Society and culture

`Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty' - Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces

"Tan's lovingly laid out and masterfully rendered tale about the immigrant experience is a documentary magically told." -- Art Spiegelman, author of Maus "An absolute wonder." -- Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis "A magical river of strange

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, 'The Art of Hearing Heartbeats' spans the decades between the 1950s and the present.

There is a current revival of Black Consciousness in South Africa, as political and student movements reconfigure the continued struggle for socio-economic revolution with this ideology at the forefront.

Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering.

'For the most part, the dead man received public sympathy. A decent, hardworking chap, with not an enemy anywhere. People were surprised that anybody should want to kill Jim.'

At times of loss and bereavement, it's well established those who are left reach for music and poetry- and the music of poetry.

'SPECTACULAR!' No. 1 bestselling author Martina ColeM. R. Carey returns to the world of THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS, the phenomenal million-copy bestseller which is now a BAFTA-nominated film.