Arts, Language & Literature
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Natalie Haynes
How modern are our lives? Or are we still living the lives our ancestors lived?
Why The West Rules – For Now
Ian Morris
Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 20,000 years of history and archae…
Weeds
Richard Mabey
A lively and lyrical cultural history of plants in the wrong place by one of Britain's best and most admired nature writers
A Field Guide to Demons, Vampires, Fallen Angels
Carol Mack
Completely revised and expanded edition of the international bestseller – the original guide on how to spot and identify the most terrifying of supern…
Nella Last in the 1950s
Patricia Malcolmson
Picking up where bestseller Nella Last's Peace left off, this fascinating diary from the 1950s delves into the thoughts, feelings and daily life…
A Lucky Child
Thomas Buergenthal
Now with a new postscript by Thomas Buergenthal telling the moving story of his mother's search for him after the war
Buzz
Emanuel Rosen
Buzz. It's the reason people decide which car to buy, which book to read or which movie to see. Rosen's bestseller, rewritten and updated wi…
Rules Are Not Enough
Rupert Merson
Governance is receiving a lot of attention at the moment. In every recession and after every corporate collapse there's a determination to learn…
Supercorp
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
A new magnum opus from pre-eminent business academic Rosabeth Moss Kanter based on global groundbreaking research
Taj Mahal
Giles Tillotson
The Taj Mahal is the queen of architecture. Other buildings may be as famous but no other has been so consistently admired for a beauty that is seen a…
Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Chris Goodall
A good story for once: introducing the innovators and innovations that will tackle climate change head-on
Born to Kvetch
Michael Wex
Kvetching is to the Jewish soul what breathing is to the Jewish body. Michael Wex looks at the cultural importance of the art of the kvetch.
The Way of the Panda
Henry Nicholls
The extraordinary impact of the panda – from obscurity to fame – a story of China's transition from shy beginnings to centre stage
Decline & Fall
Chris Mullin
Britains best-loved MP and bestselling diarist returns with his hilarious account of a New Labour backbencher
The Economist Book of Isms
John Andrews
Wonderfully illuminating and witty guide to every ism you could ever want explained
The Economist Guide To Supply Chain Management
David Steven Jacoby
How getting it right boosts corporate performance
Body Count
Peter Gill
With 20 million dead and another 40 million infected, AIDS is the world's worst epidemic, but the catastrophe could have been prevented. This boo…
FIASCO
Frank Partnoy
Huge bestseller about the cut-throat trading world returns with gripping new material.
Infectious Greed
Frank Partnoy
'Sparkling … a breathtaking chronicle of greed and stupidity on an operatic scale … a compelling portrait of corruption on the scale of the l…