How does Italy really work?When Valeria travels from hot, dusty Basilicata to begin her studies in a northern university town, she has little idea of the kind of education she will find...
As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined . . . until now.But the journals of ...
"I think if you can get a kid reading for pleasure, not because it's work, but actually reading for pleasure, it's a great step forward. It can start with me, you know, start with Dicks and wo...
In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B. Peterson offered an antidote to the chaos in our lives: eternal truths applied to modern anxieties. His insights h...
This book is inspired by the quest for the proper function of Aristotle’s active intellect presented in De Anima 3.5. The urge to grasp its essence has always driven philosophy ahead. Neverth...
Glorious... Scurr is one of the most gifted non-fiction writers alive' Simon Schama, Financial Times A revelatory portrait of Napoleon written for our own time, exploring his love of na...
Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'd...
Cheer the F**K Up is, without a doubt, the most meaningful and funniest book I have ever read on mental health and loss. Jack is a genius (fact) and he weaves together themes of love, grief, sexual...
1982, the British task force sails to liberate the Falkland Islands. Aboard: SAS D Squadron, determined to make their mark. No one more so than Mark 'Splash' Aston. But they have ba...
Navigating day-to-day life can be a tricky business. By the time we are adults, our experiences have formed our way of thinking and we have learned patterns of behaviour that are not always helpful...
In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the bestselling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on th...
THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inhe...
50,000 years ago, we were not the only species of human in the world. There were at least four others, including the Neanderthals, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonesis and the Denisovans. At the foref...
Take a new look at the world around you.What were the earliest dinosaurs like? How did they communicate? How do we know so much about them and why did they disappear? Which were the fas...
Take a new look at the world around you. What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth so special? Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centur...
No English king has so divided opinion, both during his reign and in the years since, more than Richard III. He was loathed in his own time for the never-confirmed murder of his young nephews, the ...
Szejk Sharif musi się ożenić. Ponieważ będzie to małżeństwo tylko na papierze, wszystko mu jedno, kogo poślubi. Zgadza się bez problemu, by narzeczoną zastąpiła jej starsza siostra Lijah. Jest mu t...
Historia ludzkości niemal zawsze koncentrowała się wokół przetrwania – zwykle na przekór przeciwnościom. Jedną z najbardziej zdumiewających opowieści o przetrwaniu jest historia...
Mia Caldwell zostaje zaproszona na przesłuchanie do szefa nowej wytwórni filmowej. Idzie pełna nadziei na ciekawą rolę, lecz propozycja Damiana Delgady zaskakuje ją. Damian oferuje jej dwieś...
Daisy Cassidy pokochała Lea od momentu, gdy przekroczył próg kawiarni, w której była kelnerką. Niewiele jej o sobie powiedział, jedynie to, że pracuje w sklepie. Daisy jest zachwycona...