In February 1981, just as Spain was set to leave Franco's dictatorship and embark upon a new era of democracy, Lieutenant Colonel Tejero and his band of civil guards stormed the parliament and opened fire. Only three members of Congress did not dive for cover: Adolfo Suarez, the outgoing prime minister, General Gutierrez Mellado and Santiago Carrillo, head of the newly legalised Communist party. In the Anatomy of a Moment, Javier Cercas, one of Spain's most important writers, combines the facts of history with the novelist's flair to capture the coup which symbolised Spain's final struggle to end its brutal civil war, employing insight, intricacy and incisive judgement to recreate the tension felt by a country whose future hung uncertainly in the balance.

The extraordinary Anita Brookner, praised by The New York Times as "one of the finest novelists of her generation," gives us a brilliant novel about age and awakening. In Visitors, Brookner explores what happens when a woman's quiet resignation to fate is challenged by the arrogance of youth. Dorothea May is most at ease in the company of strangers. When her late husband's relatives prevail on her to take in a young man for the week before an unexpected family wedding, Thea's carefully constructed, solitary world is thrown into disarray. As the wedding approaches, old family secrets surface and conflicts erupt between the generations, trapping an unwilling Thea in the middle. Confronted by the company of Steve Best, a carefree young wanderer, Thea's fragile facade of peaceful acceptance is pierced, forcing her to face in a new way both her past and her future. Exquisite writing, richly drawn characters, and penetrating prceptions about people are here combined into another superb novel by the writer about whom The New York Times Book Review has said, "If Henry James were around, the only writer he'd be reading with complete approval would be Anita Brookner."

From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues - a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement - now in paperback. “A triumph of artistry and empathy.” - Naomi Klein “A crucial step forward . . . This is an urgently needed book right now.” - Jane Fonda “Courageous, transformative, and yes - healing.” - Anne Lamott Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. The Apology , written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning? What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize? Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.