Non-Fiction, New

To fail is human. Get used to it . . . Failure is the small print in life's terms and conditions. Covering everything from examination dreams to fourth-placed Olympians, If...

The graphic adaptation of one of the world's most-loved books 'June, 1942- I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to...

Size discrimination harms everyone. Acclaimed philosopher Kate Manne shows how to combat it. For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell...

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives-from the #1 New York...

The story of Britain told through its islands - a personal journey through an ancient landscape The Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are woven into...

From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular...

A history of unmarried motherhood through three generations of an Irish family, and the secrets we conceal How far would you go for the missing? When Clair Wills was in...

An exhilarating guide to the astonishing future of quantum computing, from The New York Times bestselling physicist The runaway success of the microchip processor may be nearing its end, with...

The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world. An Economist, Financial Times, and Prospect Book of the Year For much of...

How to understand our human biases to separate fact from fiction, identify misinformation when we see it and make smarter decisions. A ground-breaking book that reveals why our human biases...

An explosive new vision of geopolitics from two trail-blazing political scientists Deep beneath our feet, vast and sprawling, lies one of the most sophisticated empires the world has ever known....

From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a ground-breaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning of awe Social psychologist Dacher Keltner has spent his career speaking to...

How to achieve a good night's sleep in one week We need sleep to survive. It's as essential as food, water, and oxygen. Without it, our bodies begin to shut...

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined...

A world-leading expert in inequality makes the case for a hard limit on personal wealth We all notice when the poor get poorer- when there are more rough sleepers and...

The diaries of the last British Governor, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to...

A celebration of the unsung hero of the plant word and an immersive journey through the British wetlands Glowflake, Rocket, Small Skies, Kind Spears, Marilyn . . . Moss is...

A joyful, rule-breaking experiment in biography, which celebrates 'country life' as a state of mind 1917. Virginia Woolf arrives at Asheham, on the Sussex Downs, immobilized by nervous exhaustion and...

How do places make us, and how do we make them? At the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E. M. Forster conceals his...

A myth-busting, page-turning history of the Battle of Britain History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of...

Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...

An acclaimed historian of ideas shows how capitalist extremists profit from the collapse of the democratic nation Look at a map of the world and you'll see a neat patchwork...

From internationally renowned sociologist Mich le Lamont, a game-changing argument about what we value and why How do we measure our self-worth? For many of us, it signifies accomplishment, self-reliance,...

Nadiya's flavour-forward tie-in cookbook to accompany her BBC2 cookery series of the same name This companion book to Nadiya's BBC2 cooking series will bring the excitement back into your daily...

An exceptional new biography that shows how George Eliot wrestled with the question of marriage, in art and life When she was in her mid-thirties, Marian Evans transformed herself into...

From the author of the 'stone-cold classic' Easy Riders, Raging Bulls comes a blockbuster follow-up- the inside story of television's epic transformation The revolution has been televized. From The Sopranos...

An all-encompassing, insightful and wry look at living in a racist world, by a leading Black British voice in the academy and in the media Take a step through the...

An award-winning physician and scientist makes the game-changing case that genetic females are stronger than males at every stage of life 'A powerful antidote to the myth of a "weaker...

From acclaimed Financial Times columnist and CNN analyst, a penetrating indictment of how today's biggest tech companies are hijacking our data, our livelihoods, and our minds. Today Google and Facebook...

The highly anticipated sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the world In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist...

A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our...

The people who made, saved and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts The illuminated manuscripts of the...

A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today A groundbreaking new history of the people at the centre of...

A magnificent reckoning of how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone all over the world, and what can be done to save it We are...

A revelatory new history of Spain, from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first, drawing on a wealth of Spanish-led historical scholarship never before seen in English 'Spain is different,'...

A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens next We live in a world made by machines; their development...

The essential introduction to Chomsky's political ideas With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam Chomsky lays bare as no one else can the realities of contemporary geopolitics. Divided into...

An expert, empathetic guide to the science, psychology and physiology of breaking, from the acclaimed author of How We Are Vincent Deary is a practitioner health psychologist who helps people...

A prison diary, a story of brotherly love, a journey of redemption, Martin Flanagan's compelling book about his boarding school days goes inside an experience many have had but few...

The book that changed the way we think, work and live - a fully revised edition with 66% new material Nudge has transformed the way individuals, companies and governments look...

A riveting exploration of the unforeseen consequences of technological disruption, from the no.1 international bestselling author What is the price of progress? In this tale of innovation and obsession Gladwell...

A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the...

A captivating and highly original retelling of key stories from the Bible- the culmination of a lifetime's literary work A man named Saul is sent to search for some lost...

The international bestseller - a whip-smart, entertaining exploration of the geometry that underlies our world, from the author of How Not to Be Wrong How should a democracy choose its...

An enthralling memoir from the inspiring astronaut who spent six months in space -- and is going back to the International Space Station just as the paperback is published In...

No one has done more to shape our view of what makes us human than Charles Darwin, whose seismic theory of evolution turned the Victorian world upside down, utterly rewrote...

For Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice B. Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly...

The new Penguin Freud, under Adam Phillips' general editorship, offers a fantastic opportunity to see Freud in a fresh light. This endlessly beguiling, suggestive, thought-provoking writer can be appreciated nowhere...