Explore our diverse collection of thought-provoking new releases – these captivating titles promise to expand your horizons and challenge your perspectives.
Must Read Non-Fiction For June 2025
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
9781399818513| John Murray | TPB
Sir David Attenborough & Colin Butfield
From the icy seas of our poles to remote coral islands, David Attenborough has filmed in every ocean habitat on planet earth. Now, with long-term collaborator Colin Butfield, he shares the story of our last great wilderness – the one which shapes the land we live on, regulates our climate and creates the air we breathe.
Dive into eight unique saltwater habitats, swim through kelp forests, mangroves and coral reefs and down almost 11,000 feet to the deepest corners of the most unexplored ecosystem on our planet.
Experience a journey of wonder and discovery, populated by green turtles and blue whales; clownfish and bioluminescent jellyfish; the vampire squid and the ‘head-less chicken monster’ – a strange form of sea cucumber that lives at the very bottom of the ocean.
With the warmth, intelligence and awe that characterises all of David Attenborough’s landmark series, Ocean shows us a world which is both desperately fragile yet astonishingly resilient, with an extraordinary capacity to repair itself. It’s not too late to restore our most vital habitat. If we treat it with respect, our marine world will be even richer and more spectacular than we can imagine.
A book almost a century in the making, but one that has never been more urgently needed.
Blueprints
9780008685003 | Fourth Estate | TPB
Marcus du Sautoy
Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible forces with nothing in common, but what if we’re wrong?
Marcus du Sautoy, acclaimed mathematician and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, looks to art, music, design and literature to uncover the key mathematical structures that underpin both human creativity and the natural world.
Blueprints takes us from the earliest stone circles to the modernist architecture of Le Corbusier, from Bach’s circular compositions to Radiohead’s disruptive soundscapes, and from Shakespeare’s hidden numerical clues to the Dada artists who embraced randomness. Instead of polar opposites we find a complementary relationship that spans a vast historical and geographic landscape.
Whether we are searching for meaning in an abstract painting or deciphering poetry, there are blueprints everywhere: prime numbers, symmetry, fractals and the weirder worlds of Hamiltonian cycles and hyperbolic geometry. Nature similarly exploits these structures to achieve the wonders of our universe.
In this innovative and delightfully bold exploration of creativity, Marcus explains how we make art, why a creative mindset is vital for discovering new mathematics and how a fundamental connection to the natural world intrinsically links these two subjects.
What Maya Angelou Says: The Official Collection
9781784887544 | Hardie Grant Books | HB
Quadrille
What Maya Angelou Says is a collection of the beloved American icon’s most uplifting quotes.
Maya Angelou’s life is a rich and remarkable one; using her voice to overcome prejudice and difficulty, the poet and activist has inspired generations to live boldly and change the world for better.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
“It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”
“If you’re always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.”
Coming June 2025
Why We Travel
9781915798817 | Bedford Square Publishers | BPB
Ash Bhardwaj
Why We Travel is a smart-thinking travel book, which uses travel as a window into human motivations. It explores what we can gain from venturing out into the world.
It threads together reflective memoir, evocative travelogue, research, conversation, advice and big ideas. Some of the travels are epic adventures; others are closer to home; and some are journeys of internal exploration.
Each journey is a window into one of 12 motivations for travel: Curiosity, Inspiration, Happiness, Creativity, Serendipity, Hardship, Service, Healing, Wonder, Empathy, Eroticism, and Hope. By unpacking these motivations, and digging into the science of where they come from, this book asks how travel intersects with the rest of our lives, answering key questions such as:
Why do we travel? How do we do it better? Can it help us to live more fulfilling lives?
Why We Travel will give you a fascinating insight into where your motivations come from and inspire you to think about travel from a new and exciting perspective.
Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves
9781399812313 | John Murray Publishers Ltd | TPB
Sophie Gilbert
Cosmetic surgeries are at an all-time high, Ozempic is bringing back ”heroin chic” and TikTok trad-wives are on the rise – after four waves of feminism, what went wrong?
Despite decades of progress, the gains of the feminist movement feel more fragile than ever. But as Atlantic critic and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sophie Gilbert points out, this is not a unique moment. Feminism felt just as fragmented in the early 2000s, when the momentum of third-wave feminists and riot grrrls was squashed by lad culture and the commodification of Girl Power.
