Vivienne Westwood was a conundrum. Softly spoken yet forthright, she straddled the worlds of fashion, politics, social justice and sartorial observation. Viewed globally as a quintessentially English figure, with an irreverent edge, she was a visionary who was obsessed with history and lived as though she was born in another century. She brought punk to the mainstream, was celebrated as a fashion designer through a long career and was a tireless and provocative activist for civil liberties an...

The million-copy bestseller now illustrated with over 200 full-colour images, illuminating the fascinating science of our universe like never before.

Wonderful' JOHN BARTON

'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE

'A stunning love song to the Bible . . . this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALD

The remarkable story of the most influential book in human history.

The Bible is the world's best-known text. Yet, it is a book that never was - its original form does not exist and probably never did. What we have is the inheritance of generation after generation of Christians who have sought to hea...

As an economist, a lot of our decisions can be boiled down to a simple question: Am I getting a good deal?

Professor Corinne Low introduces us to a radical new framework: treating women as economic agents who can maximise their personal 'profit' in the same way that a business makes money.

Low's groundbreaking research interrogates the economics of women's lives, showing how our most significant decisions are shaped by overlooked internal and external factors. She shines n...

A history of twenty-nine European borderlines from a political analyst and Tim Marshall's 'borders expert'.