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From the authors of the international bestseller Yes!This travel-sized handbook will become your go-to key for ensuring that the world says ''yes'' to you, your ideas and your requests. We all want to hear ''yes''. ''Yes'' connects us to the world, and ca
When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her. Even worse, the enemy
A guide to the strategies of war. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, it features the subtle social game of everyday life. It contains examples of the genius and folly of those from Napol
* THE ELEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * ''The finest escapist thrillers ever written'' THE TIMES ''Before Buffy, before Charlie''s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise'' OBSERVERModesty Blaise is about to re
* THE NINTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * ''The finest escapist thrillers ever written'' THE TIMES ''Before Buffy, before Charlie''s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise'' - OBSERVERWhile sailing a small yacht s
An updated edition of the Sunday Times BestsellerBritain''s best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from th
When her father becomes gravely ill on holiday in Budapest, Alexandra Fuller rushes to join her mother at his bedside, where they see out his last days together and then carry his ashes back to their farm in Zambia.A master of time and memory, Fuller move
'Immersive puzzle and mystery-solving fun' Woman & Home'If you're looking for a book that both entertains and challenges young minds, Murdle Junior is an excellent choice' Irish NewsFrom the internationally bestselling MURDLE series comes a new book of im
From the internationally-bestselling Murdle series comes the second instalment of Murdle puzzles for young detectives!The elite detective club is on a case that sends them out of this world and into space... How will the four junior sleuths crack these in
The classic guide for leaders on turning difficulty into advantage.
A powerful meditation on the nature and dangers of ego, from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Stillness is the Key, and Obstacle is the Way - over 1 million copies sold'Re-read it each year. It's that important' Derek Sivers, author of Anyth
The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Saddam Hussein was like appeasing Hitler or Mussolini, and promptly invaded Iraq. Were they wrong to look to his
A spellbinding story of forbidden love in the 1950s, now a major movie starring Anna Paquin and Holliday GraingerA secret love which has a whole town talking ... and a small boy very worried. Lydia Weekes is distraught at the break-up of her marriage. Whe
Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016We all depend on the finance sector. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. But these roles comprise only a tiny sli
Soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho. Dying isnt any funbut at least its a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whene
The thrilling follow-up to Mickey7 , soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon-Ho. Summer has come to Niflheim. The lichens are growing, the six-winged bat-things are chirping, and much to his own surprise, Micke
Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us to fear
Longlisted for the Women''s Prize for FictionComing soon to Netflix''Comic, tragic, topical and entertaining in equal measure'' - Bernardine EvaristoTo the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth w
NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX FILM''One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature'' Susan SontagWith an Introduction by Gabriel García MárquezA new translation by Douglas J. WeatherfordFrom one of the most famous and influential Mexican writers, and
With an introduction by Lynne Tillman''The last literary outlaw in mainstream American fiction'' Bret Easton EllisPhysically beautiful and strangely passive, George Miles attracts his fellow students'' attention, like a wallet lying on the street. One aft
Her name is not Nina, but that''s the name she uses sometimes. At her local bar, in the carpark with her tricks, when she needs to score.She doesn''t really need the money. But it lays bare the truth of each loveless transaction. Still living at home, eac
If this is madness, she whispered almost against his lips, drown me in it. Corvina Clemm is a woman with secrets. The last thing she expects to receive is an admission letter from the University of Verenmore, a place just as secretive. A castl
In January 2314, Rowena Savalas a curator of the vast archive of the twenty-first centurys primitive internet stumbles upon a story posted in the summer of 2024. Shes quickly drawn into the mystery of the text: Is it autobiography, fantasy or fraud? Wha
Soon to be a major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho. Dying isnt any funbut at least its a living. Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whene
FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING MASTER OF POWER ''Hollywood producers and rappers are following this unlikely but ruthless guru'' Sunday Times ''Very good... an enormous number of directed anecdotes from warfare, politics and the arts'' Independent
Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy''s Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vign
A new century, new threats to love . . . Love without risks is like war without deaths - but, today, love is threatened by an alliance of liberalism and hedonism. Caught between consumerism and casual sexual encounters devoid of passion, love - without th
* THE SEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * ''The finest escapist thrillers ever written'' THE TIMES ''Before Buffy, before Charlie''s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise'' OBSERVERSir Gerald Tarrant, head of a
Sun Tzu better watch his back' New York Magazine'An Art of War-style book of tough guy maxims to live by' Evening StandardSpanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent
* THE EIGHTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * 'The finest escapist thrillers ever written' THE TIMES 'Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise' OBSERVERWhen Modesty Blaise and her loyal li
* THE ELEVENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING MODESTY BLAISE SERIES * ''The finest escapist thrillers ever written'' THE TIMES ''Before Buffy, before Charlie''s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise'' OBSERVERThe headquarters of ''The Hos
* THE UNMISSABLE SHORT STORY COLLECTION FEATURING MODESTY BLAISE *'The finest escapist thrillers ever written' THE TIMES'Before Buffy, before Charlie's Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise' OBSERVERDiscover new Modesty Blaise stori
* THE UNMISSABLE MODESTY BLAISE SHORT STORY COLLECTION *''The finest escapist thrillers ever written'' THE TIMES ''Before Buffy, before Charlie''s Angels, before Purdy and Emma Peel, there was Modesty Blaise'' OBSERVERIn this classic collection of short s
The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are explores an unrecognised but mighty taboo - our tacit conspiracy to ignore who, or what, we really are. Alan Watts, key thinker of Western Zen Buddhism, explains how to reconsider our relationship with th
Mark McCormack, dubbed ''the most powerful man in sport'', founded IMG (International Management Group) on a handshake. It was the first and is the most successful sports management company in the world, becoming a multi-million dollar, worldwide corporat
One of Elena Ferrante''s Top 40 Best Books by WomenErika Kohut teaches piano at the Vienna Conservatory by day. By night she trawls the city''s porn shows while her mother, whom she loves and hates in equal measure, waits up for her. Into this emotional p
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize War & War begins at a point of danger: on a dark train platform Korim is on the verge of being attacked and robbed by thuggish teenagers. From here, we are carried along by the insistent voice of this nerv
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International PrizeThe Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai''s magisterial, surreal novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town.A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the larges
When Chris Kraus, an unsuccessful artist pushing 40, spends an evening with a rogue academic named Dick, she falls madly and inexplicably in love, enlisting her husband in her haunted pursuit. Dick proposes a kind of game between them, but when he fails t
Since its publication in 2007, Yes! has shown how small changes can make a big difference to everyone''s powers of persuasion - both at work and at home. Every day, we face the challenge of persuading others to do what we want. But what makes people say '
The concise edition of the 2019 WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essent
The #1 New York Times Bestseller that shows why slowing down is the key to getting ahead''Choose the focused inner stillness that Ryan champions'' - Mark Manson #1 Bestselling author The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck''Some authors give advice. Ryan Holi
''Ravishingly beautiful'' Observer''Excruciatingly honest and yet vibrantly creative'' Irish Times''Provocative and rich'' Economist''Daring, chilling, and unlike anything else you''ve ever read'' Esquire''An absolute must-read'' StylistWINNER OF THE RATH
WINNER OF BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2020: LEADERSHIP FOR THE FUTUREA Financial Times Business Book of the Month''A brilliant set of leadership tools that will help you succeed whatever your goal'' - Sir Clive Woodward''A punchy, plainly written guid
