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This informative and very practical book is intended to help parents and teachers equip children with dyspraxia, or developmental coordination...

Haben Sie schon mal in Ihrem Schreibprogramm das Drop-Down Menü der Schrifttypen geöffnet und sich gefragt, was eigentlich an Times New...

I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so close. This time I allowed myself to ask them...

The Perfect Bet looks beyond probability and statistics to examine how wagers have inspired a plethora of new disciplines - spanning chaos...

Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human whether that be getting what you want, understanding...

A compelling account of life inside the mafia, from a leading academic: out now in paperback

'Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to...

'My Albertine, how I adored her! Her luminous eyes led me through the darkness of my youth. She was my guide through the nights of one hundred...

The National Book Award-winning sensation and one of Barack Obama's Books of the Year

Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It's as essential to...

What if you could peer into the minds of an entire population$429 What if you could target the weakest with rumours that only they saw$430...

Just thirty, with a well-paid job, no love life and a terrible attitude, the anti-hero of this grim, funny novel smokes four packs of cigarettes...

Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of...

'Hugely readable and profoundly important... Perry's masterly piece of postmodern gothic is one of the great achievements of our century'...

Argues that it was cooking that caused the transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. This title focuses on the...

Thomas Buergenthal is unique. Rescued from the death camps of Auschwitz at the age of eleven, he became a judge at the International Court...

Subtitled, }Governance & World Order In The Twenty-First Century{. In this hugely important book, Fukuyama explains the concept of state-building...

Professor Crystal leads us through the minefield of punctuation with characteristic wit, clarity and common sense. He gives a fascinating...

In a frank and unpretentious series of letters addressed to a teenage granddaughter, this highly original book teaches us to know and understand...

In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound...

For fifteen years, the recalcitrant Miss Shepherd lived in her broken-down van on Alan Bennett's driveway in Camden. Deeply eccentric and...

This provides an inside account of Sanders' extraordinary campaign, as he shares his experiences from the campaign trail and the ideas and...

Inside the weird and wonderful world of infinity, from endless hotels to bottomless cookie-jars. Wielding an armoury of inventive, intuitive...

The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are...

Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods create Enkidu, a wild man, his equal in strength...

What is maths all about? And what on earth do cake and custard have to do with it? The fabulous Eugenia Cheng's entertaining guide to mathematical...

Powerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining the atomic...

The war on heresy obsessed medieval Europe in the centuries after the first millennium. R. I. Moore's vivid narrative focuses on the motives...

Princes, collectors, bookworms and thieves: the extraordinary story of the library, from Alexandria to the age of Google

A Hungarian interpreter at the edge of the abyss in his own mind, wanders the chaotic streets of Shanghai. A traveller encounters a giant...

This is a stunningly well-written account of the life of a surgeon: what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the terrifying - literally...

The number one bestseller, soon to be an Apple TV series starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston. Told with grace and intelligence, its...

A lyrical exploration of what it is really like to 'be a beast', from swimming with otters to burrowing with badgers, and what this can...

In this breathtakingly inventive autobiographical novel, Eileen Myles transforms her life into a work of art. Suffused with alcohol, drugs,...

The classic account of ambient music, with a new foreword aby Michel Faber

What would be your ideal job if you didn't have to worry about money? Would you like to have more responsibility or less? How far would...

Rene Magritte's surreal sensibility, deadpan melodrama, and fine-tuned outrageousness have all become inescapably part of our times. But...

A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits aby award-winning poet Cathy Park Hong

The essence and success of The Tao of Coaching has always been its focus on the practical tips and techniques for making work more rewarding...

A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland.

Tilly Dunnage left her hometown of Dungatar in rural Australia under a black cloud of accusation. Years later Tilly, now a couturier for...

A radically immersive exploration of three pivotal moments in the evolution of human consciousness, asking what kinds of creatures humans...

Smuggled out of North Korea and now an international sensation,The Accusationis the work of an anonymous dissident known to us only żeby...

When the pioneering naturalist Gilbert White (1720-93) wrote "The Natural History of Selborne" (1789), he created one of the greatest and...

The classic story of alien abduction and how Whitley Strieber was subjected to medical testing by aliens.

First published in 1997, this is the definitive text on dance culture. Collin revisits many of the original interviewees, and casts his...

A daily devotional full of inspiring quotes and advice for fathers - from the bestselling author of The Daily Stoic

Offers an account of a Black dandy trying to cut it in Paris.

The perfect pocketbook gift for the power-hungry - from 'the modern Machiavelli', Robert Greene, international bestselling sensation author...

