Second Hand Non-Fiction

How our animal heritage affects the way we live From the Pulitzer Prize winning author...

The Greek Myths contains some of the most thrilling, romantic and unforgettable stories in all...

The definitive collection of writing from the great founder of psycho-analysis. The Essentials of Psycho-analysis...

'A dazzling chronicle, a bracing challenge to modernity's smug assumptions' - Bryce Christensen, Booklist 'O...

Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein, introduced readers around the world to the concept of raising...

How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of...

If all the portable artifacts of Ancient Rome were in a single location, the lives...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Carl Chinn The Peaky Blinders as we know them,...

The Pax Romana is famous for having provided a remarkable period of peace and stability,...

London, more than any other city, has a secret history concealed from view. Behind the...

A bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu 'What...

'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's...

What really happens at the most fundamental levels of nature? Introducing Particle Physics explores the...

Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego,...

'Lucid, witty and exact.' New Statesman. Linguist Noam Chomsky maintains that the human brain has...

Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it...

Artificial Intelligence is not just a fictional concept: it is a scientific field which we...

Capitalism now dominates the globe, both in economics and ideology, shapes every aspect of our...

In 1942, Lieutenant-Commander Ian Fleming was personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence -...

For over three and a half years, from 1779 to 1783, the tiny territory of...

The town of Bethlehem carries so many layers of meaning--some ancient, some mythical, some religious--that...

The history of the Normans began a long time before 1066. Originating from the 'Norsemen'...

A wonderfully concise and readable, yet comprehensive, history of the Mediterranean Sea, the perfect companion...

A thought-provoking and important book that raises essential issues crucial not only for understanding our...

Mathematics is a product of human culture which has developed along with our attempts to...

Using wide-ranging evidence, Martyn Whittock shines a light on Britain in the Middle Ages, bringing...

'Lenin? Yes, he was a good man -- he ran the whole country -- and...