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DescriptionMusician and activist Billy Bragg diagnoses the crisis of accountability in Western democracies in this new series of political pamphlet...

DescriptionAll Gates Open presents the definitive story of arguably the most influential and revered avant-garde band of the late twentieth century...

DescriptionA gonzo tour through the glory years of indie rock n' roll and acid house by one of the best-loved characters in the music business. In ...

DescriptionSelected and arranged by the author, with an expansive introduction by the novelist David Mitchell, How To Be Invisible presents the lyr...

DescriptionEverything I've ever done Everything I ever do Every place I've ever been Everywhere I'm going to Over a career that spans four decades ...

DescriptionDylan Jones' luminous excavation of Jimmy Webb's song 'Wichita Lineman' offers a portal into a defining moment of American cultural hist...

An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast...

Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, have been fundamental to our understanding...

Clears a devastating path from the bygone Glasgow of the 1970s to the grim secrets of Gloucester in the mid 1990s.

Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium - a collection of album reviews and themed track samplers - ...

Teenage provides a panoramic scope for his talents.'INDEPENDENT'Savage has produced a book that may well change how people think about teenagers.'G...

This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research ...

'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's...

The true story of how Britain's maritime power helped gain this country unparalleled dominance of the world's economy, Admirals celebrates the rare...

Originally commissioned for BBC Radio, Simon Armitage recasts Homer's epic as a series of dramatic dialogues. His version bristles with the economy...

'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's...

The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and AdeleIn these essays, Leila S...

Adam Phillips uses the idea of flirtation to explore the virtues of being uncommitted - to people, to ideas, to methods - and the pleasures of unce...

The dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family n...

A timely and arresting new look at affluence by a consistently surprising writer. "My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts, " Eula Bis...

A short, staggering collection of essays from 'one of the most remarkable people the Booker Prize has ever celebrated' (New Statesman).Publisher: F...

Winner of the LA Times Book Prize, Best Mystery/ThrillerShortlisted for the John Creasey (New Blood) DaggerShortlisted for the Macavity Awards, Bes...

Karrie and Jon were reading their child these stories when they hit upon a dilemma, something previous versions of these stories were missing, and ...

'Moving, compelling, surprising, funny, explosive, and deeply human - an unforgettable novel.' - Lou Berney, author of November RoadIn 1991 Shawn, ...

Part 1: What Science Does: Introductory, Historical, The Existing Organization of Scientific Research in Britain, Science in Education, The Efficie...

In this account of hunter/gatherer culture gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the salmon-fishing tribes in ...

From 1955-65 the historian Eric Hobsbawm took the pseudonym 'Francis Newton' and wrote a monthly column for the New Statesman on jazz - music he ha...

Newton tells the stories confidently, clearly and with great humanity.' Independent on Sunday'The stories Newton has to tell are spellbinding.' Mai...

Takes a critical approach to the spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Internet porn, breakfast cereal, serial killers, Pamela Anderson, lite...

The result is a spirited and vital exercise of personal philosophy - about what it means to be free, to be fulfilled and to be recognised. Part-mem...

Description"A pleasure"--Kirkus In this clever flipbook, both a hedgehog and a tortoise are looking for a hug. They ask all the other animals they ...

The formidable, much-loved Northern Irish investigative journalist Lyra McKee was murdered at just twenty-nine in 2019, but is survived by intellec...

Drawing from her own vivid reminiscences and those of ex-students, documents from the Moscow Conservatoire and extensive interviews with Rostropovi...

Inspired by Moliere's farcical, tragic, anarchic Don Juan (1665), Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho transports the action to contemporary London an...

Divided in two parts, this book includes: Analysis of Culture which deals with, in separate chapters, Philosophy, Literature, Poetry, Painting and ...

This is a brilliant history of the rise to dominance of the West, exploring the links between cultural values and military success.

WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZEA GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELLAward-winning, Sunday Times best...

An exploration of atheism in the ancient world, and the origins of secularism at the heart of the modern state. Reveals how atheism and doubt, far ...

Moving commandingly between pop cultural references such as Roald Dahl's 'Matilda' to observations about motherhood in the ancient world, from and ...

Will public policy address these issues - and how can feminism respond, especially radicals who see violence as an expression of male sexuality and...

Fiona MacCarthy traces the stories of the girls who curtseyed that year, and shows how their lives were to open out in often very unexpected ways -...

Derby Day, Henley Regatta, Cowes, the twelfth of August, a cup final, the dog races, the pin table, the dart board, Wensleydale cheese, boiled cabb...

A blazingly insightful, provocative study of violence against women from the peerless feminist critic.Publisher: Faber & FaberAuthor(s): Jacqueline...

The Assassins' Gate recounts how the United States set about changing the history of the Middle East and became ensnared in a guerrilla war in Iraq...

The Leaping Hare is a rare and remarkable book about every aspect of the life and legend of the wild hare, exploring nature, poetry, folklore, hist...

She balanced teaching with raising a family - in one of the earliest interracial marriages in the UK - and wrote Nippers, a pioneering multicultura...

Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true stor...

'Masterly.' Daily Mail 'Stunning.' History Today'Magnificent.' Literary ReviewNapoleon's life reached its most extraordinary stage between 1805 and...

They destroyed the West's ruling myth.'So John Gray begins this short, powerful book on the belief that has dominated our minds for a century and a...

How society should respond to the rise of the sex trade is shaping up to be one of the Twenty-First Century's big questions. Should it be legal to ...

During World War II, Allied bombing obliterated every major German and Japanese city. Based on extensive archival sources, interviews with bombing ...

It looks at how artists have responded to two great, contrasting works, Paradise Lost and Pilgrim's Progress; A brief coda turns to a fourth relati...

No longer dogs of war running ragtag armies, the new breed of private soldiers operate their million-dollar contracts from executive boardrooms wor...

The real story of how Winston Churchill and the British mastered deception to defeat the Nazis - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using br...

A revolutionary manifesto from the legendary Sir Lenny Henry reveals why diversity in the media is vital, and shows us how we can set about achievi...

Sometimes I confuse myself. I get wildly and pointlessly jealous. I spend too much time hating my bum. And you know what I hate more than my bum? M...

Miss Dior is a story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal, roses and repression, and how the polished surface of fashion conceals hidden dep...

28th April 1870. Fanny and Stella, the flamboyantly dressed Miss Fanny Park and Miss Stella Boulton, are causing a stir in the Strand Theatre. All ...

A riveting journey into the psyche of Britain through its golden age of television and film; a cross-genre feast of moving pictures, from classics ...

'A book all should read, particularly white people.' Irish Times'A powerful - and varied - portrait of the Black British experience.' GuardianBLACK...

This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a tran...

This is more than a book - it's an incitement to change people's perceptions.Publisher: Faber & FaberAuthor(s): Marcus RyderNumber of pages: 336Pub...

To understand Lebanon's history is to understand the history of the entire region - and, with the rise of Hizbullah, it has come to assume a dispro...

The SAS describes its attitude to the use of lethal force as 'Big boys' games, big boys' rules'.

The rediscovered classic: an unforgettable memoir by a trailblazing black woman in post-war London, introduced by Bernardine Evaristo. Benjamin Zep...

Yeats and other canonized writers, he relates this to the cult of the Nietzschean Superman, which found its ultimate exponent in Hitler. Carey's as...

They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape....

In Red Tory, Phillip Blond argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. Red Toryism combines economic egali...

Why do people commit hate crimes? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behavi...

Miss Dior paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman behind the designer Christian Dior: his beloved younger sister, Catherine, who inspired his most...