An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the powerful

Currently in Bill Gates's bookbag and FT Books of 2018Increasingly, the demands of identity direct the world's politics. Nation, religion,...

For thousands of years, mathematicians have used the timeless art of logic to see the world more clearly. In The Art of Logic, Royal Society...

This must-have paperback has also been hailed as a masterpiece of criticism and invective. Over 400 new fragrances have been added to the...

Trade paperback. The gods Hermes and Apollo argue what would happen if animals had human intelligence, so they make a bet that leads them...

The new modern gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Last House on Needless Street

Today, consumers have more choice than ever before. It's no longer enough to simply provide a service - companies who want to stay in business...

In one painting, a Dutch military officer leans toward a laughing girl. In another, a woman at a window weighs pieces of silver. In a third,...

Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary...

From Dr Annie Gray, presenter of BBC2's Victorian Bakers What does it mean to eat like a queen$203 Elizabeth gorged on sugar, Mary on chocolate...

World-renowned therapist Susie Orbach reveals what really goes on in therapy

The dazzling new bestseller from the author of The Appeal

Never mind the glass ceiling. In the workplace today there's a glass wall. Men and women can see each other clearly through the divide,...

"I learned much from this book I had not previously known. Its cautions for the future should be required reading for all policy makers."...

In 1939, the Gestapo created a list of names: the Britons whose removal would be the Nazis' first priority in the event of a successful...

Tells the fascinating, frequently bloody story of the Medici - the famous rulers of Florence at the high point of the Renaissance. This...

If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds,...

We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with...

This pocket-sized compendium of the world's fifty most useful tests is a vital tool for anyone looking to gauge their abilities and improve...

In a town full of secrets... Someone was murdered. Someone went to prison. And everyone's a suspect. Can you uncover the truth$770 Dear...

At some point today you will have to influence or persuade someone - perhaps ask a colleague a favour, negotiate with a contractor or get...

The ultimate hustle is to move freely between the street and corporate worlds, to find your flow and never stay locked in the same position....

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2019 SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE...

For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was...

The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed...

A historical retrospective on the medieval Cathars, a group of heretical Christians who flourished in the Languedoc, Southern France. Their...

The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000...

'The scene was tragically macabre: the image of desolation, the flames spared nothing. As for our young men, a few minutes ago, so alert,...

Where can you find joy? What's the true measure of success? How should we manage anger? Find meaning? Conquer grief? The answers to these...

A biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired...

Did you know that the clitoris has 8000 nerve endings, twice as many as the penis? Here is everything you've wondered about the female orgasm...

Triggers confronts head-on the challenges of behaviour and change, looking at the external factors (or 'triggers') - both negative and positive...

An extraordinary social history of Britain's rail networks and its people. Using fresh research, keen observation and a wealth of cultural...

'This marvellous book won the Wolfson History Prize and is a model of subtle but accessible writing about the past' Judith Rice, Guardian...

The philosopher explores the nature of violence in typically controversial style. With the help of other eminent philosophers and with frequent...

Around the globe, people are facing the same problem - that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society...

The essential account of rave culture today

Nick Lane reframes evolutionary history, putting forward a cogent solution to conundrums that have troubled scientists for decades. The...

Alan Bennett is the author of "Writing Home", "The Madness of George III", "Talking Heads", "The Clothes They Stood Up In" and much else...

The enduring classic of a friendship torn apart aby Nazism

The new modern gothic masterpiece from the bestselling and award-winning author of The Last House on Needless Street. Perfect for readers...

From the winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize, Satantango is a visionary masterpiece of post-war Hungarian literature: bleak,...

The bestselling classic reissued for the Queen's 95th birthday

A classic novel from the Japanese author who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. An unsettling tale of how the call of blood and...

Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early...

Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth...

THE ELITE TRAINER FEATURED IN MICHAEL JORDAN DOCUSERIES THE LAST DANCEA fitness bible for athletes around the world, this three-phase, twelve-week...

One of Laszlo Krasznahorkai's most loved books, published in the UK for the first time. Trade Paperback.

At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be...

When Chris Kraus, an unsuccessful artist pushing 40, spends an evening with a rogue academic named Dick, she falls madly and inexplicably...

Meet Blackwater USA, the private army that the US government has quietly hired to operate in international war zones and on American soil....

A True Story of Power, Sex, and a Billionaire's Secret Plot to Destroy a Media Empire Conspiracy theories are legion. Conspiracies are rare....

This unique book looks for the first time at archery techniques from the point of view of the interrelationship between the anatomy of the...