Arts, Language & Literature
Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint
Russell Davies
A book about PowerPoint built out of PowerPoint – jokes, culture, politics, serious points about power and more, better, jokes
Fabric
Victoria Finlay
A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth – how we make it, use it and what it means to us
The War of Nerves
Martin Sixsmith
A major new history of the Cold War: exploring the conflict through the minds of the people who lived it
The Wordhord
Hana Videen
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English
Truly Peculiar
Tom Standage
Another bestselling collection of astonishing explainers from The Economist
The Weir Group, 1871–2021
William Viscount Weir
In 1871 two brothers, George and James Weir, founded the engineering firm of G. & J. Weir, one of a booming range of industry on the west coast of…
A Spotter’s Guide to the Countryside
John Wright
A grown-up I-Spy for all those mysterious features of the countryside – from the bestselling author of The Forager's Calendar
The Digital Silk Road
Jonathan E. Hillman
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
The Library
Arthur der Weduwen
Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google
The Colour Code
Paul Simpson
A kaleidoscopic compendium of stories that will change the way you see colour – every bit as much as that infamous blue/gold dress on Twitter
Art of the Extreme 1905-1914
Philip Hook
The ten most revolutionary years in art ever, covered by former Sotheby's director Philip Hook.
Courage Is Calling
Ryan Holiday
The first book in Stoicism guru Ryan Holiday's new series looking at the four key virtues of Stoicism
Confronting Leviathan
David Runciman
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman