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Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize In The Emperor of All Maladies, Siddhartha Mukherjee, doctor, researcher and award-winning science writer, examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with - and perished from - for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience and perseverance, but also of hubris, arrogance and misperception, all leveraged against a disease that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out ‘war against cancer’. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories and deaths, told through the eyes of predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary. From the Persian Queen Atossa, whose Greek slave cut off her malignant breast, to the nineteeth-century recipient of primitive radiation and chemotherapy and Mukherjee’s own leukemia patient, Carla, The Emperor of All Maladies is about the people who have soldiered through toxic, bruising, and draining regimes to survive and to increase the store of human knowledge. Riveting and magesterial, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and a brilliant new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers and lay people have observed and understood the human body for millennia.

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Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He spends his days teaching history to high schoolers, expanding their young minds, correcting their casual cruelties, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He goes to holiday parties with his wife of three decades, makes small talk with neighbours, and, on weekends, takes his sailboat out on the beautiful Massachusetts Bay. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad-at himself and the people around him-and turns a question over and over in his mind: how is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us?And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear-and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.With exquisite prose and profound insight, Elizabeth Strout captures the way grief reverberates through decades, the comfort found in deep friendships and the freedom that comes when we break free of our secrets. The Things We Never Say is a stunning new novel from one of our most acclaimed observers of the human heart.

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Master the art of brewing your own beer and hone this life-long skill!Home-brewing hero Greg Hughes brings you a comprehensive guide to teach you how to brew your own beer, from the comfort of your own home! Within the pages of this all-encompassing brewery book, he shows you every step of each process with clear, photographic instructions, to maximise your beer-making skills and unleash your potential. What are you waiting for? Dive straight in to discover: -Over 110 recipes categorised by style -30 spreads on home brewing techniques and general brewing advice for a range of levels -100 accompanying photos to visually highlight the step-by-step instructions to brewing -Valuable information on the history of brewing and the craft beer revolutionDiscover detailed information on ingredients to help you choose your malt, yeast, hops and flavourings, and learn exactly which equipment you need to get started. With more than 100 tried-and-tested recipes to choose from, you can brew beer of almost any style from across the world, such as London bitter, American IPA, Mexican cerveza, Munich helles, or Japanese rice lager. Each is suitable for the full-mash technique, while many also contain malt extract variations.This newly-revised edition includes new techniques and recipes with brand new recipe photos to keep in line with contemporary craft beers within the market. Featuring 15 brand new recipes within this new edition, including Oaked Imperial Brown Ale and Blueberry and Coconut Export Stout, there is something for everyone to love, and you'll have all the information you need to brew your perfect beer! Additionally, you can explore a dedicated section for writing your very own beer recipes that are sure to have your taste buds tingling!From ginger beer to winter warmers, Belgian tripels to Bohemian pilsners, this is a must-have volume for craft-beer newbies looking to begin their journey of making their own beer, or homebrewers looking for more comprehensive advice to attempt more complex methods.

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Discover the word-of-mouth bestselling phenomenon that thousands of readers are calling their favourite book of the year!THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKSHORTLISTED FOR THE GOODREADS READERS' CHOICE AWARDS'A warm, funny gem of a novel'LAURA HACKETT, THE TIMES'Masterful . . . I was delighted and moved'NEW YORK TIMES 'I can't praise it enough. It's an absolute triumph'CLARE CHAMBERS'Tremendous'FREDRIK BACKMAN'Shows us what a glorious thing growing older can be'FLORENCE KNAPP'The year's breakout novel no one saw coming'WALL STREET JOURNAL–Every morning, Sybil Van Antwerp sits down to write letters – to her brother, to her best friend, to the president of the university who will not allow her to attend a class she desperately wants to take, to her favourite authors to tell them what she thinks of their latest books, and to one person to whom she writes often yet never sends the letter. Because at seventy-three, Sybil has used her correspondence – witty and wise – to make sense of the world. But beyond the page, she has spent the last thirty years keeping the people who love her at arms’ length... Until letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life.Now, Sybil must send the letter she has been writing for all these years - and find forgiveness within herself in order to move on. Sybil Van Antwerp’s life of letters might be ‘a very small thing’, but she also might be one of the most memorable characters you will ever read.*Over 90,000 five-star reviews on Goodreads*

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