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This guide to beating dictatorships through non-violent methods of demonstration is 21 years old and was based on 40 years of research. It was recently used in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria during the 'Arab Spring'. This 4th edition is the first to be published in English.

A new hardback edition of the classic ghost story from 1983, which is soon to be a film starring Daniel Radcliffe. There is also a major BBC adaptation of Hill's latest ghost story "The Small Hand" airing this Christmas. "The Woman In Black" is the basis from the UK's second longest ever running stage play, and this hardback edition is a perfect gift for new readers or a collectors' item for long time fans.

A new edition of Hill's chilling tale of a painting so terrifying, its secrets will haunt those who see it. From the author of "The Woman In Black" and "The Small Hand". 'A tale brimming with excitement, mystery and vitality...' "The Times

A historical novel set during the reign of Napoleon III, which is based on the true story of Victor Hugo, his wife Adele and her literary critic lover, Charles Sainte-Beuve. Humphreys is a bestselling author in Canada, and this is an atmospheric story of delicacy and emotion, and of the experience of professional jealousy and personal passion. 'Witty, sad and gorgeous in equal measure, ' Emma Donoghue

A brilliant study on the nature of choice and how limitless freedom can lead to despair.

Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. In this highly entertaining (and persuasive) book, Sam Leith examines how people have taught, practised and thought about rhetoric from its Attic origins to its twenty-first century apotheosis. Along the way, he ...

The creator of "Horrid Henry", one of the most successful children's authors of current times, launches this exciting new novel for ages 8+. It's a funny, original and wholly new take on the Norse myths and the travails of contemporary family life, and central to the plot are the Lewis Chessmen and Heimdall's Horn in the British Museum. This is a joint publication by Profile Books and Faber.

Time has always been the great Given, a fact of existence which cannot be denied or wished away, but the character of lived time is changing dramatically. Medical advances extend our longevity, while digital devices compress time into ever briefer units. We can now exist in several time-zones simultaneously, but we suffer from endemic shortages of time. We are working longer hours and blurring the distinctions between labour and leisure. For m...

The paperback edition of Garfield's humorous guide to the world of fonts and typefaces. Not just about design, this is full of stories on how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world, why Barack Obama opted for Gotham and how Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. The hardback sold 47, 000 copies and well received by critics. '...a kind of "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped b...

In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert David Crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively English word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering). Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and span...

In a world all but drowned, a man called Bran has been living on an island for ten years. He was sent there in exile by those whose leader he was, and he tallies on the wall of his cave the days as they pass. Until the day when something happens that kindles in Bran such memories and longing that he persuades himself to return, even if it means execution. WALL OF DAYS is a profoundly moving novel about guilt, loss and remembering.

On the backbenches but still in the thick of it, Decline and Fall runs from Chris Mullin's sacking as a minister by Tony ('The Man') Blair in 2005 to the fall of New Labour in May 2010. Here is politics as it really is: entertaining encounters with constituents and conspirators, tantalising glimpses behind the scenes at the courts of Blair and Brown, all set against the background of the global financial crisis and the great expenses meltdown....

Paperback edition of the bestselling, chilling ghost story, published to coincide with a major BBC adaptation in November 2011. Hill's classic ghost story "The Woman In Black" has been adapted for the stage and has been running in the West End for 21 years. "The Small Hand" sold 35, 000 copies in hardback in the first 2 months of publication alone. 'Short and crisply told... The tension is built up gradually until it is taut and physical' "Ind...

The 1980s: Ten-year-old Kate Meaney - with her 'Top Secret' notebook and Mickey her toy monkey - is busy being a junior detective. She observes goings-on and follows 'suspects' at the newly opened Green Oaks shopping centre and in her street, where she is friends with the newsagent's son, Adrian. But when this curious, independent-spirited young girl disappears, Adrian falls under suspicion and is hounded out of his home by the press.Then, in ...

Part memoir, part Irish travels, part lunatic endeavour, Jasper Winn's account of paddling round Ireland in a kayak, during one the worst summers in recent history.

Introduced by Michael Palin, OxTravels features original stories from some of world's top travel writers

The story of Rome's greatest arena, from the award-winning classicist Beard, who recently presented and wrote the BBC2 documentary "Pompeii". '...first class scholarship and an engagingly demotic style' "Independent

A classic account of the 1968 Golden Globe sailing race, in which 9 sailors competing to be the first person to single-handedly circumnavigate the world in a non-stop voyage. Over 40, 000 copies have been sold.

Radical sociologist Harvey explains how capitalism came to dominate the world, why it resulted in the current financial crisis, and why it's time for a change.

An insightful guide refreshingly free of financial jargon.