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''Clear-eyed and charming ... John von Sothen offers a guide to French love, slang, food, conversation, schools and much more. Hilarious and thoroughly entertaining'' - John Walsh, Mail on SundayIn Brooklyn, John von Sothen fell in love with Anaïs, a Fren
For over fifty years, Charles Handy has set the tone for leadership thinking. In this business classic, he lays out one of his most famous ideas: the four types of organisational culture, as exemplified by the Greek Gods.Culture is central to a company's
''The Peter Principle has cosmic implications.'' - New York Times''The classic book which warns of the dangers of over-promotion'' The TimesIn a hierarchy, every employee rises to the level of their own incompetence.This simple maxim, defined by this cl
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - HOW TO HARNESS THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF INTEGRITY''A message all of us need to hear'' Arnold Schwarzenegger''This book is a gift to humanity'' Dr. Edith Eva EgerFor the Stoics, justice was more than an idea. It was a w
''This book sits on my bedside table'' STEVEN BARTLETT''Some authors give advice. Ryan Holiday distills wisdom'' CAL NEWPORT''Ryan Holiday is among the most psychologically wise writers I know'' ANGELA DUCKWORTHTo master anything, we must first master our
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025In the darkening embers of a Communist utopia, life in a desolate Hungarian town has come to a virtual standstill. Flies buzz, spiders weave, water drips and animals root desultorily in the barnyard of a collect
WINNER OF BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 AND BEST START UP/SCALE UP BOOK AWARD 2021''A powerful way to think about success as an entrepreneur.'' Ali Abdaal, Productivity YouTuber, Podcaster & Ex-Doctor''Crucial business advice that you won''t get an
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTHA FAST COMPANY TOP SUMMER PICK ''Completely changed my life'' - Ali Abdaal, YouTuber and Entrepreneur''Reading this book feels like being let in on a secret. ... an absolute must
COMING TO CINEMAS ON AUGUST 7''Destined to become a classic of its kind'' Maggie Nelson''One of the most compulsive voices I''ve read in years'' Olivia Laing, ObserverWhen Constance told her ex-husband that she was dating women, he made a string of unfoun
Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? How can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently?This updated edition of the international bestseller distils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models u
How do you make your way in a fast-changing world? Why do we have less and less time? Why are some people unfaithful? Who governs the world?This book is about change - from the small and seemingly insignificant transitions in our day-to-day lives, to the
''Thank you, Nahid, for your gentle guidance and your beautiful way with words'' Melissa Hemsley''Nahid is a wizard at unwinding and relaxing'' Sara Pascoe''A useful and sustaining book'' Cathy RentzenbrinkLEARN HOW TO PHYSICALLY RELEASE STRESS FROM YOUR
A transformative guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity and life itself from a neuroscientist and entrepreneur''A compelling new take on a timeless concern'' - CAL NEWPORT''I loved this profound, practical and generous book'' - OLIVER BURKE
''Defiant, probing, hot'' Saba Sams, author of Send NudesAt the age of forty-three, the narrator abandons her marriage, her apartment and her successful legal career as a public defender to re-emerge as an out lesbian and a writer.In a series of short, sh
''Brilliantly spiky ... As well as boasting compelling, sharp prose, Name forces readers to question what one''s name means - and to who'' AnOther Magazine, Best Books of 2025''Unsettling and beautiful, admirably unabashed'' Los Angeles Review of Books''D
The fifth volume in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling Murdle puzzle series!''UTTERLY ADDICTIVE!'' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE and THE APPEAL ''AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENON'' RICHARD OSMAN, bestselling author of THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
Newton''s law might explain why ketchup drips from your burger - but it can''t explain why it happens every time you wear a white shirt. That would be Murphy''s law: if something can go wrong, it will. Just as the laws of physics govern the natural world,
FROM THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER AND THE 33 STRATEGIES OF WAR ''Just reading the table of contents is enough to stir a little corner-office lust'' New York Magazine''Astonishing'' The Times ''Teaches you how to cheat,
Vivid, enjoyable and comprehensible, the poet and pre-eminent translator Stephen Mitchell makes the oldest epic poem in the world accessible for the first time. Gilgamesh is a born leader, but in an attempt to control his growing arrogance, the Gods creat
Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this guide helps readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way.
