Каталог бренда William Collins

Animal Farm | All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. The animals at Manor Farm have had enough of Farmer Jones – he’s drunk, reckless and cares little for their welfare. Wh...

How to Be a Christian. Reflections & Essays | How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many e...

In the Thick of It. The Private Diaries of a Minister | As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘pooper-scooper’. For two years, he deputised for ...

The Reading Life. The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others’ Eyes | How to Read provides guidance and reflections on the love and enjoyment of books. Engaging and enlightening, this well-rounded col...

Missions to Mars. A New Era of Rover and Spacecraft Discovery on the Red Planet | From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA...

Tender is the Night | 'Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.' American Dick Diver and his wife Nicole are the epitome of 1920s elegance and sophistication, entert...

The Great Gatsby | The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age is now a major film. 'I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had ac...

Value(s). Climate, Credit, Covid and How We Focus on What Matters | We are at a pivotal moment in the fight against climate change – with the ultimate opportunity to reassess what society values and h...

The Death of Truth | We live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven scienc...

The Splendid and the Vile. Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Bombing of London | A startling, gripping portrait of what it was like to be alive in Britain during the Blitz, and what it was lik...

Young and Damned and Fair. The Life and Tragedy of Catherine Howard at the Court of Henry VIII | Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour –...

Woodsman | Ben Law’s incredible sense of the land and his respect for age old traditions offers a wonderful insight into the life of Prickly Nut Wood. Having travelled to Papua New Guinea and the Amaz...

Frankenstein | HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimme...

King of the North Wind. The Life of Henry II in Five Acts | Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he s...

Secret Pigeon Service. Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe | Between 1941 and 1944, sixteen thousand plucky homing pigeons were dropped in an arc from Bordeaux to Copenha...

Vanity Fair | A masterpiece of social satire, featuring one of literature's best-loved characters, Becky Sharp. Ruthless social climber and irrepressible anti-hero Becky Sharp will do anything to rais...

Trees | A long-awaited volume in the New Naturalist series examining the trees of Britain. Trees are immensely valuable. They give shape to our lives with wood, the material that makes our homes, our ...

The Happy Prince and Other Stories | HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spr...

How to Pray. Reflections & Essays | C. S. Lewis here offers wisdom and lessons that illuminate our private dialogue with God-prayer-in this collection drawn from the breadth of his writings. The rever...

The Waves | HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. There was a star riding through clouds one night, and I said to the star, 'Consume me' Six friends traverse t...

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘I thus drew steadily nearer to that truth, by whose partial discovery I ha...

The Art of Disagreeing Well. How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard | By a two-time debating world champion, a dazzling look at how arguing better can transform your life – and the world – for t...

The Weight of Glory. A Collection of Lewis’ Most Moving Addresses | Selected from sermons delivered by C. S. Lewis during World War II, these nine addresses show the beloved author and theologian brin...

Microadventures. Local Discoveries for Great Escapes | Adventure - something that's new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need i...

The Modern Flower Press. Preserving the Beauty of Nature | A contemporary, beautifully illustrated book on flowers, flower pressing and arranging. In The Modern Flower Press, innovative florists Melis...

Beyond. The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space | 9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A top-secret rocket site in the USSR. A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsul...

Pygmalion | HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. George Bernard Shaw’s classic play and satire of the British class system, first performed in 1913...

Waves Across the South. A New History of Revolution and Empire | Starting from the ocean and from the forgotten histories of ocean-facing communities, this is a new history of the making of our world....

In the Shadow of Vesuvius. A Life of Pliny | In a dazzling, lively new literary biography, Daisy Dunn weaves together the lives of two Roman greats: Pliny the Elder, author of Natural History, and his...

Palaces of Revolution. Life, Death and Art at the Stuart Court | The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe...

A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush | A classic of travel writing, A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush is Eric Newby’s iconic account of his journey through one of the most remote and beautiful wildernesses on ...

