The Elements of Power A Story of War, Technology and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth - Nicolas Niarchos
'A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics [...] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism.'
The new novel from the number one New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places, Jennifer Niven. The Newmans are America's favourite TV family. But when a car crash throws their series finale out the window, the cracks in their lives threaten to pull them apart .
Legenda The Real Women Behind the Myths That Shaped Europe - Janina Ramirez
A brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been misrepresented and co-opted over centuries for political, nation-building ends. By Professor Janina Ramirez, bestselling historian and author of FEMINA From the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political, nation-building ends.
Stranger Than Fiction Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel - Edwin Frank
For more than two decades, Edwin Frank has introduced readers to forgotten or overlooked texts as director of the acclaimed publisher New York Review Books. In Stranger than Fiction, he offers a legendary editor’s survey of the key works that defined the twentieth-century novel.
The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat - Hiro Arikawa
Discover the fabulous new double volume hardback gifting edition containing two bestsellers by Hiro Arikawa: The Travelling Cat Chronicles and The Goodbye Cat.
A Short History of America From Tea Party to Trump - Simon Jenkins
The global powerhouse that is the United States of America is younger even than the British Museum, Guinness and the flushing toilet. In 2026 it will celebrate its 250th birthday. How did this vast land, long inhabited by diverse indigenous cultures, come to be dominated by English speakers?
A musician, a visionary, a shapeshifter – David Bowie was an artist of reinvention who was many things to many people, including himself. This graphic novel follows his friendship with Iggy Pop and other musicians, including Brian Eno; it charts his life during this decade and explores the background to his seminal albums Heroes, Low, and Lodger.
From the award-winning author of the Dandelion Dynasty series, Ken Liu, ALL THAT WE SEE OR SEEM is a near-future thriller set in a world where the dark algorithms of AI have permeated every aspect of life, from politics to culture.
The remarkable story of an overlooked map archive that reveals how maps have helped inspire some of the greatest scientific discoveries, but also led to terrible atrocities.
The Landmark Library The Book of Kells Unlocking the Enigma - Victoria Whitworth
The mysteries of the one of the early Middle Ages gospels to exhibit the most oddities in the interplay of text and decoration as well as the ordering of its contents and the ambiguity of the number of people involved in its creation are considered in this accessible immersion in the subject from the author of Daughter Of The Wolf
