Arts, Language & Literature

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

The Last Battle
Peter Hart
The only history of the last months of World War One: out in paperback for the centenary

Trust Me I'm Lying
Ryan Holiday
The book that predicted fake news, revised and updated for these terrifying times

Nefertiti's Face
Joyce Tyldesley
A major new work exploring the story behind Ancient Egypt's most famous art work.

In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein
Fiona Sampson
Mary Shelley as never before – a new biography that shows the woman behind Frankenstein

Sounds Appealing
David Crystal
The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation