AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT
'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly h..
What is the Bible? How did it get to us? Why are translations so different? And what influence has the Bible had on culture? From its very first pages, The Bible: An Introduction offers clear answers ..
Biblical Greek: A Compact Guide offers Greek students a one-stop guide for the grammar, morphology, and vocabulary of biblical Greek. This resource follows the organization and format familiar to the ..
***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***
'A unique, funny picture of Britain... A love letter to bookshops and the vagaries of public transport.' - Richard Osman
'Ince's love of books is ..
Why play to 12,000 people when you can play to 12? In Autumn 2021, Robin Ince's stadiumtour with Professor Brian Cox was postponed due to the pandemic. Rather than do nothing, hedecided he would inste..
A beautiful, thoughtful guide to finding your perfect next read, no matter what life's throwing at you, from the founder of Aphra a.k.a. 'your inclusive AF feminist book club'
Through turbulent ti..
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars...
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR
Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a stran..
'This book will restore your sense of control - and make you feel less alone in the world' - ADAM GRANT
Big Feelings addresses anyone intimidated by oversized feelings they can't predict or contr..
"This is such a cool book. The range of Jono's knowledge is astounding, and so is his ability to digest complex ideas into deceptively simple drawings. You'll learn something on every page-and be ente..
The charming, illustrated story of two friends, who travel through the seasons sharing the lessons they learn on their way; the perfect gift to uplift and inspire your loved ones
'We're lost agai..
Big School of Drawing provides a complete introduction to drawing, from choosing the right pencils to sketching from basic shapes, developing subjects step by step to create realistic, three-dimension..
Bikepacking Aotearoa is a guide to 40 cycling adventures around New Zealand. The trips range in length from two to ten days and explore the less travelled parts of this beautiful little country...
What makes us happy? Is there a knack to it? Is it the joy of playing a round of crazy golf, or of just being in a forest?
In this beautiful and uplifting book, Bill Bailey explores all th..
Bill Gates is one of the most powerful figures of the past four decades. But the world-famous public image he has so carefully crafted is not the whole truth. In this explosive new book, Anupreeta Das..
'Where have all my friends gone?'
When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man.
He quickly learned that he wasn't t..
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides - a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and ..
"Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby, or a pastime I can pick up and put down, but a thread running through the pattern of my life, so tightly woven in that there's no way of pulling it free and ..
The true story of the greatest conspiracy in US history - and how to fight back.
Have you ever seen a baby pigeon? You haven't, have you? No one has, not in many, many years. They used to be ever..
Classic nature writing for bird lovers - a portrait of Britain's ordinary garden birds, and the woman who opened her doors to them.
Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary garden birds and t..
The natural beauty and diversity of birds have fascinated us for centuries. Since their first appearance in art in medieval manuscripts, birds have proved to be a popular and enduring subject for arti..
From acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley, a new book that studies the peculiar mating behaviour of birds to better understand the origin of beauty and humanity itself.
In all animals, mating is a ..
A fascinating look at the history of Sun Records, the label that started Rock n' Roll, told through 70 of its iconic recordings.
In Memphis, Tennessee, in the 1950s, there was hard-edged blues pl..
The thrilling history of one of Europe's most dramatic conflicts, that would shape the great wars to come
Less than a month after it marched into France in summer 1870, the Prussian army had deva..
Bitch is a bitch of a word. It used to be a straightforward insult, but today - after so many variations and efforts to reject or reclaim the word - it's not always entirely clear what it means. Bitch..
A compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there.
'If you'd asked me at 10 what my plans were for the next f..
Bitter Crop is an unconventional portrait of arguably America's most eminent jazz singer. Acclaimed biographer Paul Alexander shrewdly focuses on the last year of her life - with relevant flashbacks t..
'Sometimes you need to repeat something a hundred times before a bell rings in the colony.'
From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and respo..
China today is both a land of opportunity for Africans blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America, and an intersection of racism and prejudice.
Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of..
Power, Money and the Team that Reshaped Rugby
How did one of the smallest nations in the world produce the jewel in world rugby's crown?
In the professional age, the All Blacks have evolved t..
A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw.
At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing..
Few modern voices have had as profound an impact as Frantz Fanon. A major influence on civil rights, anti-colonial and black consciousness movements around the world, Black Skin, White Masks is an uns..
A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice.
Amy McQuire has..
Wreck this Journal and Burn After Writing meets Taylor Swift!
SWIFT INSPIRATION
Taylor Swift is the soundtrack of our generation.
Reflect on the albums, songs and lyrics that define moment..
The sensational account of the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich - from Hitler and his entourage to ordinary troops
The Nazis styled themselves as warriors against moral degener..
Combining an imaginative take on an oral history of the band, interspersed with artistic interpretations of 10 songs from their catalog, BLONDIE: AGAINST THE ODDS captures the friction of NYC as the b..
In 1993 Michael Ignatieff set out on a journey to the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Germany, Quebec, Kurdistan and Northern Ireland in order to explore the many faces of modern nationalism. Why, after t..
'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary Supplement
A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a countr..
Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year
The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known..
'A terrific book about a terrifying subject by the best historian of Russia working today' - Michael Burleigh
In Blood on the Snow, Robert Service returns to the subject that has formed the back..
The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney.
Years befor..
'The world's most famous and outspoken gynaecologist' (The Guardian) fights myths and fearmongering with real science, inclusive facts, and shame-free advice on the topic that impacts more than 1.8 bi..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024
IMAGINE COMPETING IN THE WORLD'S MOST BRUTAL CYCLE RACES, KNOWING THAT A CRASH COULD BE FATAL
Alex Dowsett is one ..
'Immensely readable and revealing'
The Guardian
'A must read'
Phil Liggett, MBE
'A story like no other in cycling'
Ned Boulting
IMAGINE COMPETING IN THE WORLD'S MOST BRUTAL CYCLE ..
In Blossom, botanical illustrator and lifelong flower lover Adriana Picker takes you through a year of flowers and the ways to live with and learn from them, with beautiful artwork as well as recipes ..
Hollywood legend and British national treasure Michael Caine shares the wisdom, stories, insight and skills that life has taught him in his remarkable career.
One of our best-loved actors M..
Earth is home to a huge story that is rarely told - that of our ocean. Not the fish or the dolphins, but the massive ocean engine itself- what it does, why it works, and the many ways it has influence..
UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER ON THE 2024 ELECTION
A GUARDIAN AND DAILY TELEGRAPH POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR
'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR
'MAJESTIC' GUARDIAN
'ESSENTIAL' JON SOP..
It's good to judge a book by its cover.
Drawing on her 25 years writing blurbs for Penguin books, Louise Willder explores the art, anecdote and history of the words that only take a few sec..