American Gods

‘We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it. The idea of the book is simply to try to understand the extraordinary contraption that is us.’ Bill Bryson sets off to explore the human body, how it functions […]

Gala dinner: Salvador Dali s surrealist cookbook Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent […]

In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives unfold. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman awaiting the return of the men in her life–her husband

Hur känner man sig när man är som jag är nu? Klockan är mycket. Alla med lite vett i ­huvudet borde sova eller åtminstone vara ­sömniga vid den här tiden. Jag vill absolut inte sova. Jag vill sitta uppe hela natten. Jag skulle vilja ha någon att tala med. Någon som är likadan som jag. […]

Misfits is a triumphant call for honesty, empathy and inclusion. This timely, necessary book is a rousing coming-to-power manifesto dedicated to anyone who has ever worried about fitting in.

Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt’s cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement – both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world […]

På den misskötta Manor Farm gör djuren uppror och driver bort sin alkoholiserade husbonde, Mr Jones. Alla djur ska vara jämlika och råda över sig själva. Men Gamle majoren dör, och i tomrummet efter den prisbelönta galt som inspirerade till resningen inleds maktkampen mellan Napoleon och Snöbollen, två andra grisar med stark vilja. Gården ska […]

David Toop’s extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Sun Ra, Erik Satie, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk and Brian Wilson. Beginning in 1889 at the Paris exposition when Debussy first heard Javanese music performed, Ocean of Sound […]