'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion volume to the best-...
The House of Fortune is the sequel to Jessie Burton’s million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist. Set in the golden city of Amsterdam in 1705, it is a story of fate and ambition, secrets and dre...
We don't know what we've got until it's gone...This brief, lucid book by the Director of Science at Royal Botanical Gardens takes you on an unforgettable tour of the natural world, show...
A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of f...
In a classroom in Seoul, a young woman watches her Greek language teacher at the blackboard. She tries to speak but has lost her voice. Her teacher finds himself drawn to the silent woman, for day ...
An astonishingly moving novel about the connection to be found in family, art and shared resistance'A moving and important novel' Namwali SerpellAfter years away from her fa...
A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in Penguin Classics....
'Entertaining...essential...peppered with brilliant observations' Tim Shipman, Sunday TimesAndrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns ...
Lift the flaps and learn important maths skills, from adding and subtracting to fractions and shapes. Simple explanations, engaging illustrations and fun puzzles make new concepts easy to grasp.
Why can't I be happy all the time? What can I do when I feel like exploding? Is it ok to give up? This book is packed full of tips, tools and everyday situations to help kids think about and answer...
A radical new account of how the idea of the West has shaped our history, told through the stories of fourteen fascinating lives.We tend to imagine Western Civilisation as a golden thre...
Tom’s iconic images of hypermasculine military menWhen we think Tom of Finland we first picture muscular, macho young men in military gear. Tom’s vision of masculine perfection wa...
This children's book explores the innermost workings of some extraordinary buildings and machines. From helicopters to submarines, skyscrapers to coal mines, open up a fascinating world packed with...
Why do stars shine? And how was the moon made? Children can blast off into space with this fantastic interactive flap book revealing the secrets of the Universe. Vibrant illustrations and simple ex...
VISUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY RICH, TAKE A LOOK INSIDE ART SPIEGELMAN'S MODERN CLASSIC, MAUS'If you are serious about comics or the Holocaust, this book should be on your shelf' San Francisc...
'A guide for living an upright and noble life' The New Yorker 'An easy and endearing read' Publishers Weekly'Never announce you are a Knight, simply behave as one. You are better ...
Jules Verne's most famous adventure, now in a beautiful clothbound editionOne night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eigh...
Learn everything there is to know in this heartwarming guide about pets of all kinds, and the many different ways to take care of them and give them the happiest life possible.In this u...
Following her death in September 2022, the outpouring of affection and admiration for the Queen was as touching as it was remarkable. She had been a matriarch to the nation for over seven decades, ...
Recent years have seen rapid advances in 'artificial' intelligence, which increasingly appears to be something stranger than we ever imagined. At the same time, we are becoming more aware of the ot...