By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no hi..
'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.' Ever since Alfred Brendel bid farewell to the concert stage after six d..
The origin story of our modern oil age
Petroleum has always been used by humans- as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its ex..
We're experiencing change at the fastest rate in human history, but it's also the slowest that we'll experience for the rest of our lives. The reality is that the world is moving faster than we're ev..
Hell is the haunting first volume in Jeffrey Archer's The Prison Diaries, the author's daily record of the time he spent there.
'The sun is shining through the bars of my window on what must be a..
On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south Lond..
The final volume of Jeffrey Archer's prison diaries, A Prison Diary Volume III: Heaven, covers the period of his transfer from Wayland to his eventual release on parole in July 2003. It includes a sho..
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presid..
Tracing the shifts and moods of four seasons along Scotland's River Tweed, Andrew Douglas-Home weaves a story of a close relationship with nature and one of its most iconic denizens; the salmon. Threa..
When visiting the City of Light, the spirit of Paris can be felt everywhere. It holds a sacred history that goes beyond words, beyond religion, and its legendary places of worship are truly its crown ..
The third title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Analytical Engine is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book and adventure story. Inspire..
Female same-sex desire has been written out of history since, well, forever.
Not anymore! From the first women's football team in Britain to pirates and lesbian Avengers, via countless love le..
Combining an expertise on the Tudor dynasty with an authoritative understanding of its religious and political make-up, A Short History of the Tudors provides a fresh and accessible perspective of one..
Why are trans women the most targeted of LGBT people? Why are they in the crosshairs of a resurgent anti-trans politics around the world? And what is to be done about it by activists, organizers, and ..
A radical new vision of human health and illness revealing the hidden but most significant cause of death in the world today
Inflammation has traditionally been thought of as the body's response ..
'All a trainee needed to feel - could not help feeling - was that their feet were on the decks of something pretty big, and change was happening all around them just by the motion that happened when t..
A powerful and urgent memoir of loss, exile and hope by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja
'This gripping memoir conveys the courage and cost of telling a truer story' Guardian Book of the Day
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From Orwell Prize winning journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad comes a searing and nuanced biography of a lost Iraq
'Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
'A journalistic..
An essential reference work for any student studying psychology for the first time, A Student's Dictionary of Psychology and Neuroscience (Seventh Edition) provides over 2,500 definitions of complex c..
A TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'A real achievement' New Statesman
'Beautifully portrays - and exemplifies - the combined wit and profundity, exuberance and rigour, of Oxfo..
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The School of Life
A healthy mind knows how to hope, hanging on tenaciously to the reasons to keep going.
A healthy mind resists unfair comparison..
In 1982 Malcolm Macarthur, the wealthy heir to a small estate, found himself suddenly withoutmoney. The solution, he decided, was to rob a bank. To do this, he would need a gun and a car. Inthe proces..
Channel your inner Zendaya and learn more about her journey to superstardom with this inspiring guide packed with empowering wisdom, facts and quotes from the global style icon
Don't be afraid..
A delightfully captivating journey across the medieval world; perfect for fans of Ian Mortimer, who calls this book 'rich and wonderful'
From the medieval bazaars of Tabriz, to the mysterious isl..
Celebrate this holiday season with all your favorite 90s stars, icons, and pop-culture moments!
Celebrate this holiday season with all your favorite 90s stars, icons, and pop-culture moments!
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Celebrate yuletide the Victorian way by coloring in festive depictions of the Christmas season.
Many ideas about what Christmas is today can be traced to the reign of Queen Victoria and her own i..
Commemorate a bygone age and immerse yourself in the elegance of the Victorian era with this treasure trove of Christmas ephemera-with 500+ stickers and 50+ activity pages, making it Christmas every d..
From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen Elizabeth II in an unforgettabl..
Have you heard? Sitting is the new smoking. We're sitting longer than we ever have before: adults average nine hours of sitting a day, while children spend almost as much time sitting in front of a sc..
The captivating and heroic story of Hudson Stuck-an Episcopal priest-and his team's history-making summit of Denali.
In 1913, four men made a months-long journey by dog sled to the base of the ta..
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film's subject opened a new window onto the world of Cold War espionage, CIA secrets, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
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In 1934, the painter Christiane Ritter leaves her comfortable life in Austria and travels to the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen, to spend a year there with her husband. She thinks it will be a re..
A TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR'A truly important book.' MEGAN RAPINOE'Hardhitting and clear sighted.' THE TIMES'Impassioned . . . joyous.' SPECT..
Did you know:
-Only around 100 people have ever lived beyond a million hours (that's about 114 years)
-Around 7% of everyone who has ever lived is currently alive
-The '12 days of Christmas' son..
Create beautiful botanical artworks, engage with the natural world around you, and take pleasure in the changing seasons with A Year of Watercolour.
Award-winning and bestselling artist an..
Jonny Trunk and FUEL present A-Z of Record Shop Bags - a publication celebrating the humble record store bag.
This exhaustive collection of the record shop bag provides a unique perspective of re..
Telling the story of the infamous studios through the eyes of all those who have walked through its doors, including much unpublished material.
With a foreword by Paul McCartney
'It's semi-d..
In this book we have gathered the three great pillars to become a collage artist. Inside you will find three chapters: The A of collage: brief introduction with a review of the precursors of this tech..
From trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our prison systems
An icon of revolutionary politics, ..
While feminists in the Global North have been fighting to keep abortion legal, in countries across the Global South activists are working to bring self-managed medical abortion - abortion pills - ..
From the author of I Hate Men, a personal and political reflection on abortion rights.
Discussion about abortion and associated rights are often limited to either 'anti-abortion' or 'pro-choice',..
"I was a writer, but not the writer I needed to be. For that I had to become a different person," Robert Gl ck, widely acclaimed as a novelist and as a theorist of "the new narrative," recently told t..
The hilarious number one bestselling memoir from YouTube sensation Chris Broad, a Brit trying assimilate into life in Japan as he unravels the wonders and eccentricities of one of the world's most mys..
An enlightening guide to success, fulfilment and wholeness by the world's master of modern meditation, Deepak Chopra
Discover the keys to a life of success, fulfilment, wholeness and plenty
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A Times History Book of the Year 2022
From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph
The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the mos..
In the West's collective imagination, Vladimir Putin is a devious cartoon villain, constantly plotting and scheming to destroy his enemies around the globe. But how did an undistinguished mid-level KG..
We may imagine that science is a process of breakthroughs and light bulb moments. But in reality, science goes wrong 99% of the time.
Almost every idea a scientist comes up with is quickly ..
Accidentally Overweight is about what has to happen for a human to be able to access body fat and burn it. Essentially it is about weight loss and all of things that need to come together in our bodie..
A beautifully presented collection of the very best in UK adventure, this book is designed to change the way people view the UK by showcasing the possibilities for extraordinary experiences we have ri..