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Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the...

TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-b...

The Quiet Masterpiece of American Literature William Stoner is an unassuming, intensely private man born into a struggling farm family in rural Mis...

For millions of years, humankind has used a brilliantly successful survival strategy. If we like something, we chase after more of it: more status,...

Review A model of its kind, by far the best written short account now in print--Daily Telegraph Product Description The story of the British Arm...

***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** 'Three sparkling Grisham stories for the price of one . . . Appealing entertainment' IRISH INDEPENDEN...

The disturbing post-apocalyptic novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, author of The Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes and dramatised on BBC ...

'Sicily is the key to everything' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The author of the classic book on Venice turns his sights to Sicily in this beautiful ...

AS FEATURED IN WATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2023 From bestselling author and beloved Guardiancolumnist John Crace comes a blisteringly hilarious tour...

Review John Higgs's book lets in a glittering stream of revelatory light . . . [he] has us wrestling with flow states and default mode networks, N...

John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format via concise, insightful and engaging text summaries along...

Just as BDL's bestselling All the Songs series-which has over 400,000 copies in print-presents a comprehensive, song-by-song view of major bands an...

'The English Civil War' is one of the most hotly contested areas of English History and John Miller is one of the experts on the period. Amid drama...

Just when you thought it was safe to start showing off again, the bestselling authors of The Book of General Ignorance and 1,277 QI Facts To Blow Y...

Role Models is a wild and witty self-portrait of John Waters, America's 'Pope of Trash', told through intimate profiles of his favourite personalit...

Review Clear and inspiring, this is a great approach to leadership.--Publishers Weekly on Good Leaders Ask Great Questions John Maxwell's books h...

About the Author Stephen Spender was born in 1909 and was educated at University College, Oxford, where his friends included W. H. Auden, C. Day L...

Review The joy of Burnside's poems - and part of what makes them moving - is that he does know and never stops registering the ways in which b...

'Among the wealthy elders, my views gave some offence. Two or three people walked out of my lecture in Hamburg. At a dinner in Oldenburg I was seat...

This is the definitive autobiography of John Lydon, one of the most recognizable icons in the annals of music history. As Johnny Rotten, he was the...

Discover the answers behind the mysteries of the countryside in all their fascination and beauty... Ever wondered about the masses of twigs in bar...

Main ideas: In the small village of Midwich, a mysterious silver object appears and causes all the inhabitants to fall unconscious. When they ...