The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.
Life is on the up.
Social & ethical issues
Fat Pets
It’s the ideal Christmas gift – the first ever collection of pictures of the world’s fattest pets! Marvel at the supersized cats, dogs, rabbits and others to be found in this astounding and entertaining book. Will fit in most stockings.
The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights
An urgent and necessary polemic on the government’s assault on our fundamental freedoms and the proliferation of Human Rights.
Outcasts United: A Refugee Team, an American Town
The incredible true story of a a football team in the United States made up of refugee children.
Once More, With Feeling: How we tried to make the greatest porn film ever
Vicky and Charlie, twenty-somethings, one the son of a vicar, the other the daughter of a much loved Radio 4 and Times columnist, friends for years but never boyfriend/girlfriend, decide to make a hardcore porn movie.
No Logo
‘No Logo’ was a book that defined a generation when it was first published in 1999. For its 10th anniversary Naomi Klein has updated this iconic book.
This Little Britain: How One Small Country Changed the Modern World
Celebratory, witty and incredibly insightful, Harry Bingham explores the eccentricities and customs of the British nation in a bid to answer a question which has everyone debating – Who are we?
Leviathan
The story of a man’s obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey – from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching.
Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet
An eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth and our civilisation if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of ‘High Tide’.
The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights
An urgent and necessary polemic on the government’s assault on our fundamental freedoms and the proliferation of Human Rights.
Sex, Drugs and Chocolate: The Science of Pleasure
Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?
Bad Science
Ben Goldacre’s wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.
Fat Pets
It’s the ideal Christmas gift – the first ever collection of pictures of the world’s fattest pets! Marvel at the supersized cats, dogs, rabbits and others to be found in this astounding and entertaining book. Will fit in most stockings.
Isaac’s Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900
Galveston, Texas, 8 September 1900. It’s another fine day in the Gulf according to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the new US Weather Bureau, but one day later, 6-10,000 people were dead, wiped out by the biggest storm the coast of America had ever witnessed.
The Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
The story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart boat race – the most dramatic in yacht racing history
Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic
On a switchback ride through the USA, riding pillion with America’s founding fathers, Jonathan Freedland searches out the qualities that made America the land at the end of his childhood rainbow, the place his grandfather and he conspired to run off to because of its open promise and unbounded potential.