Arts, Language & Literature
Comparing Notes
Adam Ockelford
We are all instinctively musical. Why? And how does music work? Indeed, what is (or isn't) music? Adam Ockelford has the answers
Water Ways
Jasper Winn
Most of us in England and Wales live within five miles of a canal – and they are used more today than in their industrial heyday. There is a lot more…
The Day a Team Died
Frank Taylor
An eye-witness account of the Munich air crash of February 6th 1958, when 8 members of the Manchester United team were killed. First published in 1983…
How Democracy Ends
David Runciman
All political systems come to an end, even democracies – David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come nex…
Shapeshifters
Gavin Francis
Stories from the GP's waiting room, brought lyrically to life by the bestselling author of Adventures in Human Being
The Economist Style Guide
An updated and refreshed edition of this bestselling guide to English usage.
The Economist Guide To Investment Strategy 4th Edition
Peter Stanyer
The classic guide to wealth planning, updated for 2018
The Sentient Machine
Amir Husain
The future is now. Acclaimed technologist and inventor Amir Husain explains how we can live amidst the coming age of sentient machines and artificial…
Medieval Bodies
Jack Hartnell
A glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, loved by critics and readers alike
Rainforest
Tony Juniper
Rainforests are key to the health of our world – they maintain the water and air cycles, store carbon, and have yielded countless numbers of medical d…
Adventures of a Ballad Hunter
John Lomax
The autobiography of John A. Lomax, the folklorist who travelled around the United States collecting folk music and made recordings of legendary music…
Civilisations: How Do We Look / The Eye of Faith
Mary Beard
Companion to the BBC series CIVILISATIONS
Conspiracy
Ryan Holiday
A unique account from behind the scenes of the case that rocked the media world – and the billionaire mastermind behind it
My First Guitar
Julia Crowe
The world's greatest guitarists reveal the stories behind the first six-string that fed their lifelong passion.
Out of Your Mind
Alan Watts
Six key lessons drawn from deep study of Zen Buddhism, from the leading interpreter of Eastern philosophy and religion for a Western audience.
The Economist Guide to Financial Management 3rd Edition
John Tennent
Third edition of the classic primer on business finance
Age of Conquests
Angelos Chaniotis
Five hundred years of power, politics and culture in the Hellenistic period and the Roman East