Arts, Language & Literature

Underground, Overground
Andrew Martin
Paperback published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the London Underground

All in a Don's Day
Mary Beard
Mary Beard's famous blog 'A Don's Life' has been running on the TLS website for nearly five years. Through it she made her name as…

The Economist: Successful Strategy Execution
Michel Syrett
Drawing on original research and work carried out by business schools and consultants, and using the experiences of firms such as Reuters, Diageo, Pfi…

Desperadoes
Ron Hansen
Reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy, Desperadoes is the first novel by the author of The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford, now a majo…

I Ching in Plain English
George Hulskramer
The I Ching in a new translation and made more accessible to a contemporary reader.

The Great Animal Orchestra
Bernie Krause
A fascinating and unique exploration of nature's music, from plants and animals to wind and rain.

The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action
Amanda Waring
A call to arms for decent, kind, dignified care for those in need.

The Hidden Science of Lost Civilisations
David Wilcock
Who are we, how did we get here and where are we going?

The Quest for Gaia
Kit Pedler
Kit Pedler, the scientist who co-created the 'Doomwatch' television series to warn us of the dangers of technology, presents his vision of a…

The Town That Died
Michael J. Bird
An account of the greatest disaster ever to befall a Canadian city: the explosion of a vessel containing explosive in the harbour of Halifax in 1917.

The Van Gogh File
Ken Wilkie
Incorporating recent discoveries about Vincent Van Gogh's life and work, including the only photograph of him as an adult, this updated biography…

The Economist Guide to Cash Management
John Tennent
For all businesses that want to avoid a credit crunch, this guide will be invaluable

The Economist: Megachange
Daniel Franklin
Building on the hugely successful annual Economist 'The World in …' publications, this essential guide to the twenty-first century capture…

The War On Heresy
R. I. Moore
A passionate history of the war on heresy which dominated medieval Europe, now available in paperback.

Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu
A provocative bestseller that explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity

The Cardinal's College
Judith Curthoys
A detailed and absorbing history of one of Oxford University's most imposing colleges

Wild Coast
John Gimlette
John Gimlette travels to Guyana, to the Wild Coast in South America, and discovers his ancestral colonial history – one of brutal, cruel and often unc…