The Secret Lives of Elephants. Birth, Death and Family in the World of the Giants | Elephants are as unique as people. They can be clever and curious or headstrong and impulsive, shy or sociable. Lear...

A Tale of Two Cities | HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…' A Tale of Two Cities is arguably the gr...

Everything in Moderation | Writing on everything from a defence of suburban life and moderate politics to big ideas and pop culture, Daniel Finkelstein is one of the UK’s most entertaining and widely ...

Mad about Shakespeare. Life Lessons from the Bard | From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tr...

The Last Grain Race | An engaging and informative first-hand account of the last ‘grain race’ of maritime history, from respected travel writer Eric Newby. In 1939, a young Eric Newby – later renowned...

To Catch A King. Charles II's Great Escape | How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history? In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside h...

Pacific. The Ocean of the Future | Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, politic...

Black Gold. The History of How Coal Made Britain | Coal is the commodity that made Britain. Dirty and polluting though it is, this black rock has acted as a midwife to genius. It drove industry, relig...

Einstein’s Fridge. The Science of Fire, Ice and the Universe | Einstein’s Fridge tells the story of how scientists uncovered the least known and yet most consequential of all the sciences, and learned...

Passing | HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'She wished to find out about this hazardous business of "passing," this breaking away from all that...

Emperors of the Deep. The Mysterious and Misunderstood World of the Shark | Sharks are ruthlessly efficient predators, the apex of 450 million years of evolution. They are older than trees, have survi...

The Making of Us. Why School Matters | In a brilliant blend of memoir and manifesto, renowned educator Clarissa Farr tells stories from the frontlines of schools to offer vital lessons for the way we ...

Little Men | "Help one another", was a favourite Plumfield motto, and Nat learned how much sweetness is added to life by trying to live up to it. Spirited Jo March, now Mrs Bhaer, has settled into liv...

1984 | The international bestselling classic from the author of Animal Farm. Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he h...

Shakespeare | From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet. Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright...

Surprised by Joy | For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography. "In the Trinit...

The Daughters of Yalta. The Churchills, Roosevelts and Harrimans – A Story of Love and War | The brilliant untold story of three daughters of diplomacy: Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill, and Kathleen H...

Orchard. A Year in England's Eden | Spend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life. England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sour...

Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux | To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way. And start adapting, now. We all know there are major, overlapp...

Between the Sunset and the Sea. A View of 16 British Mountains | Simon Ingram takes us high into Britain’s most forbidding and astonishing wild places through all the seasons of the year – from the fi...

Exotic Vetting. Extraordinary Stories of Treating Amazing Animals | Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian. Trav...

Oliver Twist | HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Please, sir, I want some more.’ An orphan boy of seemingly no consequence goes on an adventure that w...

Listen. How to Find the Words for Tender Conversations | From the bestselling author of With the End in Mind, this is a book about the conversations that matter and how to have them better – more hone...

Sanditon & Other Stories | 'Those who tell their own story, you know, must be listened to with caution.' When young Charlotte Heywood arrives in the seaside resort of Sanditon, a town seeking to reinv...

Seeing Further. The Story of Science and the Royal | Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve ...

Pride and Prejudice | 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.' Elizabeth Bennet, full of vivacity and wit, lives a quiet c...

Compelling Reason | 'You can only find out the rights and wrongs by Reasoning - never by being rude about your opponent's psychology.' For C. S. Lewis, reason and logic are the sensible way to approac...

The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics. Boxed Set | A beautiful compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one box set. The box set includes: ‘Mere Christianity’ ‘The...

The End Is Always Near. Humanity vs the Apocalypse, from the Bronze Age to Today | Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will hu...

Middlemarch | HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neig...

Land. How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World | From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fo...

Mother of Invention. How Good Ideas Get Ignored in a World Built for Men | Bestselling author Katrine Marcal reveals the shocking ways our deeply ingrained ideas about gender continue to hold us back....

The Universe | Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary...