English Non-fiction

For (the poor girlfriend of) that friend who “has the confidence of a much taller man.”...

For that friend who takes out their sexual frustration by pretending to bake for the Duke of Hastings....

For that friend who agrees that “searching for meaning is like searching for a rhyme scheme in a cookbook.”...

For that friend who really needs a hug–in the form of a book....

Robert Tuesley Anderson Hardback 176 pages Ever wondered what Lembas Bread, Cram, or Beorn's Honey Cakes might taste like?From Crickhollow Apple Loaf, Pippin's Minas Tirith Lunch, and Brandywine...

For that friend who opted for the bear but draws the line at swan-fucking....

Rashid I. Khalidi Paperback / softback 336 pages, Maps and b&w photos The twentieth century for Palestine and the Palestinians has been a century of denial: denial of statehood, denial of natio...

Christina de Witte - Mallika Kauppinen Paperback...

Hanno Sauer Hardback 416 pages For almost five million years, humans have been locked in a relationship with morality, inventing and reinventing the concepts of 'Good' and 'Evil', and weaving the...

Paperback 624 pages At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, ...

Katherine Rundell Paperback 352 pages John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable o...

Paperback 608 pages Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories - from Romulus and Remus to...

Cover: Softback, Pages: 176, Author: Merel Djamila Hoekstra...

For that friend who deserves a good backhanding–in the form of a Christmas present....

Lavinia Greenlaw Hardback 320 pages An expansive, wonder-filled collection exploring art, science and travel From the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist, The Vast Extent is a constellation o...

Janet W. Hardy & Dossie Easton Softback 320 pages ABOUT THE ETHICAL SLUT, THIRD EDITION The classic guide to love, sex, and intimacy beyond the limits of conventional monogamy has been fully upd...

Natasha Lunn Paperback 320 pages After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She tur...

Team WSIGT Hardback No idea where to go in Berlin? We do! Dive into the heart of Berlin, with savvy tips on where to stay, eat and explore without breaking the bank. It might be hard to grasp Ber...

Patrick Radden Keefe Paperback 528 pages One night in December 1972, Jean McConville, a mother of ten, was abducted from her home in Belfast and never seen alive again. Her disappearance would ha...

Mona Chollet Paperback 304 pages Renowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits society imposes on wome...

Cover: Hardback, Pages: 256, Author: Wolfgang Munchau...

Author: Yuval Noah Harari, Cover: Softback, Pages: 512...

Olivia Laing Hardback 336 pages A garden contains secrets, we all know that: buried elements that might put on strange growth or germinate in unexpected places. The garden that I chose had walls...

Hardback Ray Kurzweil What will it mean to live free from the limits of our bodies? Who will we become if our minds can be stored and duplicated? What new realms of beauty, connection and wonder m...