Cultural studies
On Happiness
Wellcome Collection
Format: Hard Cover
The Wellcome Collection guide to happiness
The Little Book of Pride (Quotes to live by)
Orange Hippo!
Format: Hard Cover
The Little Book of Pride is a collection of quotes that captures the voices of those who have played a key part in the long journey to a place of Pride - from the very first pioneers, to those who took the fight into the streets of the Stonewall riots, and right up to today's movers and shakers.
The Convict Valley
Mark Dunn
Format: Paperback
The story of the second British penal settlement in Australia, where a notoriously brutal convict regime became the template for penal stations in other states. Mark Dunn explores relations between the white settlers and the local Aboriginal landholders, and uncovers a long forgotten massacre.
Wild Child
Patrick Barkham
Format: Hard Cover
An intuitive and inspiring study of childhood and the joy and wonder to be found in neighbourhood nature, from one of our finest nature writers.
The Forager's Calendar
John Wright
Format: Paperback
A beautiful bible for every outdoors lover.
Who Poisoned Your Bacon Sandwich?
Guillaume Coudray
A powerful exploration of the use of carcinogenic nitro-additives in the meat millions of people eat every week.
The Hidden Half
Michael Blastland
Format: Paperback
A revolutionary and utterly original book revealing why we should doubt experts - and question ourselves
Syd Barrett
Rob Chapman
Format: Paperback
A new edition as part of the Faber Greatest Hits - books that have taken writing about music in new and exciting directions for the twenty-first century.
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
Format: Paperback
How a liar, bigamist and fraudulent priest took in some of the brightest minds of his generation.
Lost in a Good Game
Pete Etchells
Format: Paperback
An exploration of the psychological effects - the pleasures, benefits and disbenefits - of computer games.
