The definitive account of the Tokyo war crimes trials of 1946-48, WWII and the beginning of the end of the European empires in Asia and the impact the settlement has had on post-war China and Japan, the wider history of East and South Asia and of the world to this day.

Our narrator’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage for company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can set about tackling his bucket list, the Devil appears with a special offer: in exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, he can have one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week . . .

Because how do you decide what makes life worth living? How do you separate ...

The story of a marriage, a city and a society over two decades, Wellness is a major novel of our times, in the tradition of Jonathan Franzen and Elizabeth Strout.

Fusing memoir and cultural history, this is an essential exploration of disordered eating in the internet era.

&i>Ask Me Again&/i> is a smart and funny coming-of-age novel that explores platonic love and what is is to define yourself and your beliefs in a world obsessed by the things that divide us.

Over the past two decades, our understanding of the ways life functions have been transformed in many ways but the public narratives about biology have not kept up. By drawing on these recent discoveries and insights, this book outlines a new vision of biology for the 21st century.

A heart-wrenchingly moving first novel set in Glasgow during the Thatcher years, Shuggie Bain tells the story of a boy's doomed attempt to save his proud, alcoholic mother from her addiction.

How does a delivery driver distribute hundreds of packages in a single working day? Why does remote Alaska have such a large airport? Where should we look for elusive serial killers? The answers lie in the crucial connection between maps and maths.

In Mapmatics, Dr Paulina Rowinska embarks on a fascinating journey to discover the mathematical foundations of cartography and cartographical influences on mathematics. From a sixteenth-century map that remains an indispensable navigation tool desp...