28 March 2024
With the long weekend approaching, it’s time to turn our attention to Spring and with that a whole host of new reading opportunities. We’ve drawn up a list of books that make perfect company for the Easter weekend and the season beyond.
From eighteenth-century graffiti to piracy on the high seas, fraudulent art dealers to murderous puzzles, we’ve got a book for every reader.
The High Seas by Olive Heffernan
With two thirds of the ocean lying beyond national boarders, the race is on to control, protect and profit from the high seas. Heffernan has crafted a forceful and deeply researched manifesto, calling for the protection and preservation of our last remaining wilderness.
Eat, Poop, Die by Joe Roman
A Scientific American Top Ten Book of 2023
If forests are the lungs of the planet, then animals migrating across oceans, streams, and mountains — eating, pooping, and dying along the way — are its heart and arteries. Dr Joe Roman, a leading expert on endangered species, reveals how these fundamental animal functions can help us better understand our world and even help to save us from climate catastrophe.
The Observant Walker by John Wright
Now out in paperback, this charming, thoughtful book takes the reader on eight walks across the British landscape. From wild and weird fungi in woodlands, to colourful lichens on mountainsides, Wright illuminates the science, stories and natural history that can be found just off any beaten path.
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles
Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize, National Book Award Winner
Renowned historian Tiya Miles traces the life of a sack, embroidered with a family history in sparse and haunting language, handed down through three generations of Black women. In this unique and heartfelt book, Miles crafts a deeply layered and insightful testament to people who are left out of History and out of the archives.
Writing on the Wall by Madeline Pelling
Hear the voices of the eighteenth century, told through its graffiti. Here are lives, loves, triumphs and failures, scratched into the walls of prisons and latrines, chalked up on doors and etched into windows. The names of their creators may be lost to history, but together they tell the real story of Britain’s most rebellious and transformative century.
The Language Puzzle by Steven Mithen
The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an interest in what it means to be human. This groundbreaking new account of prehistory delves into our construction of language, from one of the most esteemed archaeologists working today.
All That Glitters by Orlando Whitfield
Deception is a fine art. When Orlando Whitfield first meets Inigo Philbrick, they are students dreaming of dealing art for a living. Their friendship lasts for fifteen years until one day, Inigo – by then the most successful dealer of his generation – disappears, accused of a fraud so gigantic and audacious it rocks the art world to its core.
Impossible City by Simon Kuper
From the bestselling author of Chums comes a captivating memoir of today’s Paris without the clichés. This century, Paris has globalised, gentrified, and been shocked into realising its role as the crucible of civilisational conflict. Sometimes it’s a multicultural paradise, and sometimes it isn’t…
Interwar by Gavin Stamp
An authoritative survey of British buildings between the wars by one of Britain’s best-known architecture critics. As the modernists came of age and the traditionalists began to decline, there arose a rich variety of styles and tastes in British architecture, one that reflected the restless zeitgeist of the years before the Second World War.
Soothe by Nahid de Belgeonne
Somatic educator Nahid de Belgeonne is here to completely change the way you breathe, move and care for your overworked nervous system. Discover body tranquillity by tuning into your senses and learning to soothe.
How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe
The New York Times bestseller
Forget ‘try harder’. When your brain works differently, you need to try different. Packed with practical advice, tools and chapter shortcuts designed with the neurodivergent reader in mind, this is the go to user’s manual to thriving with ADHD from the creator of the wildly popular YouTube channel How to ADHD.
Bald by Stuart Heritage
A warm and funny guide to life in the club that nobody wants to join. Can a man go bald with dignity? Maybe. But can a man go bald with more dignity than Stuart Heritage? Oh good god yes, and this book is his attempt to make that happen for you. What really happens, why it matters and how to feel much less crap about it.
Murdle by G. T. Karber
Murdle fever has been sweeping the nation, and it’s a good thing because there are no shortages of crimes to be solved and Deductive Logico needs your help! Are you the next Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot? You’ll soon find out, with the latest in the series, Murdle: Even More Killer Puzzles, the thrilling detective casebook for the sleuthing puzzler in us all.