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A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy.

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a gripping story of defiance, rebellion, sabotage and escape from a Nazi death camp

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

The bestselling phenomenon returns with 21 bite-sized lessons to help us understand our troubled times.

100 tales of extraordinary women - the most highly supported original book ever in the history of crowdfunding.

A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians.

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.

A NO. 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: The devastating story of the lives of Jack the Ripper's victims, told in full, for the first time: 'Powerful and shaming' Guardian; 'Deeply affecting' Daily Mail

A handsome gift edition of one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the Second World War: Viktor Frankl's moving account of his experiences in Auschwitz.

The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.

The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and to survive the Holocaust.

This bloody, chilling, stunning tale is "far and away the greatest story in Australia's history, if not the world's."

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness.

A dramatic, minute-by-minute account of one of the most shattering events of the Cold War, from an award-winning historian.

So begins The Histories, the very first work of history and one of the most dramatic accounts of the ancient world ever written, brought to life again in Tom Holland's gripping new translation.

The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions.

The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians.

From 'the master storyteller of the human race' (Daily Mail), a brilliant new theory of how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't.

The incredible, bestselling memoir of survival, hope and empowerment

'An extraordinarily vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler

Michael Palin brings to life one of the greatest adventures of all time