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Join Francis Fukuyama on his UK book tour for In the Realm of the Last Man

Francis Fukuyama is going on tour in the UK for his upcoming political memoir, In the Realm of the Last Man

Profile celebrates 30 years and co-founder Andrew Franklin retires

Here at Profile, we're celebrating 30 years as one of the UK’s leading independent publishers!

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Sparta

Andrew Bayliss

From warrior queens and the 300 to the Peloponnesian war, a major new history of an ancient superpower

Earth Shapers

Maxim Samson

How humans harnessed the geographical landscape and wrote ourselves onto our surroundings

Crick

Matthew Cobb

The first major biography of Francis Crick, by the Baillie-Gifford shortlisted author of The Idea of the Brain

Palestine

Rashid I. Khalidi

Adapted from the international bestseller The Hundred Years War on Palestine for a new generation of readers

Exposed

Caroline Vout

A Spectator and Sunday Times Book of the Year, Exposed is the story of the Greek and Roman body – in all its (surprisingly human) glory

Staying True to You

Dr. Patricia Faison Hewlin

A unique roadmap to finding freedom from the pressures of expectation in modern working life

Blue Eyes and a Wild Spirit

Jane Wellesley

An intimate portrait of Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington, lover of Vita Sackville-West and part of the Bloomsbury Set

What Happened to Liberal Democracy?

Daron Acemoglu

A new theory of liberal democracy from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Why Nations Fail

How to Think Clearly

Tom Chatfield

The critical-thinking specialist and bestselling author shares proven habits and routines for clear thinking in the age of AI

The Impossible Virgin

Peter O'Donnell

In the fifth instalment of the bestselling Modesty Blaise series, Modesty and Willie Garvin must travel to Africa to battle against a criminal masterm…

You Deserve To Be Rich

Rashad Bilal

Two wildly successful founders. One revolutionary playbook for achieving financial freedom – wherever you come from.

Augustine the African

Catherine Conybeare

A groundbreaking reassessment of one of Christianity's foundational thinkers from award-winning classicist Catherine Conybeare

On the Mark

Florence Hazrat

The first global history of punctuation tells the story of the marks that give voice to the written word

Murdle Junior 3: Wild Goose Case

G. T. Karber

The third book of children's Murdle puzzles from the internationally bestselling series.

Bordergrams: A Quest for the Queen: FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MURDLE

G. T. Karber

The thrilling second instalment of Bordergrams, from bestselling author of Murdle, G. T. Karber

Beirut Fragments

Jean Said Makdisi

A timeless and profound portrayal of life in a war-torn city, published in the UK for the first time

What If We Got AI Right?

Eleanor Drage

An expert's guide to taking control of AI, and building a future that works for all

Corrupted Kingdom

Robert Barrington

An incisive study of the corruption that is rife across British society, from the UK's foremost expert on the subject

These Wild English

Nicola Wilding

A raw, unforgettable account of rural, working-class life that will change how you think about Britain and its divisions

The World in Turmoil

John Andrews

John Andrews explores our troubled world in this successor to The World in Conflict, which sold over 30,000 copies

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