Oneworld Publications imprint: 450 books
Five Ideas to Fight For
How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2016
Human rights, equality, freedom of expression, privacy, the rule of law. These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. The battle to establish them in law was long and difficult as recently as 1970 two-hundred-thousand British Asians were almost stripped of their British...
Judaism
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
In this clear and authoratative guide, Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok concisely examine the Jewish faith and its practices and explore what it means to be a Jew today. From the nature of God to the divisions within Judaism and from worship to customs, Judaism: A Beginner's Guide covers all the topics...
The French Revolution
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Blending narrative with analysis, Peter Davies explores a time of obscene opulence, mass starvation, and ground-breaking ideals; where the streets of Paris ran red with blood, and when even the efficient guillotine was unable to despatch enough "counter-revolutionaries" for the needs of the Terror. Davies...
by Martha Batalha
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
'Zesty' Daily Mail
'A real gem of a book' Stylist
A wickedly funny tale of two rebellious sisters in 1940s Rio de Janeiro
‘Why Euridice and Antenor married, no one knows for certain.’
Euridice is bright and ambitious. But this is Brazil in the 1940s, and society...
Anarchism
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
What do anarchists stand for? In this clear and penetrating study, Ruth Kinna goes directly to the heart of this controversial ideology, explaining the influences that have shaped anarchism and the different tactics and strategies that have been used by anarchists throughout history to achieve their...
Planet Earth
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our home planet, John Gribbin, bestselling author of In Search of Schrödinger's Cat, The Scientists, and In Search of the Multiverse, does what he does best: taking four and a half billion years of mind-boggling science and...
My Beautiful Genome
Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
What if you could predict your future which political party you will vote for, what kind of person you will marry, which disease will end your life, whether your blue mood will fester into something more troubling, even debilitating. Would you want to know? Taking a uniquely intimate and cheeky approach...
Mayday!
A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs, and Daredevils
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true-life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements, and, sometimes,...
Art
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Art has existed for as long as humankind, but defining it is notoriously difficult. In this whirlwind tour spanning from prehistory up to the present day and beyond, Laurie Schneider Adams explores how art and our views on it have evolved. Delving into fascinating issues such as why some artworks...
The History of Medicine
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
In a world burdened by chronic conditions and mutating viruses, with a health service strained to its limits, the history of medicine challenges our understanding of what it means to be healthy. By illuminating the ailments and methods of the past, our own dilemmas about medical practice and policy can...
Coping with Depression
A Guide to What Works for Patients, Carers, and Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Depression affects almost 10% of people in the US. It can be an incredibly debilitating and isolating condition, with episodes recurring throughout a person’s life. However, the good news is that with the right guidance it is possible to make a complete recovery. Drawing on a wealth of clinical expertise,...
Coping with Bipolar Disorder
A CBT-Informed Guide to Living with Manic Depression
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Fully updated and revised, this new edition of Coping with Bipolar Disorder draws on the combined expertise of three leading specialists to offer a comprehensive and practical guide to the causes, treatment, and implications of bipolar disorder, or manic depression. Designed for people with the condition...
by Chris Geiger
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
The Cancer Survivors Club is a collection of truly inspirational, uplifting and assuring survival stories. These poignant personal accounts from normal people, demonstrate an extraordinary determination to survive against the odds. It proves with survival rates doubling, anything is possible.Unfortunately...
by Suheil Bushrui
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This beautiful collection of love poems gathers together thousands of years of timeless verse from around the world. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, traditional English classics sit alongside the works of Eastern writers such as Ibn 'Arabi and Rumi, as well as lesser known gems from the indigenous peoples...