Arts, Language & Literature
Bedtime Stories for Worried Liberals
Stuart Heritage
Funny and soothing: let Stuart Heritage tuck you in and read you a story about how everything is fine again.
Imperial Tragedy
Michael Kulikowski
Two hundred years of Roman imperial politics and power brought to life in an action-packed narrative
Menopause: The One-Stop Guide
Kathy Abernethy
A practical guide to understanding and living with the menopause – endorsed by the British Menopause Society
Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall
Bestselling author of Born to Run rehabilitates a donkey to winning success
The King's Cathedral
Judith Curthoys
An inside account of the cathedral at the heart of Oxford's grandest college
Breaking & Mending
Joanna Cannon
The unforgettable memoir from the bestselling author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Three Things About Elsie
Great State
Timothy Brook
The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and trait…
Confessions of a Bookseller
Shaun Bythell
More from everyone's favourite misanthropic antiquarian bookseller
Trials of the State
Jonathan Sumption
Judges are meant to interpret laws but, increasingly, they make them.
Where Power Stops
David Runciman
David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America
Bodies
Susie Orbach
'A timely counterblast against our harsh new visual culture, obsessed with the perfection of the physical self.' – The Times
Going Home
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh reflects on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah
This Life
Martin Hägglund
A serious and original philosopher tackles the meaning of life and returns with a majestic, liberating new answer
15 Minutes of Power
Peter Riddell
Peter Riddell explores what it means to be a minister in the British Government
Infamy
Jerry Toner
A journey to the dark side of Roman nature – like Horrible Histories for grown-ups
Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space