Arts, Language & Literature
Magic and Mystery in Tibet
Alexandra David-Neel
The classic account of a woman's extraordinary journey to Tibet
Joe
Michael Blastland
This is the best written, most thought-provoking book on autism I have read in years, suitable for anyone with an interest in humanity. Go out and buy…
Nella Last's War
Richard Broad
A classic of wartime literature…highly engaging, very moving. All Home Front life is here, especially the kitchen sink
Think Like A Maths Genius
Michael Shermer
How to calculate almost anything in your head – and how to do maths for people who don't do maths
Four Stories
Alan Bennett
Here are Alan Bennett's four hugely admired, triumphantly reviewed and bestselling stories, brought together in one book for the first time.
A Taste for Death
Peter O'Donnell
In the fourth instalment of the bestselling Modesty Blaise series, Modesty and Willie Garvin must save a young woman from the criminal underworld
The Cobra Trap
Peter O'Donnell
The final collection of pulse-pounding short stories featuring the iconic heroine Modesty Blaise
Medici Money
Tim Parks
Tim Parks proves a delightful guide to both the Florentine Renaissance and the family history of one of Europe's greatest dynasties. In Medici Mo…
Letters To Lily
Alan MacFarlane
A sweeping tour d'horizon … deep-thinking, wide-ranging essays on identity and society couched in simple, sturdy prose … charming.
Gilgamesh
Stephen Mitchell
Stephen Mitchell's Gilgamesh is a wonderful version. It is as eloquent and nuanced as his translations of Rilke. This is certainly the best that…
The Transformation Of Ireland 1900-2000
Diarmaid Ferriter
This is a landmark book, full of insight and intelligent judgement and sheer diligent research, which deals with the complexity of the Irish revolutio…
Dead Man's Handle
Peter O'Donnell
In the eleventh instalment of the bestselling Modesty Blaise series, Modesty and Willie Garvin are pitted against one another in a terrifying fight to…
Modesty Blaise
Peter O'Donnell
In the first of the bestselling Modesty Blaise series, Modesty and Willie Garvin must foil a multi million pound diamond heist
Da Vinci Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci
A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter o…
State Building
Francis Fukuyama
A hugely important book – Francis Fukuyama explains the concept of state-building
Building A Better Business
Patrick Dixon
Mr Dixon has a heavyweight reputation in the business world with the Wall Street Journal hailing him as a "global change guru" … One of th…