Arts, Language & Literature
Winning Without Losing
Martin Bjergegaard
A business book about more than business: the ultimate guide to improving your work/life balance.
The Society of Timid Souls
Polly Morland
An inspiring investigation of courage in all its forms, from battlefields and bullrings to earthquakes and opera houses.
The XX Factor
Alison Wolf
The reality of female professional success in today's world – a challenge to long-held assumptions about female achievement and sexual inequality…
The Burning Question
Mike Berners-Lee
Take one complex scientific discipline. Add the future of energy, economics and geopolitics. Season with human nature …
Clarks: Made to Last
Mark Palmer
The story behind an iconic British brand that is approaching its double century
The Great War: 1914-1918
Peter Hart
A masterful history of the First World War, covering all areas and explaining the technology and tactics that determined its course: now in paperback…
Code Name Caesar
Jerome Preisler
In the waning days of World War II, a little-known battle took place under the frozen seas off the coast of Norway … and changed the course of the w…
Telling Tales in Latin
Lorna Robinson
Telling Tales in Latin is a new Latin course and storybook for children by Lorna Robinson, incorporating all the vocabulary and grammar needed for OCR…
How Asia Works
Joe Studwell
A provocative look at what has worked – and what hasn't – in East Asian economics, now in paperback
Dr Livingstone I Presume
Clare Pettitt
[An] outstanding analysis of celebrity, cultural memory and the manipulation of public mood…A terrific book, which deals with a huge range of themes…
Feeding Frenzy
Paul McMahon
A passionate argument that asks 'can the world feed itself?' Comparable to Jared Diamond in its compelling and accessible narrative style.
Noise
David Hendy
Orwell Prize-nominated David Hendy explores the role of sound, noise and listening in 100,000 years of human history, now in paperback.
Confronting the Classics
Mary Beard
Mary Beard takes us on an exhilarating journey through the extraordinary riches of the classical heritage, and why it still matters.
The Customer Rules
Lee Cockerell
39 essential rules to delivering impeccable service – from the man who ran Disneyworld.
The Great Mathematical Problems
Ian Stewart
'Britain's foremost populariser of maths' Ian Stewart reveals the ultimate questions that take us to the limits of mathematics – now av…
The Tail
Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall is a passionate and brilliantly effective crusader for extending opportunity to the most disadvantaged. [This] book is a compelling, at…
The Measure of Civilisation
Ian Morris
A unique insight into the index of social development that measures change in East and West – and that forms the core of the international bestseller.
Turned Out Nice Again
Richard Mabey
An exploration of our preoccupation with the weather, as heard on BBC Radio 3: Changing Climates.
Enterprise Rules
Don Young
The tried-and-tested rules so many business have lost sight of that determine lasting success – and how to put them into practice.