**Now a major BBC drama, Waiting for the Out.A unique insight into survival behind bars, inherited shame and some of life’s most pressing questions.An Irish Times and The i Book of the Year'Tense and intimate . . . an education'** – Geoff Dyer'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' – Terry WaiteAndy West teaches philosophy in prisons. Every time he steps behind bars, he also confronts his inherited shame: ...

Lionel Messi and the Art of Living is a bold and insightful examination of a world-famous sporting hero's career from an entirely new perspective, providing a context extending far beyond the soccer field. The idea that sports stars are role models is a cliché, but it is also true in a way that is rarely appreciated. Although the details of Messi's story are already well known, The Art of Living examines afresh and anew his highs and lows, his successes and failures, his ...

X Marks the Spot is a slender anthology produced to celebrate the first ten years of NewCon Press. It includes original fiction from Adam Roberts, Rozanne Rabinowitz, and Paul Melhuish, a poem by Donna Scott, aand a collaborative short story written by Ian Whates, Ian Watson, Hal Duncan, Chaz Brenchley, Sarah Singleton, Andrew Hook and others which has been out of print for nearly eight years, and a sectio...

Six piercing novellas and novelettes of philosophical science fiction, lovingly crafted by a prize-winning author to provoke and arouse.A sentient anti-meme sends emails to fight its rival in 'Meme'.A stranded starship crew engineers the development of a primitive alien race in 'Rescue Stories', runner-up in the BSFA 50th anniversary short fiction competition.Draw aside the social memeplex veils of man-made climate change in the controversial 'Truth', featured on th...

Children's and young people’s right to participate has been increasingly acknowledged and taken up internationally, as expressed in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet much of this has focused on collecting children’s voices, rather than achieving change, and has met its limits. This book provides an analysis of children’s participation in formal, collective and action research processes in six different international settings. It offers a deeper understanding of what helps a...

**NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, 'WAITING FOR THE OUT'An Irish Times and The i Book of the Year'Tense and intimate . . . an education'** – Geoff Dyer'Authentic, fascinating and deeply moving' – Terry WaiteAndy West teaches philosophy in prisons. Every time he steps behind bars, he also confronts his inherited shame: his father, uncle and brother all spent time inside. While Andy has built a different life for himself, he still fears ...

"It's very straightforward," stated the culture-officer, with an edge of self-satisfaction. "If we can't survive long enough for the natives to reach the required level of civilisation naturally, why then we'll simply accelerate their development so they get there much sooner, when we are still alive and wholly capable!"When their ship crashes, the post-human crew of the Hermes launch a desperate bid to accelerate the technological development of the primitive natives, so that when...

**Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and investment are building a fountain of youth of their own creation: one ...

*The Buzzy US Bestseller* *A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick* *A Spotify Book of the Year*‘An extraordinary book about the power of family and sisterhood’ – Jenna Bush Hager‘A sparkling debut’ – Jenny Jackson, author of Pineapple Street‘The family saga we all need’ – Jessica Soffer, New York Times bestselling author of This Is a Love Story

**Brought to you by Penguin.THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE 2023**I’m fizzing. I love not being his son.Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land.Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: ...

**Named a Best Book of 2025 by BloombergFrom legendary filmmaker and author Werner Herzog, a compact, effervescent, and deeply personal exploration of art, philosophy, and history that unravels one of our most elusive and contested questions: What is truth—and how to find it in our “post-truth” era?**For over half a century, Werner Herzog has challenged, enriched, and expanded our understanding of the truth. His films and books have mixed fiction and nonfiction, do...

‘A compulsive, didn’t-see-it-coming thriller’ABIGAIL DEAN, international bestselling author of Girl AOne twin vanished. One twin reappeared. *A Reader's Digest most anticipated book of the year*‘A fantastic debut – unpredictable, tense and absorbing’ ROSE CARLYLE, #1 international bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror‘Dark and creepy . . . in the most compelling way. A prope...