Arts, Language & Literature
Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong
A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong
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…
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Workbook
Betty Edwards
A workbook of 40 exercises to accompany the acclaimed drawing guide
The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron
'I love it. A practical, spiritual, nurturing book.' – Russell BrandSince its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius…
Long Live Latin
Nicola Gardini
The international bestseller that celebrates the beauty, passion and life-lessons to be found in this not-so-dead language
Babel
Gaston Dorren
A quirky language-lovers tour of the twenty most-spoken languages in the world – what puts them a cut above the other six thousand?
Talk on the Wild Side
Lane Greene
Why won't language do as it's told? Join the Economist's Johnson columnist on a headspinning journey of discovery
You Talkin' To Me?
Sam Leith
A witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion, updated for the witless, inelegant Trump era
Sounds Appealing
David Crystal
The newest volume in David Crystal's pentalogy of the English language, focusing on the subtleties of pronunciation
Rogues' Gallery
Philip Hook
Sotheby's art expert exposes five centuries of history, scandals, big wins and horrifying losses in the international art world
How Language Began
Daniel Everett
A revolutionary account of the origins of language from one of the world's best known and most influential linguists
Human Relations and Other Difficulties
Mary-Kay Wilmers
A selection of works by LRB editor and journalist Mary-Kay Wilmers.
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
The Economist Guide To Investment Strategy 4th Edition
Peter Stanyer
The classic guide to wealth planning, updated for 2018
The Wisdom of Finance
Mihir Desai
Putting the humanity back into finance by looking at the profession's core principles through the prism of art, literature and film.
That's The Way It Crumbles
Matthew Engel
Americanisms have been slyly coloring the English language for centuries, and this practice must stop. Period.