The author wrote these dispatches from various posts in the Wehrmacht, of which he was supposed to be writing a history. He went missing late in the war; this is the first appearance in Engl... read more
A modern Greek fable and classic of the last century. The wealth and riches of a kingdom are squandered by their new rulers, King Witless and Queen Barmy. Sound familiar? The author - a Gree... read more
A professor of astrophysics returns on sabbatical to the rural landscape of her childhood. There she observes the starry Scandinavian sky and the eccentricities of her neighbours.
Reissue of a classic from a titan of Japanese literature. Set at a hot spring high up in the mountains, it's a tale in which artist and muse combine in a refreshingly unconventional manner: ... read more
A sparse, compelling novella about a man determined to find a young girl's killer by using another as bait. First published in 1958, and translated from the German.
Sebastian Castellio was a C16th French scholar and theologian who propounded religious toleration and freedom of conscience in opposition to Calvin's dogmatism - and suffered for it. Transla... read more
Another charming reprint from the author of Shrek! and Abel's Island, in which we follow Dominic (the dog) on his various adventures. First published in 1972. Ages 6-12.
Gawain the Goose is wrongly accused of a heinous crime! Another charming reprint from the author of Shrek! and Abel's Island, first published in 1973. Ages 6-12.
Leibniz was much more than just a philosopher. By telling his life through the lens of seven days, MK brings to life the range of this remarkable polymath.
Mei Mei summons up the courage to admit to breaking her grandmother's favourite cup, and learns how the truth can be a powerful healer. By the author of Dim Sum Palace. Ages 5-7.
A mouse's odyssey, first published in 1976, as our rodent hero (full name: 'Abelard Hassam de Chirico Flint') is swept off to a deserted island (in a river) and must learn to survive if he's... read more
Short stories by the late C19th author who, despite dying very young, was Japan's first professional woman writer. From a well-to-do family who fell on hard times, she was intimately familia... read more
For anyone who wants to understand how a democracy slides into a dictatorship, this compelling account might be a useful place to start. It shows the grisly anti-logic of a process that was ... read more
As the old world dies and the new world struggles to be born, da Empoli assembles a rogues' gallery of the tyrants, tech bros and billionaires constructing our present dystopia. Acerbic yet ... read more
A surgeon returning home from the trenches at the end of WW1 finds himself at odds with his wife and haunted by what he has seen. First English translation of this powerful 1926 novel.
Four fugitives hide from Franco in the aftermath of the Civil War, fighting their desire to return home and learning to survive in the wild, unforgiving Cantabrian mountains.
With an introduction by Yiyun Li, this selection brings together Montaigne's profound and inquisitive essays on life, death, and how to live... Also cannibals.
A moving portrait of a large Polish-Jewish family living in Tarnów, in south-eastern Poland, between the wars and into the shadow of WW2. This is the first novel by this prize-winning autho... read more