The Devil's AtlasA lavishly illustrated guide to how humanity has imagined heavens, hells and the afterlife

About how to think

Indeed they've been allowing us a window to their escapades for the past five years in the hit Netflix show 'Travels with my Father' and in this hilarious book they have now decided to pool their advice for fellow travellers

expanding empire throughout history

football was 'coming home' and British film went worldwide

A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage

In 'The Swallow' Stephen Moss documents a year of observing the swallow close to home and in the field to shed light on the secret life of these extraordinary birds

but she'll settle for some peace and quiet on her brother Bill's beautifully renovated houseboat: Summer Days

Dudley Smith is an army captain at this point in the extensive

It is the fruit of Alex Kerr's half-century of living in Japan and of lore gleaned from people he's met along the way: artists

Napoleon is placed firmly in this context: he wanted to see himself as a patron of the sciences and progress

The full and frank autobiography of F1 legend Damon Hill

and contextualize Van Gogh's brilliant mind