A FULLY UPDATED AND REVISED NEW EDITION that reveals the hidden complexities and terrifying simplicities of a planet squeezing itself dry in order to make half its citizens obese and the other half malnourished

A dark uncanny jolt of literary perfection.

An epic and intimate story of the crop that created nations, enriched empires, enslaved peoples -- and determined the destiny of one family over four centuries

An epic and intimate story of the crop that created nations, enriched empires, enslaved peoples - and determined the destiny of one family over four centuries

Kurt Neder was once Einstein's accomplice and the brightest young physicist of his generation, now a lost soul wandering Europe in the hope that someone will pay him heed. Enter Lena - an intrepid young British journalist, hoping for a story to kick-start her stalled career, and driven by her own needs and beliefs, and her own need to believe.

Set in rural Poland in the 1980s, this novella is a classic fable of strange, enchanted girlhood and adolescence

Winner of the Prix Anais Nin Following a woman named Jeanne through the anonymous hotel rooms of Paris, this novel is a candid exploration of sexuality, desire and compulsion.

An elegant boxed set of two hardcover books featuring a selection of the greatest writing about the Arctic and the Antarctic.