How what scares us, makes us.

In this history of Prefabs, discover why these supposedly temporary ‘people’s palaces’ are still loved and admired.

The new old ways to reclaim Christmas

Why changing your media diet can change the world

The CEO of Unbound spends a week in Cornwall building a wooden surfboard to try and work out how to evolve within his company.

“I was offered the opportunity either to go to Australia or to go with the partisans in Northern Italy. I thought that going to the partisans would keep me nearer to my girlfriend now, my wife” (Bob Clark – IWM interview 2004) A son’s journey to uncover the story of his parents in special forces – war and love in Italy

A beautifully illustrated history of bandstands and other pavilions built for music.

Find Your Purpose. But Don’t Lose Your Mind.

A major new critical study of the writings of a giant of the SF genre by a Hugo award-winning critic and historian.

How one woman's road trip became a sexual revolution

Swimming in search of the meaning of motherhood

A guide to killing your monsters

Nineteen years old with freshly dyed blue hair, punk rocker Gail places an advert in a music paper for ‘likeminded friends and weirdos’. Soap the Stamps, Jump the Tube follows her autobiographical journey through the 80s underground music and squatting scene in London

What happens when you move to Tasmania on a hunch, with a husband who aspires to be an alpaca whisperer and a feral cockerel? Can you cook the cockerel for dinner, or has it got rigor mortis?

Retracing her father’s heroic escape across China in World War Two leads his daughter on a gripping voyage of discovery about him, China and, inevitably, herself.

A fresh approach to creating outstanding organisations and successful people so that work is a better place for everyone

A fast, funny, emotive memoir showing how most fans really follow football.

Inspiring the next generation of women in tech

Thirty homeless people share the secrets of their lives, through first-hand accounts, conversations and intimate photographs

A photography book celebrating the powerful identity of Sikhs.

A nature book, but not quite like any you’ll have read before

Go behind the scenes of the National Theatre’s production of War Horse.

More Terrible Old Games You've Probably Never Heard Of

An anthology on the subject of refugees, asylum seekers and migration focusing on the experiences of children and young people

From the creator of Letters of Note, a compelling collection of history’s best speeches

From beanbags to mindfulness; how wellbeing is making business more human friendly

A comprehensive account of the landmark events which shaped the transgender community over the last five decades, told through a series of essays by real experts who were there and can describe the knock-on effects today

A collection of stories, essays, poetry and photography around the movement for reproductive rights in Ireland

How to change your life by changing the world