August 2010 Diaghilev: A Life Sjeng Scheijen This magnificent new biography of the extraordinary impresario of the arts and creator of the Ballets Russes 100 years ago draws on important new research, notably from Russia. MORE
August 2010 Selected: Why some people lead, why others follow, and why it matters Mark van Vugt and Anjana Ahuja A groundbreaking, definitive exploration of the history and science of leadership that uses untapped evolutionary history and science to explain everything from why young people join terrorist groups to what prime ministers and presidents can do to improve their chances of electoral success. MORE
August 2010 Decline & Fall: Diaries 2005–2010 Chris Mullin Chris Mullin’s bestselling A View From the Foothills provided a riveting insider’s account of life as a junior minister. Laying bare the personalities, pyrotechnics and political intrigues of the Blair years, it was described as Yes Minister meets Alan Clark. Funny and self-deprecating, the new diaries run from his sacking by Blair as a minister after the 2005 elections to Election Day 2010 as he prepared to step down after 23 years as an MP wryly observing ‘ they say failed politicians make the best diarists, in which case I am in with a chance.’ MORE
September 2010 The Small Hand Susan Hill The chilling tale of a man in the grip of a small, invisible hand … A superlative ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black and The Man in the Picture, to be read by the fire on a cold winter’s night. MORE
