A Washington Post Best Book of 2021 ​The #1 New York Times bestselling investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America's longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban's recapture of Afghanistan, by Washington Post reporter...

and A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POPULAR SCIENCEANand iNEWSand BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022Aand TELEGRAPHand BIG IDEAS BOOK 2022How we interpret emotions and act on them has been heavily gendered, as far back as Ancient Greek and Roman times, and - despite improvements...

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: POLITICSThis is a neglected history.and Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A single journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women.Open up...

A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023This is a neglected history.and Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A journey, picked out in 101 objects, through the fascinating, too-often-overlooked, manifold histories of women.Open up this cabinet...

A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024Anand Independentand andand Stylistand Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement.What was it like...

A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2023'Passionate, clever, and often very funny' Marina Hyde'A wonderful meditation on populism, nationalism, politics and truth' Rory StewartWe live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last one has finished: financial crisis,...

A wave of entrepreneurship has been sweeping across India. The success of start-ups like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Ola and others has veered the discourse towards high valuations.But what we mostly see is very much the tip of the iceberg. Behind every high valuation of...

A wave of entrepreneurship has been sweeping across India. The success of start-ups like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Paytm, Ola and others has veered the discourse towards high valuations. But what we mostly see is very much the tip of the iceberg. Behind every high valuation...

A well - written and authoritative account from someone who knows Pakistani politics from the inside'.Peter Bergen, CNN Terrorism Analyst and author of the bestselling Holy War Inc; Inside the Secret World of Osama Bin Laden'We are in Husain Haqqani's debt for providing an...

'A well-written and thought-provoking account of the current crisis of globalization. Not everyone will agree with Eyal's interpretation, but few will remain indifferent.' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensRevolt is an eloquent and provocative challenge to the prevailing wisdom about the rise of...

A wide variety of recipes for traditional Pakistani and subcontinental cultural dishes - rhapsody of taste - has been put together from different areas of Pakistan along with typical family recipes, collected with the help of friends and families.This book not only contains a...

A wide-ranging account of the Indian film star Madhuri Dixit, one of the most popular actresses of Hindi cinema. Nandana Bose's study traces Dixit's twenty-five year career, exploring her star persona, her indelible impact on Indian popular culture, and her continuing popularity even in...

A wild read'and - The Guardian'A well-researched, measured account' -and The SunPart biography, part social history,and Being Britneyand pieces together a collage of stories, interviews, legends and fan experiences to construct a definitive portrait of one of the biggest stars in recent history.In her...

A wild, humane, and hilarious meditation on post-privacy America--from the acclaimed author ofand Thrown"Riveting and darkly funny and, in all senses of the word, unclassifiable... Howley's extraordinary book feels both startling and inevitable."--Jennifer Szalai,and The New York TimesWho are you? You are data about...

A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys finding themselves and each other through a shared love of movies in this moving, dramatic, two-volume BL romance series, perfect for fans of Seven Days, Given, or I Hear the Sunspot.Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are...

A witty and informed look at the century-old battle between journalism and politics and what happened to the truth along the way.

A witty, candid memoir of one of Indias most talented and best-known designers. Epicurean, travel addict, voracious reader, art appreciator, astonishingly talented designerWendell Rodricks is a man who wears many hats. From growing up in a glorified Bombay chawl crowded with eccentrics, to building...

A woman habitually commits self-injury, ingesting light bulbs, a box of nails, zippers and a steak knife. A new mother is admitted with incessant visions of harming her child. A recent graduate, dressed in a tunic and declaring that love emanates from everything around...

A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf She thought she was alone... True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn't mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she's retreated...

A woman's defiant fight to write.' ObserverBeing categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more the merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am.This paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in...

A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh's own multiple identit[ies]' MARK HADDON'Explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety, and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world' HOMI K. BHABHAI may...

This comprehensive volume contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963. The poems are drawn from the only collection Plath published while alive,and The Colossus,and as well as from posthumous collectionsand Ariel, Crossing the Waterand andand Winter...

A wonderful introduction to history's most influential scribblers'and -and Steven PinkerWhat is truly at stake in politics? Nothing less than how we should live, as individuals and as communities. This book goes beyond the surface headlines, the fake news and the hysteria to explore...

A wonderful novel and perfect book club choice,and The Right Stuffand is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY What is it,' asks Tom Wolfe, that makes a man willing to sit on...

A wonderful, wild, dazzling book. You will feel more human for having read it' Tom Whyman,and Literary Review'Foster's daringly imaginative exploration of alternative models of selfhood is an original and beneficial way of grappling with history ... precisely what we need to remind us...

A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author ofand God's Traitors. A notorious fiend', generally odious', he seems hideous, and so he...

