Accidental Gods

Subin, Anna Della

Spanning the globe and five centuries, Accidental Gods introduces us to a new pantheon: of man-gods, deified politicians and imperialists, militants, mystics and explorers. From the conquistadors setting foot in the New World to Haile Selassie of...

To Paradise

Yanagihara, Hanya

From the author of the classic &i>A Little Life&/i>, a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the American experiment, about lovers, family, loss and the elusive promise of utopia.

The Crypto Book

Kidd, Siam

THE CRYPTO GOLD RUSH IS ONLY JUST BEGINNING... Blockchain technology and the cryptocurrencies it enables are being described by some people as the biggest thing since the internet, but very few people understand it, or the opportunities it brings....

No One Is Talking About This

Lockwood, Patricia

A woman known for her viral social media posts travels the world speaking to her adoring fans, her entire existence overwhelmed by the internet - or what she terms 'the portal'. Are we in hell? the people of the portal ask themselves. Are we all...

Dohany Street

LeBor, Adam

Budapest's dark history finally catches up with Detective Balthazar Kovacs in the final instalment in Adam LeBor's Hungarian crime trilogy.

The Ministry for the Future

Robinson, Kim Stanley

From Kim Stanley Robinson, the visionary New York Times bestselling author, comes a vision of climate change unlike any ever imagined

The Power of Geography

Marshall, Tim

The Woman, the Mink, the Cod and the Donkey

Swash, Margerie

Come, dearest reader, and dive into this book. It's warm and safe in here, which you will have guessed already because it's about a human and three animals. You might not be able to remember the animals or the order they fall within the title,...

The Door

Szabo, Magda

Emerence is a domestic servant - strong, fierce, eccentric, and with a reputation for being a first-rate housekeeper. But Emerence has secrets and vulnerabilities beneath her indomitable exterior which will test Magda's friendship and change the...

Fateless

Kertesz, Imre

'While the average reader cannot pretend truly to understand the reality of those who suffered in concentration camps, Kertesz draws us one step closer' ObserverGyuri, a fourteen-year-old Hungarian Jew, gets the day off school to witness his father...

Embers

Marai, Sandor

The rediscovery of a masterpiece of Central European literature originally published in Budapest in 1942 and un-known to modern readers until last year. An extraordinary novel about a triangular relationship, about love, friendship, and fidelity,...

Hungarian Dessert Book

Bereznay, Tamas

Voila, here is an authentic cookbook in English focusing the desserts, the field that is more and more interesting amongst the fans of the Hungarian cuisine. Hungarian Dessert Book is a real delicatesse: it offers 75 beautifully illustrated recipes...

Figuring Out The Past

Turchin, Peter

The 3,495 vital statistics that explain world history.

The Myth of Normal

Mate, Gabor

We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure, and nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug....

Christendom

Heather, Peter

In the fourth century AD, a new faith exploded out of Palestine. Overwhelming the paganism of Rome, and converting the Emperor Constantine in the process, it resoundingly defeated a host of other rivals. Almost a thousand years later, all of Europe...

There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness

Rovelli, Carlo