WINNER OF THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2005ONE MILLION COPIES SOLDEva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of a boy named Kevin who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who had tried
The new Christmas instalment in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling Murdle puzzle series!''UTTERLY ADDICTIVE!'' JANICE HALLETT, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE and THE APPEAL''AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENON'' RICHARD OSMAN, Sunday Times bestsellin
Your hard work is paying off. You are doing well in your field. But there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. That something may just be one of your own annoying habits. Perhaps one small flaw - a behaviour you barely even
OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller''Follow these precepts and you will revolutionize your life.'' Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art ''A book for the bedside of every future - and current - leader in the world.'' - Rob
A New Yorker Book of the Year 2024A Ryan Holiday ''(Very) Best Book I Read in 2024''''Excellent'' Ian Samson, TLS''From plans for flying machines to philosophy - the remarkable joy of jotting things down'' Guardian''Surprisingly revealing'' The Sunday Tim
LONGLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024''A great book ... a wonderful way of talking about our current world'' Rory Stewart''Mischievous and fiercely intelligent'' Ed Smith, New
The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages lef
Winner of the 2015 Man Booker International Prize Beauty, in László Krasznahorkai''s new novel, reflects, however fleeting, the sacred - even if we are mostly unable to bear it. In Seiobo There Below we see the Japanese goddess Seiobo returning to mortal
THE GROUND-BREAKING BUSINESS CLASSIC FROM THE WORLD''S LEADING AUTHORITY: HOW TO IMPLEMENT ACTION-ORIENTATED STRATEGY THAT WORKS''A very good book'' FORBES''The most interesting business book of the year'' FINANCIAL TIMES''A necessary read'' WASHINGTON TI
If you were to master the twenty languages discussed in Babel, you could talk with three quarters of the world''s population. But what makes these languages stand out amid the world''s estimated 6,500 tongues?Gaston Dorren delves deep into the linguistic
THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''I read this book every day'' - Jake Humphrey, author of High Performance''A generous gift of guidance'' - Maria Popova, editor of Brain Pickings''A richly rewarding spring of practical wisdom to help you foc
''A brilliant book packed with powerful insights from the world''s most successful investors''Tony Robbins''A profound, eloquent, and much-needed call for a reassessment of how we build our portfolios and live our lives''Stig Brodersen''A classic ... for
The Book of Disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. Written over the course of Fernando Pessoa's life, it was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind by Pessoa a
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of the ''Five Best Books to understand the Israel-Palestine Conflict'', as chosen by the GuardianShortlisted for the 2020 Cundill History PrizeA Granta Book of the Year 2023''This cogent and compelling Palestinian perspect
For thousands of years, mathematicians have used the timeless art of logic to see the world more clearly. In The Art of Logic, Royal Society Science Book Prize nominee Eugenia Cheng shows how anyone can think like a mathematician - and see, argue and thin
''It made me rethink the roots of our deepest fears and insecurities, and why we often disappoint ourselves in how we manifest them'' Bill Clinton, GuardianWinner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life''s work, The Denial of Death is
Following Alan Watts'' acclaimed book on Zen Buddhism The Way of Zen, he tackles the Chinese philosophy of Tao. The Tao is the way of man''s cooperation with the natural course of the natural world. Alan Watts takes the reader through the history of Tao a
''Emily Oster is the non-judgemental girlfriend holding our hand and guiding us through pregnancy and motherhood. She has done the work to get us the hard facts in a soft, understandable way'' Amy SchumerParenting is full of decisions, nearly all of which
The landmark self-help bestseller that has inspired and enhanced the lives of more than 30 million readers. In this updated edition, with a new introduction and editorial commentary by Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, the origin
''Make this book a morning ritual.'' Matthew McConaughey''A parenting bible that informs behaviour and guides decision making. I love it. I use it daily.'' Jake Humphrey ''A simple way to ground us, to force a reflection on the choices we''re making, and
Is crypto a scam or a solution? Will that pension plan deliver? And what exactly is a model portfolio? The world of personal savings and investment can be tricky and confusing - and it's changing fast. But whether dabbling in the markets, jumping on the c
The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied
At the heart of Born to Run lies a mysterious tribe of Mexican Indians, the Tarahumara, who live quietly in canyons and are reputed to be the best distance runners in the world; in 1993, one of them, aged 57, came first in a prestigious 100-mile race wear
