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For fans of Ed Yong, Brian Cox and Carl Zimmer: a dazzling scientific and cultural adventure through our ideas about...

A practical book on the Alexander Technique for actors and acting/movement teachers.

How many times have you spotted the picture-perfect plant, ignored the little voice in your head that reminds you of...

Summer 1940. In the desperate fight against Nazi Germany, nothing is considered too outlandish, so the British secret services turn...

An original, inventive new biography of Franz Kafka - and his readers

Follow Mary, Queen of Scots through the resplendent castles, towering cathedrals, manor houses and chapels associated with her turbulent life.

In our hyper-modern world, we are bombarded with more facts, stats and information than ever before. So, what can we...

In the twelfth-century, Pisa was a powerhouse of global trade, a city that stood at the centre of Medieval Europe....

The complete story of the Pilgrims, whose vibrant self-determination inspired generations of migrants the world over

A brave and revelatory account of how a small-minded, low-level KGB operative became the most powerful man in the world's...

A unique 'A to Z' biography from music journalist and Queen biographer Mark Blake that will shed new light on...

Let's Wildflower the World is an invaluable guide to guerilla gardening, seedbombing and seedswapping, and everything you need to know...

A British diplomat shares lessons on leadership gained over his expansive career. Simon McDonald argues that we should reflect on...

Conversations Between Souls, Ben Okri -- Prologue: Some Reflections on Justice and Love -- PART ONE: Justly Looking -- I....

For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of...

'Place in garden, lawn, to beautify landscape.' When Don Featherstone's plastic pink flamingos were first advertised in the 1957 Sears...