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The Wordhord
Daily Life in Old English
2024 || Paperback || Hana Videen || Profile Books Ltd
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English.
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Fear
An Alternative History of the World
2024 || Paperback || Robert Peckham || Profile Books Ltd
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history
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The Deorhord: An Old English Bestiary
2024 || Hardcover || Hana Videen || Profile Books Ltd
Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals - the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the baffling...
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The Book of Phobias and Manias
A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
2024 || Paperback || Kate Summerscale || Profile Books Ltd
A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
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Better
A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
2024 || Paperback || Atul Gawande || Profile Books Ltd
Explores how doctors strive to close the gap between best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable. This book discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors' participation in lethal injections and examines the influence of money on modern medicine.
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Cezanne
A life
2024 || Paperback || Alex Danchev || Profile Books Ltd
Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange.
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Emperor of Rome
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Professor Mary Beard || Profile Books Ltd
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)
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Smut
Two Unseemly Stories
2024 || Paperback || Alan Bennett || Profile Books Ltd
Mrs Donaldson is a conventional middle-class woman beached on the shores of widowhood after a marriage that had been much like many others: happy to begin with, then satisfactory and finally dull. But when she decides to take in two lodgers, her mundane life becomes much more stimulating.
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Geography Is Destiny
Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History
2024 || Paperback || Ian Morris || Profile Books Ltd
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future