Annihilation

Jonathan Webber

A powerful new anthology that redefines ourunderstanding of existentialism and argues for itscontemporary relevanceA Penguin ClassicIn the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of intellectuals gathered to discuss urgent questions of existence, commitment, racism, colonialism and feminism. Their ideas would continue to shape debates throughout the twentieth and twenty-firs...

Julian Zabalbeascoa

In late 1936, eighteen-year-old Isidro Elejalde leaves his Basque village in northern Spain, spurred by the rousing words of a political essayist to join the fight to preserve his country's democracy from insurrectionists. Months earlier, Spanish generals had launched a military coup to overthrow Spain's newly elected left-wing government. The generals assumed the population wo...

Ali Hazelwood

*This edition includes exclusive four-colour interior artwork by Lilithsaur ft a very steamy scene, plus a brand-new bonus chapter* An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Deep End and Mate - now in print and ebook! Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time fav...

Shannon J. Spann

Riven Hesper is running out of time. Cursed by a Player-a godlike performer -she must infiltrate the Playhouse and find a way to break the curse before it kills her. But inside survival comes at a price. Mortals must compete for a chance to kill a Player and steal their power. Riven wants nothing to do with this until Jude-charismatic and cruel -makes her an offer. Win the com...

Laurence Rees

How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did they willingly - often enthusiastically - oversee mass murder? How did ordinary Germans tolerate the removal of Jewish people? And how do we ensure it never happens again? Bestselling author Laurence Rees combines history and the latest psychological research to help answer the most perplexing questions surroundi...

Quentin Blake

Count frogs and dogs, rats and cats, and more in this fun-filled numbers book, wonderfully illustrated by Quentin Blake. Join iconic illustrator Sir Quentin Blake for some counting fun in English and Spanish! Starting with one crow (un cuervo), count in English AND Spanish all the way up to ten frogs (diez ranas), watching as the pages fill up with unruly animals. But the fun...

Jeff Vandermeer

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh e...

Jeff Vandermeer

'Pure reading pleasure' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Genuinely potent and dream-haunting writing' GUARDIAN 'Powerful and echoing' NEW STATESMAN A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With an introduction by Helen MacDonald Area X has rebuffed expedition after expedition for decades, refusing to reveal its secrets. As it expands alarmingly, the Southern Reach agency tasked with its investig...

Jeff Vandermeer

'Astonishing, frightening, spectacular' NEW STATESMAN 'A lasting monument to the uncanny' GUARDIAN 'Chilling' NEW YORK TIMES A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With an introduction by N. K. Jemisin After thirty years, the secret government agency known as the Southern Reach has been unable to solve the mysteries of Area X, a seemingly malevolent landscape wiped clean of human civili...

Jeff Vandermeer

Ten years after the publication of Annihilation, the surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's blockbuster Southern Reach Trilogy. TOP SECRET: A clear and present threat exists. Open-ended. Existential. Confirmation via uncanny op. Nature of same: Unknown. Initiating entity: Unknown. Priority: High. Ten years after the publication of the bestselling Annihilation, Authority ...