100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know
by John Barrow

'If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.'John von NeumannMathematics can ...

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport
by John Barrow

What can maths tell us about sports? 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport sheds light on the mysteries of running, jumping...

1415: Henry V's Year of Glory
by Ian Mortimer

* Henry V is regarded as the great English hero. Lionised in his own day for his victory at Agincourt, his piety and his rigorous application of justi...

1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
by Chris Turney

1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and ...

1913: The World before the Great War
by Charles Emmerson

Forever in the shadow of the war which followed, 1913 is usually seen as little more than the antechamber to apocalypse. Our perspectives narrowed by ...

A Blueprint for a Safer Planet: How to Manage Climate Change and Create a New Era of Progress and Prosperity
by Nicholas Stern

* Further substantial climate change is unavoidable and the risks to the natural world, the economy and our everyday lives are immense. The way we liv...

A Genius for Failure: The Life of Benjamin Robert Haydon
by Paul O'Keeffe

* Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. * H...

A Good African Story: How a Small Company Built a Global Coffee Brand
by Andrew Rugasira

Since it was founded in 2003, Good African Coffee has helped thousands of farmers earn a decent living, send their children to school and escape a spi...

A History of Britain - Volume 1: At the Edge of the World? 3000 BC-AD 1603
by Simon Schama

'History clings tight but it also kicks loose,' writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain's p...

A History of Britain - Volume 2: The British Wars 1603-1776
by Simon Schama

* 'Great Britain? What was that?' asks Simon Schama at the start of this, the second book of his epic three-volume journey into Britain's past. This v...