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In his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated m...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisatio...

WITH A FORWARD BY J. G. BALLARD In 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gramme of mescalin, sat down and w...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID BRADSHAW For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisatio...

From Classical times to the 19th century, the great quest to discover and define the intoxicating diversity of the natural world attracted a host o...

Please note: The individual books listed below will be dispatched together as a set. Explore two of **Robert A. Heinlein’s** most influential scie...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER We all want to lead a happy life. Traditionally, when in need of guidance, comfort or inspiration, many people turn to...

By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs, this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections...

Product Description A beautiful gift book devoted to the work of Aubrey Beardsley,one of the defining – and most controversial – artists of theAr...

The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards The past sixty years have witnessed astonishing bursts of g...

Review To live now and not to know this work is to be a kind of historical fool missing a crucial part of the consciousness of the age -- W.L. Web...

"'[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph ...

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A fascinating look at the insect world found in one field in France - and how important that world is to all of us - from the author of the Sunday ...

Please note: The individual books listed below will be dispatched together as a set. Explore three of Arkady & Boris Strugatsky's most thought...