Arts, Language & Literature
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 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…
The Library Book
Famous writers on libraries real or imagined, past and future; why libraries matter and to whom.In aid of The Reading Agency
Da Vinci's Ghost
Toby Lester
The untold story of Vitruvian Man, the drawing that captured the spirit of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance – and that still haunts our own
And the Band Played On
Randy Shilts
The classic journalistic masterpiece chronicling the AIDS crisis, and those who suffered because of it
Lives of the Novelists
John Sutherland
This is the most complete history of fiction in English ever published – now in paperback.