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Award-winning science journalist Angela Saini investigates the bias lurking within data collection and human classification, and interrogates what purpose it truly serves.

Be More Bird: Life Lessons from a Hawk

‘Part memoir, part beginner’s guide, part self-help, but wholly wonderful book … It’s a real treat to read these nuggets of winged wisdom’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘A small masterpiece, written with heart, self-belief and wisdom. Wonderful!’ PAUL THEROUX

Bombshell

It’s time to shed the beauty myth and find a new freedom.

I Am Not a Tourist: What it means to be British Chinese

‘An important new voice’ DAVID YIP, actor

‘This book sorely needed to be written, uncover[ing] startling and important truths.’ YUAN YANG, MP and author

‘A vital resource’ PEYVAND SADEGHIAN, actor and writer

The Body Myth

The Body Myth will transform the way a generation of women think, not just about one single aspect of being female, but about their lifetime experience of the female body.

No Lost Causes Club

Part confessional memoir, part vital guide, No Lost Causes Club is a compassionate exploration of what navigating sobriety looks like in our modern world, from the author behind the popular Instagram account @brutalrecovery.

Sanctuary

Sanctuary is an ancient right. But what does it mean today? Drawing on a lifetime of engagement with literature, myth, history and tradition from different cultures, Marina Warner’s Sanctuary is an ambitious attempt to grapple with the sharpest questions that we are facing in today’s world of global turmoil.

The Polyester Book of (Bad) Taste

A deep dive into the joy and power of personal pleasures, quirks, obsessions and bad taste, from zine royalty, Ione Gamble.

This is Also a Love Story: Searching for Good in a Divided World

‘Deeply moving and necessary’ ANNE ENRIGHT

‘Original and heart-warming’ LINDSEY HILSUM

‘Remarkable … the perfect antidote to our times’ CHRISTINA LAMB

From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned comes a powerful account of human resilience, capturing our capacity for love and connection against all odds.

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