How can sea cucumbers cure diseases? How can geckos camouflage soldiers? Probing the science of biomimicry, Adapt explores how phenomena from the natural world is pioneering innovations in technology and design.

A revised and updated edition of this magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.

From the author of the lost masterpiece, Tony and Susan, comes a kind of intellectual who dunnit, a novel with the thrill of the chase combined with a meditation on who we are, and who we might like to be.

A stunning, powerfully moving novel of faith and humanity, temptation and transgression from literary tour de force, A.N. Wilson.

A stunning, powerfully moving novel of faith and humanity, temptation and transgression from literary tour de force, A.N. Wilson.

A stunning, powerfully moving novel of faith and humanity, temptation and transgression from literary tour de force, A.N. Wilson.

A modern-day take on Vanity Fair, from bestselling novelist Elizabeth Buchan.

A fascinating exploration of new and disappearing islands around the world, by the author of Off the Map.

A fascinating exploration of new and disappearing islands around the world, by the author of Off the Map.

A fascinating exploration of new and disappearing islands around the world, by the author of Off the Map.

The fascinating story of the horse from their origins to the present day, via centuries of global human history.

Winner of the 2013 World Fantasy Award: a compelling and bewitching first novel, perfect for book groups, that mixes old world magic with modern adventure.