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A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies. It has long seemed self-evident that women care for babies and...

A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political culture. Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from...

The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in...

From one of today's most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way...

A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities,...

Longlisted for thePEN America Literary Awards 2021:PEN/E.O Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Waterstone's Best Books of 2020: Popular Science American Scientist's 2020 Science Book Gift Guide Why is the world...

Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith's charming account of how the poet W. H. Auden has helped guide his life - and how he might guide yours too When facing a...

The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and...

Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more than 800 feet; they can be microscopic or grow into...

Derek Parfit (1942-2017) is the most famous philosopher most people have never heard of. Widely regarded as one of the greatest moral thinkers of the past hundred years, Parfit was...

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new...

A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one...

The revolution in science that is transforming our understanding of extinct life. We used to think of fossils as being composed of nothing but rock and minerals, all molecular traces...

A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its...

An updated and comprehensive guide identifying all of the world's sharksSharks are some of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. We still have a lot to learn about these...

Back in print for the first time in decades, Auden's National Book Awardwinning poetry collection, in a critical edition that introduces it to a new generation of readers. The Shield...

Today's world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science presents 8 short...

Wasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets that harass picnickers and build nests under the eaves of our homes. These amazing, mostly solitary creatures thrive in...

Digital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionising both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and...

A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and more This lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world's crabs....

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened after the Bronze Age collapsed why some civilisations endured, why some gave way...

Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental reorganisation of our world. Decolonisation...

Karl Marx (18181883) was living in exile in England when he embarked on an ambitious, multivolume critique of the capitalist system of production. Though only the first volume saw publication...

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building...

In the century after the Civil War, an economic revolution improved the American standard of living in ways previously unimaginable. Electric lighting, indoor plumbing, motor vehicles, air travel, and television...

Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...

How the lives of wild honey bees offer vital lessons for saving the world's managed bee coloniesHumans have kept honey bees in hives for millennia, yet only in recent decades...

Timeless techniques of effective public speaking from ancient Rome's greatest orator All of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a...

A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them. Charles Darwin was driven to distraction by plant spirals, growing so exasperated that he once begged...

Written during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul...

A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis , or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on...

THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO EVERY MURDER. WHICH ONE WILL MAKE THE CUT? You saw her die Thirty years ago, one of Ben Knott's schoolfriends was murdered. Another went to...

'Brilliant ... So witty and clever.' Elly Griffiths 'Fremlin packs a punch.' Ian Rankin 'Irresistible.' Val McDermid 'Splendid ... Got me hooked.' Ruth Rendell 'A master of suspense.' Janice Hallett...

Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba are brother and sister, but they share a bond that transcends mere blood relation. Despite being siblings who attend the same school, their lot in life...

Dive into figure painting with this instinctive and expressive approach to watercolour. Celebrating the fluidity and unpredictability of the medium, painter Leo Crane and art model Roy Joseph Butler seek...

Between the end of Frank Herbert's Dune and his next novel, Dune Messiah, lies an intriguing mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a...

Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol...

After a car accident Jarred discovers he'll never walk again. Confined to a 'giant roller-skate', he finds himself with neither money nor job, a shoplifting habit, an addiction to painkillers...

A bright, bold activity book designed especially for very young children This write-in book is packed with gorgeously simple farm artwork and activities. Each page is full of things to...

An engaging book to help young children develop a positive mindset Poor Toby hasn't been feeling very happy recently; things just aren't going his way. But on a trip to...

Just add water to bring sharks of all shapes and sizes magically to life. Packed with action scenes of different types of sharks hunting, leaping and cruising among coral reefs,...

A collection of amazing facts celebrating the extraordinary world of bugs. Celebrate the extraordinary world of bugs with this collection of amazing facts!You'll never guess where a katydid's ears are,...

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One -and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. The audio...

The bestseller optioned for a major film and adapted to the stage, Fourteen is this generation's Holding the Man - a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man's search for...

Fourteen-year-old Lexie is a talented public speaker who has just won the regional competition and is about to represent the region in the state finals, with dreams of the nationals...

At the outbreak of World War I, eleven-year-old Elsie Clarke is shipped off to Wales to attend Miss Coleridge's Academy for Gifted Youths. What at first appears to be an...

Inspired by the true story of one woman's extraordinary journey to forge a new life after escaping a train bound for Auschwitz. In 1946 two young Hungarian refugees arrive in...

200 energizing affirmations to help you get up on the right side of the bed every morning, and start your day with a boost of enthusiasm and positivity! Start your...