Books published by Canongate Books

A fascinating and mind-bending journey through the science of time perception

Classic Peanuts, with an introduction by John Waters

This updated edition confirms Solnit's seminal work as a timeless classic on politics and change

A ground-breaking but accessible popular science book about cooperation

A collection of stories featuring the characters from The Crimson Petal and the White, Michel Faber's 150,000 copy-selling masterpiece

Part of Canongate's highly collectible and highly praised series, with an introduction by Garry Trudeau

New edition of the first novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap

The extraordinary story of a cop who went undercover inside the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club

This updated biography features a new preface by the author as well as an expanded notes section

A sharp, funny and deliciously gossipy guide to the glory days of advertising in 1960s New York - an inspiration for the hit TV series MAD MEN

With an introduction by Matt Groening

With an introduction by Diana Krall

With an introduction by Walter Cronkite

Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America, written two years before he became president; the New York Times bestseller

Her daughter, Trudy, was only three when she and her mother were liberated by an American soldier and went to live with him in Minnesota. Trudy's sole evidence of the past is an old photograph: a family portrait showing Anna, Trudy, and a Nazi officer, the Obersturmfuhrer of Buchenwald.

'Belonging in a category with Tolstoy's War and Peace, Vassanji's saga is sweeping in scope . . . brilliant'- Janette Turner Hospital in The Globe and Mail

'Forget Richard Branson, the audacious female traveller Gudrid of Iceland is the original explorer's explorer ... Elphinstone has written a fine tribute to a woman whose tale is as warm and inviting as a hot spring on a clear winter day.' The Times

'Sissay writes of love, hate, politics and everyday trivia with an accessible, compelling and rather unusual honesty. A rough diamond of a book' The Big Issue

Edited and introductions by Roderick Watson

Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays that complete his career, the author's crowning accomplishment is the Arturo Bandini tetralogy.

Nurse Florence Shaw is worried about her patient, elderly widow Nora Selleck, who seems increasingly confused. When Florence visits Nora's house she's surprised when she encounters Ben Evans, a mysterious young stranger who's befriended Nora. Florence doesn't trust him, but no one else shares her concern. Until Nora suddenly disappears . . .