Many famed music producers are known for a particular sound that has its day and then ages out. Rick Rubin is known for something else: creating a space where artists of all different genres and tradi..
This extraordinary collection celebrates the dazzling worldbuilding of Iain M. Banks, one of the most important and influential writers in modern science fiction.
Faithfully reproduced fr..
Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings and on weekends to catch up? Have you already beat burnout once, only to find it creeping back? If yo..
The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation. Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down, Europe has tra..
Most days, Shalene Gupta was the person she'd always aspired to be. She was hardworking, excelled at work, and had a long-term boyfriend who she desperately loved.
Then, every month like clockwor..
A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs.
This powerful study chroni..
'Make this book a morning ritual.' - Matthew McConaughey
'A simple way to ground us, to force a reflection on the choices we're making, and the ones we want to make. And it's not just for dads.' ..
A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment.
A simple 'like' sent fro..
Let the wonder of Jim Henson's classic film The Dark Crystal guide you with this beautifully illustrated official tarot card deck.
Bring the world of Thra to your tarot practice with this fantas..
An incredible story of courage, resilience and survival.
'I am a survivor. That comes with a survivor's obligation to represent one and half million Jewish children murdered by the Nazis...
A breathtakingly ambitious retelling of the earliest human societies offers a new understanding of world history
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - ..
New to Penguin Classics, the astonishing story of the Copernican Revolution, told through the words of the ground-breaking scientists who brought it about
'How great, then, must be the incomprehe..
The Dead C's Clyma est mort (1993) is the record of a live gig for one person. Tom Lax was running the Siltbreeze label in Philadelphia and had come to New Zealand to meet the artists he was releasing..
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West's retreat from reason.
'The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age' David Grann
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Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? How can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently?
This updated edition of the international bestseller distils..
"Should be required reading. . . . A gripping and all-too-timely account of what in more ways than one is turning out to be a very costly and questionably necessary race to the bottom. . . . Trethewey..
Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter was met with both critical and commercial success upon its release in 1978. However, it was also highly controversial and came to be seen as a powerful statement on th..
Contemporary culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay argues that this could not be further from the truth.
The Defining Decade weaves the latest..
The internationally bestselling author of The Splendid and the Vile brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War-a slow-burning crisis ..
'A dream! I learnt something new and fascinating on every page' - Lucy Mangan
'If you love words, the weird and the wild, I guarantee you'll crouch over this book like a dragon over gold' - Meg C..
The Devil You Knew explores the spectre of depression - what it is, where it comes from and the common myths and misconceptions surrounding it - so we can find our unique path to healing and live fulf..
'Deeply moving.' GUARDIAN
'Brilliant . . . a powerful myth buster.' SUNDAY TIMES
'Unmissable.' OBDERVER
'Shocking and unflinching.' i
'Compulsive reading.' MIRROR
Dr Gwen Adshead is one o..
With an introduction by Virginia Nicholson
Saturday 2 February 1918. The first walk we've had for ever so long. Damp, mild vaporous day. Funeral bells tolling as we went out, & marriage as we cam..
A truly original book in every sense of the word, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows poetically defines emotions that we all feel but don't have the words to express, until now-from the creator of the ..
The people's history of the first great crowdsourcing experiment of the Victorian age- the Oxford English Dictionary
What do three murderers, Karl Marx's daughter and a vegetarian vicar have in c..
In his groundbreaking, perennially popular book that helped change the way we think about our health - now repackaged for a new generation of readers - Dr Sarno offers a guide to the range of psychoso..
With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care for her little baby? To conceal the fear and terror i..
In The Doors Unhinged, New York Times bestselling author and legendary Doors drummer John Densmore offers a powerful exploration of the 'greed gene' - that part of the human psyche that propels us tow..
The second instalment of the definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures, taking us from Dylan's 1960s heyday to his 80th birthday
The second volume of C..
In a world of declining wages, working conditions, and instability, the response for many has been to work harder, increasing hours and finding various ways to hustle in a gig economy. What drives our..
From the New York Times bestselling author of DRAMA FREE and SET BOUNDARIES, FIND PEACE, a hands-on resource for understanding and working through dysfunctional family dynamics - and recognizing when ..
A compelling and authoritative overview of the drawings of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most celebrated and intriguing figures in the history of art.
Vincent van Gogh's (1853-1890) drawings are ..
Tired of going around in circles?
The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us - family, health, bills, a mortgage..
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life - from family and friends to industry and Empire - told through her unique textile scrapbook.
The hidden fabric of a Victorian woman's life told thro..
'This is real, it is raw, and it lays out the truth about booze.' - Patrick Gower
'Thought-provoking but never preachy, Espiner blends personal experience with his formidable journalism talents a..
Fully revised and updated with over 50 per cent new material - two neuro-learning experts reveal the benefits of having a dyslexic brain
A MAJOR REVISION WITH BRAND-NEW MATERIAL. Discover how the..
The Eagle and The Lion is a story of the imperial rivalry between two of the greatest empires of the ancient world - how they rose and eventually fell.
The Roman empire shaped the culture of the ..
Part biography, part forensic jigsaw puzzle, part cold-case detective investigation, The Eagle in the Mirror is the astonishing untold story of an Australian-born intelligence officer accused by some ..
Enter a world of ancient secrets, old money, new ambitions and the discovery of priceless treasure in this revelatory new biography.
Between November 1922 and spring 1923, a door to the ancient Egy..
"Fast-paced and highly absorbing." -Wall Street Journal
A magisterial new history of the fierce final chapter of the "Indian Wars," told through the lives of the two most legendary and consequent..
AN INSTANT #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Humanity has transformed the Earth: Frankopan transforms our understanding of history' Financial Times
'Vast, learned and timely work' The Sunday Times..
An insider's guide to the invisible new economy that is reshaping our lives
Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It's here and it's growing.
In the past few years, we have been flooded with..
Almost 70 years after his death, Albert Einstein's genius continues to define our everyday lives and his enduring legacy has shaped him into a modern day pop culture icon
A fascinating look in..
The Elements of Art deconstructs great works of art into manageable components so that you can better understand and appreciate them. Knowing how to interpret art is one of the biggest issues facing c..
'Enthralling' Daily Mail
In 1998, Francoise Malby-Anthony founded a game reserve with her late husband, dedicating their lives to the protection of these beautiful, troubled animals. The Elephant..
Humans have identified just a fraction of the 2.2 million species living in the sea. Roughly 91% of all marine species remain unknown: myths still to be written, discoveries still to be made, blank pa..
A New York Times bestseller!
An urgently needed guide to help parents understand their teenagers' intense and often fraughtemotional lives - and how to support them through this critical development..