Exploring a compelling cast of data detectives from Florence Nightingale to Daniel Kahneman, as well as the murky world of misinformation, How to Make the World Add Up is an indispensable guide to statistics from the author of Fifty Things That Made the...

Following on from the brilliant Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, the bestselling economist Tim Harford explores another fifty items – from bricks to postage stamps – that have played a key role in shaping our global story, injecting life into...

A welcome corrective to the inflexible tribalism of modern political discourse, this thoughtful and entertaining volume from the broadcaster and author of How To Be Rightpays tribute to the power of changing your mind. There's no point having a mind...

A welcome corrective to the inflexible tribalism of modern political discourse, this thoughtful and entertaining volume from the broadcaster and author of How To Be Rightpays tribute to the power of changing your mind. There's no point having a mind...

The perfect way to remember a remarkable human being who embodied hope and courage during the past troubled twelve months, this volume gathers together the wisdom accrued through a long and eventful life.  'One small soul like me won't make much...

From the author of Six of Crows comes a tantalising glimpse inside the Grishaverse, an accompanying volume to Leigh Bardugo's bestselling Grisha series Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns. Travel to a world of dark bargains struck by...

A handsome reproduction of a book pivotal to Bardugo's Shadow and Bone series, The Lives of Saints chronicles figures from Sankta Lizabeta to the Starless Saint in richly evocative prose. Enter the world of the Grishaverse and Shadow and Bone, soon...

FT Business Book of the Year 2018 City AM Book of the Year 2018 Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are...

In a crisis, it's easy to revert to old patterns. Caring for your well-being during the coronavirus pandemic includes maintaining healthy boundaries and saying no to unhealthy relationships. The healing touchstone of millions, this modern classic by one...

World-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, in decades of research on achievement and success, has discovered a truly groundbreaking idea-the power of our mindset.Dweck explains why it's not just our abilities and talent that bring us...

A basketball coach unlike any other, Phil Jackson, the ‘zen master’ – as he was affectionately termed by the press – employed coaching techniques lifted from humanistic psychology and Native American philosophy. Eleven...

'Talent. You've either got it or you haven't.' Not true, actually.In The Talent Code, award-winning journalist Daniel Coyle draws on cutting-edge research to reveal that, far from being some abstract mystical power fixed at birth, ability really can be...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.How do you build and sustain a great team?The Culture Code reveals the secrets of some of the best teams in the world - from Pixar to Google to US Navy SEALs - explaining the three skills such groups have mastered in...

- Don't fall for the prodigy myth- Take off your watch- Embrace struggle- Take a nap- To learn it more deeply, teach itThe Little Book of Talent is packed full of 52 simple, practical, proven tips that will help improve any skill. Whether you want a...

Already a phenomenon in Feret-Fleury’s native France, this uplifting story of a book-loving estate agent is a modern homage to bibliophiles and the magic of stories.   When Juliette takes the metro to her loathed office job each morning, her only...

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form with an introduction by Natalie Haynes. When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal. Never before had the case for female liberty been so forcefully and successfully...

When the National Security Agency's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves...

Albinus - rich, married middle-aged and respectable - is an art critic and aspiring filmmaker who lusts after the coquettish young cinema usherette Margot. Gradually he seduces her and convinces himself he is irresistible to her, but Margot has other...

Beautifully judged and as comforting as the warmest embrace, George’s story of a bookseller-cum-counsellor who prescribes literature to lift the soul is a tender, touching treat.    A Goodreads Book Club Choice for 2016 Dancing...

WHEN ONLY THE DEAD HAVE THE ANSWERS, WHO CAN TELL YOU THE TRUTH? DI Owen Sheen and DC Aoife McCusker are working for the Serious Historic Offences Team in Belfast, although the hands-on approach of the chief constable and the political agendas at play...