Unruly Waters - How Mountain Rivers and Monsoons Have Shaped South Asia's History

Sunil Amrith

'An enthralling, elegantly written and, ultimately, profoundly alarming history' Economist A bold new perspective on the history of South Asia, telling its story through its climate, and the long quest to tame its waters South Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters, historian S...

Secret and Special: The untold story of Z Special Unit in the Second World War

Will Davies

Soon after the declaration of war on Japan, a secret military reconnaissance unit was established, based on the British Special Operations Executive (known as SOE) and called the Inter-allied Services Department. The unit was tasked with the role to "obtain and report information of the enemy ... weaken...

The Sun Also Rises (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway'sclassic novel of post-war disillusionment-the emblematic novel of the Lost Generation-now available for the first time from Penguin Classics, in a beautiful Graphic Deluxe Edition featuring flaps, deckled edges, and specially commissioned cover art by R. Kikuo Johnson and a new introduction b...

The Angry Women's Choir

Meg Bignell

By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about a remarkable group of women who discover they are all capable of incredible things - if they're strong enough, and angry enough, to take up the cause.Once in a while, everyone needs to be heard.Freycinet ...