The library

The latest book releases for curious minds

Some of the amazing achievements captured in this famous book

John Miles rounds up the latest releases…

As I type this, we’re enduring that rare thing in the UK: a heatwave. It can make life uncomfortable by day and unbearable at night. It also makes you acutely aware of how you sleep and begs the quest

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature

This is a history of margins and fringes – not only of the Atlantic Ocean itself, but also of the imaginations of those who worked on its surface and lived at its edges. In his new book, Karl Bell dra