Even in the degradation and misery of Dachau concentration camp, Viktor Frankl retained the belief that the most important freedom of all is the freedom to determine one''s own spiritual well-being. He wrote the international bestseller Man''s Search for
''A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical forebears, and contemporary neighbors'' Steven Pinker''A brilliant analysis of the role of aggression in our evolutionary h
''Subtle, compendious and rich'' - James McConnachie, The Sunday Times''Dazzling ... Finlay''s adventures, vividly recounted, make enthralling reading ... This book is equally an inspiration and an education'' - Bel Mooney, Daily Mail''A gorgeous adventu
''Baron Wenkcheim''s Homecoming is a fitting capstone to Krasznahorkai''s tetralogy, one of the supreme achievements of contemporary literature. Now seems as good a time as any to name him among our greatest living novelists.'' Paris ReviewHailed internat
David Toop''s extraordinary work of sonic history travels from the rainforests of Amazonas to the megalopolis of Tokyo via the work of artists as diverse as Brian Eno, Sun Ra, Erik Satie, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk and Brian Wilson. Beginning in 1889 at the Par
Reef Life is the story of how Callum Roberts, Britain''s pre-eminent marine conservation scientist, fell in lovewith coral reefs and embarked on a thirty-year career. He began as a young university student who had neverbeen abroad, spending a summer helpi
A pioneering and revolutionary book that lays the foundation for a radical new psychology, based on an expanded cartography of the human unconsciousness. Famous for his lifelong research into psychedelic drugs, Dr. Grof constructs a comprehensive and help
With a new introduction by the multi-prizewinning young poet Kayo Chingonyi.For over forty years, until his death in 1967, Langston Hughes captured in his poetry the lives of black people in the USA. This edition is Hughes''s own selection of his work, an
A REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITIONWinner of the Autism Society of America''s Dr Temple Grandin AwardAutism is a different way of being human. By understanding autistic behaviours as strategies to cope with a world that feels chaotic and overwhelming, Barry Pr
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERTHE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER BRINGS YOU 365 MOREOver the last 25 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human: whether that be getting what you want, understanding
From the bestselling author of Building a Second Brain comes a primer on the essential tools you need to organize your digital life.Living a modern life requires juggling a lot of information. But we were never taught how to manage this material effective
''The Artist''s Way is like Dry January for creative types and artists swear by it'' DEFECTOR''Morning pages are the most cost-effective therapy I''ve ever found'' TIM FERRISS''Without The Artist''s Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love'' ELIZABET
''Enthralling and profoundly relevant'' Salman Rushdie''Joyful, illuminating and engaging '' Madeline Miller''A masterclass in translation'' Blake Morrison, GuardianHow do we give old words new voices? What must a translator lose - and what might she gain
''The queen of change'' - New York Times''Morning pages are the most cost-effective therapy I''ve found'' - Tim Ferriss''Without The Artist''s Way, there would have been no Eat, Pray, Love'' - Elizabeth GilbertStart each day with intention and find your
''Delightful'' Steven Pinker | ''A joy to read'' David Crystal | ''Gulp it down'' Lucy Mangan | ''A gem'' Simon GarfieldSwamp or bog? Guilt or shame? Clementine or tangerine? We like to think that we choose our words with care, but are we using them
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER ''The hip-hop entrepreneur book'' Independent ''My favourite book'' Tinchy Stryder ''a rich mine of ideas and information'' Scotland on Sunday The ultimate hustle is to move freely between
In this stunningly original book, Richard Wrangham argues that it was cooking that caused the extraordinary transformation of our ancestors from apelike beings to Homo erectus. At the heart of Catching Fire lies an explosive new idea: the habit of eating
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBLACKWELL''S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023''Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries'
BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING ECONOMISTS DARON ACEMOGLU & JAMES A. ROBINSON Shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year AwardWhy are some nations more prosperous than others? Why Nations Fail sets out to answer this question, with a compell
Warren Buffett compares stock trading to great athletes: they excel not because of fast neurological responses, but because of their ability to delay as long as possible before reacting. Successful CEOs, fire fighters, and military officers all know how t
Winner of the 2010 Royal Society Prize for science booksPowerful new research methods are providing fresh and vivid insights into the makeup of life. Comparing gene sequences, examining the atomic structure of proteins and looking into the geochemistry
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF BARACK OBAMA''S TOP BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for The Orwell Prize 2020Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award 2019 ''Easily the most important book to b
