Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert; Adam Thorpe (Translator)

Madame BovaryBy Gustave FlaubertEmma, the main heroine of the novel Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, is bored with the emptiness and ordinariness of the provincial life, so she engages in the extramarital affair hoping to change the circumstances. After the book had been published, the author and two ...

Ottolenghi SIMPLE

Yotam Ottolenghi

Everything you love about Ottolenghi, made simple. Yotam Ottolenghi's award-winning recipes are always a celebration; an unforgettable combination of abundance, taste and surprise. Ottolenghi SIMPLE is no different, with 130 brand-new dishes that contain all the inventive elements and flavour combinatio...

Personality and Power: Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

Ian Kershaw

The acclaimed historian explores how far individual leaders can alter the course of historyThe modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless conte...