Arts, Language & Literature
Law in a Time of Crisis
Jonathan Sumption
What is the right relationship between the law and politics, judges and politicians?
The Gun, the Ship and the Pen
Linda Colley
Award-winning historian Linda Colley shows the dawn of the modern world – through the advance of written constitutions
Notes from Deep Time
Helen Gordon
The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together
Two-Way Mirror
Fiona Sampson
How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her times
How Should A Government Be?
Jaideep Prabhu
When the art of government itself is changing, the old political divisions no longer make sense. Join organisation expert Jaideep Prabhu on a tour of…
I Like You
Sandol Stoddard Warburg
A tiny book with a big heart – a favourite gift for weddings, best friends and Valentines
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….
The Hidden Spring
Mark Solms
A revolutionary new explanation for sentience from the neuroscientist who discovered how the brain dreams
How to Spend a Trillion Dollars
Rowan Hooper
A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate
Words Fail Us
Jonty Claypole
A lifelong stutterer dismantles the cult of fluency and champions the creative powers of inarticulacy
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 Colonizer and the Colonized
Albert Memmi
In this classic study of European colonialism, Albert Memmi examines the psychological effects of colonial ideology and system on both the colonizer a…
The Listening Path
Julia Cameron
A groundbreaking new book about listening to ourselves, to others and to the world from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change' Ju…
Drawing on the Dominant Eye
Betty Edwards
The long-awaited follow-up to the bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain – with new insights about creativity and our unique way of seeing…
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
Betty Edwards
A workbook of 40 exercises to accompany the acclaimed drawing guide
Fracture
Matthew Parris
Matthew Parris, presenter of Great Lives on BBC Radio 4, explores the surprising connection between trauma and greatness through vivid case histories.
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops
Shaun Bythell
Shaun Bythell, Scotland's grumpiest bookseller, is back, with seven witty and affectionate portraits of bookshop regulars