In The Black Veil, Jack the Ripper terrorizes Victorian London with ritualistic killings that are linked to ancient magical artifacts. Blind occultist Miranda Griffin is plunged into a chilling mystery that blends history, literature, and the horror found in the arcane myths of Britain. Made invisible by a cursed ancient relic, Miranda steps into the darkness to uncover the truth behind the legendary Thirteen Treasures: objects that wield terrible power. Those who seek them leave bloody tr...

Pre-order Simon Reynold's forthcoming Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994, publishing June 2026.'A captivating celebration of the music that pushes us forward' RECORD COLLECTORFuturomania is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow: the vanguard genres and heroic innovators who prefigure and shape pop music's future. It explores the interf...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for ExcellenceA New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025A 2025 Washington Post Notable NonfictionAn NPR Books We Love Most pickA...

During the 1980s, Liverpool Football Club dominated English football, winning six league titles, two European Cups, two FA Cups and four League Cups. In Red Machine, Simon Hughes interviews some of the most colourful characters to have played for the club during that period. The resulting interviews, set against the historical backdrop of both the club and the city, provide a vivid portrait of life at Liverpool during an era when the club’s unparalleled on-pitch success often went...

We keep worrying about the day artificial intelligence becomes conscious.What if the real danger is that we're already treating it as if it were?In Servants of the Machine, Simon Christian Trepp argues that the threat of AI is not a dramatic robot uprising. It is something quieter and far more unsettling. We are slowly handing over judgment, responsibility, and even moral authority to systems that feel objective, efficient, and str...

We keep worrying about the day artificial intelligence becomes conscious.What if the real danger is that we’re already treating it as if it were?In Servants of the Machine, Simon Christian Trepp argues that the threat of AI is not a dramatic robot uprising. It is something quieter and far more unsettling. We are slowly handing over judgment, responsibility, and even moral authority to systems that feel objective, efficient, and str...

Gagner de l’argent en dormant. La promesse est partout, vendue par des “gourous” qui exhibent des voitures de location et te font croire à l’argent magique. Face à cette complexité et à ces illusions, tu te sens paralysé(e), convaincu(e) que ce monde n’est pas pour toi.Tu rêves de te libérer de l’échange “temps contre argent”, mais tu es coincé(e). Face aux centaines d’idées disponibles, tu ne sais pas laquelle choisir. Tu crois ne pas avoir de compétence spéciale....

DNA profiling—commonly known as DNA fingerprinting—is often heralded as unassailable criminal evidence, a veritable “truth machine” that can overturn convictions based on eyewitness testimony, confessions, and other forms of forensic evidence. But DNA evidence is far from infallible. Truth Machine traces the controversial history of DNA fingerprinting by looking at court cases in the United States and United Kingdom beginning in the mid-1980s, when the practice was invented, and c...

Number One for Fiendish Fun!This book contains a HORRIFIC hike, a time machine, a love letter and SNAILS for dinner!Four utterly hilarious and totally brilliant Horrid Henry stories by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure.

Step into the fascinating world where machines create, imagine, and innovate.Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs): The Artistry of Machine takes you on an exciting journey into one of the most revolutionary areas of artificial intelligence—where creativity meets computation.Designed for beginners and enthusiasts alike, this book offers a clear, engaging introduction to how GANs work, why they matter, and how they are reshaping fields from art and entertai...

Pre-order Simon Reynold's forthcoming Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers, and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984-1994, publishing June 2026.'A captivating celebration of the music that pushes us forward' RECORD COLLECTORFuturomania is a celebration of music that feels like a taste of tomorrow: the vanguard genres and heroic innovators who prefigure and shape pop music's future. It explores the interf...

Four fabulous stories in which Horrid Henry builds himself a time machine and tricks Perfect Peter; Perfect Peter strikes back; Henry dines at Restaurant Le Posh; and he is made to go on a hike.Read by Miranda Richardson(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd