Darktown

Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader’s wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of […]

Thea Brandt fyller arton och är redo att välkomna vuxenåldern. På teatern väntar hennes livs kärlek, Walter, men hemma i huset på Herengracht har vintern lagt sig – hennes pappa Otto och moster Nella grälar oavbrutet, och familjen Brandt tvingas

Discover one of the most famous and ground-breaking pieces of twentieth century literature about one day in the mind of woman as she prepares to give a party. 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 […]

The perfect gift this Christmas season: a generous selection of some of the greatest festive stories of all time This is a collection of the most magical, moving, chilling and surprising Christmas stories from around the world, taking us from frozen Nordic woods to glittering Paris, a New York speakeasy to an English country house, […]

Sapiens är en storslagen berättelse om människans ursprung, nutid och framtid. Historikern Yuval Noah Harari tar oss med från Homo sapiens första steg på jorden, då vi var ett däggdjur bland alla andra

Discover the hidden patterns in human society as you have never seen them before – through the world of data. In Atlas of the Invisible, award-winning geographer-designer team James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti redefine what an atlas can be. Transforming enormous data sets into rich maps and cutting-edge vizualisations, they uncover truths about our past, […]

‘The Feral Detective investigates our haunted America in all its contemporary guises – at the edge of the city, beyond the blank desert, in the apartment next door. It’s a nimble and uncanny performance, brimming with Lethem’s trademark verve and wit.’ – Colson Whitehead Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer on […]

Like Kate: The Kate Moss Book and Becoming, by Cindy Crawford, this visually sumptuous book features the greatest hits of this supermodel and global fashion and beauty icon. From her role as the face of Chanel to her appearance on thousands of magazine covers, Schiffer remains the eternal blonde. Model. Muse. Global fashion icon. Claudia Schiffer is legendary […]