Genesis Machines

RRP: £20.00

Silicon chips are out. Today’s scientists are using real, wet, squishy, living biology to build the next generation of computers. Cells, gels and DNA strands are the ‘wetware’ of the twenty-first cent …

The Joy of X

RRP: £12.99

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths’ most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of ev …

The Boy Who Wouldn't Die

RRP: £9.99

David Nyuol Vincent was a little boy when he fled southern Sudan with his father, as war raged in their country. He left behind his distraught mother and sisters, his village and his childhood. For mo …

The Life of the Automobile

RRP: £25.00

In this book Steven Parissien examines the impact, development and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colourful 130-year history. He tells the story of the auto, and of its creators …

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

RRP: £17.99

WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE ‘A fascinating work by a first-class historian and superb writer’ Henry Kissinger’A marvellous account of a largely forgotten but major event’ Jonathan FenbyIn the …

Giants of Steam

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The thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular main line service: a story of invention, skill and passion, Giants of Steam reveals how the true advoc …

Unholy Joy: 50 Years On – A Short History of the Profumo Affair

Named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War, the Profumo Affair was the biggest British political scandal of 1963. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Soviet …

Inside Private Equity

Bill Ferris has led the field in Australian venture capital and private equity for over forty years. He has seen his share of successful floats, fly-by-night wonders and companies gone wrong. In his b …

Masters of the Word

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In Masters of the Word, Bernstein chronicles the development of the technology of human communication, or media, starting with the birth of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. In Sumer, and …

After Words

RRP: £16.99

The speeches collected in After Words, virtuosic in their scale and range of subjects, are remarkably the work of one eye and one mind: that of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating. The speec …

The See-Saw

In a society where women and men are under constant pressure to juggles their commitments as partners, parents and workers, The See-Saw offers life-changing tips and case studies to inspire and reassu …

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

RRP: £9.99

For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his be …

Extra Virginity

RRP: £14.99

The best oils are made by authentic artist-craftsmen, who marry centuries-old agricultural wisdom with cutting-edge extraction technology, and now produce the finest oils in history. However, these pr …

Life After Death

RRP: £20.00

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 CWA NON-FICTION DAGGERAn instant New York Times bestseller, Life After Death is an agonizing first-hand account of an innocent man living on Death Row. It is destined to be an …

Long Live Hitch

Three of the most provocative and thought-provoking works of the great Christopher Hitchens, now available in one volume.*EBook Only Offer*

Biggest Estate on Earth

RRP: £18.99

Across Australia, early Europeans commented again and again that the land looked like a park. With extensive grassy patches and pathways, open woodlands and abundant wildlife, it evoked a country esta …