Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes.

Why do people commit hate crimes? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book.

Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpose.

Scenes from the turbulent life of the rich, glamorous and beautiful Nancy Cunard

A collection of Orwell’s compellingly perceptive essays on subjects from food to weather to unemployment, edited and introduced by Professor Michael Gardiner.

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

A man goes in search of himself in the Swiss Alps with the help of Nietzsche.