Books published by Duckworth Books

An engaging, funny and extremely useful book on how to communicate with the French.

The occult wasn't Miss Seeton's cup of tea... until Scotland Yard requested she go undercover to investigate some sinister shenanigans. A flim-flam was afoot in the local witches' coven... and magic could be a prelude to murder most foul. Armed with only her sketchpad and umbrella, she is the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.

Miss Seeton's every attempt at a portrait of little Effie Goffer has become a chilling picture of a corpse. Is she actually drawing a clue to a series of child murders in rural England?Armed with only her sketch pad and umbrella, Miss Seeton is every inch an eccentric English spinster and the most lovable and unlikely master of detection.

In this exploration of loving and living, bestselling author Leo Buscaglia addresses the intricacies and challenges of love relationships. He suggests behaviour that opens the way to truly loving each other. He recalls with heartwarming detail the importance of his own family and friendships in helping him to be open to grow and to love.

Churchill may have played the larger role in Hitler's defeat, but Orwell's reckoning with the threat of authoritarian rule in 1984 and Animal Farm defined the stakes of the Cold War and continues to inspire to this day. Their lives are an eloquent testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it takes to stay true to it.

A fascinating and entertaining social history, exploring how and why politicians have found solace, hope and despair at the bottom of a glass over the years.

As loyalties are stretched to the limit and Europe slides towards another war, could just one act of great courage and sacrifice change everything?

John Hands's extraordinarily ambitious cosmological quest brings together our scientific knowledge and evaluates the theories and evidence about the origin and evolution of matter, life, consciousness, and humankind.

A fresh, revealing and entertaining account of the most influential writer of his age and the women who inspired him

When Fred Cassidy is accused of stealing the precious star-stone, he is pursued by telepathic psychologists, extra-terrestrial hoodlums and galactic police in disguise, entering multiple realities, and flipping into alien perspectives, through doorways in the sand.

Miss Seeton lends her talents to the village scheme to create a quilted 'Bayeux Tapestry' of local history. But her intuitive sketches reveal a startlingly different perspective - involving buried Nazi secrets, and links to a murdered diplomat and a South American dictator . . .

In a masterful combination of historical sleuthing and journalistic exploration on four continents, Lawler reframes the way we feel and think about all domesticated animals and even nature itself.

Gold Rush is a blood-and-guts treasure hunt - the ultimate adventure story.

The untold first-hand story of the legendary bomber pilot, 'cooler king' and arch escape artist

"And the war of civilisations shall go on" Foretold by Thunder

A wry, often affectionate view on the English, and how to navigate our national personality.

In Creative Inspiration, Van Gogh's writings have been edited and selected to create an enlightening, uplifting and helpful book for art lovers and creatives - amateurs and professionals alike.

Exploring the determination, concentration and skill that go into achieving any form of excellence, Esterly breathed life into the world of wood carving. The Lost Carving reveals an astonishing life.

From the author of World War Z, the extraordinary story of the legendary black regiment of World War I - the Harlem Hellfighters

How do we know if we're really the top dogs in brain power? Does our creativity stem solely from the right brain? From language to standing upright, composing music to lying, Michael Corballis uncovers our most common misconceptions and the fascinating habits and abilities that make us human.

Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2015), The Ten Thousand Things takes us on a journey across fated meetings, grand battles and riveting drama seamlessly fusing the epic and the intimate with the precision and depth that the real-life Wang Meng brought to his painting.

Drawing on over three hundred in-depth interviews with men and women of all ages and every class, Eric Klinenberg reaches some startling conclusions about the seismic impact solo living is having on our culture, business and politics.

Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. This title explains how gravity worked - and how apparently simple gravitation has four separate components - but it predicted everything from black holes to gravity's effect on time.