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.
Lingo
Gaston Dorren
Why the Spanish speak so fast, the Dutch are gender-benders and it's hard to add up in Breton
The Economist: Economics 4th edition
Richard Davies
An all-new digest of the Economist's own analysis of the state of economies and economics
Shakespeare: Ideas in Profile
Paul Edmondson
A short introduction to Shakespeare by expert Paul Edmondson
Build Your Running Body
Pete Magill
Build Your Running Body is a revolutionary and wide-ranging total-body running programme, written by a specialist team of running experts and based on…
Art in History, 600 BC – 2000 AD: Ideas in Profile
Martin Kemp
An epic journey through the history of art from religious painting to postmodernism by one of the world's greatest art historians
Billions to Bust and Back
Thor Bjorgolfsson
Part confessional, part masterclass – an exuberant manifesto for entrepreneurship by Iceland's first billionaire Thor Bjorgolfsson, written with…
The Economist Guide To Analysing Companies 6th edition
Bob Vause
The definitive guide to analysing and assessing the strengths and weaknesses of any company
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…
Nijinsky
Lucy Moore
The first major biography for forty years tells the tragic story of ballet's great revolutionary, Nijinsky – now in paperback.
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.
Spell It Out
David Crystal
A unique journey through English spelling, untangling the fascinating origins of its greatest eccentricities.
The Economist Guide to Project Management 2nd Edition
Paul Roberts
How to make sure that projects run to budget and schedule – and deliver the intended results.
The World Through Blunted Sight
Patrick Trevor-Roper
An eye surgeon examines how defective eyesight afftects the style and technique of writers and artists.
The Story of English in 100 Words
David Crystal
An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages
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 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…