An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

A witty and engaging beginner's guide to the Classics, by the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici and Eureka!

'Much more than a portrait of a Congolese herd boy who becomes an important military man, it is a portrait of a vast and chaotic country in a state of near-anarchy. I have long admired Lieve Joris's African books, but this one is both powerful and timely, intensely imagined.' Paul Theroux

A captivating portrait of contemporary New York City, the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet, told through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages.

From the #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough: A diagnosis of America's national trauma, and a way to heal.

The definitive and hilarious New York Times bestselling exposé of a new age of excess in Silicon Valley

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.

A highly topical manifesto about what it means to be human in the age of AI by a leading barrister.

The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House.