**LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023****SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022**Discover an exhilarating novel about power and corruption set in a nation trapped in a cycle as old as time.
On a defining evening of the 1980s, Donald Trump hosted celebrities and high rollers in a Jersey Shore town to witness 21-year-old Mike Tyson knock out Michael Spinks in just 91 seconds, earning more than the annual payrolls of the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics combined.
**LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026****Winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature**A sumptuous and surreal historical reimagining of one of South America s best-known trans men, Antonio de Erauso'Playful and devastating, tender and enraging' INTERNATIONAL BOOKER JUDGES, 2026'Luminous' SAMANTA SCHWEBLIN Bold and compassionate Financial TimesFrom deep in the wilds of the New World, Antonio de Erauso writes a letter to his aunt, the prioress of the convent he escaped as a young girl.
Eine Gereiztheit und eigentümlich bösartige Stimmung grundiert von Anfang an die Atmosphäre eines Ferienaufenthaltes in Italien, die ihren Höhepunkt in den Darbietungen des Zauberers Cipolla findet.
Else Feldmanns Berichte und Reportagen aus der Zwischenkriegszeit sind eine Schatzkiste voll mit den wundervollsten, traurigsten und wahrhaftigsten Geschichten, die das Leben in der Großstadt zwischen 1919 und 1938 schreiben konnte.
'In der russischen Stadt Baku, auf der Grenze zwischen Orient und Okzident, verlieben sich am Vorabend der Russischen Revolution der temperamentvolle Muslim Ali und die schöne Christin Nino ineinander.
»Für eine neue politische Kultur«Fake News, Corona-Demos, Klimawandel – und nun auch noch Krieg: In den letzten Jahren hat sich einiges ereignet, das nicht gerade dazu führte, den Beruf des Politikers aufzuwerten oder die Demokratie als politisches Konzept zu stärken.
Medio siglo después de la misteriosa muerte de Buenaventura Durruti, una periodista francesa pretende esclarecer quién disparó la bala que acabó con el mítico anarquista.
Con La trampa, novela publicada en 1957, Magda Portal deja testimonio de su militancia política y, a través de un canto coral, retrata las diversas luchas por alcanzar el poder en el Perú de mediados del siglo XX.
Tres personajes: dos Hermanos Maristas y un seminarista se ven involucrados en un intento de asesinato a Juan Pablo Segundo, en su visita a Chile en el parque O'Higgins en 1987, una delirante historia sobre la Iglesia Católica, sus miserias, sus virtudes, la educación chilena y la amistad en el marco de la dictadura cívico-militar chilena.
A comienzos del siglo XX, la provincia argentina de Entre Ríos tenía 170 colonias asentadas en las tierras compradas por el barón Hirsh a fin de dar cobijo a miles de familias judías de Polonia y Besarabia perseguidas por los pogromos.
Robert Ying Bilton alerts to the phenomenon of rented soldiers in the war on terrorism when he met a team of security contractors who were carrying out a secret mission on the Pakistani -Afghan border in the fall of 2003; Bilton held his intention to take a long epic journey to enter this mysterious world and reveal its secrets, to return to us with an amazing understanding of the way to use private soldiers.
Das Letzte, was sie hörte, war ein Schlaflied Herbst 1997: Auf dem Wilzenberg wird eine junge Frau tot aufgefunden, ermordet durch einen Stich ins Herz.
A history of the battles over US immigrants' rights since 1965-and how these conflicts reshaped access to education, employment, civil liberties, and moreThe 1965 Hart-Celler Act transformed the American immigration system by abolishing national quotas in favor of a seemingly egalitarian approach.
A SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Doyle writes beautifully, trenchantly, near-irrefutably' Richard Dawkins 'Thought provoking and entertaining.
From the acclaimed author of Immigrant, Montana comes a one-of-a-kind novel about memory, politics, a world of lies, and the ways in which truth can be not only stranger than fiction, but a fiction of its own.
The bestselling novel by cult writer Wang Xiaobo, a satire of the Cultural Revolution, in its first full English translation'Wang Xiaobo is a truly unique writer, and there are very few writers like him' Ai Weiwei'Fills the reader with aching poignancy, and yet makes them want to laugh out loud' Jung Chang, author of Wild SwansTwenty-one year old Wang Er, stationed in a remote mountain commune, spends his days herding oxen, napping and dreaming of losing his virginity.
How the drug war transformed American political cultureSince the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilitation instead of incarceration whenever they break the law.
One of the world's best-loved heroes Evan Smoak, otherwise known as Orphan X, returns in an all-new thrilling adventure'Put Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne into a blender.
In Politics, Carol Ann Duffy, one of the English language's best-loved living poets presents from her own archives, in chronological order, her favourites among her poems on the theme of politics and protest, drawing on work written over four decades.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICKOVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEThis breathtaking story of love, loss and survival has captured the hearts of readers around the world.
'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us into the beating heart of a family and post-war East Germany, conjuring the political dreams and divisions that make and ultimately break both' Lisa Appignanesi1960.
WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2023WINNER OF THE NERO BOOK AWARD FOR DEBUT FICTION 2023WINNER OF THE JOHN MCGAHERN PRIZE 2024WATERSTONES IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Sean is back.
Raffiniert, vielschichtig, politisch aktuell: Hamburgs sanftmütiger und boxender Ermittler ist mit "Die stille Mörderin", dem zweiten Kriminalroman um Kommissar Tom Simon, zurück Supermarktkassiererin Claudia Hilser war schon vieles in ihrem Leben, morgen wird sie Mörderin, so ihr Plan.
Auf dem Balkon einer Brünner Wohnung wächst in der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit ein Kaninchen heran, das Heiligabend in die Pfanne gehauen werden soll.
Die junge Trompeterin Karla Klimentová aus der südmährischen Barockstadt Kroměříž wird vom verheerenden Tsunami zu Weihnachten 2004 nicht nur ihrer Eltern beraubt, sondern auch ihrer Fähigkeit zu musizieren und zu komponieren.
'One of the most exquisite debuts I've read' - Daily Telegraph'Affecting and haunting' - ObserverAfter the death of his wife, a father in a forgotten corner of France raises his two sons alone.
