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Joined November 2010
Spine-chilling tales of monstrous creations, existential reckonings and necrophiliac gravediggers with a Halloween reading list from our team.
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'Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful' Frankenstein, Mary Shelley https://t.co/tlPs5aaWTj
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Meyer argues that the universe’s fine-tuning and the digital code in DNA point to a purposeful intelligence. He challenges materialistic assumptions, urging a re-evaluation of life’s origins through rigorous scientific reasoning.
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Get 25% off thousands of upcoming books at @Waterstones, including Penguin Classics by Aya Koda, James Joyce, Seicho Matsumoto and more. Use code OCTOBER25. Offer ends at midnight on Friday. https://t.co/FIzCwnkNId
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A stunning clothbound set, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, brings together Dostoyevsky's three greatest novels: Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, The Brothers Karamazov. https://t.co/Pl1mKjv2Wq
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Honored to be included on this amazing shortlist! Congratulations to all.
Christopher Childers' The Penguin Book of Greek and Latin Lyric Verse, published by Penguin. @ChrisChildersoO @classicpenguins @PenguinUKBooks
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The sheer number of significant world leaders gathering shows how big a deal this is. Everybody wanted their name attached to it, creating an extraordinary scene.
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'Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who all are happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.' Katherine Mansfield, author of The Garden Party was born #onthisday in 1888.
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'That was the essence of the good feeling: to be able to remain calm ... Never panic. Never run. Face whatever had to be faced. Be practical, reasonable, up to a point. And if reason doesn’t work, get up and kick it in the teeth' 52 Pickup, Elmore Leonard
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Today marks the centenary of Elmore Leonard's birth. Celebrate the master of hard-boiled crime with four more page-turning thrillers – 52 Pickup, Cat Chaser, Picket Line and City Primeval. Out now in our Crime & Espionage series.
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This Black History Month, we're partnering with Lit in Colour to share recommendations from their (incomplete) Lit in Colour book list. These are just some of the classic works by Black authors that have been recommended over the past four years.
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When we started this journey, we had no idea where it was going to take us. We poured our heart and soul into this book for the sole reason of making a positive impact on humanity. Today, we are excited to announce that we have sold 50,000 copies since launch! Thank you from
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Lady Nijo’s A Tale Unasked is the last and finest of classical Japanese women's diaries. Meredith McKinney's superb translation breathes new life into these fascinating diaries from 1307, which were only rediscovered in the 1940s. https://t.co/XHpxuqcNgh
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In John le Carré's breakthrough work of 1963, the George Smiley spy story is reborn as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is now a Clothbound Classic. https://t.co/6bJJl7ILbx
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'A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him' Dylan Thomas Happy National Poetry Day!
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There are two sides to every story. FRANKENSTEIN, a film by Guillermo del Toro, starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, and Christoph Waltz, is coming to select cinemas 17 October and on Netflix 7 November.
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Oscar Wilde is equally beloved for his fairy tales, written ‘partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy’ A complete collection Wilde’s dazzling fairytales. https://t.co/r6FYfKvS3n
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Julius is now GDPR Compliant 🇪🇺 To celebrate, here's a population density heat map of Europe, made by Julius.
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Perfect for spooky season — The Vampyre, a triptych of vampire stories to make your blood run cold, now in a Little Black Classics edition. https://t.co/Fm2Y8x38z9
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'Living simply makes loving simple' Influential cultural critic, feminist theorist and writer, bell hooks, was born #onthisday in 1952.
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'That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong' F. Scott Fitzgerald was born #onthisday in 1894
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Claude McKay’s Home to Harlem follows Jake and Ray navigating post-WWI Harlem's jazz nightlife, racial discrimination, and isolation, sparking debate and becoming the first commercial bestseller by an African American novelist. https://t.co/i08JVW4O06
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BIG WEEK FOR HELIUM! won Best Wi-Fi Innovation at the @WBAlliance awards 2025 in Paris, France! 🏆
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'We all have our time machines, don't we. Those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward, are dreams' Happy birthday H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine, who was born #onthisday in 1866.
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As we head into the autumn months, leaving summer behind, here are a some back-to-school and campus Classics for your bookshelves.
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