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Durable and waterproof, with a handy slipcase and an easy-fold format, Lonely Planet's USA Planning Map is your conveniently-sized passport to travelling with ease. With this easy-to-use, full colour navigation tool in your back pocket, you can truly get to the heart of the USA, so begin your journey now! Durable and waterproof Easy-fold format and convenient size Handy slipcase...

Hide and Seek Underwater Life!! There are millions of underwater species. Explore underwater words from warm tropical seas to icy polar waters and discover all kinds of amazing creatures. The book has full colour pictures of different habitats, each with many creatures hidden away for you to find. See if you can answer all the questions and spot all the...

Can Bingo find a way to play by herself?Bluey is off to play at Chloe's house for the day and mum and dad are busy - can Bingo find a game to play by herself to keep busy? Maybe she needs a problem to solve . . .Join Bingo on an adventure around the house in this fun story from...

In the Little People, Big Dreams series, discover the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists. All of them went on to achieve incredible things, yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream. This book follows the life of Audrey Hepburn, from her early life during World War Two, to ballet school,...

The Stardust Thief will transport you, enchant you, and revive your belief in the magic of storytelling – Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, The Stardust Thief weaves the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a...

An exquisitely wrought and utterly absorbing meditation upon life, loss and love - Ian McEwan Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature Original and captivating . . . its quiet charm in straightforward prose belies its sharp insight into the human condition - Stylist I've known Death a long time but now Death knows me. When their idyllic childhood...

Learn basic words and numbers in the Moriori and Māori languages in this gorgeous book about ten nosy weka. Watch the cheeky weka as they peck at ngarara (insects), squeeze under a farm gate, and tease a tchuna (tuna - eel). Let's hope these curious weka can find their way back to their flock in the end. This beautifully illustrated...

Have you ever stood gazing at the window of your local pâtissier, in awe at what top-level pastry chefs can make? Imagine if you could make your own little cakes that look just as good as what the professionals can do! Pâtisserie Made Simple: The Art of Petits Gâteaux is the perfect introduction to making your own exquisite little cakes...

A sparklingly ironic comedy of manners set in 60s London. A rediscovered classic by 'the Poet Who Disappeared'. With a new introduction by Stewart Lee 'Should The Bloater be republished? Oh God, absolutely, it's fantastic.' - Stewart Lee Min works at the BBC as an audio engineer, where she is struggling to replicate the sound of a heartbeat. At home,...

Two acclaimed novels based on Isherwood's experiences in pre-war Berlin, together in one volume. Christopher Isherwood offers fascinating insight into pre-war Berlin. Mr Norris Changes Trains The first of Christopher Isherwood's classic Berlin novels, this portrays the encounter and growing friendship between young William Bradshaw and the urbane and mildly sinister Mr Norris. Piquant, witty and oblique, it vividly evokes...

The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf is an urgent and important exposé of the cult of beauty in an abridged, accessible form. Vintage Feminism offers classic feminist texts in a short form. This edition includes a new introduction by the author. Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma: how to look. In a society embroiled in...

Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaptation, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmith's entry into Vintage Classics. With a new introduction by Paula Hawkins, author of Girl on a Train "Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows...

A dazzling collection of poetry by the greatest Latin-American Poet of our time The perfect gift for Valentine's Day Selected Poems contains Neruda's resonant, exploratory, intensely individualistic verse, rooted in the physical landscape and people of Chile. Here we find sensuous songs of love, tender odes to the sea, melancholy lyrics of heartache, fiery political statements and a frank celebration...

With a cover design and foreword by Ai Weiwei, to coincide with the publication of his memoir, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows. A timeless, visionary collection of poems from one of China's most acclaimed poets—now available in English for the first time in a generation and featuring a foreword by his son, contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei. One...

VINTAGE DECO – Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s – 100 years on. 'We couldn't go on indefinitely being swept off our feet' One of the great literary curiosities of the twentieth century, Save Me the Waltz is the first and only novel by the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald. During the years when Fitzgerald was working on...

