Duckworth

  • Through two doors at once

    £9.99

    The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

  • China in ten words

    £9.99

    A courageous and intimate memoir of China framed in ten telling words: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for our 125th anniversary

  • Black girl from Pyongyang

    £18.99

    The extraordinary true story of a West African girl’s upbringing in North Korea under the protection of President Kim Il Sung

  • The Complete Fairy Stories of Oscar Wilde

    £12.99

    The treasured fairy tales of Oscar Wilde in a stunning gift edition featuring exquisite illustrations by the celebrated artist Philippe Jullian with an afterword by Wilde’s son, Vyvyan Holland. 

  • My Life in France

    £10.99

    Bursting with Child’s adventurous and humorous spirit, My Life in France captures post-war Paris with wonderful vividness and charm.

  • Hester

    £16.99

    Isobel, a gifted needleworker with strange talents, finds herself penniless and alone in Salem. When she meets Nathaniel Hawthorne, the two are drawn to each other. Together, they are dark storyteller and muse, but where will their affair lead?

  • Hotbed

    £20.00

    The never-before-told story of the club whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed an international feminist agenda into a modern way of life.

  • The Master of Measham Hall

    £8.99

    1665. King Charles II has returned from exile but the scars of the English Civil Wars are yet to heal and now the Great Plague engulfs the land. When Alethea is cast out on the streets of London, a long road to Derbyshire lies ahead of her.

  • Vagabonds

    £20.00

    Compelling, moving and unexpected portraits of London’s poor from a rising star British historian – the Dickensian city brought to real and vivid life.

  • Arcadian Days

    £10.99

    Taking inspiration from the incomparably beautiful and intense poetry of Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, Spurling – a lifelong classicist and historical novelist – spins five more myths for contemporary readers.

  • Arcadian Nights

    £10.99

    Gripping, spirited and sometimes grisly, Spurling’s fresh interpretations of these timeless tales bring both their heroes and their context vividly to life, reanimating Apollo, Herakles, Theseus, Perseus and Agamemnon.

  • Deeper Into the Wood

    £10.99

    Accompanied throughout by the author’s evocative hand-drawn illustrations, Deeper Into the Wood is a lyrical and inspiring story; a potent reminder of nature’s delicate balance and our responsibility toward its preservation.

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