of intelligence and inability to read people.

The new page-turner from the author of the phenomenal bestseller THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. As guests arrive at the beautiful, remote Mitchell's Inn, they're all looking forward to a relaxing weekend away. But when a violent storm rages outside, the group finds itself completely cut off from the outside world. Then the first body is found. There's a killer among them - and nowhere to run.

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The landmark book about the toxicity of everyday life, updated, revised and re-issued for its 10th anniversary, along with the experiments from Smith and Lourie's second book, Toxin Toxout.It's amazing how little can change in a decade. In 2009, a book transformed the way we see our frying pans, thermometers and tuna sandwiches. Daily life was bathing us in countless toxins that accumulated in our tissues, were passed on to our children and da...

Mexican-American US Border Patrol guard Francisco Cantu emerges with a timely and energetic memoir of his experiences and his shifting attitudes to his work and the border itself. Comparable in tone both to "Hillbilly Elegy" and "H Is For Hawk".

A "Times" History Book of the Year for 2017, presenting a human portrait of a family's journey from England to the new world and subsequent experiences there alongside Native Americans.

Accessible either as a standalone novel or as a companion piece to "A Slice Of The Moon", this is the paperback edition of Toksvig's novel of Slim Hannigan and family's progress across an enormous and hostile American landmass following their departure from the Ireland of their origins. Close in tone and theme to "Hitler's Canary", Toksvig's biggest seller to date.

The new page-turner from the author of the phenomenal bestseller THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. As guests arrive at the beautiful, remote Mitchell's Inn, they're all looking forward to a relaxing weekend away. But when a violent storm rages outside, the group finds itself completely cut off from the outside world. Then the first body is found. There's a killer among them - and nowhere to run.

Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before writing fiction. Her debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, was a global bestseller, the bestselling fiction title in the UK in 2017 and has been optioned for television. Her second thriller, A Stranger in the House and third, An Unwanted Guest, were both Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Someone We Know is her fourth thriller.

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Can we ever be wholly free? In this book of breathtaking imaginary leaps that conjure dystopias and magical islands, Margaret Atwood holds a mirror up to our own world. The reflection we are faced with, of men and women in prisons literal and metaphorical, is frightening, but it is also a call to arms to speak and to act to preserve our freedom while we still can. And in that, there is hope.Selected from The Handmaid's Tale and Hag-Seed by Mar...

Winner of the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction Finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction Red Star Tattoo is Sonja Larsen's unforgettable memoir of a young life spent on the move, from hardscrabble Milwaukee to dreamy Hawaii, from turbulent Montreal to free-spirited California. At the age of 16, Sonja joins a cult-like communist organization in Brooklyn--unaware of the dark nature of what awaits her.A small,...

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