Biographies

The Power of Life: The Invention of Biology and the Revolutionary Science of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2026“A truly remarkable achievement.” —Jill Lepore“A gorgeous story of hum...

€40.60 -10%

€36.50

Alexander: God, King, Man

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is'...

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€30.40

Careless People: Power.Greed. Madness: Astory of Where I Used to Work

The number one global bestseller and Book of the Year 2025 for Audible, The Times, Cosmopolitan, The...

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€14.80

The Man Who Broke Reality: Niels Bohr and the Making of Modern Physics

After Einstein and Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr was the most influential physicist of the 20th century. H...

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€20.80

Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age

Winner of the 2015 Sally Hacker Prize, Society for the History of Technology Winner of the 2015 I...

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€22.50

Larry: A New Biography of Lawrence Durrell, 1912–1945

A new biography of Lawrence Durrell by the world's foremost expert, covering his time in London, Par...

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€18.40

Simon Weil: A Life in Letters

The inspiring letters of philosopher, mystic, and freedom fighter Simone Weil to her family, pre...

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€27.60

This Is for Everyone: The Inventor of the World Wide Web

A Waterstones, Observer and Financial Times Book of the Year, 2025The instant Sunday Times bestselle...

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€21.40

Hawking: His Life and Work

When one is faced with the possibility of early death, it makes one realise that life is worth livin...

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€26.10

The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World's First Super-Terrorist

The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal, from Pulitzer Prize winn...

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€19.80

Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome

‘A thoroughly rapacious woman…as cruel as she is greedy’ Cicero‘A woman who took no thought for spin...

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€14.80

The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman

A definitive biography that sheds light on the life and times of one of the Civil War's most importa...

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€27.70

Thomas More: A Very Short Introduction

Thomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, h...

€12.00

Changing Gender: The History and Future of a Concept

From the award-winning scholar and filmmaker, an essential, enlightening exploration of gender and t...

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€31.50

Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography

In this lucid biography, Andreas Daum offers a succinct and novel interpretation of the life and oeu...

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€18.00

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