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The Story of Greece and Rome
The extraordinary story of the intermingled civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, spanning more than six millennia from the late Bronze Age to the seventh century The magnificent civilization created...
Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year
From Kauia to Key West, Alaska's tundra to the Rio Grande, a rollicking year-long search for American butterflies With a love for adventure as great as his lifelong fascination with...
The Man Who Was Rip Van Winkle: Joseph Jefferson and
The most beloved American comedic actor of the nineteenth century, Joseph Jefferson made his name as Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle. In this book, a compelling blend of biography and...
Neanderthals, Bandits and Farmers: How Agriculture Really Began
Tradition has it that agriculture began in the Middle East around 10,000 years ago, that once people realized the advantages of farming, it spread rapidly to the furthest outposts of...
Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality
In this engrossing book, Paul Barber surveys centuries of folklore about vampires and offers the first scientific explanation for the origins of the vampire legends. From the tale of a...
The Vampire: A Casebook
This volume gives accounts of the vampire and how its tradition developed in different cultures. Eleven scholars from the fields of Slavic studies, history, anthropology and psychiatry examine the nature...
Inland: The New York Times bestseller from the award-winning author of
PART OF BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING LIST: 'Those of you who've been waiting for Obreht's next novel won't be disappointed' 'SPECTACULAR' Guardian 'A WONDER' Daily Mail 'SPARKLING' The Times 'EXQUISITE'...
Uncle Bill: The Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Viscount Slim
Masterly biography of the 'greatest commander of the 20th century' In 2011 the National Army Museum conducted a poll to decide who merited the title of 'Britain's Greatest General'. In...
The Bear Boy
The Bear Boy is a story specific to time and place, and about the dislocation of time and place too. It is set in 1935 at the only moment in...
King James VI of Scotland, I of England
When King James VI of Scotland inherited the throne of England in 1603 he had ruled his native land almost as long as had Queen Elizabeth. He showed both vision...
The Age of Capital, 1848-75
In "The Age of Revolution", Eric Hobsbawm traced the transformation of European life between 1789 and 1848 by the "Dual Revolution" - the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. In...
Call the Midlife
During his run into turning fifty, Chris Evans is on a mission. To take stock of where he is and where he's at in order to figure out how best...
Everyday Chaos: The Mathematics of Unpredictability, from the Weather
Chaos and complexity explained, with illuminating examples ranging from unpredictable pendulums to London's wobbly Millennium Bridge. Chaos and complexity explained, with illuminating examples ranging from unpredictable pendulums to London's wobbly...
Naked Genes: Reinventing the Human in the Molecular Age
The interaction between new forms of biological life and new forms of social life in modern democracies. The molecular life sciences are making visible what was once invisible. Yet the...
Electrify: An Optimists Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future
An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment- electrify everything. Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do...
How It All Began
The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively When . . . Charlotte is mugged and breaks her...
Darling: A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford's
A razor-sharp, gloriously funny retelling of Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love Marooned in a sprawling farmhouse in Norfolk, teenage Linda Radlett feels herself destined for greater things. She longs...
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Faultline Between Christianity
'Intense and beautifully written ... a fabulous piece of reportage' Jason Burke, Literary Review The tenth parallel - the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator -...
PAWS: Gabby Gets it Together
An adorable graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. This funny and heartwarming series is the Baby-Sitters Club for...
Meetings With Remarkable Animals
Pre-order this remarkable account of the moving and sometimes astonishing ways animals have enriched our lives, from national treasure Martin Clune Inspired by Martin Clunes' own adoption of a former...
Disobedient: The gripping feminist retelling of a seventeenth century
A young woman is put on trial. She has accused her painting teacher of the darkest betrayal - he accuses her of being a immoral liar. What really happened, and...
The Hollow Sea: The unforgettable and mesmerising debut inspired by
A mesmerising literary debut interwoven with mythology and legend, from an award-winning new talent When Scottie realises she will never become a mother, she leaves her life behind and flees...
Shape: The Hidden Geometry of Absolutely Everything
A whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the bestselling author of How Not to Be Wrong How should a democracy choose its representatives? How does...
The Rose Field: The Book of Dust Volume Three
The long-awaited and highly anticipated conclusion to Philip Pullman's bestselling The Book of Dust sequence. 'Lyra- what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening...
Grow Containers: Essential Know-how and Expert Advice for Gardening
No-fuss guide to planting up and caring for a variety of plants in containers, ideal for first-time gardeners. Plant up your pots and window boxes with creative designs and care...
Peter Rabbit Movie 2 Novelisation
A chapter book based on the hotly anticipated sequel hopping into cinemas in spring 2020. Inspired by the original Beatrix Potter tale, but with a fresh, modern twist, this is...
Right After the Weather
From The New York Times bestselling author of Carry the One, a new novel exploring the consequences of a terrible crime Cate is a stage designer in Chicago, caught up...
The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon
The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's pre-eminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East' The Sassoons were one of the great business dynasties of...
We Are All the Same in the Dark
The Sunday Times bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans returns with an atmospheric Texan thriller Ten years ago Trumanell Branson disappeared. Her brother, Wyatt, lives as a pariah, cleared of any...
A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
NOMINATED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020- a brilliant analysis of the future of work in the age of AI New technologies have always...
On Balance
In this absorbing and provocative new book from one of Britain's most elegant and original prose stylists, psychoanalyst Adam Phillips addresses a variety of urgent concerns - many centred around...
Nursing the Acutely Ill Adult: Priorities in Assessment and Management
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Using a stimulating case study approach, this comprehensive book provides an understanding of the common signs and symptoms related to serious acute illness in adults. It outlines priorities in the...
Lusting for London: Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of
This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting...
From Performance to Print in Shakespeare's England
What can the printed texts of plays from Shakespeare's time say about performance? How have printed plays been read and interpreted? This collection of essays considers the evidence of early...
American Exceptionalism: A New History of an Old Idea
A powerful dissection of a core American myth. The idea that the United States is unlike every other country in world history is a surprisingly resilient one. Throughout his distinguished...
Marguerite Yourcenar: Inventing a Life
Marguerite Yourcenar was born Marguerite de Crayencour in Brussels in 1903. She lost her mother at birth, her native Belgium at the age of six, and was forced to flee...
Where the Stress Falls: Essays
Records a great American writer's urgent engagement with some of the most significant aesthetic and moral issues of the late twentieth century, and provides a brilliant and clear-eyed appraisal of...
