Arts, Language & Literature
Parenting A Child with Special Needs
Bernadette Thomas
A guide to positive parenting for families with children with special needs
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
James Finn Garner
A witty contemporary parody of traditional fairy tales.
Primitive Mythology
Joseph Campbell
One of Joseph Campbell's classic quartet, a study of the ethno-cultural roots of mythology.
The Fear of Maths
Steve Chinn
Useful for teachers and parents looking for methods to help their children overcome their difficulties with mathematics
The Friar of Carcassonne
Stephen O'Shea
Secret tribunals, illegal rendition, torture, trumped up charges … all in a society controlled by fear. Such was the tenor of life in Languedoc arou…
The Tyranny of Choice
Renata Salecl
A brilliant study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair
The Tyranny of Choice
Renata Salecl
A brilliant study on the nature of choice, and how limitless freedom can lead to despair
A Serious Endeavour
Laura Schwartz
A delightfully subversive take on the traditional Oxford college history
Wheat-Free Cooking
Rita Greer
A helpful and informative book by Rita Greer, who has over twenty years' experience of devising gluten intolerant diets.
Invisible Romans
Robert C. Knapp
Rome's invisible inhabitants – prostitutes, innkeepers, housewives, priests, freedmen, slaves, soldiers and gladiators – brought back to life.
The Roman Forum
David Watkin
The ruins of the Forum in Rome, the centre of its ancient Empire, are one of the best known wonders of antiquity and a highpoint of the tourist route…
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy
Richard Rumelt
A Profile Business Classic edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed books on strategy ever written
Paraphernalia
Steven Connor
A unique and quirky exploration of the stories and meanings behind the everyday objects that shape our lives.
Churchill's Bunker
Richard Holmes
For the first time, the history of the bunker – and daily life inside it – is revealed, by bestselling historian Richard Holmes.
Off Message
Bob Marshall-Andrews
Tony Blair's least favourite colleague casts a mordant eye on whips and rebels, wars and liberties, spin and patronage, and expenses and legacies…