Shelf Life

The Diary of a Bookseller

By Shaun Bythell

A Gesture of Defiance

The Little Friend

By Donna Tartt

Pushing the Boundaries

Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was WG

By Richard Tomlinson

Gilbert: The Last Years of W G Grace

By Charlie Connelly

The Body-Snatchers

Madame Tussaud and the History of Waxworks

By Pamela Pilbeam

Droit Du Seigneur

The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide

By Richard Conniff

Love Among The Chickens

Chicken: Love For Sale on the Streets of Hollywood

By David Henry Sterry

Brining Down the House

By Ben Mezrich

Slim’s Pickings

Amarillo Slim in a World Full of Fat People

By Amarillo Slim

Poker Nation

By Andy Bellin

Phantoms of the Card Table

By David Britland

Could It Be Magic?

The Rise of the Indian Rope Trick: The Biography of a Legend

By Peter Lamont

Tales from the Cryptanalyst

The Reader of Gentlemen's Mail: Herbert O Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking

By David Kahn

Cards on the Table

For Richer, for Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker

By Victoria Coren

Poetry and Poker

Risky Business: People, Pastimes, Poker and Books

By Al Alvarez

The Madness of King George

Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare and Co

By Jeremy Mercer