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A proofreader tinkering with a historical text opens up a world of ambiguity and invention

What happens when the facts of...

A majestic tale, rich in allegory, wit and philosophy; another masterpiece from the Nobel prize-winning novelist Jose...

A subtle and insightful story about boredom, passion, curiosity and memory from the Nobel Prize-winner Jose Saramago

A subtle...

Saramago's ingenious fictionalised account of the life of Jesus

Saramago's Jesus is the son not of God but of Joseph. Mary...

A visit from relatives sparks an implosion in the life of a good-natured family man

The decision to invite his Southern...

'One of the great books about Spain' - Tristan Garel-Jones, Observer

A many-tangented pilgrimage through ten centuries of...

It is the autobiography of Giorgio Bassani, told in a time span of around 15 years, a time where the ambiguous and mysterious...

We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the...

There are novels, like journeys, which you never want to end: this is one of them. One seventh of July at six in the afternoon, a...

The fictional autobiography of a rumbustious adventurer and poker-player who sets off his native Chicago in the spirit of a...

In the comic masterpiece which established him one of the greatest writers in the English language, Naipaul follows the fortunes...

When young Charles Dickens was commissioned to write the text for a series of sporting illustrations in 1836, no one could have...

George Eliot's last novel, published in 1876, weaves together two stories, one about Gwendolen Harleth, the spoilt beauty who...

This novel renews the Victorian family saga in a modern setting, tracing the history of the Brangwens through several...

Set in the Malay Archipelago, where Conrad spent much of his youth as an officer in the British Merchant Navy, Victory is a...

When the weaver Silas Marner is wrongly accused of crime and expelled from his community, he becomes a miser and vows to turn his...

Nineteen Eighty-Four tells the story of Winston Smith, an ordinary man struggling against the overwhelming power of a...

Hardy's account of a pure woman betrayed by love is his most powerful and moving novel. Set in the sometimes bleak but always...

Scott Fitzgerald was called the laureate of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby (1926) is a cynical celebration of the post-Great War...

Wilkie Collins’ novel took the fashionable world by storm on its appearance in 1860 when everything from dances to dresses was...

Spike Milligan's publishing career began over forty years ago when Silly Verse for Kids was published in 1959. His poems were...

For over fifty years, Test Match Special has provided the soundtrack to many cricket fans' lives - now this book collects its...

Described as 'Britain's greatest living nature writer', Richard Mabey has revealed his passion for the natural world in eloquent...

How well do you know your football? You follow your team week in, week out, share in the agony of defeat, the pure joy of a solid...

Fed up wasting food? Tired of trying to work out ingredient quantities for one serving or just looking for easy recipes for batch...

If you have little time to cook, but want delicious and hearty meals then a pressure cooker is the perfect way to enjoy tender...

North... , Abel Paul

The Solar System – so what is it?

We've all learned the basics at school but how much can you remember? Expert astronomers and...

Equally popular for weight-loss and health-conscious reasons, low-carb diets are all the rage. Jump on the bandwagon, or support...

Along our shores, towering cliffs from the age of the dinosaurs rise beside wide estuaries teeming with wildlife, while Victorian...

Dr Jacob Bronowksi's The Ascent of Man traces the development of human society through our understanding of science.

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