Books in the How to Read series

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

How to Read Fashion is a practical introduction to looking at the key fashion trends of the past 200 years and how they relate to contemporary styles.

A practical primer to looking at architecture and all the elements that are included in buildings, from cornices and friezes to columns and porticos - all facets of buildings are included.

This handy, easy-to-carry book will providethe reader with a strictly visual approach to reading the architecture of thechurch.

An easily accessible, highly illustrated guide to the geology, geography and geomorphology that forms landscapes.

From the bestselling author of Leaving Alexandria, a brilliant and perceptive reading of a beloved, contentious and remarkable holy book

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'Ray Monk here presents what is surely the best short introduction to the work of this wonderful thinker' John Banville, Irish Times

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

Niccolo Machiavelli is one of the most influential modern political thinkers. This work argues that, far from being a justifier of political immorality, Machiavaelli was concerned instead with the best way to attain glory through political action and that his works were inspired by love of republican liberty.

From one of our most engaging theological thinkers, here is a lucid, enlightening introduction to how the Qur'an has been understood by Muslims in the traditions of Islam and in worship

David Hume is generally recognized as the United Kingdom's greatest philosopher, as well as a notable historian and essayist and a central figure of the Enlightenment. This book describes how Hume can be considered one of the earliest, and most successful, evolutionary psychologists.

'These [How to Read] books let you encounter thinkers eyeball to eyeball by analysing passages from their work' Terry Eagleton, New Statesman

A lucid introduction to the chilling but clear system of thought of the most notorious anti-Semite in history

An introduction to the thinkers who laid the basis of all Western philosophy.