The radical, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of Alex Haley's own twelve-year search for his family's origins—a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature. Discover Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning search for his family's origins—a powerful memoir, a history of slavery and a landmark in African-American literature. Tracing his ancestry through six generations of architects, lawyers, blacksmiths, farmers,...

Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes is the only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, an esteemed philosopher, literary theorist, and semiotician. This autobiography showcases the mind of one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. As unique as its author, Barthes adopts the dual role of commentator and subject, unveiling his tastes, habits, passions, and regrets. No event, relationship,...

Reissued to mark the centenary of Patricia Highsmith and the upcoming BBC adaptation, Ripley, these beautiful new editions mark Highsmith's entry into Vintage Classics. You're always good on ideas, Tom... An American art collector is claiming that the expensive masterpiece he bought is a fake. He wants to meet with the artist - but Tom Ripley knows that artist no...

Revolutionary Road is an American classic and has been made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio, released in 2009. Hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinary. With...

From the publishers of Stoner and Revolutionary Road comes Reunion - a forgotten classic and a moving novel of universal value. 'A brilliant work of art that deserves a far wider readership' - Ian McEwan Reunion is a little-known novel. But it is also a universal story of friendship. It is a book of great power, waiting to be discovered....

Published for the first time in English, this deeply autobiographical novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer José Saramago tells the powerful story of the Mau-Tempo family. This deeply personal work follows the changing fortunes of the Mau-Tempo family—poor, landless peasants not unlike the author's own grandparents. Saramago charts the lives of the family in Alentejo, southern Portugal, as national and international...

Part of the Vintage Classics Austen Series — all six of Jane Austen's major novels, beautifully designed by writer and illustrator Leanne Shapton, and introduced by our finest contemporary writers. Discover Jane Austen's most beloved classic. When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human – from birth to death and everything in between. Why, what is pomp, rule, reign, but earth and dust? And, live we how we can, yet die we must What is the true meaning of power? Are some simply born to it, or can it...

An autobiographical collage of speeches, stories and essays from novelist Kurt Vonnegut. From the one-of-a-kind imagination that brought us Slaughterhouse 5 and Cat's Cradle. Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer – Los Angeles Times Book Review In Palm Sunday, an autobiographical collage of speeches, stories and essays, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly...

A triptych of allegorical fables told in Calvino's ingenious genre-defying style. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for...

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world. 'At that time I could not imagine what would become of me, and I didn't care. It was not judgement day, but another morning.' This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by working-class evangelists in the North of England...

With introductions by Carol Ann Duffy and Valentine Cunningham In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of the party she is to give that evening. In her mind, she is much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house, she is flooded with memories and,...

VINTAGE DECO - Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s - 100 years on. The world wavered and quivered and threatened to burst into flames In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of a party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house, she...

Previously unpublished in the UK, this is Simone de Beauvoir's captivating novel about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life. A captivating novella about long-term relationships, getting older and how to live a good life, by the great Simone de Beauvoir. Misunderstanding in Moscow follows Nicole and Andre, a retired French couple, who take a summer...

Over 150 years since its first publication, the power of Madame Bovary remains undiminished. Stunningly translated by Adam Thorpe, this edition brings us closer to Flaubert's original. A NEW TRANSLATION BY ADAM THORPE 'A great novel that is also an inexhaustible pleasure to read' - Guardian Emma Bovary is an avid reader of sentimental novels; brought up on a Normandy...

The gripping adventure story that invented Shangri-La, one of our most enduring literary mysteries. Flying out of India, a light aircraft is hijacked and flown into the high Tibetan Himalayas. The few passengers on board anxiously await their fate, among them Conway, a talented British consul. But on landing, they are unexpectedly conducted to a remote valley, a legendary paradise...

From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Life Before Man is a tragicomic tale of love seeking to find its way in the wake of death. Life Before Man follows Elizabeth, who has just lost her latest lover to suicide, while Nate, her husband, is working up to run off with Lesje. Meanwhile, Lesje would rather be studying...

