Arts, Language & Literature
Homage to Gaia
James Lovelock
A new edition of the celebrated thinker James Lovelock's autobiography
The Great Indoors
Ben Highmore
A field guide to the private life of the family home in the twentieth century: a social, cultural and personal history.
The Economist Numbers Guide 6th Edition
How to improve your head for figures: the concepts and techniques that are crucial for every aspiring manager to know.
Confidence
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
This startling re-evaluation of the role of self-belief in success explores why increasing your confidence is less important than building your compet…
Rogerson's Book of Numbers
Barnaby Rogerson
A miscellany of sacred, mysterious, spiritual and profane numbers. The ideal stocking-filler – now available in paperback.
The Gods of Olympus: A History
Barbara Graziosi
The afterlife of the classical gods: how they travelled the world, shaped our history and culture, and turned up in the strangest places, from Chinese…
Who Invented the Stepover?
Paul Simpson
A rollicking ride through the game's myths and mysteries to surprise and delight even the most seasoned of football buffs.
Queenie
Alice Munro
An unforgettable masterpiece from the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature
The War that Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan
The definitive history of the political, cultural, military and personal forces which shaped Europe's path to the Great War – now in paperback.
England's 100 Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensable companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
London's Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
North East England's Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
North West England's Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
Peas & Queues
Sandi Toksvig
The queen of Radio 4, Sandi Toksvig, delivers an entertaining and fascinating guide to what to do and why in the confusing world of modern manners – n…
South and East England's Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
South West England's Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
The Midlands' Best Views
Simon Jenkins
An indispensible companion to England's most beautiful places from Simon Jenkins, author of A Short History of England, England's Thousand B…
The Dreamer's Dictionary
Stearn Robinson
An ideal bedside companion to anyone who wakes up wanting to understand their dreams
The Existential Pleasures of Engineering
Samuel C. Florman
How engineering is not only fundamental to our society but also an expression of mankind's deepest creative impulses.