Summer Reads

This definitive edition combines the best plates and text from the great anatomist's Renaissance treasures, including Tabulae Sex, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, and the Epitome. Reproduced from a rare edition, these 96 plates recapture the vitality of the...

This work is a sampling of the Hippocratic Corpus, a collection of ancient Greek medical works. At the beginning, and interspersed throughout, there are discussions on the philosophy of being a physician. There is a large section about how to treat limb...

(Available after 3-20 days)2009 reprint of 1910 edition. Two Volumes Bound into one. Arthur Edward Waite was a scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Waite's name has...

(Available after 3-20 days)The reader is given a concept of the life and times when Hippocrates lived. The professions and trades during Hippocrates time are described as well as the early education of youth in ancient Greece.Medicines were not based on...

(Available after 3-20 days)All Galen's surviving shorter works on psychology and ethics - including the recently discovered Avoiding Distress, and the neglected Character Traits, extant only in Arabic - are here presented in one volume in a new English...

"Offers a useful reminder of the role of modern science in fundamentally transforming all of our lives." --President Barack Obama (on Twitter)"An important book." --Steven Pinker, The New York Times Book ReviewNow also a PBS documentary series: the...

(Available after 3-20 days)As featured in The Guardian, How to Raise Kids Who Aren't Assholes is a clear, actionable, sometimes humorous (but always science-based) guide for parents on how to shape their kids into honest, kind, generous, confident,...

'There are enough plums, cherries, raisins and sultanas in this delightful cake to inspire, surprise, motivate and enthuse anyone. Warmly recommended' - Stephen FryToday, more than ever, we are aware of the power of personality. Are we introverts,...

'This book has the power to change everything' -- Susan Cain, author of Quiet In this groundbreaking book, designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explores how making small changes to your surroundings can create extraordinary happiness in your life. Drawing on...

Brimming with detail and mind-blowing revelations, Wall Street Journal reporters Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell’s meticulously researched book charts the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of WeWork and its founder Adam Neumann with a pace of a gripping...

A revelatory account of how making minor alterations to the way we breathe could have profound benefits for health and wellbeing, Nestor’s clear, accessible volume combines science with ancient custom to develop a unified theory of breathing. There...

Approaching the contentious issue of social bias with nuance and exhaustive research, behavioural scientist, activist and writer Agarwal demonstrates how unconscious prejudice is still immensely prevalent in contemporary society. For the first time,...

Winner of Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015.If a 'robot' could do your job quicker than you and better than you for no pay, would you still be employed? Today it's travel agents, data-analyst and paralegals whose jobs are...

From twice-Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Steve Coll comes Private Empire, winner of the FT/GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2012.The oil giant ExxonMobil makes more money annually than the GDP of most countries; has greater sway than US...

Both gripping real-life thriller and mesmerising character study, The Key Man highlights one of history's biggest ever financial scams as the man entrusted by world leaders with ending poverty is revealed as an avaricious fraudster on an unparalleled...

Approaching the issue of racism in the workplace in a practical, strategic manner, Livingston outlines methods that companies and CEOs can utilise to transform mission statements on racial diversity into concrete objectives for change. Longlisted for...

Highlighting the shameful record on pollution of corporate monoliths and right-wing populists, Mann calls for an effective movement to redress the balance between individuals and businesses in the ongoing campaign to end climate change. Longlisted...

Deeply disturbing and endlessly fascinating, Perlroth's investigation into the new breed of cyberweapons and nation-crippling software bugs paints a shocking picture of governmental collusion and technological sabre-rattling. Longlisted for...

Asserting that the social contract between a government and its people is failing throughout the world, the Director of the London School of Economics sets forth her bold vision for the principles that democracies across the globe must sign up to...

(Available after October 31, 2021)An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath!Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But...