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1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other...

Put yourself in the movie! Step inside dozens of real-life locations with this gloriously geeky, map-filled...

Meet the magical, mystical, and miraculous! This exceptional visual guide is not for the fainthearted, bringing you up against...

Discover the most important and celebrated poems ever written.
The perfect introduction to poetry, The Poetry Book offers a...

This first biography of the Kettle's Yard artists reveals the life of a visionary who helped shape twentieth-century British art...

Davies... , Cook...

For this new edition of The Writer's Tale, Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook expand their in-depth discussion of the creative...

Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after...

Painstakingly researched over 25 years, this incredible resource brings together the world’s rich heritage of mythology.
These...

Wit, dandy, literary anarchist, self-publicist, and homosexual martyr, Oscar Wilde achieved fame and notoriety at a time when...

Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby has become one of the world's best-loved books. Careless people tells the true...

Barwise... , York Peter

There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.

The BBC is our...

Dave Grohl and Alicia Keys loved it, Bjork treasured it, Ed Sheeran’s life was changed by it, Kano felt at home while Nick Cave...

'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do - in...

Learn about the greatest works of literature, and the lives of those who wrote them in The Literature Book.

Part of the...

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Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautifully illustrated guide to...

What makes Mozart's music so great? Why does a minor chord sound sad and a major chord sound happy? What's the difference between...

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,...

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...

Olusoga... , B...

In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already...

A collection of exquisite paintings of a wide range of chickens, ducks and geese from renowned artist Madeleine Floyd,...

Packed with memorabilia and anecdotes from the Twisted Wheel in Manchester to the mighty Wigan Casino, The Story of Northern Soul...

Over the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn’s essays and reviews have earned him a reputation as ‘our most irresistible...

Available again after being long out of print, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend...

Hadley Freeman brings us her personalised guide to American movies from the 1980s – why they are brilliant, what they meant to...

The Collins Gem series is being relaunched in Spring 2004 and this new title features a new internal design and a strong new...

Andrew... , Green...

A hugely enjoyable and original history of the interplay between spying and showbiz from Shakespeare to James Bond

A vastly...

A legendary collection of essays by one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century

Illuminations contains the most...

As the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was wearing far too many clothes...So, in 1989, readers were introduced to...

A poetic meditation on life and death, by one of the most renowned and respected film-makers and intellectuals of our time.

In...