Based upon detailed research and observation of social customs in many regions, here is a notable contribution to our understanding of ourselves, using theatrical performance as a framework.This book explores the realm of human behavior in social...

From the author of The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Stigma is analyzes a person’s feelings about himself and his relationship to people whom society calls “normal.”Stigma is an illuminating excursion into the situation of...

*NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES* A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency must find out why. But as the quarry is pursued from grimy Soho to the other side of the world, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into...

'A thriller of the highest quality - ironic, witty, literate, ingenious, understated and unflaggingly suspenseful' -- The New York Times Book Review. The last time anyone saw Lucia Bernardi, she was driving at top speed away from a Swiss villa - leaving...

This critical edition of the epic 1968 Malian novel explores its enduring literary power and the racist plagiarism scandal that devastated its author, the first African winner of France’s prestigious Renaudot Prize.An engrossing, tragic tale...

From 'A giant of twentieth-century science fiction' (Guardian), the adventures of Pirx, a hapless everyman in outer space. 'By now he fancied himself something of a rocket jockey, a space ace, whose real home was among the planets.' In a future where...

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short story collections of our time.Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in this...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come. When No Logo was first published, it...

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, ‘The Hours’ is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, taken from her...

BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An affluent Indian family is forever changed by one fateful day in 1969, from the author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.“[The God of Small Things] offers such magic, mystery, and...

As Seen on GMA.USA Today bestseller.A Skimm Reads Pick.She Reads - Most Anticipated Contemporary Fiction 2024.After the Jacobson siblings win a life-changing fortune in the lottery, they assume their messy lives will transform into sleek, storybook...

A bestselling romance author flees to Alaska to reinvent herself and write her first murder mystery, but the rugged resort proprietor soon has her fearing she’s living in a rom-com plot instead in this earnestly spectacular debut by a stunning new...

A steamy chance encounter between a professional hockey player and the manic pixie dream girl he just can’t seem to forget takes a turn when the pair realize that their parents are engaged—in an all-new rom-com by #1 New York...

With thousands of miles and a sick cat between them, can this pair find love — or was it all a fluke?“Abby Jimenez has proven time and time again to be one of our must-read writers.”―Cosmopolitan. There might be no such a...

How do you find yourself after you lose the one you loved the most?Grieving the loss of her best friend, a young woman’s life is turned upside down when she meets a grumpy stranger who swears he can help her live again, in this heartwarming,...

A whirlwind romance inspired by Ferris Bueller’s Day Off about four friends whose hearts are broken and mended over the course of an epic senior skip day—from the bestselling author of The Summer of Broken Rules!Grace, Isa, and Everett used...

From TikTok sensation Elsie Silver comes the third in her New York Times bestselling contemporary Western series following four single dads living very different stories.I’d always dreamed of my wedding day. But not like this. Not looking into the...

Jackie Collins's Hollywood Wives told the stories of the powerful women who rule over Hollywood—now, Hollywood Husbands tells the other side of the story.Jack Python is the hottest Hollywood Husband of all. He rules nighttime T.V. and his...

This epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy set in a gorgeously detailed world will have readers thinking of Brandon Sanderson and Laurel K. Hamilton alongside the high-intensity political intrigue of the Kushiel series. The instant New York Times bestseller A...

A USA Today Best Seller.A Good Morning America Sizzling Summer. Reads Roundup Pick.“A fascinating exploration of the dangers of social media . . . smart and timely.”—Carola Lovering, author of Tell Me Lies and Bye, BabyFor fans of...