Cultural studies

An unhysterical look at the future of employment.

Do you secretly dream of whirling across the dance floor in a dress more glamour personified than Joan Collins circa 1955?

The behind the scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar Games.

Featuring beloved characters such as the Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, and the Snow Queen, a deluxe full-color edition of Hans Christian Andersens classic fairytales, illustrated with stunning drawings and interactive artwork from MinaLima, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchisethe perfect companion for fans of the Disney live-action film The Little Mermaid which will include a mix of songs from Hamiltons Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alan Menken.

The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their friendship when Mir becomes an asylum seeker in London's East End.

A hilarious and original debut novel that skewers our craze for celebrity.

A darkly enchanting tale set in Seattle in the 1990s - the fictional life of Kurt Cobain's childhood imaginary friend.

Lisa Maxwell, an addition to the quick-witted Loose Women team, is a bundle of fun and laughter and a natural storyteller.

Ever wondered what Santa gets up to the rest of the year?

Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, offers a very full, intelligent and witty exploration into a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and the history of land ownership.

In this unusual, engaging, and intimate collection of personal essays, Lambda Literary Award finalist Tania De Rozario recalls growing up as a queer, brown, fat girl in Singapore, blending memoir with elements of history, pop culture, horror films, and current events to explore the nature of monsters and what it means to be different.

What are the key 50 events you really need to understand to grasp the developments of our world?

Tracing the magico-religious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose.

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After a decade in the London media, Joanna Coles and Peter Godwin set sail for a new life in New York.

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror - the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'.

The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit.

A magisterial narrative account of the creation and consumption of all forms of 'culture' across the European continent over the last two hundred years.

The breakthrough novel from one of the greatest comic writers in the language - one of the twenty selected by Granta as the Best of Young British Writers 2003.

A selection of lectures and essays contributed to newspapers, magazines and books over recent years, revised for this volume and all highly relevant to today.

Beguiling, aromatic memoirs of a cookery writer, settling in a small Normandy town, very similar in flavour to Under the Tuscan Sun.

A brilliantly written exploration - part travel writing, part personal quest - of Africa's oldest and most famous populationThe Bushmen have long been mythologised and are firmly entrenched in the Western mind.

Grass and its organisation into lawns is a particularly English obsession.

A wonderfully engaging and entertaining history of the great dons of the last two hundred years, by one of our leading historians of ideas.

A sparkling collection of journalism from the critically acclaimed author of BAD BLOOD and MOMENTS OF TRUTH.

The comprehensive and groundbreaking biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, one of the most influential and important men in Irish political history.

The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.

Your morning flat-white helped shape the modern world'Elegantly written, witty and so wide in scope, so rich in detail and so thought provoking' Joanna BlythmanIt may seem like just a drink, but coffee's dark journey from the highlands of Ethiopia to the highstreets of every town in the country links alchemy and anthropology, poetry and politics, science and slavery.

A major biography of the man who, more than any other, made the twentieth century.

The first biography of the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr.

Ever thought about all the people who lived in your house before you?

This highly praised biography is the first to explore fully the way in which her painful early life and rejection by her brother Isaac in particular, shaped the insight and art which made her both Victorian England's last great visionary and the first modern.

The art of classical Greece, and its political and philosophical ideas, have had a profound influence on Western civilisation.

A battle-cry for civilised behaviour from the author of the multi-million selling Eats, Shoots and Leaves.

Shawn Levy, author of 'Rat Pack Confidential' brings alive London in the swinging Sixties with a gripping, groovy story of those who created the scene that changed the world.

A brilliantly entertaining and innovative history of the ancient Athenians' consuming passions for food, wine and sex.

An indispensable combination of 200 best loved hymns, poems and readings for every occasion, and ideal for personal reflection.

The definitive history of a golden age in British show-business, Sunshine On Putty is based on hundreds of interviews with the leading comedians of the era, as well as managers, agents, producers, directors, executives and TV personalities.

This new title by Kate West, bestselling author of The Real Witches' Handbook, will contain masses of spells and rituals for celebrations marking the seasons and festivals of the year, as well as a wealth of other information about magic for the initiated or the beginner alike.

There are few spirits that command such dedication, interest and affection as whisky.

Further adventures on life in a small French town from Susan Loomis, cookery book writer and author of 'On Rue Tatin'.

Three thousand years of Chinese history in an accessible and authoritative single volume.

Like Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir 'Toast', this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table.

Michael Chabon, author of WONDER BOYS and the Pulitzer Prize-wining THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY, has written an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful and powerful as his novels.

Italy's tumultuous history can be traced through its food.

Are you a Bosom Caresser or a Harvey Wallbanger?

Now fully revised and updated with new content.

Andrew Whitley, organic baker and founder of The Village Bakery, reveals the secrets behind making good, nutritious bread at home.

The festive follow-up to The Third Pig Detective Agency.

By the authors of Cool Names for Babies, and with over 50,000 hugely imaginative entries from around the world, this is the ultimate book of baby names.