Author: William Sutcliffe The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary.A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea...

Peter Biddlecombe Peter Biddlecombe takes us on another irreverent global tour, snubbing his nose at the "gimmick tourists" and carrying on doing what he does best—business, all over the world,...

Noah Hawley From the Emmy, PEN, Peabody, Critics' Choice, and Golden Globe Award-winning creator of the TV show Fargo comes the thriller of the year.On a foggy summer night, 11...

Anthony Aveni In this fascinating exploration of occult practice, Anthony Aveni takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through time and space to unveil the many ways people have used...

Glenn Frankel Glenn Frankel, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his work as The Washington Post 's Jerusalem bureau chief, pulls no punches in this thorough exploration of the birth...

Brian Moore To Father Paul, the Algonkian Indians are pagans in need of salvation. To the Indians, Catholic priests are greedy and selfish. Accompanying Father Paul on his mission to...

Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling An anthology of fairy stories for adults, this is the sequel to "Snow White, Blood Red". The stories journey through a landscape of...

Michael Rogin The tangled connections that have bound Jews to African Americans in popular culture and liberal politics are at the heart of Michael Rogin's arresting and unnerving book. Looking...

Nick Arnold Are you dying to find out what happens to food after you swallow it? Why dead people need a haircut? Which animals live on your eyelashes? This book...

Andy McNab This is McNab's account of the mission - a chronicle of courage, endurance and dark humour in the face of extreme cold, enemy attack, capture, and torture of...

Stephen R Lawhead Aidan, a scribe in a remote Irish monastery, accompanies a band of monks on a trip to the magical city of Byzantium, where he becomes an ambassador...

John Julius Norwich A narrative story of Byzantium. From the accession of Alexius in 1081, through the Fourth Crusade - when an army destined for the Holy Land was diverted...