Beletrie Profile books

Mary Beard

Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire in this major non-fiction release for 2015. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from…

Julia Cameron

Ryan Holiday

Simon Kuper

An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption

Philip Coggan

Economics. Sometime called the dismal science, it's a discipline and topic that's often seen as dull, mysterious at best. And yet it's crucial to understanding the world we live in today. From humble…

Shoshana Zuboff

Ryan Holiday

James A. Robinson, Daron Acemoglu

The bestselling book which explains why the world is divided into nations with wildly differing levels of prosperity. The authors argue that a nation's failure is not down to climate, geography or culture…

Ezra Klein

Ryan Holiday

Chris Kraus

The first hardback publication of the cult novel adored by feminists and fashionistas alike. The novel's cult following has ensured a steady undercurrent of buzz since its first publication twenty years…

Arun Singh, Mike Mister

Adelle Waldman

Atul Gawande

The number 1 New York Times bestseller, now in paperback from the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto and Reith Lecturer 2014, BEING MORTAL is a r…

Robert Greene

Valerie Martin

David Runciman

'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' ObserverIn this…

Eugenia Cheng

The maths of when things do - and don't - add up

Richard Rumelt

A Profile Business Classic edition of this critically acclaimed book on strategy. 'A business classic' "Management Today"

Jack Hartnell

Janice Hallett

Adelle Waldman