''Nobody bewitched by these mysteries can afford to ignore the solution proposed by Mark Solms'' - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian''A remarkable book. It changes everything'' - Brian EnoHow does the mind connect to the body? Why does it feel like something to b
An international bestseller and winner of the Stonewall Book Award, which inspired an award-winning film''A heroic work of journalism on what must rank as one of the foremost catastrophes of modern history.''The New York Times''Stunning ... An impressivel
''We all have our own unique journey through life. ... The Daily Stoic Journal has helpful quotes and asks questions that will help you identify your ways of thinking'' PHILIPPA PERRY, bestselling author of The Book You Wish Your Parents Had ReadFrom the
A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR'A triumph' Guardian'Glorious ... makes the past at once familiar, exotic and thrilling.' Dominic Sandbrook'A brilliant book' Mail on SundayJust like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters
''The Web of Meaning is both a profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary world-wide secular and spiritual thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?'' Gabor Maté M.D., a
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS OVERALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF WATERSTONES GIFT OF THE YEAR 2023 'THE PUZZLE SENSATION OF THE YEAR!' - JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE and THE APPEAL'AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENON
***From THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES comes the next book of MURDLE - the ''utterly addictive'' murderous puzzle book for armchair detectives everywhere***''THE PUZZLE SENSATION OF THE YEAR!'' - JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE
**From the #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES comes even more MURDLE - the 'utterly addictive' murderous puzzle book for armchair detectives everywhere**'CLEVER, SATISFYING AND UTTERLY ADDICTIVE' JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of THE TWYFORD CODE and
''One of our most brilliant contemporary thinkers'' Claudia Rankine''An unrelenting exploration of slavery and freedom'' New YorkerIn this radical re-evaluation of American history, Saidiya Hartman draws together a striking portrait of nineteenth-century
Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist who became Iceland''s first billionaire: by his 40th birthday he had assets of around $4 billion. Among them was investment in Iceland''s oldest bank, Landsbanki - but in the 2008 financial meltdown,
The Great War was the first truly global conflict, and it changed the course of world historyIn this magnum opus, critically-acclaimed historian Peter Hart examines the conflict in every arena around the world, in a history that combines cutting edge scho
In The Origins of Political Order, Francis Fukuyama took us from the dawn of mankind to the French and American Revolutions. Here, he picks up the thread again in the second instalment of his definitive account of mankind''s emergence as a political anim
Trans life past, present and future is explored in this kaleidoscopic follow-up to the Women's Prize-nominated Detransition, Baby
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carr was alive
''He writes so engagingly that it''s hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. ...[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.'' - John Carey, The Sunday TimesWINNER OF
THE FINAL INSTALLMENT IN THE STOIC VIRTUES SERIES FROM THE MULTI-MILLION COPY SELLING SENSATIONWisdom depends on curiosity. It demands humility. It requires a willingness to learn from the past in order to overcome the obstacles of the present - and we ne
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2024 PICK HOW TO HARNESS THE LIFE-CHANGING POWER OF INTEGRITY''A message all of us need to hear'' Arnold Schwarzenegger''This book is a gift to humanity'' Dr. Edith Eva EgerFor
Welcome to the strange and delightful world of Old English reference books of animals - the ordinary and the extraordinary, the good, the bad and the baffling...
THE TIMES BESTSELLER''Dreamlike and baffling'' GUARDIAN''Extremely beautiful, terrifyingly remote'' OBSERVER''A formidable book, unexpectedly compassionate'' FINANCIAL TIMES''I loved this book so much'' SARAH JESSICA PARKERPhillip Tennent makes his living
LONGLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026'One of the most original and important books on Africa in years' FINANCIAL TIMES The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African co
The book that launched a global phenomenon - updated, expanded and set to introduce a new generation to the power of Stoicism
A genre-defying love story that illuminates all love stories.
A transformative guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity and life itself from a neuroscientist and entrepreneur
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The Cold War had been over for two decades when, in 2010, ten Russian agents were arrested in the United States after a decade-long FBI operation. Among the spies were three couples who had lived as Americans for years, and one agent who had lived underco
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