TITLES

PYROMANIA

We are the only species that uses fire. It has determined how we have made our home on this planet and it has propelled us to the role of the dominant species in the biosphere. But at the heart of contemporary climate change is the process of combustion. Simon Dalby explores what a life without burning things might look like, and how we might get there.

THE ALPHABET OF SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability, the current trend in politics, business, and products, is often criticized for being overused. However, this book showcases 26 companies, from Alce Nero to Zordan, proving that genuine sustainability efforts yield long-term rewards. It highlights a shift needed from policymakers to consumers, fostering a language fit for the challenges of the 21st century.

JESUS BEYOND PATRIARCHAL STEREOTYPES

Through the liberating scope of his humanity, Jesus appears to be the greatest counter-proposal to patriarchal society, offering himself as a definitely alternative model.

FREEDOM

A fascinating exploration of this most intriguing and important philosophical question -one that impacts most directly on our lives-, which takes us to the heart of what we are, and by understanding our freedom shows our extraordinary nature more clearly.

LOGOS

A formidable analysis brought to bear on the many challenges we face when trying to make sense of our sense-making.

THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY

An excellent and novel view of the Italian Renaissance

SEVEN MYTHS OF MILITARY HISTORY

From the so-called 'Western Way of War' to its sister-myth, technological determinism, to the ‘academic party game’ of once-faddish ‘Military Revolutions,’ the book shows that while myths about history may be fun, myth busting is the most fun of all.

AMERICAN FASCISTS

QAnon conspiracy theorists, white supremacists, armed militias, the radical right, all Trump orphans who want revolution

THE ANTHROPOCENE

The Anthropocene is an authoritative desk-top reference work for students of geography, the environment and sustainability.

HIDDEN FACES

Dali's only novel
‘As far back as 1922 the great poet Garcia Lorca had predicted that I was destined for a literary career and had suggested that my future lie precisely in the “pure novel”.’

AN INSIGNIFICANT MAN

With humor, audacity, tenderness and emotion, this story recounts the unusual itinerary of a very ordinary person who, little by little, walks towards a happiness that he has long forbidden to himself.

MISIA TURAN

The new novel by Alek Popov: a story that explores society by means of irony. Everyone there get what they deserve.

BOMBSHELL

It is based on secret police files, the actress’s diary, and interviews including an astonishing confession from actor Peter Lawford - the Kennedys’ brother-in-law who was there on the night she died.
Marilyn, her diary reveals, was enraged that the Kennedys were treating her “like a whore” and was threatening to spill the beans.
Was she killed to silence her and save the country’s political royalty from embarrassment?

STALIN'S WAR

A major new history of the Second World War by a prize-winning historian, a groundbreaking reassessment, Stalin's War is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the roots of the current world order.

KITTY'S SALON

There is no book in English about the wartime Berlin 'salon' run by Kitty Schmidt under the secret control of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the architects of the Final Solution. Salon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret. But after the Nazis took power, it became something more dangerous: a spying centre with every room wired for sound, staffed by women agents specially selected by the SS to coax secrets from their VIP clients. Masterminded by Reinhard Heydrich, the spymaster whom Hitler himself called 'the man with the iron heart', the exclusive establishment turned listening post was patronised by the Nazi leaders themselves, not knowing that hidden ears were listening. One of the last untold stories of the Second World War, Salon Kitty's sensational true history is now revealed by historians Nigel Jones, Urs Brunner and Dr Julia Schrammel. After years of painstaking research and investigation, the story they tell sheds new light on Nazi methods of control and coercion, and the way that they used and abused sex for their own perverse purposes.

BLACK DAHLIA, RED ROSE

This book marks the 70th anniversary of the infamous ‘Black Dahlia’ murder. Eatwell delves into the unsolved case of Elizabeth Short, a budding Hollywood starlet found murdered in 1947. Titled after the victim's nickname, the book offers a fresh perspective, presenting a compelling new solution to the mystery. With a focus on Hollywood's noir era, Eatwell's account is the first thoroughly researched factual exploration of this notorious crime, promising a gripping and atmospheric narrative.

FLAWS OF NATURE

A wealth of colourful case-studies show how natural selection involves trade-offs, compromises, and botch-jobs, sacrificing individuals in favour of their genes.

MARÍA BLANCHARD

A moving story and an emotion journey that fictionalises María Blanchard's real life: “The greatest and most enigmatic painter in Spain”, according to Ramón Gómez de la Serna.

HERSELF SURPRISED

Herself Surprised, the first volume of Joyce Cary's remarkable First Trilogy, introduces Sara Monday, a woman at once dissolute and devout, passionate and sly. With no regrets, Sara reviews her changing fortunes, remembering the drudgery of domestic servitude, the pleasures of playing the great lady in a small provincial town, and the splendors and miseries of life as the model, muse, and mistress of the painter Gulley Jimson.

THE HORSE'S MOUTH

The Horse's Mouth follows the adventures of Gulley Jimson, an artist who would exploit his friends and acquaintances to earn money, told from his point of view, just as the other books in the First Trilogy tell events from their central characters' different points of view. Cary's novel also uses Gulley's unique perspective to comment on the social and political events of the time.