Books by Publisher: Penguin Life

Playing To The Edge

By Michael Hayden

A "high-level master narrative of America''s intelligence wars, from the only person ever to helm both NSA and CIA, at a time of heinous new threats and wrenching change"--Dust jacket flap.

Amiable with Big Teeth

By Claude McKay

"The unexpected discovery in 2009 of a completed manuscript of Claude McKay's final novel was celebrated as one of the most significant literary events in recent years. Building on the ... legacy of McKay's life and work, this colorful, dramatic novel centers on the efforts by Harlem intelligentsia to organize...

Three Daughters of Eve

By Elif Shafak

*As mentioned on BBC's Desert Island Discs*'A fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and the devastating clash of tradition and modernity' Independent Set across Istanbul and Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith and friendship, tradition...

Rest

By Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

For most of us, overwork is the new normal. Resting means late-night TV binges or hours spent on social media. We never truly recharge.In this revelatory book, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang offers a way for us to be more productive and fulfilled in all areas of our lives....

Field Guide to Lies and Statistics

By Daniel Levitin

A guide to critical thinking in the 'post-truth' era, from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live in a world of information overload. Facts and figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips, but are too often biased, distorted, or outright lies. From unemployment figures to...

Excellent Daughters

By Katherine Zoepf

Run for Your Life: Mindful Running for a Happy Life

By William Pullen

We all know how a long walk, a slow jog or a brisk run can free our minds to wander, and give us a powerful uplifting feeling. Some call it the 'runner's high', others put it down to endorphins. But what if we could channel that energy and use it...

Homegoing

By Yaa Gyasi

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Selected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First BookShortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave...

Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled

By Ruby Wax

'We are all frazzled, all of us...' Five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. Ruby Wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect and live in...

Wake Up!

By Chris Barez-Brown

Over 80 per cent of our waking time is spent on autopilot.We all know the feeling of driving a long distance and arriving at our destination with little memory of the journey. That's because when we are doing routine activities our subconscious takes over to save energy: we are on...