Jane Eyre is the inspiring heroine of one of the best-loved British novels of all time. As an orphan, Jane's childhood is not an easy one, but her independence and strength of character keep her going through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal school. However, her biggest challenge is yet to come. Taking a job as a...

An experimental novel about a young man who yearns for something greater than his everyday life holds. New to the Vintage Classics Woolf series, this is Woolf's groundbreaking experimental novel. Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, tracing his life from childhood, to Cambridge University, and to his early adult...

The book that redefined travel writing - Guardian Bruce Chatwin sets off on a journey through South America in this wistful classic travel book. With its unique, roving structure and beautiful descriptions, In Patagonia offers an original take on the age-old adventure tale. Bruce Chatwin's journey to a remote country in search of a strange beast brings along with it...

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world. 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...' This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a crumbling old castle. On the cusp of adulthood, Cassandra meets the family's...

Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, a crazed masterpiece and the forerunner of the Latin Boom in the 1960s, is now published in Vintage Classics for the first time. "Cortázar's masterpiece. This is the first great novel of Spanish America... A powerful anti-novel but, like deeply understood moments in life itself, rich with many kinds of potential meanings and intimations." – Times...

A beautifully designed series that pays homage to the essential books of the most important and revolutionary Black arts movements in modern history. VINTAGE CLASSICS' HARLEM RENAISSANCE SERIES Celebrating the finest works of the Harlem Renaissance, one of the most important Black arts movements in modern history. 'Why did I want to mix mahself up in a white folk's war?...

VINTAGE DECO – Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s – 100 years on. Goodbye to Berlin is the novella that inspired Cabaret, evoking the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood depicts the lives of people under threat from the rise of the Nazis: a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer; a gay couple, Peter and...

Vintage Classics first publication of Mitchell's beloved American epic, full of action, drama and memorable characters My dear, I don't give a damn. Margaret Mitchell's page-turning, sweeping American epic has been a classic for over eighty years. Beloved and thought by many to be the greatest of the American novels, Gone with the Wind is a story of love, hope...

VINTAGE DECO — Nine blazing, daring novels to celebrate the 1920s — 100 years on. This is a hell of dull talk...How about some of that champagne? Paris in the twenties — Pernod, parties, and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Jake is wildly in love with Brett Ashley, aristocratic and irresistibly beautiful, with an abandoned, sensuous nature that...

Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FROM THE AUTHOR OF TIKTOK SENSATION MY YEAR OF REST AND...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between. In this inspiring, witty and eminently sensible book, Nigella Lawson sets out a manifesto for how to cook (and eat) good food every day with a minimum of fuss. From basic roast chicken and pea risotto...

Vintage Minis bring you the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human—from birth to death and everything in between. VINTAGE MINIS—GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. Have you ever dreamt you were naked on stage, or woken having failed an exam? In these fascinating, pioneering essays, Sigmund Freud plunges into the recesses of our minds and awakens...

A literary memoir of what it means to have a truly special dog in your life. Published for International Dog Day, this will be a perfect gift for all dog lovers. Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human— from birth to death and everything in between. You've just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you're destined for—what do you do? In Murakami's world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales...

In the city of Johannesburg, a father seeks his delinquent son. His search takes him through a labyrinth of murder, prostitution, racial hatred and, ultimately, reconciliation. First published in 1948, Cry, The Beloved Country addresses the problem of race relations in South Africa with the scrupulousness of a historian and the sensitivity of a poet, and stands as the single...

Michael Ondaatje's incredible debut novel of Jazz and strife, published for the first time in Vintage Classics alongside his memoir, Running in the Family. Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday Times. Based on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New...

Classic Ghost Stories is a Vintage Classics selection of haunting tales by some of the masters of nineteenth-century literature. This collection includes spine-chilling stories by Charles Dickens, M.R. James, H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, and E. Nesbit. As the winter nights draw in and you settle in front of a cosy fire, it's the perfect time for a dash of...

