Arts, Language & Literature
A Rift in Time
Raja Shehadeh
From the Orwell Prize-winning author of Palestinian Walks comes the poignant and revealing true story of his remarkable great uncle's political st…
Adventurers And Exiles
Marjory Harper
'The Scots have always been a restless people', says leading Scottish historian Marjory Harper 'but in the nineteenth century their res…
Africa: Crude Continent
Duncan Clarke
One of the world's leading strategists on global oil exploration turns his critical eye to Africa's oil prize, to produce this definitive ac…
Complaint
Julian Baggini
'This book could change the way we live … [a] relaxed, affable, yet startlingly lucid analysis of humanity's tendency to complain' -…
Globalisation Fractures
Charles Dumas
The renowned economist who forecast the credit crunch identifies and analyses the factors undermining the unprecedented efforts of nations to pull the…
Empires of the Imagination
Holger Hoock
This scholarly yet highly accessible book illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven and sha…
Fixing Climate
Wallace S. Broecker
We've heard lots about climate change – but what can we do about it? Wallace Broecker, the eminent scientist who coined the term global warming w…
Occasions of Sin
Diarmaid Ferriter
Groundbreaking in its scope and ambition, Occasions of Sin charts the Irish sexual experience over the course of the twentieth century.
St Pancras Station
Simon Bradley
St Pancras station has long been an iconic landmark on the London landscape and one of its most distinctive monuments. This new edition is published t…
The 50th Law
Robert Greene
Bestselling author Robert Greene combines forces with 50 Cent to help you get ahead
The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande
One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea – which is free to reproduce – will revolution…
The Dragon and the Elephant
David Smith
By 2050 the world's three biggest economies will be China, India and the United States. The Economics Editor of the Sunday Times examines the imp…
The Impoverishment of Nations
Leigh Skene
Early in 2007 Leigh Skene warned of the danger of a meltdown in global markets. Now, while governments spend furiously to rescue the global economy, h…
The Sixties
Jenny Diski
Jenny Diski at her essayistic best in a highly personal and entertaining exploration of the twentieth century's most colourful decade.
Howards End is on the Landing
Susan Hill
A year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors
Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
Ian Stewart
A book of mathematical oddities: games, puzzles, facts, numbers and delightful mathematical nibbles for the curious and adventurous mind.