Reference & Languages

Looking for the best language books or reference books? Browse our vast and varied range of books covering all manner of topics from society and culture, to psychology and sociology, to linguistics and prose.
Ultra-Processed People
Chris van Tulleken

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR...

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River East, River West
Aube Rey Lescure

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024Shanghai, 2007: feeling betrayed by her American mother’s engagement to their rich landlord Lu Fang, fourteen-year-old Alva begins plotting her...

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Magic Pill
Johann Hari

'A brilliant synthesis of so much important information.

Really important, and very necessary' STEPHEN FRY'Compassionate, wise and mind-expanding . . . A must read' PHILIPPA PERRYThe bestselling...

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Why Women Grow
Alice Vincent

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITINGSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTIONTHE TIMES / WATERSTONES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE...

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Our Island Stories
Corinne Fowler

'This is an essential and fascinating book because it brings to light, through conversations and nature walks, some of the buried connections between Britain’s landscape and historic buildings and...

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Powerful : Be the Expert in Your Own Life

Powerful

£15.99

£12.79

Sluts

Sluts

£14.99

£12.56

Tits Up : What Our Beliefs About Breasts Reveal About Life, Love, Sex and Society

Tits Up

£20.00

£15.35