A field manual to the technologies that are transforming our lives Everywhere we turn, a startling new device promises to transfigure our lives. But at what cost? In this urgent and revelatory excavation of our Information Age, leading technology thi...

Joy Division are the perennial cult post-punk band. Author/TV broadcaster Paul Morley knew Joy Division best – he was the only journalist permitted to view Ian Curtis’s corpse, was present when Curtis suffered his life-threatening epileptic seizure f...

'This is a sister. Wherever you go, whatever you do, a sister will always be there. Which can get really annoying.' 'Over the years, Gareth has bought his sister Kelly every possible birthday present he can find related to the film he remembers her e...

When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, LIVE FROM NEW YORK was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a d...

It is hard to overestimate the importance of the contribution made by Dame Frances Yates to the serious study of esotericism and the occult sciences. The Occult Philosophy of the Elizabethan Age was her last book, and in it she condensed many aspects...

In The Pilot (1824), James Fenimore Cooper invented a new literary genre: the sea novel. Bold, vigorous, original, it is a tale of high adventure that vividly captures the majesty and power of the seafaring life. Cooper drew on his direct knowledge o...