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More than any other conflict, the Cold War was fought on the battlefield of the human mind. And, nearly thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union, its legacy still endures - not only in our politics, but in our own thoughts, and fears. Drawing…
'Gets deep under your skin ... Gaitskill is uniquely attuned to the moment.' Sunday Times'Gaitskill achieves a superb feat. She distils the suffering, anger, reactivity, danger and social recalibration of the #MeToo movement into an extremely potent,…
A New York Times Book of the Year After being diagnosed with AIDS, Herve Guibert wrote this devastating, darkly humorous and personal novel, chronicling three months in the penultimate year of the narrator's life. In the wake of his friend Muzil's death,…
New York Times 10 Best Book of 2020Sunday Times best book for Autumn 2020Guardian critics' pick for Autumn 2020Wall Street Journal notable book of 2020The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of harmony…
Revolution in a minor key: how young black women invented freedom.
You can't choose your family, but they make choices for you.
Many people think mathematics is useless. They're wrong. In the UK, the 2.8 million people employed in mathematical science occupations contributed GBP208 billion to the economy in a single year -- that's 10 per cent of the workforce contributing 16…
The ten personas your innovators can adopt and harness to boost creativity from the bestselling author and ex-general manager of IDEO.
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contemporary internet troll farms.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FICTION PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018'Brilliantly inventive and blazingly smart' Garth Greenwell'Impossible, imperfect, unforgettable' Roxane Gay'A wild thing ... covered in…
A straight-talking new mums' guide to physical and mental health after having a baby.
'Brilliant, eccentric, moving and wholly wonderful ... All of the Marvels is magnificently marvellous. Wolk's work will invite many more alliterative superlatives.It deserves them all'JUNOT DIAZ, New York TimesEvery schoolchild recognises their protagonists:…
The ten most revolutionary years in art ever. Art and artists would never be the same again.
'A savage analysis of Britain's soul. As essential as Orwell at his best'Peter Pomerantsev'Horribly brilliant'James O'BrienThe Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's twentieth-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In…
A fully updated and revised edition of the classic guide.
Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia (or Turkey as we know it), past the already ancient Luxor…
A major new biography of one of Britain's best-loved artists.
A warm-hearted guide to accepting and celebrating yourself as you are - from Jeffrey Marsh, the kindest person on the internet.
Here is what science knows about childhood, so you can use the scientific method - be calm, be curious, be creative - to understand your human child in all their glorious, frustrating complexity.
A compelling thought experiment that will lead to hours of fruitful debate.
From the bestselling authors of The Daily Stoic comes an inspiring guide to the lives of Stoicism's greatest practitioners.
'Conventional histories of the last days of the Roman Empire will no longer suffice after you read this book.' Averil Cameron, author of Byzantine MattersLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the…
'Original and illuminating ... What a good book this is' Jonathan Dimbleby, author and documentary makerIn Jerusalem, what you see and what is true are two different things. Maps divide the walled Old City into four quarters, yet that division doesn't…
The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together.
A deeply personal guide to creative recovery, from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change' Julia Cameron.
A revolutionary new explanation for sentience from the neuroscientist who discovered how the brain dreams.
'Any writer who can evoke the existential sadness of a lonely cockroach, or make krill thrilling, or describe a snorkelling colleague being engulfed in a "gargantuan cetacean bum detonation" is a real gift to science communication ... thought-provoking'…
On a quiet backstreet in Algiers is an unremarkable building with a remarkable history ...
A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the roots of an anxiety-ridden modern obsessionBefore the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles.…