Love in a Cold Climate: Popular Penguins

Nancy Mitford

A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars.   Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, i...

Reclaiming Epicurus: How an Ancient Philosophy of Happiness Could Save the World (Penguin Specials)

Luke Slattery

Epicureanism has been diluted into a byword for gourmet dining, but does the original ancient Greek 'philosophy of the Garden' contain insight that could save the world? Luke Slattery argues that reading Epicurus could help us rethink our materialist ways and challenge the inevitability of man-made clim...

The Awkward Age

Henry James

Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the...

My Book of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life

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Travel back in time to find out about the fantastical wildlife that lived on Earth before we did. From the first living cells to fearsome dinosaurs and giant mammals, take a journey through prehistory to find out about the supersized, the scary, and the downright bizarre animals and plants that inhabite...