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Flooding has always threatened the rainy, wind-swept islands of the United Kingdom, but it is becoming more frequent and more...

Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life’s work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who...

What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly...

From Jon Ronson, the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, this is a captivating and brilliant...

When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position...

Football, and art. Eric Cantona - legend, maverick, troubled artist or just plain trouble - never saw a need to make a...

From a Hackney council estate to the House of Lords, this is the extraordinary story of one of our greatest...

The first book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy - with a preface by the author.

An Area of Darkness is V. S....

Always fascinated by islands, Oliver Sacks is drawn to the Pacific by reports of the tiny atoll of Pingelap, with its isolated...

Buildings are driven by human emotions and desires; hope, power, money, sex, the idea of home.

In Why We Build Rowan Moore...

Award-winning author Simon Winder takes us through the legacy of one of Britain's most influential and enduring cultural figures,...

Sweet... , Mihotich...

Simple, calming mindfulness exercises for busy modern living.

In today's busy world, finding physical and mental space for...

'We need to create a home to return to. And when I say home, I'm not talking about a physical place or somewhere where pants are...

The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age and this inspirational book reveals how one might make...

Break free of your destructive relationship with money, and learn how money can actually make you happy with How to Worry Less...

A handbook to console, nourish and gently lead us on the path to emotional balance.

There is no simple set of instructions...

Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following...

A hatchet job isn't just a bad review, it's a total trashing. Mark Kermode is famous for them - Pirates of the Caribbean, Sex and...

The Spartan legend has inspired and captivated subsequent generations with evidence of its legacy found in both the Roman and...

The School of Life offers radical ways to help us raid the treasure trove of human knowledge' Independent on Sunday

Soren...

Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's The Dales and Channel 5's Our Yorkshire Farm, living a life that has almost gone...

Two weeks before his death, Oliver Sacks outlined the contents of The River of Consciousness, the last book he would...

'I lost weight and my skin changed, it cleared. But when I quit the white stuff, I also started to heal. I found wellness and the...

Frequently hilarious, sometimes disturbing, always entertaining, these fascinating stories of the chaos that lies on the fringe...

The Skeleton Cupboard is Professor Tanya Byron's account of her years of training as a clinical psychologist, when trainees find...

In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the progress south of the...

Ever wondered why bad musicians always win the Eurovision Song Contest, or how incompetent politicians get elected?

You need...

Professor Richard Wiseman is clear about one thing: paranormal phenomena don't exist. But in the same way that the science of...

Told with Clive James's unassailable sense of humour and self-effacing charm, Unreliable Memoirs is a hilarious and touching...

This is London in the eyes of its beggars, bankers, coppers, gangsters, carers, witch-doctors and sex workers.

This is London...