'I remember, too, the light on the slopes, long shadows in tufts and hollows, with cattle, brilliant as painted china, treading their echoing shapes.' Cider With Rosie is a wonderfully vivid memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood and youth in a remote Cotswold village. From the moment he is set down in the long grass, 'thick as a forest and alive...

A phenomenal modern classic, new to the Vintage Classics list, for readers both long-standing and new. Through dialogue and flashback, we learn of the colonialism and racism, love and envy, trauma and rewilding that have shaped our extraordinary protagonist - Mala Ramchandin. EVERYONE THINKS MALA IS A MURDERER A Caribbean classic - Monique Roffey, author of The Mermaid of Black...

This was Roland Barthes's last book, combining a selection of photographs with reflections on photography. Examining the themes of presence and absence, the relationship between photography and theatre, history and death, the book begins as an investigation into the nature of photographs. Then, as Barthes contemplates a photograph of his mother as a child, it becomes an exposition of his...

From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale A clever and addictive thriller from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments. Rennie Wilford is a young journalist running from her life. When she takes an assignment to a Caribbean island, she tumbles into a world where no one is quite what they seem, least of all...

From the international bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale, Bluebeard's Egg and Other Stories represents some of Margaret Atwood's most witty, wise short stories. Discover this sharp, funny short story collection from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments. A man finds himself surrounded by women who are becoming paler, more silent and literally smaller; a woman's...

The gripping, tragic account of Kyiv during the Second World War, based on the author's diaries as a young boy. The powerful rediscovered masterpiece of Kyiv during the Second World War, told by a young boy who saw it all. Read it and weep... Nothing I have read about that barbaric time has been as affecting as this gripping, disturbing...

The first authorised selected collection of the twentieth-century's most influential short story writer. Selected and introduced by Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes Reading Cheever is a restless pleasure, the work never settles—these brilliant stories make me get up and walk around the room — Anne Enright John Cheever, the "Chekhov of the suburbs," forever altered the landscape of contemporary literature....

Brilliant and compelling - one is constrained to follow to the end — Spectator The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her people. And as the intense desires, fears, and rivalries of the family are revealed in the vernacular of the...

Vintage Minis bring you the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human - from birth to death and everything in between. Great art has dreadful manners... The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are visions that soothe, charm, and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the greatest paintings grab...

After the Banquet, Mishima's 1960 novel, is a portrait of love and marriage in later life, featuring his best female character - the irrepressible Kazu. For years, Kazu has run her fashionable restaurant with a combination of charm and shrewdness. Then she falls in love. The man is one of her clients, an aristocratic retired politician, and she renounces her...

A powerful, poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms. If you loved BBC4's Hemingway, rediscover this poignant story of the inability to capture lost youth, by the Nobel Prize-winning author of A Farewell to Arms. Across the River and into the Trees follows Richard Cantrell, an American colonel...

Meet ten of literature's most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits by female photographers from around the world. 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth tells the story of Fenfang, who is determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots. She secures a job as a film extra in Beijing, but living a modern life is not...

Four of George Orwell's most essential books, 1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out in Paris and London, and Homage to Catalonia, are available for the first time in Vintage Classics with a stunning and unexpected new cover look. THE AUTHORITATIVE TEXT "It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." The year is 1984. War...

Where do we come from and how did we get here? Come time-travelling through the history of every species that has ever lived with Professor Max Telford. A four-billion-year journey through the evolution of our planet, The Tree of Life tells the fascinating story of the gigantic family tree that records the relationships between every living thing - from humans,...

Lower your gaze. The light is not for you. Ex-soldier Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. Possessing just his name and sword, he comes across the score of a lifetime—a chest of coins for hunting down the girl who wields silver light. Ren is a spirited acrobat travelling with her family. But everything changes when...

2004. Serge, Rosie and Daniel are enjoying their final weeks of university. They are young, inseparable and full of optimism. Fifteen years later, they are guests at a lavish four-day wedding in Provence - and no longer friends. Life has not turned out quite as planned since their heady days at Oxford. Film-maker Serge is winning awards, but hiding a...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship' TELEGRAPH 'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study' CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth 'You will never look at the Moon the same way...

