Beautiful fashion plates from Regency magazine La Belle Assemblée are combined with much-loved passages from Jane Austen’s novels and juvenilia and woven together with commentary from leading Oxford academic Professor Ros Ballaster.

Timeless advice on how to be a successful leader in any field

Explore the scandalous and salacious side of literary history, featuring anecdotes about both canonical authors and lesser-known individuals from the British Library archives, retold alongside original illustrations and first-hand documents.

On the fiftieth anniversary of Waterloo – the song, not the battle - one super-fan sits down to listen to the ABBA Gold album from start to finish, and looks back over the half-century he has spent in the company of ABBA’s music, and attempting to unlock the secrets of its hold on him, and on all of us.

Perfect for fans ofDrive to Survive,On the Gridis a love song to Formula One by acclaimed journalist Luke Smith.

These expertly arranged diaries offer a window into the life and work of one of Australia's greatest living writers

The author and her husband lost their home as a terminal diagnosis took away their future, embarking on the 630 mile South West Coast Path - an experience reflected on in this memoir which emphasises the restorative powers of nature.

The long-awaited memoir from the legendary Yusuf/Cat Stevens: music icon, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and humanitarian.

This book explores the ways in which reading for pleasure is changing in the era of globalisation and datafication. Raising the next generation of engaged readers requires knowledge of the enduring characteristics of engagement and markers of quality in books and e-books.