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Why literally shouldn't be taken literally. Why Americans think home in on something is a mistake and Brits think hone in is. Is it OK to spell OK okay? What's wrong with hence why? Was Alanis Morrisette ever ironic? the world-famous guide to English usage, loved and used by writers, editors, and an...

With 50 new paintings and entries for the collective nouns of animals, birds and insects, artist and author Steve Palin presents a fresh take on his best-selling A Murmuration of Starlings. Some are beautifully illustrated classics: a pride of lions, even a raft of otters perhaps but what about a bu...

One of TIME Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of 2025. One of LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025. 'Unexpected, intellectually rigorous, funny, beautiful' Claire Dederer, author of Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma 'What a book! Has the lyricism and intelligence of a literary masterpiece, and the urgenc...

Get ready to laugh out loud (and maybe pee a little) with Color Me Pregnant, the hilarious coloring and activity book that's your companion on this wild journey of motherhood. Navigate through pages filled with fun activities, like finding out where you should babymoon. Spot the differences between...

Matrescene meets the Golden Mole - discover what the animal kingdom expects when it's expecting It takes 40 weeks to grow a human baby. And the relationship between a foetus and a pregnant woman is a little like that of a parasite and its host. One takes and takes, while the other continues to give...

The internet is no longer new, it is part of our everyday lives, and as a commonplace, we rarely take time to contemplate what we have made together. In these moments the old criteria are shattered: play becomes work, joy is monetised, private creativity is policed by the corporations. The platforms...

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers.A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2026. Diagrams drawn for the latitude of southern Australia, but including events visible f...

Drawing on the author's decades of experience in social work, this book introduces readers to a systems approach to reconnecting in a complex, disconnected world applying the Dynamics of Life model. The systems sciences allow us to explore how we connect and disconnect, which can help us find oursel...

This book focuses on developing our emotional intelligence by exploring our thinking, emotions, what we say, and how we act, towards supporting personal growth and development, while refuelling our emotional "tank". Challenging experiences can be transformational, and this book is written for those...

Your mental health is as important as your physical health and, in times of stress, it's vital to have enhanced cognition and reserves of resilience. This book is packed with practical tips, based on scientific evidence, that will teach you how to implement lifestyle strategies that will improve you...

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' - Observer When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position - that of patient. The injury itself was...

'Richard de Crespigny takes us on a fascinating journey through the hearts and minds of resilient leaders, revealing what it takes to overcome life's greatest challenges.' CHESLEY 'SULLY' SULLENBERGER When you need to step up, what will you do? In 2010, thousands of feet in the air above Singapore...

A candid, intensely funny memoir of ambition, gender, and a grueling decade inside Amazon.com, from the author of Nothing Good Can Come from This. "A unique and brilliant book." -Oliver Burkeman, author of Four Thousand Weeks What would you sacrifice for your career? All your free time? Your sense o...

Discover the habits, tools and strategies that will take you from an ambitious student to a high performer in work and life Feeling overwhelmed about university decisions or career plans? You're not alone. Anxiety is high, expectations are rising and employers want skills that schools rarely teach:...

It's time for your voice to be heard. We've always assumed that only a confident, eager few have the power to truly influence others towards change. What would happen if we amplified the ideas of the quiet and considered, the careful questioners and reflective thinkers? What if we unlocked the poten...

'Essential reading. An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford ' An entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data. a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our daily lives' Professor Jonathan Portes Our politicians make vital decisions and d...

Putin's war has prompted a deep analysis and reevaluation of the forces driving this deadly confrontation. At the Vanishing Point in History brings together renowned humanities scholars and prominent novelists to explore the roots and causes of the ongoing catastrophe in Eastern Europe. This disting...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. American Kompromat unravels the Russian-influenced operations that amassed the dirty little secrets of the richest and most powerful men on earth. American Kompromat is based on extended and exclusive interviews with high-level sources in the KGB, CIA, and FBI...

'Poignant and compelling' - Lindsey Hilsum 'Essential and urgent' - Kim Ghattas Lebanon and the Middle East is in crisis. For this extraordinary book, journalist Dalal Mawad conducted a series of searing interviews with women in Lebanon - weaving an extraordinary story of survival, corruption and im...

I've never been on a motorbike, I told a slightly stunned Irene Kotnik - founder of Petrolettes, Europe's first motorcycle festival for women - shortly after we met and minutes before I was to ride pillion to photograph several dozen women as they tore through Berlin's streets for International Fema...

Over the past three decades, Sir Elton John and David Furnish have carefully built an unrivaled collection of photography. Remarkable in its range and depth, it's a who's who of photographer and subject ranging across disciplines from fashion and film to landscape and reportage. Compiled by Duncan F...

HAUNTING PORTRAITS BY ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S FINEST PHOTOGRAPHERS Selected by the legendary photographer himself, the 79 extraordinary images in Glenn Busch's A Man Holds A Fish cement and celebrate his reputation as one of New Zealand's most important photographers. Almost other-worldy, and striking...

This new edition of Alexander Miller's highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their...

The volumes that comprise this set are also available for purchase individually: please see their separate listings for further information. A reprint of the 1969 Oxford University Press edition. Volume I: Hobbes-Gay: Thomas Hobbes, Richard Cumberland, Ralph Cudworth, John Locke, Lord Shaftesbury, S...