Books
Birding Without Borders
Noah Strycker
41 countries, all seven continents, with a backpack, binoculars and a series of one-way tickets: Birding Without Borders is Noah Strycker's accou…
The Happy Traitor
Simon Kuper
A 'humane and informative' (according to John Le Carré) biography of George Blake, the most notorious double agent in British history….
Intensive Care
Gavin Francis
On the pandemic's forgotten front lines, a doctor cares for his community – from care homes to homeless shelters, islands to the inner city
The Handshake
Ella Al-Shamahi
For the first time, this quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures
Between Two Hells
Diarmaid Ferriter
The history of the war that shaped the Irish political landscape across the twentieth century and up to the present day, by Ireland's most promin…
Pocket World In Figures 2022
The new edition of this annual bestseller, packed with amazing data about the world in 2021
The Nature Seed
Lucy Jones
The Nature Seed is a practical and philosophical guide to sharing the wonders of the natural world with your children.
Being a Human
Charles Foster
A radical work of nature writing and philosophical enquiry, resituating us in our real human skins.
How to Deal With Idiots
Maxime Rovere
The international bestseller that offers an alternative to chucking your most irksome idiot out a window.
Something Out of Place
Eimear McBride
A provocative, intimate essay from Eimear McBride, award-winning author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
The Family Firm
Emily Oster
Bestselling author Emily Oster shares her framework for making choices and managing life with kids aged 5 to 12
Active Measures
Thomas Rid
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contempor…
Spike
Jeremy Farrar
First book on Covid-19 by a scientist on SAGE, assessing how the government 'followed the science'
The Sunny Nihilist
Wendy Syfret
How believing in nothing is the key to a happy life – welcome to Sunny Nihilism
The Nation of Plants
Stefano Mancuso
This playful manifesto – presented for the plant nation by a leading neurobiologist – is an international bestseller
Mountain Tales
Saumya Roy
A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.