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An Admirable Point
Florence Hazrat
Love it or hate it, the exclamation mark has been with us from Beowulf to the spam email – an enthusiastic history for language lovers!
Oddly Informative
Tom Standage
The latest edition in the Economist Explainer series, edited and introduced by Deputy Editor Tom Standage
The Wordhord
Hana Videen
An entertaining and illuminating collection of weird, wonderful and downright baffling words from the origins of English
LRB Diary for 2023
Alan Bennett
Celebrating 40 years of Alan Bennett's diary in the London Review of Books
House Arrest
Alan Bennett
Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett
Sea Fever
Meg Clothier
Everything you need to know about the sea and shore, from high tides to half-hitches
Drawing on the Dominant Eye
Betty Edwards
The long-awaited follow-up to the bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain – with new insights about creativity and our unique way of seeing…
Notes from Deep Time
Helen Gordon
The Earth writes its own story in the landscape. A novelist sets out on a journey to piece it together
Seeking Wisdom
Julia Cameron
A deeply personal guide to creative recovery, from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change' Julia Cameron
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard
Ollivier Pourriol
The answer to overwork and burnout, the route to fulfilment and success: letting go
Sign Language Companion
Cath Smith
A practical guide with over 400 illustrations, covering a wide range of topics.
A Cellarful of Noise
Brian Epstein
This is Brian Epstein's own account of his extraordinary life and, inevitably, the story of the Beatles, the greatest pop group of the twentieth-…
Warning
Jenny Joseph
Twice-voted poem of the year, Warning is an uplifting poem about growing older.
A Cheesemonger's Compendium of British & Irish Cheese
Ned Palmer
A full-colour, delicious guide to artisanal and farmhouse cheeses from the bestselling author of A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles
Everything I Know about Life I Learned from PowerPoint
Russell Davies
A book about PowerPoint built out of PowerPoint – jokes, culture, politics, serious points about power and more, better, jokes
This Book Will Make You Kinder
Henry James Garrett
A sweetly illustrated examination of what makes us kind
Truly Peculiar
Tom Standage
Another bestselling collection of astonishing explainers from The Economist
