Bodley Head

Written in accomplished prose of lingering beauty, The Broken House is a moving coming-of-age story that provides an unforgettable portrait of life under the Nazis. Yet the book's themes also chime with our own times - how the promise of an 'era of greatness' by a populist leader intoxicates an entire nation, how thin is the veneer of civilisation, and what makes one person a collaborator and another a resister.

The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades

A dramatic and intensely moving reconstruction of the greatest border breach in Cold War history and its tumultuous aftermath.

An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.

One of the world's most celebrated cosmologists presents her breakthrough explanation of our origins in the multiverse. What came before the Big Bang, and what exists outside of the universe it created?

In Ten Trips neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell takes ten different psychedelic drugs in ten different settings, puncturing the hype while providing the fullest picture yet of their limitlessly fascinating possibilities.

An inspirational story of resistance and resilience, of the heroism of ordinary men against overwhelming odds, and of the tribulations of those they tried to save

The Song of the Cell is the vivid, thrilling and suspenseful story of the fundamental unit of life. It describes how scientists discovered cells, began to understand them, and are now using that knowledge to create new humans. Both panoramic and intimate, it is Siddhartha Mukherjee's most spectacular book yet.

Blends expertise and a scientific journey of discovery, leavened by Shane O'Mara's warm tone and evangelical gift for transmitting the wonder of the brain to a wide readership.

Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It defines us as a species. Shane O’Mara is Professor of Experimental Brain Research at Trinity College Dublin - the University of Dublin. He is Principal Investigator in, and was Director of the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, one of Europe’s leading research centres for neuroscience. He is also a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator and a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator. He loves to walk wherever and whenever he can, with long urban walks in any walkable city a particular favourite.

VICTOIRE is about Mathilde Carre - codenamed 'La Chatte', the cat, then known as Agent Victoire - who was the exceptionally charismatic and daring founder of the 'Big Network'. This was the first Allied intelligence network in Occupied France, which soon grew central to Resistance efforts and to be a lifeline of crucial information to an isolated Britain. But her allegiances become more complex when the network is rolled up by the Germans and she makes a fateful compromise