Japan is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, with millions flocking there every month. But beyond the well-trodden tourist trail lies a country made up of forty-seven unique prefectures, each one with its own rich story to tell.

On his quest to show the world that there’s so much more to Japan than Tokyo and Kyoto, Chris Broad has visited all prefectures himself, detailing the wonders of each region, whether it’s a signature dish, a festival or a mildly terrifying mascot.

A collection of embarrassing stories, practical recommendations and hard-learned lessons, this guide encourages Japan neophytes and seasoned veterans alike to carve out your own story in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Long considered the dull corner of finance, bonds are anything but - bigger than the stock market, they rival the global banking system in influence. But they're also misunderstood, treated merely as debt.  

From medieval Venice to modern Wall Street, uncover the sweeping story of the bond market - a people's history of finance, rich in drama, colourful characters, and bursting with insights.

From funding crusades to AI data centres, bonds are the hidden force behind some of humanity's highest achievements and greatest calamities. Now veteran Financial Times journalist, Robin Wigglesworth, brings an epic history of the debt that build the modern world.

In a brutally honest account, Johnny Mercer - former Cabinet minister under five UK prime ministers including Boris Johnson and Liz Truss - delivers his account of a tumultuous nine years in Parliament under five prime ministers.  

In this deeply personal memoir, he reveals what Westminster is really like. From the absurd to the hilarious to the infuriating, Mercer details his outsider journey into government, beginning with his election in Plymouth to being fired as minister - twice.

An expert in the blood spot of politics, he sees a system riven with infighting, incompetence and inertia, struggling through Brexit, the fall of Afghanistan and numerous self-inflicted crises, presenting them all with insight and wonderfully dark humour.

For centuries, peasants stood at the heart of human society - feeding empires, leading revolutions, building modern states - until industrial modernity forced them into the shadows. But the elimination of peasantry is a myth.

Today, peasants make up roughly a quarter of humanity, underpin the global economy and protect fragile ecosystems. In this landmark work, Maryam Aslany restores the peasantry to the centre of our global story, embarking on an epic journey to some of the most remote places on earth.  

As our demand for cheap goods intensifies, our most vital and innovative workforce is being driven towards collapse. Blending personal stories with on-the-ground reporting and pioneering new research, this books show that peasantry is far from being a relic of our past, and is essential to our future.

Idealised as sanctuaries for disinterested reason - where material concerns are set aside in favour of higher principles - reminiscing on university experiences can more often bring forth material realities: cramped dorm rooms and musty library stacks.  

William Whyte puts these details at the centre of the institution's 900-year history. Constructing each chapter around an emblematic material, he traces the intimate connections between the university's shifting physicality and its evolving social and cultural meanings.

From the medieval University of Paris to the ocean of concrete at postcolonial Nigeria's Obafemi Awolowo University, this is a richly textured chronicle about the glorious college campus.

From the author-illustrator of the hauntingly beautiful The League of Lady Poisoners, Lisa Perrin takes us on a journey through the advent of Spiritualism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with this lavishly illustrated treasury.

With respectful sincerity and a healthy dose of humour, it spotlights the era's larger-than-life characters, like the Fox sisters who claimed to hear tapping from the spirit of a peddler in their cellar, and the disintegration of between Conan Doyle and Houdini's friendship due to their different opinions on spirits.

Fascinating and fearsome all at once, this thrilling survey of mediums and their historical context will delight any reader who enjoys exploring the world beyond the veil. 

As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West offered freedom and justice for all. Over the past twenty years, he's reported on the various Wars on Terror, climate change, Black Lives Matter protests, and more.

But now, watching the unmitigated slaughter in Gaza, he comes to the conclusion that much of what the West promises is a lie.  

This powerful book is a chronicle of Omar's painful realisation, a moral grappling with what it means to carve out some sense of possibility during these devastating times, and an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today.

For generations, what we made with our hands shaped who we were. The skills and knowledge passed down to us build our communities and defined our regions. And if you know where to look, they still do.  

In James Fox's Wainwright shortlisted book, he seeks our Britain's latest great craftspeople, those keeping our vanishing trades and traditions alive. Through them, we witness not only the living past, but a deeper way of living - one that is not yet lost.  

This is a soul-stirring journey, showing that Britain still is a craft land, and a beautiful awakening to part of Britain's extraordinary heritage.

In his landmark first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV draw on the rich tradition of Catholic social teaching to explore the questions at the heart of the AI revolution, calling for a future in which innovation serves human dignity rather than diminishes it.

Delivered at the outset of what many consider to be the next technological revolution, this landmark text addresses contemporary challenge of safeguarding our humanity in the dawning era of Artificial Intelligence at the beginning of his papacy.

Neither fearful nor naïve, this is a clear-eyed invitation to think more deeply about the world we are building - and the human beings we are becoming.

In the fight against climate change, lithium's role in reducing emissions by powering green economies is a mixed blessing. Drawing on groundbreaking fieldwork, Riofrancos explores the environmental and social costs of the global race to expand lithium mining.

With haunting descriptions of vulnerable ecosystems, she examines how mining harms landscapes, provokes protest, and ties countries on the peripheries of the world economy to huge corporations and powerful investors.  

With a green future still uncertain, Riofrancos offers compelling ideas about how to harmonise climate action with social justice, whilst presenting - across the world's extractive frontiers - the most brutal aspects of capitalism. 

In Soft, Ferdinand Mount tells the millennium-long history of emotion - from troubadours to twitter - through delightful snapshots, often mischievous storytelling and a masterly command of history.

Exploring the shifting importance societies have placed on empathy, Mount argues that each seismic moment - from the French Revolution to Civil Rights - has had a corresponding sentimental revolution that fuelled political turning points.  

But no one wants to be accused of being sentimental - the Reformation tried to stamp our excessive emotion and the Victorians maintained their stiff upper lips - and yet, today, it is not the stoics who are ruling the roost: we are living in an age of emotion. 

Greenland is no ordinary island. From its discover by Norsemen to its contemporary strategic significance, it's been a frontier for human exploration and empire, emerging as a facilitator of geoeconomic competition.  

This book is an indispensable guide into its rich history, including the Vikings and their mysterious disappearance, its roles and importance during the World Wars and Cold War, and its position in today's politics.

Starting from Trump's plan to purchase the country, Elizabeth Buchanan dissects the island's contemporary role and poses four provocative scenarios for Greenland's future, in an essential read - now with additional content for paperback - for anyone curious about the future of this frozen frontier.

This landmark new edition of The Hobbit presents J.R.R. Tolkien's full text with illustrations by Tove Jansson, beloved creator of the Moomins, from a rate Swedish-language edition never before published in English.  

With tender and whimsical drawings from Jansson to illuminate Bilbo's journey - from the comfort of Bag End to the riddled dark under the mountain - this new edition adds fresh enchantment and quiet humour to this classic adventure.