Profile Books
The Concise Art of Seduction
77%
This is the companion book to the bestselling «Concise 48 Laws of Power». Amoral, ruthless, clever…
The 33 Strategies of War (Concise Edition)
57%
From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us…
We Need to Talk About Kevin
96%
Eva never really wanted to be a mother — and certainly not the mother of a boy who ends up…
The Checklist Manifesto
89%
One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple…
Diaghilev: A Life
76%
A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of The Ballets Russes.
Violence
56%
Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains…
Moscow 1941
85%
Rodric Braithwaite's magnificent narrative of 1941 and the Battle of Moscow, and the Russian men…
Catherine the Great
78%
Empress, empire-builder, intellectual, art-collector, and lover — this magnificent new biography…
A Week At The Airport: A Heathrow Diary
98%
In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton will be invited by the owners of Heathrow airport to become…
The Uncommon Reader
56%
The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her…
The Unwritten Laws of Business
57%
In the summer of 2005, the magazine Business 2.0 published a cover story on a self-published…
In Search of Kazakhstan: The Land That Disappeared
77%
The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat – and he isn’t…
The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
56%
This book offers the chilling tale of a painting so terrifying, its secrets will haunt those who…
How to Fossilise Your Hamster and Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist
76%
How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why…
Tactics: The Art and Science of Success
75%
This book is based upon 50 interviews with men and women – eg Chris Bonington, Mark McCormack,…
After the Neocons: America at the Crossroads
68%
Francis Fukuyama used to regard himself as a ‘neocon’. But, attacking the right-wing policymakers…
The Rise and Fall of Marks and Spencer: And How It Rose Again
77%
For decades Marks & Spencer was the most successful retailer in the world. Its clothes were a…
Yes! 50 Secrets from the Science of Persuasion
57%
Most of us are only too aware that, whatever roles we have in today’s fast-moving world, much of…
Incidences
67%
This wonderfully inventive collection of stories presents the writing of Russian absurdist Daniil…
Gannibal: The Moor of Petersburg
77%
A truly amazing 18th century life restored to history – Tsar’s godson and nobleman, Russian…