Non-Fiction Books

From the New York Times bestselling author of The No Asshole Rule 'I am frequently asked, "Tom, my brother/sister/friend is taking on a new leader...

Internationally bestselling author Dan Ariely brings his unique perspective to bear on a maelstrom of life's problems - from how to deal with a Chr...

How should we live: how should we care for one another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and fully realise our potential? This exci...

The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards As concern grows over the environmental costs and ethical i...

The new "Read and Respond" is back by popular demand and ready for the 21st Century. The completely new text provides teachers with everything they...

No fuss, no filler, no waffle - hundreds of photocopiables for lessons across the curriculum with great ideas at a price you'll love! Tried and tes...

"100 Maths Homework and Assessment Activities" is a new series of books that will provide a bank of accessible homework and assessment activities, ...

The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East. With the collapse of t...

Power Systems is the latest collection of searing insights from intellectual superstar Noam Chomsky. In this new collection of conversations, condu...

A radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic la...

At a time when opinion trumps facts and truth is treated as nothing more than another perspective, free speech has become a battleground. While aut...

'Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in, applying her brilliant mind to some of the most important debates of our ag...

Margaret Thatcher's political career was one of the most remarkable of modern times. She rose to become the first woman to lead a major Western dem...

Did Michael Jackson fake his own death in a bid to escape financial ruin or was he murdered? Was it aliens that helped to build the Sphinx and the ...

Review "Well written, informative account." --Independent on The Gnostics "An exemplary introduction." --Telegraph on The Cathars Product Descri...

Founded in 1948, the Israeli Air Force has seen involvement in some of the most dramatic and important conflicts of post-War history. In action dur...

An extraordinary investigation, beginning with ancient parchments in Egypt and ending in Spain, casts an entirely new light on the fascinating myst...

What exactly is military history? Forty years ago it meant battles, campaigns, great commanders, drums and trumpets. It was largely the preserve of...

The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon B...

On Beauty is neither a history of art, nor a history of aesthetics, but Umberto Eco draws on both these disciplines to define the ideas of beauty t...

Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earth's creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This compelling acco...

Product Description More than 500 spectacular unseen photographs of London, taken between 1875 and 1945, from the Archives of English Heritage. Th...

The story of one of the most brilliant, flamboyant and historically important men who ever lived. From the very beginning, Caesar's story makes daz...

Britain was rapidly emerging as the most powerful European nation, a position France long believed to be her own. Yet with France still commanding ...

A magisterial work of gripping history, "City of Fortune "tells the story of the Venetian ascent from lagoon dwellers to the greatest power in the ...

Empires evoke potent images: Stanley, Livingstone and the colonial gallery of great explorers; the Spanish Conquistador's quest for gold and silver...

A delightful journey through the glamorous story of the English country house party by the bestselling historian. Croquet. Parlour games. Cocktail...

The story of Catholic Emancipation begins with the violent Anti-Catholic Gordon Riots in 1780, fuelled by the reduction in Penal Laws against the R...

Rome was first ruled by kings, then became a republic. But in the end, after conquering the world, the Republic collapsed. Rome was drowned in bloo...

Antisemitism has been on the rise in recent years, with violent attacks, increased verbal insults, and an acceptability in some circles of what wou...

It is the century about which we know too much, yet understand too little. With disorientating ideas such as relativity, cubism, the id, existentia...

Scruton argues that the tragedies and disasters of the history of the European continent have been the consequences of a false optimism and the fal...

Beginning on the bloody battlefield of Bosworth, when Henry Tudor seized the crown of England and ended the Wars of the Roses, The Tudors contains ...

God Is Not Great is the ultimate case against religion. In a series of acute readings of the major religious texts, Christopher Hitchens demonstrat...

The Penguin Modern Classics edition of Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor is translated by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand, with an...

Discover the hidden history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned places and buildings. Portillo's Secret History of Britain p...

The infamous Valkyrie assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944 failed to kill the German F hrer. It did not succeed simply because v...

Charting his meteoric rise in popularity, Christopher Kul-Want and Piero explore Zizek's timely analyses of today's global crises concerning ecolog...

"Introducing Hinduism" offers a guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of this extraordinarily diverse fait...

Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and i...

Semiotics is the theory of signs, and reading signs is a part of everyday life: from road signs that point to a destination, to smoke that warns of...

This stunning collection showcases the early genius of Chilean writer Pablo Neruda, widely regarded as the greatest and most prolific Latin America...

She Said is a wonderful celebration of the wit and wisdom of women through the ages. In it you'll find writers, artists, politicians, actors, musi...

Humans have been making lists for even longer than they've been writing letters. They are the shorthand for what really matters to us: our hopes an...

Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with block-buster scripts; his works insp...

In this, his first volume of original verse since the award-winning "Landing Light", Don Paterson is found writing at his most memorable and direct...

Sir John Betjeman (1906-84) was born in Highgate, the son of a manufacturer of Dutch descent. His poetry enjoyed immense popularity, as did his per...