Inspired by forests, leaves, roots, and seeds, The Language of Trees is a gorgeously illustrated collection, a love letter to the wonder of trees – and how they make our world, stretch our minds and rewild our landscapes and lives.

The divisive impacts of identity politics laid bare by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order and The End of History.

A legendary guide to the craft of writing, with more than a million copies sold worldwide

In March 1965, Marine Lieutenant Philip J Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. This book tells his story.

A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden Ways

The story of how football transformed the world, told through nine World Cups - by one of our most talented football writers

From a hunger strike medal to a bidet, the Amazon rainforest to the plantations of South Carolina, Simone de Beauvoir to Beyoncé, this is the story of women as never seen before

New in the Best of Granta series: the classic bestseller of British nature writing, Robert Macfarlane's debut.