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The Crime Paradox
Nick Morgan
A data-driven investigation of why – in countries all over the world – crime rates rise and fall in the same way
A School for Scandal
John O'Connell
Sex, arson, marital rancour and the greatest liberal minds of the twentieth century: the story of Britain's most radical school
Empire of the Mind
Olivia Goldhill
An investigative journalist's deep dive into the fight to control the multi-billion dollar psychedelic medicine market
Murdle Junior Mysteries: Codes, Cover-ups and Cookies
G. T. Karber
The second Murdle Junior novel from the global bestselling series, with puzzles to solve as you read!
Rogues, Widows and Orphans
Rebecca Lee
An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world has to offer
Hard Streets
Jacqueline Riding
Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, from the author of Hogarth and Peterloo
On the Origin of Sex
Lixing Sun
Explore the spectacular science of sex – from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in between
The Unfragile Mind
Gavin Francis
A deeply human and compassionate re-evaluation of mental illness from the GP and bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being
A Shellshocked Nation
Alwyn Turner
A fresh and inventive social history of interwar Britain, from Armistice and the Spanish flu to the announcement of war
How Africa Works
Joe Studwell
A radical reassessment of one of the most pervading myths of our time: that the African continent is uniquely ill-suited to economic development
Letterinth
G. T. Karber
A new mind-bending mix of extreme word search and labyrinthine mazes from the bestselling author of MURDLE
A Stranger in Bloomsbury
Norman Coates
The untold story of Mattei Radev, from Bulgarian émigrée to Bloomsbury insider
Daily Bread
Charlie Taverner
The sumptuous and surprising story of early modern food, drink and community, from a food policy expert and academic
Out of Your Mind
Alan Watts
Six key lessons from Zen Buddhism by Alan Watts, the leading interpreter of Eastern philosophy and religion for Western readers
Tao: The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts
The last work by Alan Watts, Tao is the culmination of a lifetime's study and thought
The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
Alan Watts
Alan Watts, key thinker of Western Zen Buddhism, explains how to reconsider our relationship with the world
Obliquity
John Kay
An updated classic from the award-winning economist: how to achieve success by aiming sideways – and unlock new goals along the way
Finding Aladdin
Matthew Teller
A captivating tale of literary deduction, uncovering the legendary storyteller behind the Arabian Nights
The Law of the Sublime
Robert Greene
From the author of the multimillion-copy bestsellers The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature comes a life-changing guide to transcending our…
Blasting Through Blocks
Julia Cameron
From the multimillion-selling author of THE ARTIST'S WAY, a week-by-week approach to uncovering and overcoming the creative blocks that get in ou…