Casting her eye across pop culture of the past thirty years – from Madonna, the Spice Girls and the Kardashians, to MySpace, #GirlBoss and Real Housewives – Sophie Gilbert reveals a toxic pattern of progress and misogynistic backlash. Girl on Girl shows how every form of media, heavily influenced by the rise of porn, has shaped and warped women”s relationships with themselves and other women.
We cannot move forward without fully reckoning with the ways pop culture has defined us – this book shows us how.
Raising a Whole Child: A family guide to supporting autistic children into adulthood
9781805011118 | Jessica Kingsley Publishers | TPB
Carrie Cariello
You’re the parent of an autistic child…except they’re not a child anymore. So, now what?
As autistic children grow into teenagers, you will experience new challenges, both as a parent and as a family. Supporting the leap into adulthood can seem daunting, but here Carrie Cariello takes you through her journey with her son Jack, shining a light on how to help your young person prepare for different life stages and grow in independence. Carrie’s own experiences form the basis of her deeply empathetic advice – in this warm, astute and thoughtful book she offers a guiding and steadying hand so you can move through periods of change with increased confidence and calm.
Coming June 2025
Magic Pill
9781526670168 | Bloomsbury Publishing | BPB
Johann Hari
Over the last decade, an extraordinary scientific breakthrough has taken place. A new kind of drug has arrived on the market, working in an unprecedented way to revolutionise weight loss and dieting.
In 2023, Johann Hari began injecting himself with one of the weight loss drugs transforming how we look, feel and live.
What began as a personal journey soon took him on an international investigation, tackling some of the most world-changing issues as he asked: Who should be taking these medications? How are they set to change not only the way we think about weight loss, but our economies? What are the benefits – and what are the risks?
This is the book to read on the weight loss drugs taking over the world.
The Pocket Pride
9781802472981 | Gemini Adult Books | HB
Gemini Books
A celebration, a protest, a party, a riot: this is Pride, the world’s most famous LGBTQ+ event.
An exuberant and meaningful look at the key moments and inspirational people involved in the pursuit of equal rights for LGBTQ+ community, The Pocket Pride covers the history from the Stonewall Uprising in 1969 and early gay liberation marches to the annual events staged worldwide today.
With a focus on the importance of awareness, acceptance and inclusivity, this pocket-sized guide supports and affirms anyone who has felt discriminated against because of their sexuality or gender identity and anyone who wants to know more about the continuing fight against gender oppression.
Gemini Pockets
From little guides to soothe your soul to all-access passes to the lives of pop icons, and from quizzes and puzzles for literature lovers to books on food, nature, fashion, and more, Gemini Pockets are the perfect fit for your life and interests.
Coming June 2025
The Eater Guide to Paris
9781419765841 | Abrams Image | HB
Eater & Lindsey Tramuta
A comprehensive food-lover’s guidebook to Paris from Eater, the online authority on where to eat and why it matters
The Eater Guide to Paris is your go-to source for getting immersed in Paris’ iconic dining culture. Offering context on how the local scene has been shaped by history, immigration, agriculture, and tradition, this guide offers vibrant, incomparable insight into the City of Lights and its one-of-a-kind food destinations and personalities.
Through a narrative lens, readers will explore the best restaurants, cafés, specialty shops, and more, digging into key ingredients and food culture, learning from those who’ve shaped and defined how the city eats.
This book includes:
- Guide to Paris essentials such as bistros, fine dining, and bakeries/pastry shops
- Ideas for great places to eat near key sites, which are often surrounded by underwhelming tourist traps
- Brief history of the exceptional Parisian restaurant culture and how it impacted food around the world
- Plenty of maps that break down the must-visit spots and shopping destinations neighborhood by neighborhood
- Contributions from well-known Paris experts, such as Dominique Crenn
- Weekend trip itineraries to eating destinations outside the city
Built on the unrivaled authority of Eater’s networks of local writers and editors, who live and breathe their hometown food scenes, this book is perfect for first-time visitors and experts alike who are hungry to explore the best the city has to offer, based on the advice of in-the-know Parisian natives.
Microseasons: A Slow-Living Guide to the Year Following the Traditional Japanese Calendar
9781958417959 | Hardie Grant US | HB
Tiffany Francis-Baker
Discover 72 Japanese microseasons in this beautifully illustrated book.
Each lasting five or six days, these traditional Japanese microseasons prompt you to notice the world around you and can help you to live in harmony with nature’s rhythms.
Tiffany Francis-Baker introduces you to this beautiful and poetic ancient calendar and what each microseason represents, with practical and simple ideas for how to slow down and make positive, seasonally-minded changes throughout the year.
