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Brought to you by Penguin. From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring - and surviving - an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him Speaking out for the first time, and in...

Brought to you by Penguin. **WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS GOLD PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024** **WINNER OF THE NERO AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024** An extraordinary true story of shipwreck, survival and love Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maurice and Maralyn plan their escape: sell the...

Joe Simpson, with just his partner Simon Yates, tackled the unclimbed West Face of the remote 21,000 foot Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in June 1995. But before they reached the summit, disaster struck. A few days later, Simon staggered into Base Camp, exhausted and frostbitten, to tell...

Brought to you by Penguin. A non-stop flight across the Atlantic might seem routine today. But it is only possible because of those who went first. Newfoundland, 1919. Buffeted by winds, an unwieldy aircraft struggled to take to the air. Cramped side by side in its open cockpit were two men...