Arts, Language & Literature

Tickets for the Ark
Rebecca Nesbit
A popular science title about conservation. What should we conserve and why in this age of extinctions? Who should get tickets for the ark?

A Grand Tour of the Roman Empire by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Jerry Toner
The first ever travel guide to the Roman Empire.

How to Be You
Jeffrey Marsh
A warm-hearted guide to accepting and celebrating yourself as you are – from Jeffrey Marsh, the kindest person on the internet

The BBC
David Hendy
A monumental work of popular history, making the case that the Beeb is as much of a National Treasure as the NHS

Dark and Magical Places
Christopher Kemp
Lose yourself in this extraordinary account of how we navigate the world

The Social Lives of Animals
Ashley Ward
Everything you ever wanted to know about how animals live together, and what that means for us

Designing Organisations
Naomi Stanford
A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency

Recovery
Gavin Francis
A short, uplifting account of hope and healing by the author of Adventures in Human Being

The Natural Way to Draw
Kimon Nicolaides
Learn how to draw over the course of a year, in the space of 64 exercises

Master the Marathon
Ali Nolan
A no-nonsense, interactive guide that empowers women at all levels to run their strongest, best marathon ever

New Rome
Paul Stephenson
Three hundred action-packed years of Roman history, encompassing the fall of Rome and the rise of a new empire in the East

Seeking Wisdom
Julia Cameron
A deeply personal guide to creative recovery, from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change' Julia Cameron

The Economist Guide to Commodities 2nd edition
Caroline Bain
The latest comprehensive overview of the forces at work in the world of commodities.

Sign Language Companion
Cath Smith
A practical guide with over 400 illustrations, covering a wide range of topics.

A Cellarful of Noise
Brian Epstein
This is Brian Epstein's own account of his extraordinary life and, inevitably, the story of the Beatles, the greatest pop group of the twentieth-…

Magritte
Alex Danchev
The first major biography for our time, from the celebrated biographer of Cézanne

The Rule of Laws
Fernanda Pirie
From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations

Warning
Jenny Joseph
Twice-voted poem of the year, Warning is an uplifting poem about growing older.

A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese
Ned Palmer
A full-colour, delicious guide to artisanal and farmhouse cheeses from the bestselling author of A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles