Profile is a fearless independent publisher of inventive books, powerful voices and lively thought. We love to drive conversations, developing writers from all walks of life to create books that surprise, delight and endure on every subject from the dawn of the cosmos to the fate of future. Nimble and responsive to the world around us, we are a lifelong home for authors and a beacon of non-fiction publishing. Whether alone or in collaboration with inspiring partners, we bring pleasure and illumination to readers everywhere.
On the Origin of Sex
Lixing Sun
Explore the spectacular science of reproduction – from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in between
Reaching for the Extreme
Ian Stewart
A journey through some of mathematics' prickliest conundrums – and why they matter
The Rules Book
Mikael Krogerus
Master the tried and tested, unwritten laws of life – from the bestselling team behind The Decision Book
Hard Streets
Jacqueline Riding
Welcome to the hard streets: working-class London at the beginning of the twentieth century, from the author of Hogarth and Peterloo
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
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
Ausländer
Michael Moritz
Ausländer casts a unique shaft of light into the darkest years of European history, and a profoundly moving, personal story of disaster and trium…
Polar War
Kenneth R. Rosen
How military ambition, climate change and extractive economics are transforming the Arctic into the epicentre of a new Cold War
The Story Solution
Anna Katharina Schaffner
An essential guide to breaking negative patterns, rewriting your self-story and unlocking a happier future
Billions to Bust – and Beyond (New and Updated Edition)
Thor Bjorgolfsson
A no-holds-barred true story of risk, loss and adventure capitalism
Advance Britannia
Alan Allport
A major – and global – history of how the Second World War was won, by the author of Britain at Bay
Murder in Wintertime
Various
From the bestselling series: winter-themed classic tales for crime lovers everywhere