Arts, Language & Literature
Discover The Artist’s Way by the Queen of Creativity Julia Cameron alongside acclaimed translator Emily Wilson’s Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea. From deep dives into the English language to the history of Black British music, our Arts, Language and Literature books are ideal for readers interested in cultural history, etymology and creative writing.
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.
Nemo's Almanac
Ian Patterson
A literary quiz full of quotes that will challenge, cheer and enlighten book buffs
The Art of Rivalry
Sebastian Smee
Pulitzer Prize-winning Sebastian Smee reveals how love and betrayal shaped the careers of eight famous artists
Making Sense
David Crystal
The world's best-known authority on the English language reveals the secrets and subtleties of its grammar
Telling Tales in Greek
Lorna Robinson
An engaging guide to ancient Greece, narrated by the sly hero Odysseus.
Christmas Carols
Andrew Gant
Here's something to set you singing this Christmas – a history of twenty odd carols in a beautiful edition. An ideal Christmas book gift.
O Sing unto the Lord
Andrew Gant
The biography of a quintessentially English tradition by one of its leading scholars and proponents
Criticism
Catherine Belsey
The next introduction in the IDEAS IN PROFILE series: a snappy but serious introduction to criticism
Making a Point
David Crystal
The triumphant third volume in David Crystal's classic series on the English language combines the first history of English punctuation with a com…
The Glass Wall
Sue Unerman
Bold, practical strategies that will shatter the glass wall in the workplace, and boost any woman's career
How to Watch a Movie
David Thomson
An enlightening guide to all the magical workings of watching film from 'a giant in the world of film criticism' (The Times)
Distant Lands
Lorna Robinson
A sequel to Telling Tales in Latin, the acclaimed textbook from the Iris Project, Telling Tales in Latin: Distant Lands appeals to a wide range of lea…
Fashion on the Ration
Julie Summers
A social history to be seen with: bestselling author of Jambusters (filmed as Home Fires) lifts the veil on wartime fashion.
The Globe Guide to Shakespeare
Andrew Dickson
The only guide to Shakespeare you'll ever need, fully endorsed by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The Art of Understanding Art
Hugh Moss
A refreshingly original and thought-provoking new theory of art, argued with intelligence, panache and wit.