A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel - the last fifteen for The New York Times - presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people today at a critical juncture in their coun..
What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? The Language Game draws on a fascinating range of examples to show the way language works, has shaped our evolution ..
'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar
The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern t..
A bold, accessible, and truly global overview of LGBTQ+ history, from the ancient world to the present day
Discover the rich and complex history of LGBTQ+ people around the world - their struggle..
This book is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ activists, artists, comedians, writers, musicians and pop culture giants who have shaped our worlds, expanded our horizons and radically increased queer visibili..
A unique celebration of silence-in art, literature, nature, and spirituality-and an exploration of its ability to bring inner peace, widen our perspectives, and inspire the human spirit in spite of th..
A Spectator Book of the Year
A New Statesman Book of the Year
'An illuminating and riveting read.' - Jonathan Dimbleby
Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering th..
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKER, TIME MAGAZINE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, VOX, SALON, LIT HUB, AND VANITY FAIR
"En..
Sun Tzu's Art of War has been read mostly as a book of war strategies that teaches us how to beat our opponents on the battlefield. The Modern Art of War presents a new interpretation- it isn't about ..
As one of the world's leading voice coaches, Patsy Rodenburg describes practical ways to approach language, using Shakespeare, Romantic poetry, modern prose and a range of other texts to help each of ..
What does a person need, not just to survive, but to flourish? In this profound, searching book, Michael Ignatieff explores the many human needs that go beyond basic sustenance: for love, for respect,..
'Essential reading' - Tony Blair
Although China's economy is one of the largest in the world, Western understanding of it is oftenbased on dated assumptions and incomplete information. In The ..
We have entered a new Cold War, even if most people choose not to admit it. The contest between America and China is global and unbridgeable, and it encompasses all major instruments of statecraft: di..
A philosophical meeting of minds, as John Gray reads Thomas Hobbes to understand our current predicament
Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged ..
The second edition of David Bentley Hart's critically acclaimed New Testament translation
David Bentley Hart's translation of the New Testament, first published in 2017, was hailed as a "remar..
A coruscating analysis of current international relations, setting out the dangers the world will face if the West does not succeed in reinventing itself.
The West is facing an unprecedented cris..
A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer's "nimble gallop" and brings an ancient epic to new life. The first great adventure story in the Western canon, the Odyssey is a poem about viole..
A brand-new translation of a philosophical classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt 4,000 years ago.
The Teaching of Ptahhatp, composed two millennia before the b..
Bestselling journalist Antony Loewenstein uncovers the widespread commercialisation and brutal deployment globally of Israel's occupation-enforcing technologies.
For more than 50 years, the occup..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera
'By thinking about gendered inequality as ro..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023
'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera
'By thinking about gendered inequality as ro..
A powerful new anthology of feminist voices throughout history and from around the world
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing selects writing from across time and throughout the world, creating a..
Discover the most important ideas in philosophy and the individuals behind them
Get to grips with the concepts that shaped the way we think about ethics, politics, and our place in the universe. ..
This colouring book offers an enjoyable, highly effective way for students to learn physiology. Topics are covered in self-contained two-page spreads, allowing students to easily focus on the material..
Enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life; indulging his..
'Baggini offers us a tempting smorgasbord of some of the most baffling, weird and occasionally downright creepy scenarios ever envisaged... enjoy these mind-boggling tales from the outer limit of thou..
'This is a vital book. Hand this out in schools, in the workplace, everywhere. It's also beautifully written.' Olivia Colman
'Brilliant. Patriarchy 101' Amnesty UK
'Immersive and..
The Poetry Book is a practical guide to teaching poetry. When students write poetry, it enriches their language and vocabulary, encourages creative thinking and develops reading, writing, speaking and..
After thirty years of retreat, the last decade has witnessed a resurgent left in the United States and Western Europe. This upsurge of anti-establishment candidates was not only left-wing but also pop..
New York Times Bestseller
Renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years-including the pandemic-to show how we can respond to three great cri..
Inspirational advice and practical tools to focus, reflect and implement the spiritual practice of du'a from Sunday Times bestselling author Aliyah Umm Raiyaan.
'Empowering....of great benefit to..
The Power of Reconciliation will come to be seen as Archbishop Welby's most important book to date.
Today there is so much intolerance of views that are other than our own as we demonize those we..
The Qur'an is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims around the world to be the literal word of God as revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred y..
The resources race is on. Powering our digital lives and green technologies are some of the Earth's most precious metals - but they are running out. And what will happen when they do?
The green-t..
The Reading Book is a comprehensive guide to teaching reading. It contains
research-based information that will support primary and middle school
teachers to plan realistic and effective programme..
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go.
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the count..
One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Plato's Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years, and remains as relevant today as when it wa..
A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom
Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the ..
Urgent, compelling reading from the author of Chernobyl on the defining conflict of our times- do you know what is at stake in Ukraine?
On 24 February 2022, Russia shocked the world by launching ..
For several years after 1968, Herbert Marcuse was one of the most famous philosophers in the world. He became the face of Frankfurt School Critical Theory for a generation in turmoil. His fame rested ..
'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN
'Her work is funny, sexy, frightening and brutal' EDMUND GORDON, GUARDIAN
'Ange..
Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, The Second Sex is the crowning text of second wave feminism
TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE BORDE AND SHEILA MALOVANY-CHEVALLIER
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Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented..
A classic mystery from the Golden Age of detective fiction.
On his train back to Scotland for a well-earned rest, Inspector Grant learns that a fellow passenger, one Charles Martin, has been foun..
The Catholic Church seems to be in serious crisis - disfigured by scandals, divided by theological, cultural and political differences, retreating institutionally in many places, judged irrelevant by ..
Lenin's booklet State and Revolution is widely recognised to be a lightening bolt in Marxist theory. Written in the months immediately running up to the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin turned the tr..
The health emergency that broke out in 2020 is a landmark event in the development of capitalism, confirming the underlying change signalled by the Great Crisis of 2007-9. The Pandemic Crisis has cata..
Olympian Mark Tuitert unpacks the wisdom of Stoicism, providing ten powerful lessons for a more fulfilling and balanced life
During the 2010 Olympic speed skating final, Mark Tuitert wasn't think..
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history..
From your studies to your career, reflection and reflective writing is a key skill for personal and professional development. However, reflective writing requires a different approach to essays or rep..
Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is t..