Offers an overview on the development of British painting in the eighteenth century, which anticipated themes, and techniques that later became paradigms of modernity. This book focuses on the English context at a time when the growth of artistic standing was accompanied by the country's conquest of hegemony on a political and economic plane.

The 50th Anniversary edition of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract. ‘The Female Eunuch retains that power of transformation; it asserts the possibility of creativity within female experience’ Guardian

An internationally bestselling fable about a spiritual journey, littered with powerful life lessons that teach us how to abandon consumerism in order to embrace destiny, live life to the full and discover joy.

‘Du Sautoy’s discussion of computer creativity is fascinating’ Observer CAN MACHINES BE CREATIVE?

‘Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas … The Status Game might be his best yet’ James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times

Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.