Arts, Language & Literature
How the Mind Forgets and Remembers
Daniel L. Schacter
A groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost memory experts that offers the first framework to explain the basic memory miscues that we a…
The Digital Diet
Daniel Sieberg
An engaging and thoughtful book about how to ensure that the gizmos in our lives improve our lives rather than take them over.
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
It Could Have Been Yours
Jolyon Fenwick
Things you never knew you wanted – even if you could afford them
The Little Book of Perfumes
Luca Turin
This marvellous little book is a distillation of the essence of Turin and Sanchez's acclaimed masterwork Perfumes: The A-Z Guide
Lives of the Novelists
John Sutherland
This is the most complete history of fiction in English ever published – now in paperback.
The Beauty And The Sorrow
Peter Englund
Four devastating years told by twenty eyewitnesses showing not just what the First World War was, but what it was like to live through
Human Nature: Justice Versus Power
Michel Foucault
The legendary debate between Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault on the question of human nature
Tao: The Watercourse Way
Alan Watts
The last work by Alan Watts, Tao is the culmination of a lifetime's study and thought
The Sleeping Army
Francesca Simon
An exciting new novel for children 8+ from one of the bestselling children's authors in the world, the creator of the Horrid Henry series
You Talkin' To Me?
Sam Leith
A witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion, updated for the witless, inelegant Trump era
Van Gogh
Gregory White Smith
The definitive and explosive biography, based on new material, by the bestselling, prize-winning authors of Pollock.
The Glass Bathyscaphe
Gerry Martin
Glass is one of the greatest accidents in the history of humankind.
The Story of English in 100 Words
David Crystal
An eye-opening tour of the English language through the ages
A Meditator's Diary
Jane Hamilton-Merritt
An account of an American journalist's meditation journey in a Buddhist temple in Thailand.
Improve Your Eyesight
Jonathan Barnes
A guide to the Bates Method for better eyesight without glasses.
The New East End
Michael Young
This is a fascinating and honest book which builds upon the classic Family and Kinship in East London published nearly 50 years ago reflecting the aft…
The American Phoenix
Charles Dumas
Why we are in for another economic bust and who will come out of it best – and worst – and why
Earl Mindell's New Vitamin Bible
Earl Mindell
America's #1 vitamin book–now with extensive new material and special sections. This classic guide has been completely updated to put the inform…