A wonderfully warm and relatable story from the brilliant Jill Murphy who has sold over 4 million books featuring the much-loved Bear Family and a charming third story to follow classic picture booksand Peace at Lastand andand Whatever Next!Mr and Mrs Bear wake up...

A wondrous work of walking, seeing and thinking' - Robert Macfarlane'A startlingly brilliant and moving debut' - William DalrympleA deep observation of coast and wetland, climate and self, by a leading Indian ecological activist.Written in spellbinding prose,and Intertidaland reveals an unseen world. We hear...

A work of art-whether it is unexpected, ground-breaking, or one of a kind-can personalize your interior and transform it into a place like no other. But actually purchasing a signature piece-or even crossing the threshold into a gallery-can be a daunting act. How can...

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein 'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world around us. An...

A work of extraordinary power, beauty and human feeling.'and Sunday Times, History Book of the Year'Profoundly moving.' Edmund de Waal'A most rare book: extraordinarily powerful - magisterial, meticulously rich and unexpected, deeply affecting and human.' Philippe SandsInand Time's Echo, the award-winning critic and historian...

A work of stunning density and penetrating analysis . . . Lost Battalions deploys a narrative symmetry of gratifying complexity.ÂÂDavid Levering Lewis, The NationÂand During the bloodiest days of World War I, no soldiers served more valiantly than the African American troops of the...

A world history of citrus, from the art of classical antiquity to the science of the modern era.Mandarin, citron, pomelo, bergamot, kumquat… Citrus traces the history of today's global superfood from its cultivation in the ancient world from just a handful of original wild'...

A World in Disarray is a wise and visionary examination of the current world by Richard Haass, the president of the US Council on Foreign Relations. It is rich in history, examining how we got where we are today, and what needs doing to...

A WORLD OF HER OWN

A World of Struggle reveals the role of expert knowledge in our political and economic life. As politicians, citizens, and experts engage one another on a technocratic terrain of irresolvable argument and uncertain knowledge, a world of astonishing inequality and injustice is born. In...

A World Unveiledand captures Razi Azmi's many journeys spanning decades across Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Russia, all undertaken with something approaching religious zeal. This is a compelling travelogue with many elements: personal stories, adventures, social encounters, historical facts, geographical descriptions, anecdotes...

A world within: a remarkable story of coping with a parent's dementia depicts the hardships that one faces while coping with parents who have a mental disease. It takes you through the pain that near-and-dear one's feel while dealing with a person who has...

A WORLD WITHOUT A SUPERMANSuperman was Earth's greatest hero until he sacrificed his life to stop the monster known only as Doomsday. Now the world and those who loved him must learn how to continue on without the Man of Steel. In this time...

A world-class tune-up for your brain' -and Daniel H. Pink, bestselling author ofand DriveWhy do we think we're better prepared for job interviews than we are? Why does no one act on climate change? Why do we over think when something bad happens to...

A world-leading military strategist and an IDF insider explain the improbable success of the Israeli armed forces.When the Israel Defense Forces was established in May 1948, it was small, poorly equipped, and already at war. Lacking sufficient weaponry or the domestic industrial base to...

Since its publication in 1963,and The Power of Your Subconscious Mindand has inspired millions of readers to unlock the unseen forces and invisible power within them. Dr Murphy's mind-focusing techniques are based on a simple principle: If you believe in something without reservation and...

A worthy successor to Michael Porter, Bova's book is that rare gift: it opens doors for new ideas and new actions. No glib answers here, simply hard-won wisdom that will provoke big changes for organizations large and small.' - Seth Godin, author of Linchpin...

A writer discovers a set of notes in his notebook and sets off on a journey through the Paris of his past, in search of the woman he loved forty years previously.Set in the Montparnasse district of Paris, the author, Jean, retraces his nocturnal...

A writer of genius' - William Dalrymple'Remarkable' - Kwame Anthony Appiah'Utterly captivating' - Anthony DoerrCan anyone really own a culture? This magnificent account argues that the story of global civilisations is one of mixing, sharing, and borrowing.It shows how art forms have crisscrossed continents...

A writerand the world should be readingand right now.'and IndependentWho would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now?Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully.But when the plane she's...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZEA wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet I loved it' Zadie Smith Brilliant, very funny' Guardian Prepare to feel very seen' I-DOn the eve of...

A year and a half after Alys, Charles, Janie, and Claudia complete their quest to the Wildworld, an earthquake hits California, potentially destabilizing the passage between the mortal world and the magical one. But with their parents overseas and the sorceress Morgana searching for...

A Year of Creativityand demystifies what it means to be creative, showing howand alland of us need to exercise our creativity muscles if we are to meet the challenges of an uncertain world.If you want to win at work, efficiency is not enough, strategy...

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Clayton M. Christensen...