"Back to Methuselah" (A Metabiological Pentateuch) is a 1921 series of five plays and a preface by George Bernard Shaw. The…

'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states…

What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there…

The first five books of Livy's history of Rome record the city's foundations through the Republic to Rome's recovery after…

Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story…

A novel following the fate of Arbella Stuart, niece to Mary, Queen of Scots and presumed successor to Elizabeth I. Can she…

According to business guru Ram Charan, the process of selling is broken. Demand for competitive pricing is ever on the…

Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the…

Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling…

Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba…

A memoir from Pearce, who grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum, where he had to dodge attacks from his alcoholic father and…

"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins. In…

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All questions about the nature of materials are vital to engineers but also fascinating as scientific problems. Using both…

George Orwell's experience of the Spanish Civil War had a transformative effect on his life and work. This volume brings…

Juan Cabrillo faces a global deadly threat in Clive Cussler's "The Jungle". Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up…

Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest…

A sparkling new translation of the classic work on violence and revolution as seen through mythology and artThe Ruin of…

Why worship work and productivity if many of the goods we produce are superfluous - artificial 'needs' created by…

With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness…

Søren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of…

A world-renowned neuroscientist illuminates the science of consciousness by exploring a single day in the life of the…

Through his writing and his own personal philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson unburdened his young country of Europe's…

Paul Davies' "The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?" gets to the heart of what makes the universe…

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'Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver Goldsmith. Something is…

A collection of four plays by the famed playwright, including Hedda Gabler, which features one of the most infamous women…

Decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationship with them, how they shape our lives and why we desire…

One of the least understood stories of the Third Reich is that of the extraordinary wave of suicides, carried out not just…

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It is 1920 and Eugene Gant leaves the American South for Harvard, New York and Europe, determined to make his way as a…

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The story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and yet the language of architecture is a mystery to all but a few.…

"Connectome", by Sebastian Seung is "One of the most eagerly awaited scientific books of the year ...intellectually…

In his pioneering treatise on education, the great French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) presents concepts…

'. . . as when iron is drawn to a magnet, camphor is sucked into hot air, crystal lights up in the Sun, sulfur and a…

From Lizzie Mary Cullen, the illustrator behind hit colouring book The Magical City, comes a brand new treat for the winter.…

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A gripping new translation of the iconic short story collection featuring Simenon's celebrated literary detective'The truth…

Lady Jane Grey has just been executed by her cousin Mary Tudor and her two younger sisters, Mary and Catherine, live in the…

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The simple but profound story of a life of detachment through wandering and prayer, and one of the most widely circulated…

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Written at a time when furious arguments are raging about the best way to govern America, this title aims of persuading New…

Who was the real Jesus? What was the original message of the charismatic Jewish healer and moralist who changed the world?…

Explores the way in which the technology that surrounds us and allows us to live our modern lives has actually been…

Collects Walter Bonatti's classic writings detailing his exploits on numerous expeditions to different mountains of the…

In this one-of-a-kind volume, indispensable for students of art, architecture and film, Alex Danchev presents "100 Artists'…

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, "Childhood, Boyhood, Youth", in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously…

It's time to get serious with Britain's favourite funny man - Camp David, by David Walliams. "Will surprise, entertain, and…

RS Thomas was the greatest religious poet writing in English in the 20th century, but the 270 poems he chose for this…

A prominent lawyer and administrator, Pliny (c. AD 61-113) was also a prolific letter-writer, who numbered among his…

The volume comprises lightly annotated translation of a key medieval Arabic text that bears directly on the Crusades and…

'Foucault must be reckoned with by humanists, social scientists, and political activists' The New York Times Book Review…