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Product Description When Nicolaus Copernicus claimed that the Earth was not stationary at the centre of the universe but circled the Sun, he ...

Review Henry expounds his case with the contagious, even bullish, enthusiasm of the committed teacher, and the book is carefully pitched at an int...

Artificial Intelligence is transforming human society fundamentally and profoundly. Not since the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason have we chang...

Together is about the extraordinary revival of small groups in Britain today. What happens when a room full of people decide to work towards the s...

Product Description The stunning new thriller from 'the proud carrier of the flag first unfurled by John le Carre' (LEE CHILD) 'An espionage ...

About the Author VIRGINIA ROUNDING is a translator and writer who lives in London. She studied Russian at the University of London. She is the aut...

'The king of character comedy.' Good Housekeeping 'A lynchpin of British comedy.' Alan Moore The nation's favourite comedian opens up about two e...

Product Description In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, Shakespeare's Kings chronicles the turbulent events that inspired Shakespeare's history ...

Shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards For over half a century, Henry Blofeld has conveyed his unfailing enth...

Review Inviting, adj., is given two senses by the OED: that which invites or gives invitation, and attractive, alluring, or tempting. Although thi...

The English eccentric is under threat. In our increasingly homogenised society, these celebrated parts of our national identity are anomalies that ...

Updated and expanded edition of the fullest ever collective investigation into Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders.This volume collects not...

About the Author Kenya born, Irish by blood and UK resident, Ben Kane's passion for history has seen him change career from veterinary medicine to...

"I don't regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do anything one does. I lived on honeycomb." Osc...

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about...

About the Author Anton Chekhov, Russian dramatist and short-story writer, was born in 1860, the son of a grocer and the grandson of a serf. After ...

A Sunday Times Art Book of the Year A visual journey through five centuries of the city known for centuries as 'La Serenissima' – a unique and com...

More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring collection, which reminds us that much of what matters in our lives finds its way into our lette...

"A compelling slice of mid-century espionage that expertly blends history with possibility. All comparisons that will inevitably be made with le Ca...

Product Description For more than half a century, Betjeman's writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of...

The thrilling third instalment in the epic LIONHEART series from Sunday Times Bestselling author, Ben Kane. Warleader Autumn 1192. With Jerusalem ...

Review Holiday Gift Guide selection "...both beautiful and poignant, as in Paul Nicklen's photograph in "Human Nature" of a polar bear stranded on...