Once, Sancia Grado was just a thief with a grudge and a rare talent. Then she learned how to use that talent and beat the great merchant houses of Tevanne at their own game. With Clef and Berenice, she even saw off an immortal hierophant—but the war they're fighting now is one they know they can't win. Absolutely riveting ....

Pokémon Code Breakers is the ultimate brain-busting introduction to codes and puzzles. Become a master code breaker with this 100% official Pokémon pocket-sized puzzle book! Test your code-breaking skills with this ultimate 100% official Pokémon Code Breakers puzzle book! This book is a fantastic introduction to logical thinking and decoding puzzles for kids. A host of fun Pokémon characters help...

Care and Feeding traces Laurie Woolever's journey from a small-town childhood to working at food publications and revered restaurants in New York and around the world. In her career, she joins forces with two of the most powerful men in the culinary world: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. However, there's more to this story than just the prominent names on...

In this darkly magical fantasy debut set in Washington State, a closeted teenage psychic foresees the death of his sworn enemy and is forced to work with him to save his life. Sparks fly, but some ghosts don’t want to stay buried... Perfect for fans of atmospheric queer fantasy romance, including The Raven Cycle, Cemetery Boys, and Sixteen Souls. Miles...

Remarkable . . . A singular book about the true meanings of strength and flexibility, about our ability to define who we are and who we might be' Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World and I Contain Multitudes From the bestselling author of Why We Swim comes a mind-expanding exploration of muscle that will change...

The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian With nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win, and a legion of fans, System Of A Down are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet. At their core has always been Serj Tankian, whose journey from the streets of...

The Book of X tells the tale of Cassie, a girl born with her stomach twisted in the shape of a knot. From childhood with her parents on the family meat farm, to a desk job in the city, to finally experiencing love, she grapples with her body, men, and society, all the while imagining a softer world than the...

The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year. John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he's going to join them... In this tense, gripping game of cat and mouse, 'The King of Crime' (Express) returns to his...

Welcome to How to Train Your Dragon School. Where Viking and Dragon Heroes are made! Join Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious, hair-raising adventures at the Isle of Berk's Training School for Vikings and Dragons. Where they are BOTTOM in pretty much everything. Disastrous Lesson Number One: The Art of Battle. It...

In this fun and fact-filled book, Football Superstars: Son Rules, the dynamic duo, Dan and Simon, shine their spotlight on Asia's biggest soccer star of the 21st century, Son Heung-min. They chart the South Korean's rise to superstardom, from his early days when he was trained by his father to his move to the Bundesliga, which paved the way for...

From bestselling author R. O. Kwon, a powerful, blazing-hot novel about a woman caught between her desires and her life. Haunting and powerful – Madeline Miller Brisk, jolting, brilliant, beautiful, true – Andrew Sean Greer I tore through this – Raven Leilani, author of Luster At a lavish party in the hills outside of San Francisco, Jin Han meets Lidija...

Former friends and former flames reunite on a mayhem-spike quest in this cozy romantasy perfect for readers of Legends & Lattes and lovers of Shrek. “This delightful novel has the best The Princess Bride vibes.” —Jodi Picoult Ten years ago, they saved the realm. It ruined their lives. Everyone in Mythria knows the story of how best friends Beatrice and...

From popular content creator Kelsey Impicciche, Voice of the Ocean follows a daring young siren who defies her people to save a human prince, unearthing ancient magic and igniting a dangerous romance amidst treacherous waters. As the youngest daughter of the Siren queen, Celeste's life is tightly controlled. Desperate to prove her worth, she intends to join the Chorus -...

An intimate biography of tennis's living legend Rafael Nadal. Tennis is not short on history. When Nadal arrived on the scene in 2005, the record for men's singles titles at the French Open stood at six, held by Bjorn Borg. Almost twenty years later, Nadal has more than doubled Borg's total with a mind-boggling fourteen titles. His record will undoubtedly...