simon garfield

The encyclopaedia once shaped our understanding of the world. Created by thousands of scholars and the most obsessive of editors, a good set conveyed

Printemps 1967. Dans la somnolence magique du domaine familial, deux frères et une soeur traînent leur désoeuvrement. La séduction de leur jeunesse ma

'Wat een triomf van een boek, en wat een fascinerend levensverhaal.' Joris Luyendijk over De vrolijke verrader'Simon Kuper is het Barcelona van de spo

Simon Shuster, correspondent van Time, legt het leven en leiderschap in oorlogstijd vast van Volodymyr Zelensky, van de kleedkamers van zijn cabaretpr

Hbo- en wo-studenten worden geacht onderzoek te kunnen uitvoeren en dit kritisch te kunnen beoordelen. Deze uitgave helpt daarbij. Maar de stof van Lo

A delightful and peculiar exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years) by the bestselling author of JUST M

Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for

A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity, DOG'S BEST FRIEND reflects on how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries, and explo

A wise, witty, alternative history of humanity exploring how our relationship with dogs has changed over the centuries - by the author of the bestsell

A delightful and illuminating exploration of the human instinct to make things small, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

A witty and entertaining journey through time from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the Map

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed

In 1959, the first Mini was produced on an assembly line at Cowley, near Oxford. Designed for austerity and efficiency, the car came to represent indi

Of all the accounts written about the Second World War, none are more compelling than the personal diaries of those who lived through it.

The paperback outing of this engaging and enlightening history of letter-writing and our relationship with the mail, from the bestselling author of Ju

When British wrestling was dropped from the ITV schedules in the mid-80s it left the giants of the ring - Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Kendo Nagasaki -

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed

More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed