Arts, Language & Literature
It's All in a Word
Vivian Cook
'Delightfully eclectic', 'browsable treat', 'serious study', 'brilliant gift idea', things all said of Vivian Cook…
Don't Sleep, There are Snakes
Daniel Everett
'An astonishing book: a work of exploration, into the most distant place and language, but also a revelation of the way language is shaped by thou…
The Natural Way to Draw
Kimon Nicolaides
Learn how to draw over the course of a year, in the space of 64 exercises
Letters To Lily
Alan MacFarlane
A sweeping tour d'horizon … deep-thinking, wide-ranging essays on identity and society couched in simple, sturdy prose … charming.
Da Vinci Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci
A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter o…
Le Petomane
Jean Nohain
Incredible… but true! The story of a man whose ingenious exploitation of his unique physical gifts made him the sensation of Paris, the rage of Euro…