The Other Hand was one of the most memorable novels to come out in 2008. Beautifully written, topical, thought-provoking and powerful. A beautiful hardback edition here - a book you’ll want to keep on your bookshelf for years to come.
Now in its 70th year, Penguin continues its tradition of publishing some of the world’s most exciting and engaging fiction. Here, the world-famous publisher has produced a special selection of Penguin Celebrations, honouring its heritage and celebrating the fresh new voices that will live on to become the classics of the future. From Marina Lewycka’s surprise best-selling tale of two Ukrainian sisters raised in England to Meg Rosoff’s astonishing and powerful debut novel, this delightful collection offers a feast of surprising, exciting, entertaining, amusing and irresistible fiction.
The only family Ruby Landry has ever known are her loving grandparents. Although her mother is dead and she has never met her mysterious father, Ruby is happy, especially when she finds love with the handsome Paul Tate. But Paul’s wealthy parents forbid him to associate with a poor Landry, and when Ruby’s grandmother dies, she is forced to seek out her unknown father in his vast New Orleans mansion. There, in a house of lies, madness and cruel torment, a shameful deception comes to light, and Ruby must cling to her memories of Paul: for only their love can save her now… Virginia Andrews has been a best-selling phenomenon since the publication of her spellbinding classic, Flowers in the Attic. In this special offer there are two complete series, the captivating Landry Family series and the spine-tingling De Beers Family series… You’ll be utterly hooked by both!
After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains. The only survivors are a 16-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra with a broken leg, a female orang-utan and a 450lb tiger. Yann Martel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Life of Pi, became an international bestseller. This new illustrated edition will captivate a whole new audience and is the perfect gift for the millions of readers who already love this modern classic.
This unique collection from Virago features some of the most extraordinary literary classics of modern times. Each one a masterpiece in its own right, these gems of fiction should absolutely be rediscovered, shared and devoured by today’s audience. In The Old Man and Me, you’ll encounter a plot so devious, so twisted, you’ll laugh out loud at each splendid horror. In Blaming, you’ll come across an author alikened to Jane Austen, certainly with a comparible eye for detail and subtle depth. In The Weather in the Streets you’ll relive a love that shocked readers with its searing honesty and passion when it was first published in 1936. Ten truly timeless classics - still completely relevant and extremely satisfying - for today’s contemporary readership.
Calcutta 1971. A city in black-out as India declares war on Pakistan. Even so, the backpackers who end up in the flea-pit Lux Hotel are determined to have a good time. That is, until two mysterious deaths amongst them change their lives forever. Thrown together in the city are - Anand, the jazz-loving insomniac hotelier; Gordon, one of the hotel’s dope-smoking guests; the philandering journalist Hugh, covering his first war; Britt, a Californian photographer with a jealous boyfriend; and the enigmatic Freddie Braintree, who interprets life through the lyrics of Bob Dylan and the Incredible String Band. Is it possible that one of them is behind the deaths? And why will it take more than three decades and three continents to find out?
Minty has now got her man, her six-year-old twins and her covetable lifestyle. But can the transition from office sex siren to coddled dependent be entirely satisfactory?
Read by Emma Fielding.
When Mary meets Monty, heir to a stately pile, happiness seems assured. But as the mansion crumbles, passion wanes along with the heating. Bankers wife Beth swaps Notting Hill for weekends at a bijou cottage. They only offered a smidgeon over the asking price. So why don’t the locals like them? Eco-harridan Morag is the terror of the village, with her objections to everyone and everything.
A ber -WAG Alexandra needs a footballers mansion and fast. There must be a Hello!-tastic country pile with spa, champagne bar and parking for six SUVs somewhere? Ambitions clash when the village launches an allotment project and no one escapes the bitter struggle over sex, power and money which threatens to blight more than everyone’s carrots.
Jerry Bagger is a Casino king and vicious thug. He is hunting Annabelle Conroy, who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues must marshal all their resources to protect her, but their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone’s own mysterious past: Bagger’s menace pales next to Harry Finn’s lethality. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever …
Isabel suffered much cruelty at the hands of her father and she is shocked to hear that after his death he was not her real father. He left her the house while her brother, Mark, inherits the steel works. Mark joins the RAF when World War I breaks out and the business is left in Isabel’s hands.