New Trade Paperbacks - Non-Fiction

A vastly entertaining and unique history of the interaction between spying and showbiz, from the Elizabethan age to the Cold War and beyond.

Fandom - the hidden power behind many of the most surprising events in recent history

Open your mind to radical curiosity and be inspired by the journeys of curious and inquisitive people in order to push boundaries, make new discoveries and find meaning and purpose in your own life.

What if the British Museum isn't a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits?

A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities?and a look inside the fight for its future Every day, in dance studios all across America, legions of little children line up at the barre to take ballet class. This time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, bodies, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance.

Funny, judgement-free and full of brilliant first-hand advice, this empowering guide will help anyone ditch their controlling partner to find freedom and happiness.

Everybody wants breathable air, a healthy population, civil and consensual politics. We want a peaceful world, a stable economy. We've always wanted these things. The fundamental point of politics is to deliver them. And yet clearly our political systems are failing. Why is it so hard to get - and keep - the world that we want? The answer is that politics produces a number of traps: democracy, equality, solidarity, security and prosperity.

As the age of the car as we know it comes to an end, Bryan Appleyard's brilliantly insightful book tells the story of the rise and fall of the incredible machine that made the modern world what it is today.

The inside story of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.