Master chocolatier John Slattery reveals his indulgent recipes behind his famous chocolate cakes, showpieces and confectionary.John Slattery is renowned for his expert eye and great imagination as he makes confectionary and cakes to wow and delight. Favourite treats from his own store Slattery's in [...]

Books on international affairs and foreign policy abound. Authoritative guidance on how to operate as a diplomat, on the other hand, is rare. This book is very much at the sharp end. It draws on the author's wide experience both of operational diplomacy, multilateral and bilateral, and of questions [...]

Psychology can be a bewildering subject of study - so many theories, so much factual knowledge to acquire. This book makes a really great starting point for newcomers to the subject. Rather than just presenting lumps of psychological knowledge, it will teach you the skill of thinking like a psycho[...]

Reformation England 1480-1642 provides a clear and accessible narrative account of the English Reformation, explaining how historical interpretations of its major themes have changed and developed over the past few decades, where they currently stand - and where they seem likely to go. A great deal [...]

This is a landmark exploration of the life and legend of Hollywood's 'King of Cool', Steve McQueen. Steve McQueen tells the story of a small-town kid from modest means who went on to become one of the biggest icons in Hollywood. Much more than just a simple account of his career highlights, this vol[...]

Peter Piot has had an exceptional, adventure-filled career. In the 1970s, Piot was sent to Central Africa as part of a team tasked with identifying a grisly new virus. Crossing into the quarantine zone on the most dangerous missions, he studied local customs to determine how this disease - the Ebola[...]

The Reformation was a seismic event in history, whose consequences are still working themselves out in Europe and across the world. The protests against the marketing of indulgences staged by the German monk Martin Luther in 1517 belonged to a long-standing pattern of calls for internal reform and r[...]