The importance of cricket to England has been immortalised in the art and literature of a thousand years. For countless artists and writers across the centuries, the culture and aesthetics of cricket ..
An incredible true story of murder, romance, and a fateful search for utopia in the Galapagos-from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ghosts of Eden Park
At the height of the Great Depres..
Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible form
For decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated ..
The definitive history of Hollywood's most legendary costume designer, featuring an insightful biography and previously unseen sketches, ephemera, and photos behind the scenes of hundreds of iconic fi..
'Burtynsky's visions are often ravishing: optical vibrations, hypnotically immersive.' - Simon Schama
Published on the occasion of Edward Burtynsky's largest and most comprehensive exhibition to ..
Edward Hopper is one of the bestknown American artists of the 20th century. His works are regarded as the epitome of a representation of American life. This catalogue casts a fresh look at Hopper's oe..
"Clever, charming, amusing, and just plain brilliant. Ken Krimstein is the most inventive graphic biographer on the planet-and certainly the only one who could explain both Einstein and Kafka. A page ..
'Fascinating and vivid' CARLO ROVELLI
DROPOUT, PACIFIST, PHYSICIST, CASANOVA, REFUGEE, GENIUS . . . WHO WAS ALBERT EINSTEIN?
The Nobel Prize-winning physicist who discovered rela..
'Catapults you into the heart of the most epic experiences of ejection, escape and survival'
Andy McNab
Since the invention of the ejection seat in the 1940s, tens of thousands of lives have ..
'A fascinating study of historical mythmaking... Concise and absorbing'
Paul Freedman, author of Out of the East
Rodrigo Diaz lived a violently colourful life in eleventh-century Spain..
Winner of the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History
Combining rigorous research with lyrical writing, Elderflora chronicles the complex roles ancient trees have played in the modern world and ..
Eric Hayot teaches graduate students and faculty in literary and cultural studies how to think and write like a professional scholar. From granular concerns, such as sentence structure and grammar, to..
A remarkable compendium of diverse and evocative imagery exploring the wide-ranging and profound associations of the five natural elements, masterfully curated by image alchemist and cult social media..
The second volume of Robert Crawford's magisterial biography of the revolutionary modernist, visionary poet and troubled man, drawing on extensive new sources.
The second volume of Robert Crawfor..
A sparkling miscellany of literary trivia
Who had birds called Death, Wigs and Spinach? How do you spell the noise of a door slamming? Whose working title was The Chronic Argonauts?
Henry E..
Set amidst the unforgettable sights and smells of 18th and 19th Century Paris, Elixir tells the story of Edouard Laugier and Auguste Laurent, the son of a perfumer and a fellow aspiring chemist, who m..
The first authorised biography of eternal legend Elizabeth Taylor.
Known for her glamorous beauty, soap-opera personal life and magnetic screen presence, Elizabeth Taylor was the twentieth century'..
Real life gems from the Aussie icon.
I have learned that love is what really matters ... My life, and its experiences, have been that journey. I deeply wish that you learn love, firstly of yourse..
From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era-a rule-breaking visionary who h..
From humble beginnings as an awkward boy from Pretoria, who loved comics and science fiction books, to the influence of his mother and the complex relationship with his father, Musk's early years were..
A beautifully produced celebration of the iconic and beloved rock star, Elton John features live onstage and candid offstage photography, an entertaining history, and gatefold timeline.
Few rock..
Elvis passed away in 1977 but his spirit lives on. His records still sell, his movies are still hugely popular and his concerts are still discussed by new generations of fans. The Elvis Presley estate..
An intimate look at one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, through 100 personal and iconic objects from the archives of Elvis's beloved home, Graceland-a never-..
Ineffable, invisible, inscrutable-angels are enduring creatures across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and human experiences of the divine as mediated by spiritual emissaries are an aspect of almost..
'Brilliantly written ... evokes the wonder of an entire civilisation.' Tom Holland, author of Pax and co-host of The Rest is History'A wondrous, gorgeously-written book' Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author o..
This shadow work journal is a transformational guide to the depths of your psyche, filled with thoughtful writing prompts, exercises, and QR code links to guided meditations to help you to accept and ..
Never before published collection on finding fulfilment and purpose from the multi-million-copy bestselling author Viktor Frankl.
'Viktor Frankl gives us the gift of looking at everything in life..
"An urgent look at emotional labor....Hackman's words reveal the agency of women is still possible while the power of care, empathy, and love in action can lead us to the best in our humanity."
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Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2011 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize 2011 Shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize In The Emperor o..
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tap..
Cruel control freaks, diligent workaholics or extravagant teenagers? What were the emperors of Rome really like?
In her international best-seller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ..
Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Khublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty ..
The groundbreaking bestseller which examines the effect of empire on modern Britain
In Britain, imperialism is everywhere - though we often choose not to see it. From the way we travel and the fo..
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world.
'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan ci..
A ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Empireland
2.6 billion people are inhabitants of former Briti..
Explore the Wonderous World of Zendoodle
Color your way to calm as you embark on a voyage into a magical animal kingdom! Lalita Iyer is the passionate artist behind Meraki. Her stunning works op..
A fresh appreciation of the magic of birds and how watching them fulfils a human need to connect with nature.
Enchantment by birds is commonplace. Birdwatchers merely go a step further than other..
'Our sense of enchantment is not only triggered by grand things. The awe-inspiring, the numinous, is all around us, all the time. It is transformed by ourdeliberate attention. It becomes valuable when..
Leading art critic and writer Richard Cork tells the stories of his personal encounters with some of the world's most influential modern and contemporary artists.
Richard Cork draws on his impec..
The rise of peace education both in scholarship and in practice has yielded numerous documents, websites, and publications with often divergent perspectives on what the field is, does, and means. The ..
This book explores the long-term reasons for the demise of Imperial Russia, examining the failure of the autocratic state to strengthen its own political position while economic change transformed Rus..
Mary Anne Schwalbe is waiting for her chemotherapy treatments when Will casually asks her what she's reading. The conversation they have grows into tradition: soon they are reading the same books so t..
A brilliant new theory of how society works from one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time
What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do elites maintain their dominant p..
The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like no o..
100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood.
We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defyi..
100 of the most astonishing stories of human survival, adventure and exploration, chosen by Levison Wood.
We are always captivated by tales of courage and bravery, of world-firsts and death-defyi..
Everyone knows about pirates: or do they? The Hollywood stereotype black flags and peg-legs, cutlasses and cannons, exotic yet sinister pets, buried treasure is familiar and entrancing, but ther..
For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortme..
Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned writers - once the..
A complete self-study English language course for adults
We may all speak the same language, but getting to grips with grammar is the ultimate challenge.
You could be puzzled by preposit..