Light to Life


by Raffael Jovine
B Format Hardback
“This book is about the magic of photosynthesis and how plants and algae turn sunlight into energy to make life on this planet possible.  Read it and you will learn how photosynthesis was discovered, how it works, and how we [...]

The Art of Repair


by Molly Martin
210 x 148mm
‘Nothing lasts, nothing is finished and nothing is perfect.’  Japanese proverb   For Molly Martin, it all started with a pair of socks. Her favourite pair. When the heels became threadbare, her mother got out her darning mushroom and showed [...]

The Wake Up Call


by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge
B Format Paperback
Good government is now the difference between living and dying…  The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to East. After a decade where [...]

Covid-19


by Michael Mosley
B Format Paperback
From award-winning science journalist Dr Michael Mosley: the story of Covid-19, the greatest public health threat of our time… This book tells the story from the emergence of a novel virus in China at the end of 2019 to its [...]

The Dance Cure


by Dr Peter Lovatt
B Format Paperback
“Peter has brilliantly put into words what I have felt my whole dancing life: that the power of dance can liberate and change all our lives.” Darcey Bussell Humans are born to dance. And in today’s sedentary world, we would [...]

TRUST ME, I’M NOT A POLITICIAN


by Dorothy Byrne
Cutdown A Format Paperback
In an age where more British people believe in aliens than trust our politicians, Dorothy Byrne asks the question: what went wrong and how can our trust in democracy and public life be regained? In this scintillating essay, nothing and [...]

Two Weeks in November


by Douglas Rogers
B Format Paperback
For 37 years, since independence from British rule, the story of Zimbabwe had been dominated by one man: Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the liberator turned tyrant who won a war for freedom, but then led his country into a ditch. By November 2017, however, the only story in Zimbabwe was of palace intrigue: the game of thrones within the ruling party to succeed the nonagenarian President. Mugabe had never anointed a successor – having rivals fight each other had kept the scale balanced in his favour – but time was running out. He was no spring chicken (he fell asleep in meetings, slurred lines in his speeches), and the party’s congress, at which a new VP, and thus a certain successor, would be chosen, was to take place in early December. National elections loomed in 2018. If you wanted the throne, it was time to make your move. Two factions vied for power, both with names that sounded like a reality TV show. The First Lady’s group was known as Generation 40 – G40 – a reference to the youthful demographics of the country: G40 were the young ones, the under 40s, unencumbered by history. The term was coined by Grace’s Svengali, a tall, slim, University of Southern California- educated professor and master tactician named Jonathan Moyo. A former Information Minister and a brilliant media manipulator, Moyo had fallen out with the Mugabes frequently, yet somehow always found his way back into their good books. Grace also had a charismatic Young Turk named Saviour ‘Tyson’ Kasukuwere in her corner, a former state security agent turned politician with a trombone voice, a pugnacious style and a devoted youth following. They had the ruling party’s Women’s League and the Youth League on their side too, and whatever they lacked in experience, they made up for in energy, commitment and a fanatical devotion to the President. ED’s faction, on the other hand, was known as Lacoste, after the French fashion brand with the crocodile logo – a reference to his nickname. Lacoste represented the old guard, the establishment. The base of ED’s support were the war veterans who had liberated the country from white rule, and who, for so long, had been the enforcers of Mugabe’s power. But the war had ended 37 years previously, the country’s youth had no memory of it and the veterans were dying out. True, he was also said to have the support of the military – he had served as Defence Minister, and was close friends with the Commander of the Defence Forces, General Constantino Chiwenga – but when had the military ever gone against Mugabe, at least publicly? It was unheard of. Even the name Lacoste seemed retro and dated, unlike the crisp, clean Twitter-friendly G40. And so it was that on the first weekend of November, the two factions made their move. One side heckled and booed; the other threatened violent death in the name of God. It was no contest. On Monday, November 6th the President made his choice: he unceremoniously red ED and sided with his wife.

Stronghold


by Tucker Malarkey
Demy Hardback
Stronghold  is Tucker Malarkey’s enthralling account of an unlikely visionary, Guido Rahr, and his crusade to protect the world’s last bastion of wild salmon. One of the most determined creatures on earth, salmon have succeeded in returning from the sea to [...]

The Inflamed Mind


by Edward Bullmore
Demy Hardback
  Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has not changed much in the last three decades. In the world of psychiatry, time has apparently stood still… until [...]

Mind The Gap


by Ferdinand Mount
Paperback
In this updated edition to his provocative and ruthlessly frank book, Ferdinand Mount argues that there is a new class divide in Britain which is just as vicious and hard to get rid of as the old one.

Change the World for a Fiver


by We Are What We Do
Short Crown Quarto Paperback
Change the World for a Fiver is a delightfully practical book which suggests 50 slight changes we could make to our daily lives in order to ensure the future well-being of our communities and planet. Small changes that can have [...]