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  • The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation

    Michael DC Drout

    Hardback

    A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire world

  • McNamara at War: A New History

    William Taubman, Philip Taubman

    Hardback

    A revelatory portrait of Robert S. McNamara, informed by newly discovered diaries, letters and interviews with those closest to him

  • Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run

    Paul McCartney, Ted Widmer

    Hardback

    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
    Financial Times: Best Books of 2025

    “We made what seemed like an impossible dream come true.” —Paul McCartney

  • The House of Beauty: Lessons from the Image Industry

    Arabelle Sicardi

    Hardback

    The much-anticipated debut from a beauty business insider cracks open an industry designed to capitalize on our desires and reimagines a more-just future

  • The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus

    Matthew Restall

    Hardback

    A gifted historian presents a definitive book on Christopher Columbus—his life, his legacy and the many controversies that outlived him