A revolutionary and fun new book that reveals how everything, from beds and bubbles to sleep and signatures, has a history.

An immediate New York Times bestseller this is the fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories.

An impassioned examination of the existential threats to the world's ocean and cautious optimism for the abundant life within it.

A lively and accessible history of humanity's greatest - and strangest - creation: money.

A witty and engaging beginner's guide to the Classics, by the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici and Eureka!

'Much more than a portrait of a Congolese herd boy who becomes an important military man, it is a portrait of a vast and chaotic country in a state of near-anarchy. I have long admired Lieve Joris's African books, but this one is both powerful and timely, intensely imagined.' Paul Theroux

A captivating portrait of contemporary New York City, the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet, told through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages.

From the #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough: A diagnosis of America's national trauma, and a way to heal.

The definitive and hilarious New York Times bestselling exposé of a new age of excess in Silicon Valley