Spying has changed. In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, spooks are expected to uncover plots buried in mountains of data. Yet this makes the need for trained field operatives who can...
A brilliant synthesis of history, psychology and storytelling, written in a clear and accessible style. Drawing on diverse sources, Pinker makes the bold and nuanced argument that we are living in ...
Decoded tells the story of Rong Jinzhwen, one of the great code-breakers in the world.A semi-autistic mathematical genius, Jinzhen is recruited to the cryptography department of China's...
From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no otherFor the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continenta...
Vividly imagining the second coming and capture of Christ during the time of the Spanish Inquisition, this parable recounted in The Brothers Karamazov is a profound, nuanced exploration of faith, s...
In this dark novella of Victorian horror, George Eliot explores clairvoyance, fate and the possibility of life after death.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics s...
'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.One of 46 new ...
An essential companion for every traveller to Venice, this is the hidden city revealed in a gorgeous non-fiction account by one of Europe's greatest living writers, Javier Marías...
This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision makers in our homes, offices and in eve...
Michael Lewis, the Master of the Big Story, is back with Flash BoysIf you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again. That w...
A new edition of the collection of 10 letters by the Bohemian poet Rilke, advising a young poet on writing, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself. Hugely influential, this is Lady Gaga's f...
In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, p...
Features three essays that examine the nature of progress and development in the emerging global superpower, and asks fundamental questions about modern civilization itself. This title explores lif...
A gripping account of how, in the depths of the First World War, Russia's greatest revolutionary was taken in a 'sealed train' across Europe and changed the history of the worldBy 1917 ...
Modern life is hectic and relentless: trains delayed, endless emails filling the inbox, kids squabbling before bedtime... There has never been a more important time to rediscover your pause button....
Peppa and her friends love dressing-up! This book is packed with stickers to help Peppa put on her favourite outfits and decorate the scenes. Perfect for little piggies with big imaginations!
Mary Shelley's dark story of a bereaved man's disturbing passion for his daughter was suppressed by her own father, and not published for over a century.One of 46 new books in the bests...
In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. As death and...
Familiar poems and almost unknown poems. Love poems and war poems. Funny poems and heartbroken poems. Poems that re-create the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon.
Leopardi, poet and philosopher, explores in humorous but savage dialogue the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. He also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an...