English Non-fiction

Ollivier Pourriol Paperback 208 pages Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better...

PaperbackW. E. B. Du Bois When The Souls of Black Folk was first published in 1903, it had a galvanizing effect on the conversation about race in America - and it remains both a touchstone in the l...

PaperbackFlorence Given Bringing you the record-breaking, bestselling Women Don't Owe You Pretty as a black and white modern classic. Women Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wants to challenge...

PaperbackPeter Kropotkin 'Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor'Fuelled by anger at injustice and optimism about humankind's ability to make a b...

Softback Femke VandeveldeFrom fantastic food shops to extraordinary locations to dine al fresco, from classy, Michelin-starred restaurants to cafés with simple but tasty local specialities: this must...

PaperbackStephen Clarke NEW UPDATED EDITION Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory?Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of ...

PaperbackSimone de Beauvoir Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NATALIE HAYNES When this book was first published in 1949 it was to outrage and scandal....

PaperbackNiccolo Machiavelli Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revo...

PaperbackAlbert Camus 'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak ou...

PaperbackAristotle 'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man blessed and happy'What does it mean to be a good pers...

PaperbackEckhart Tolle To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart To...

PaperbackDaniel Klein - Thomas Cathcart Here's an accusation - Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of 'is' is. And one for the ex...

SoftbackLucius Seneca No man can live a happy life, or even a supportable life, without the study of wisdom Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 BC-AD 65) is one of the most famous Roman philosophers. Instrument...

HardbackHector Garcia - Francesc Miralles THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWe all have an ikigai. It's the Japanese word for 'a reason to live' or 'a reason to jump out of bed in the morning'. It's the...

HardbackJustin Hammack - Madeline Puckette The Fortnum & Mason Drink Book of the Year 2016 Red or white? Cabernet or Merlot? Medium or full-bodied? Drinking great wine isn't hard, but finding a gr...

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Sarah Bakewell Paperback 448 pages Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman PrizeParis, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue M...

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