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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Dreams of Bethany Mellmoth written and read by William Boyd. A philandering art dealer tries to give up casual love affairs - seeking only passionate kisses as a substitute. A man recounts his personal history through the things he has stolen from...

A new collection for 2025 of classic science fiction stories from a master of the genre, including the story that inspired Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film, AI: Artificial Intelligence Hello Earth, Are You There includes twenty-seven short stories from Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author...

With contributions by: William Boyd, Candice Carty-Williams, Imtiaz Dharker, Roddy Doyle, Pico Iyer, Robert Macfarlane, Andy Miller, Jackie Morris, Jan Morris, Sisonke Msimang, Dina Nayeri, Chigozie Obioma, Michael Ondaatje, David Pilling, Max Porter, Philip Pullman, Alice Pung, Jancis Robinson...

One for the Trouble: Book Slam, Volume One is the first release from the UK’s premier literary event. Eighteen Book Slam alumni, from household names like Irvine Welsh and William Boyd to newcomers like Kate Tempest and Sophie Woolley, were approached to take a song title for inspiration for a new short story or poem. Some took this literally (Jon McGregor’s moving reimagining of A House’s 'Endless Art', for example); others suggestively....

“Boyd is one of my favorite authors.” —Kate Atkinson From the internationally bestselling author, a thrilling novel starring the travel writer-turned-reluctant spy Gabriel Dax, who finds himself implicated in a dangerous conspiracy with global consequences. 1963, Guatemala. The country is...

Gabriel Dax' Nächte sind kurz. Seit seiner Kindheit leidet er unter Albträumen: Erinnerungen an jene verhängnisvolle Nacht, in der seine Mutter und sein Elternhaus einem verheerenden Brand zum Opfer fielen. Seiner Schlaflosigkeit zum Trotz ist der gefeierte Reiseschriftsteller aus Chelsea auf der ganzen Welt unterwegs – einer vom Kalten Krieg zerrissenen Welt. In Zentralafrika bietet sich ihm die exklusive Gelegenheit, den ersten Ministerpräsidenten des erst seit Kurzem unabhängigen Kongo zu interviewen.

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1969. Ein altgedienter Geheimagent. Ein einsamer Auftrag. Eine Lizenz zum Töten. William Boyd, Meister der Täuschung und des doppelten Spiels, gilt seit seinem Roman Ruhelos als Großer der Spionageliteratur und führt nun erstmals 007 selbst auf Abwege. Ein raffiniert-verwickeltes James-Bond-Abenteuer: Klassisch, voll unerwarteter Wendungen, mit zwei enigmatischen Bond-Girls und endlich wieder einem 007, der Wodka Martini trinkt - geschüttelt, nicht gerührt.

Incredible Science Fiction collates a collection of some of the very best science fiction stories published in the ‘50s in one volume. All these stories (with the exception of "The Goldfish") are now in the public domain and were original published in Worlds of IF Science Fiction magazine. This is a lovingly curated collection of some of the very best stories published in the ’50s. This collection includes the Hugo Award-nominated “Rat in the Skull” by Rog Phillips. It also includes an original story by the curator and editor of this collection: Andrew Gibson.

Internationally bestselling author William Boyd offers his most exhilarating novel yet, following a reluctant spy drawn into the shadows of espionage and obsession. Gabriel Dax is a young man haunted by the memories of a fire that took his mother’s life. Every night, when sleep finally comes...

A visit to Buckboard Flats, where the played out Curtis mine is suddenly of great interest to an unknown badman. Who is it?

From the award-winning, internationally best-selling author, a beguiling romp of a novel, at once intimate and panoramic, about the adventures and misadventures of a nineteenth-century everyman "Picaresque, big-hearted and moving, this is Boyd at the top of his game." —The Guardian One man...

Hoppy helps a doctor tend to a cowboy who's been shot in the midst of warfare between two rival gangs.

Aviation insights that don’t conform to ambient thinking. Join airline industry insiders Mike Boyd and Bill Swaybar for breezy banterings, grievances and professional observations that don’t settle for the consensus.

Pull down the shades and settle in for pleasure with this trio of erotic novellas - handpicked by Susie Bright - showcasing stories that are hot and masterful. Susie Bright, hailed by The New York Times as "the avatar of American erotica", is the undisputed grandmaster of the genre. Now she has handpicked three rising stars - new masters - whose stories will delight, arouse, and captivate you. Connected by a central theme - the idea that one sexual moment can change a person forever - each story is wildly different from anything you have read or heard before.

California is framed for murder when his clothes are stolen while he's swimming.

A large amount of cash invariably leads to a robbery and an attempted bar-room suicide.

Religious fanatics took a vow never to let anyone invade Lost Canyon, and it has been sealed up for 20 years. Are they responsible for the recent murder of a man who ventured there? And, is Hoppy in danger now that he has the map to this cursed canyon?

A $10,000 diamond ring and a prima dona add up to murder and a frame for California.

Johnny Gates is about to be hanged, accused of being "The Panamint Kid".