Arts, Language & Literature

The Perfumier and the Stinkhorn

Richard Mabey

Inspiring meditations through the author's rich store of memories

Burying The Bones

Hilary Spurling

A thrilling portrait of the extraordinary childhood of Pearl Buck, the now-forgotten bestselling Nobel Prize winning novelist and author of The Good E…

Mathematics Of Life

Ian Stewart

Mathematicians and biologists confront nature's enigmas

The Tales of Rabbi Nachman

Martin Buber

The classic tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav

Westminster Abbey

Richard Jenkyns

Fifteen royal weddings and thirty-eight coronations – Westminster Abbey was the venue for a sixteenth royal wedding, that of Kate Middleton and Prince…

The New North

Laurence Smith

A book that literally turns the world upside down

Tell to Win

Peter Guber

Success is won by creating compelling stories that have the power to move people. If you can't tell it, you can't sell it. This book tells y…

The Fetish Room

Rudi Rotthier

Part biography, part musings on biology and nature, The Fetish Room is a moving portrait of one of our greatest travel writers and eccentrics, Redmond…

Afgantsy

Rodric Braithwaite

A timely and eye-opening examination of the Russian experience during the Soviet war in Afghanistan

Butcher's Broom

Neil M. Gunn

An epic historical novel set in the Scottish Highlands which depicts the decline of rural culture, by one of the leading lights of the Scottish renais…

Cognitive Therapy in Action

Ivy M. Blackburn

Effective in treating depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions, Cognitive Therapy in Action explains how the treatment works and its the…