ou are electing to join a secret underground movement. Membership will require you to conduct research on your immediate environment and complete a variety of assignments designed to creatively disru
A collection of one hundred stylish postcards from the covers of the iconic New YorkerLaunched in 1925, The New Yorker offers journalism, essays, criticism, fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons, with
A gorgeous set of postcards celebrating fifty extraordinary women who have changed the world -- from the team behind the phenomenally successful Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls From Malala and Mich
Kids Company, a leading London charity supported by Prince Charles, Helen Mirren and Stephen Fry, presents the voices of some of London's children, in partnership with the charity's founder Camila Bat
Written by the author of The Man Who Forgot His Wife, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and Things Can Only Get Better, this book focuses on the problem of capitalism.
Presents a conversation among hundreds of women of all nationalities-famous, anonymous, religious, secular, married, single, young, old-on the subject of clothing, and how the garments we put on every
From the bestselling author and illustrator of Start Where You Are comes an inspiring look at making peace with fear - to become our truest selves. A mix of personal reflections, inspirational quote
When his widowed father - once a high court judge and always a formidable figure - drifted into vagueness if not dementia, the writer Adam Mars-Jones took responsibility for his care. Intimately trapp
Since its launch with The Odyssey in 1946, Penguin Classics has become the largest and best-known classics imprint in the world. Spanning 4,000 years of world literature, covering all the greatest wor
Every grandmother holds a treasure trove of memories and mysteries that are yet to be discovered. Grandma, Tell Me contains all the questions you always wanted to ask your grandmother: What kind of to
Cook your way around the world and enjoy the good times with BBC broadcaster Cerys MatthewsWherever Cerys Matthews travels she loves to eat where the locals eat, drink the local brew, enjoying great f
The new book from the witty, erudite, bestselling Swedish author of The Fly Trap.Stories just begin. We rarely know where and almost never why. It doesn't matter. Nothing is certain any longer. I just
Bringing together author's favourites for the first time and showing some of the finished works that result from these initial drawings, this title is suitable for those who want to know more about an
How did the advent of refrigeration help create the golden age of Hollywood? How did the invention of flash photography help shift public opinion on the plight of New York's poorest inhabitants and br
This is a life raft for anyone who finds themselves floundering amidst a sea of ten-second soundbites, wishing they had a better grasp of complexities of world politics and global issues. Clear, conci
'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.'This is the curious story of our long love affair with books. Whether comfort reads or cult novels, we carry them with us, inhale
Golden Axe. The Sims. Half Life. Mega Drive. SNES. Like many teenagers around the world, Edward Ross grew up on a steady diet of video games and fascinating gadgets. As he continued to obsess over vid
David Gentleman has lived in London for almost seventy years, most of it on the same street. This book is a record of a lifetime spent observing, drawing and getting to know the city, bringing toget
Peter York, co-author of the 80s bestseller, The Sloane Ranger Handbook, charts the progress of the dream of grandeur and aspiration in London - part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lin
The French bestseller The Diary of a Nose is the story behind the creation of a perfume, from the head perfumer at Hermès. Perfume creation is an exclusive and secretive endeavour. What is day to day
We talk about feminism in the workplace and we talk about dating after #MeToo, but women's own patriarchal conditioning can be the hardest enemy to defeat. When it comes to our sex lives, few of us ar
Get ready for the biggest crime debut of 2019 . . .'What a marvel! A corkscrew-twisty, knife-sharp thriller - yet it doubles as a tender ode to loss and longing. Prepare to be haunted' A J Finn, bests
Is That a Fish in Your Ear? by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny, wise and life-affirming language book shows how, from puns to poetry, news bul
Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess, but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball. So brave Irene - a fan of snow - packages up the dress and heads
Have you ever listened to an incredible piece of music and wondered exactly why it makes you want to dance or cry? Are you mystified by how musicians just 'know' what notes to play next when they're i
A few years ago curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of
It's a rainy day in Uncle Oscar's house. What are Jack and Molly going to do? Explore the alphabet through the world of chairs, of course! A is for Ant ... designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1952B is for B
What if, in a world where millions of us can capture and share our lives instantly with one another, there was a place to bring the best of these images together? Now there is. Life on Instagram is th
I am the luckiest man alive, because I get to live and work in the most beautiful place on earth: Matterdale in the English Lake District. When I was a child we didn't really go anywhere, except a wee
Robert Penn cut down an ash tree to see how many things could be made from it. After all, ash is the tree we have made the greatest and most varied use of over the course of human history. Journeying
I would love to say that you make me weak at the knees, but to be quite upfront and completely truthful, you make my body forget it has knees at all. One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena
Deals with Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron: mathematician, gambler, and proto-programmer, and Charles Babbage, eccentric inventor of the Difference Engine.
Presents a riotous journey through the possibilities of numbers, with audience participation. This book can be cut, drawn in, folded into shapes and will even take you to the fourth dimension.
Part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground, this title looks at the relationship between city and country, and how this brings out the power of nature.
From modernist wonders to striking Jazz Age delights-a box of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and beautiful vintage cover from Vanity Fair magazine. In 1913, publisher Conde Nast founded V
THE SENSATIONAL NO.1 BESTSELLER 'The real-life children's fairy tale book so inspiring adults are reading it' I newspaper'Absolutely beautiful - get one for yourself and one to inspire a woman in your
Featuring a series of simple steps, this title helps you to learn how to knit. This title also helps to discover where to source the best yarns, and progress from knitting simple scarves to mastering
Takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Tube to show its secrets, just how much we take for granted about it, and what we're really talking about, since we so often do talk about it.
Have you ever read a book with everything on it? This title offers a collection of poems and drawings. It lets you say Hi-ho for the toilet troll, get tongue-tied with Stick-a-Tongue-Out-Sid, play a h
