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Bloomsbury presents God Died by the Nile and Other Novels by Nawal El Saadawi, read by Nadia Albina Three classic novels by renowned feminist writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi. A peasant family is torn apart by a village mayor and his lackeys in God Dies by the Nile, Saadawi’s dark parable...

Bloomsbury presents A Daughter of Isis: The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words by Nawal El Saadawi, read by Nadia Albina In A Daughter of Isis, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world’s greatest writers, tells the story of the formative years...

Coll is Wolf. He lives with his clan on a Construct, a huge technological "creature" driven by the clan's combined willpower. Together they roam their world, fighting other clans and absorbing them into their own. But when a new and dangerous Construct attacks them, Coll is thrown clear from Wolf and left behind. Now he must survive life on ground and get back to his clan. He is helped by Rieka, a "Tock" who makes the Constructs work. She promises Coll a way to return, but can she be trusted? And what is she really trying to do...?

Brought to you by Penguin. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024. After years away from her family's homeland, and healing from an affair with an established director, stage actress Sonia Nasir returns to Palestine to visit her older sister Haneen. Though the siblings grew up...

'I finished this book in one sitting' Reader review,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'You will not be able to put this book down' Reader review,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The deviousness of this immensely rich family plus a terrific plot make for an excellent thriller!' Reader review,⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dripping with scandal...

Let's be honest: most men feel completely unprepared for the menopause. And it can come at you fast. One moment, life feels normal. The next, everything's changed - her mood, her sleep, her energy, your connection. You want to help, but you don't know how - and you're worried you'll only make...

*A 'Most Anticipated Book of 2026' as selected by DAZED, THE NEW ARAB and LITHUB* 'Touching, infuriating and painfully true . . . [Strange Girls] demands to be read' Julia Armfield 'Captures the messy, tense and beautiful struggles where friendship meets longing . . . I envy whoever reads it...

Brought to you by Penguin. The whiplash-inducing spy thriller, for fans of Scott Mariani and Black Doves. A DYING RUSSIAN SCIENTIST confesses to his children what he did as a young man. A MURDERED SPY shares vital intelligence before he’s ruthlessly assassinated in the English countryside. A...

Once, Brann belonged to Raven. She flew high above the world and she was fearless. But Raven was destroyed by Dragon. Brann's home is gone and her crew is missing. Determined to find the truth, Brann heads north. But what she and her friends learn will change everything. What happened to Raven's crew? And what is the secret Brann is hiding?

Bloomsbury presents The Fullness of Time: Marking the Day by Birdsong, Blooms, Shadows and Stars by Cathy Haynes, read by Nadia Albina. 'Fascinating and full of beauty' KATHERINE MAY, author of Wintering A journey into the forgotten art of marking time through signs in the world around us –...

It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.

Dahlia has two lives. In one, she is a young woman with a good job, great friends and a busy social life. In the other, she is an unmarried daughter living at home, struggling with a burgeoning anxiety disorder and a deeply buried secret: a violent betrayal too shameful to speak of. With her 30th birthday fast approaching, pressure from her mother to accept a marriage proposal begins to strain the family. As her two lives start to collide and fracture, all Dahlia can think of is escape....

Bloomsbury presents Walking through Fire by Nawal El Saadawi, read by Nadia Albina In Walking through Fire, Nawal El Saadawi, author of Woman at Point Zero and one of the Arab world’s greatest writers, tells the story of the later years of a life which shaped an iconic voice in global feminism...

Rieka's world is on fire. She's lived her whole life aboard Constructs, giant mechanical creatures that battle each other for territory. Now a new enemy has swept across the land – DRAGON. And even with all the survivors united against it, Dragon is winning. Technically brilliant, Rieka believes that she alone can turn the war. But the path she sets out on is dangerous, both for her and her friends. And all the while, there is a truth about herself she must face… If she doesn't, she could destroy everything she's trying to save.

Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original new voice in literary fiction for fans of Ali Smith, Mohsin Hamid and Elif Shafak The Renovation is a heart-breaking portrait of one family caught in the tides of history, grappling with grief, exile, politics and the painful absurdity of love...

The sporting detectives return, racing around the world in the third instalment of the brilliant mystery adventure series from multi-gold-medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson. Gear up and prepare for the ride of your life with Hannah, Maria and Seb who are reunited at the Tour de France!...

‘An excellent primer . . . essential reading’ GUARDIAN * The world’s eyes are on the Gaza Strip. After more than a year of Israeli military bombardment, it is the scene of unimaginable destruction. It is also one of the most politically significant territories on the planet. Yet how many...

Growing up in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, Suad Aldarra felt stifled. The daughter of Syrian parents, she railed against the extreme strictures placed on women in Saudi society at the time and the rising prejudice her family faced as migrants. When the opportunity arose to study software engineering at Damascus University, she jumped at the chance to move to the city she loved for a degree of freedom she'd never known. But when the war started, everything changed. 

Bloomsbury presents The War on Disabled People by Ellen Clifford, read by Nadia Albina. Winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Award 2021 In 2016, a United Nations report found the UK government culpable for ‘grave and systematic violations’ of disabled people’s rights...

Brought to you by Penguin. I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a poem came to me when I could no longer find my own. In nearly four decades as a journalist covering conflict from Rwanda to Kosovo to Palestine, Channel 4 News...