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

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 monumental, sweeping journey from the ancient roots of neurology to the most astonishing recent research, which Henry Marsh (Admissions)...

SPQR is a new look at Roman history from one of the world's foremost classicists. It explores not only how Rome grew from an insignificant...

London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne's controlling husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness. Along...

It lay like a gauntlet thrown down; to sail around the world alone and non-stop. No one had ever done it, no one knew if it could be done....

TV tie-in to the major TV series starring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi. How can you help mankind, when they won't help themselves?...

Financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what's theirs. In fact, there are...

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

For three centuries the capitalist system has shaped western society, informed its rulers, and conditioned the lives of its people. Has...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

It's 1996, and Chris Kraus is in Berlin, seeking a distributor for her film Gravity & Grace, described alternately as 'an experimental 16mm...

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

It's the middle of summer. On Cornish sea-fronts, happy children grip melting ice-creams. In the south of France, sunlight filters through...

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse żeby the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties In the Dream House is Carmen Maria...

'A savage analysis of Britain's soul. As essential as Orwell at his best'Peter Pomerantsev'Horribly brilliant'James O'BrienThe Suez Crisis...

A grand, sweeping saga of sacrifice and struggle aby a Nobel Laureate, this tale recaptures the world of Norwegian homesteaders at the turn...

'Nobody bewitched by these mysteries can afford to ignore the solution proposed żeby Mark Solms' - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian'A remarkable...

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

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...

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...

'One of my favourite science writers' Bill GatesFor decades, biology has been dominated żeby information - the power of genes. Yet in terms...

Fake news has become real news. A malicious online rumour costs a company millions; politically motivated stories are planted to influence...

At the turn of the century, the Russian economy was growing by about 10% annually and its population had reached 150 million. By 1920 the...

Putting the humanity back into finance by looking at the profession's core principles through the prism of art, literature and film.

A unique approach to climate change that recalls W. G. Sebald

The latest New York Times Bestseller from Stoic sensation Ryan Holiday - now in paperback

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'An urgent call to arms for each and all of us.' Matthew McConaughey'A clear and inspiring guide for how...

Explores why smart people are encouraged to act stupidly at work, for example, the institutional blindness in the financial services which...

'Scintillating... Thought-provoking... One of the very best of the great crop of recent books on the subject.' - Andrew Rawnsley, Observer...

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

Trade paperback. An account of the Durrell family's time living in Corfu, famously depicted in Gerald Durrell's "Corfu Trilogy" and "My...

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...

The world can be an amazing place if you know the right questions to ask: How did carrots become orange$88 What's stopping us from having...

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

A new century, new threats to love...Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened aby an alliance of liberalism...

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,...

When companies suffer a dramatic or catastrophic drop in their share price, it is the investors who lose their shirts and employees their...

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

A satirical Korean eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility

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

Subtitled, }Seeing Through A World Of Numbers{. A painless introduction to the maths of the real world by the team who created and present...

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

Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2011 Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of a night,...

In his groundbreaking new book Daniel Everett seeks answers to questions that have perplexed thinkers from Plato to Chomsky: when and how...

It's not what you say, it's the way that you say it... There have long been debates about 'correct' pronunciation in the English language,...

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

It may not always seem so, but day-to-day interactions between individual humans are extraordinarily peaceful. That is not to say that we...

A writer of the Harlem Renaissance, Nella Larsen wrote just two novels, published here, and a handful of short stories. Critically acclaimed,...

It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground. It's made adversity...

'Powerful [and] intelligent' - Fareed Zakaria, CNN'Superbly researched and written' - Francis Fukuyama, The Washington PostAmerica's political...

An inspirational guide to self-empowerment, based on the advice of Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli, amongst others....

From the man who brought you Born to Run: a radical new approach to fitnes. Just as Born to Run got runners off the treadmill and into nature,...

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations...

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

Sharing the mindset and approach of his company, Brass Check, the bestselling author and marketing strategist, Ryan Holiday reveals how...

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

Subtitled, "Why Some Of The Brightest People Can't Read & How They Can Learn". The standard work on dyslexia, revised and updated with additional...

Including a new introduction on the British response to the Ukraine crisis - the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the scandalous reality...

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

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

This title presents a dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering...

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...

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

The full story of how our relationship with light shapes our health, productivity and mood

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

The enduring classic of a friendship torn apart aby Nazism

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

The dazzling new bestseller from the author of The Appeal

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...

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...

"Co-opetition" offers a new way of thinking that combines competition and cooperation. It is the first book to adapt game theory to the...

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

A companion to Wilcock's bestseller "The Hidden Science of Lost Civilisations", in this new book he draws on history, astrology and new...

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....

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

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...

Whether you're new to the field or a seasoned executive, this book will give you a firm grasp on what it takes to make an organization perform....

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

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 strong contender for the major literary prizes, this period novel is the story of a wartime lesbian relationship that develops between...

David Wilcock reveals that the earth is on the front lines of a battle that has been raging between positive and negative extraterrestrials...

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

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...

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...

The stunning new literary thriller from the bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial

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...

Pulitzer Prize-winning Sebastian Smee reveals how love and betrayal shaped the careers of eight famous artists

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

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

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

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

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

Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize. This is a stunning redesigned paperback edition of one of Laszlo Krasznahorkai's finest...

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...

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

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

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

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

Covering a diving championship in Greece on a hot and sticky assignment for Outside magazine, James Nestor discovered free diving. He had...