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The bestselling author of Crisis Economics argues that we are heading toward the worst economic catastrophe of our lifetimes, unless we can defend against ten terrifying threats. Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini was nicknamed ”Dr. Doom,” until his prediction of the 2008 housing crisis and Great…
The seventh book in the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning, Slough House series, featuring Mick Herron’s much loved band of disgraced spies and their notorious leader, Jackson Lamb, ’the most fascinating and irresistible thriller series hero to emerge since Jack Reacher’ (Sunday Times)
’A brilliant account of how models are so often abused and of how they should be used’ John Kay
How do mathematical models shape our world – and how can we harness their power for good?
Models are at the centre of everything we do. Whether we use them or are simply affected by them, they act as…
’This is the book we’ve been waiting for – the one Nick’s legacy deserves and so badly needs. Richard Morton Jack has reconstructed Nick’s life with great sensitivity and care, and in remarkable detail. It is a biography to be treasured’ Joe Boyd
In 1968 Nick Drake had everything to…
A riotous novel about sex and money set in the electric world of Soho, featuring a group of sex workers, a billionaire Russian oligarch, a nearly over-the-hill actor, junkie vagabonds, a once far-right extremist and a very glamorous borzoi
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Populärpsykologi och personlig utveckling Självhjälp och praktiska råd
New York Times bestselling author Jen Sincero gets to the core of transformation: habits–breaking, making, understanding, and sticking with them like you’ve never stuck before.
’Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable’ The Sunday Times
’Deeply researched and elegantly written – essential reading’ Dan Jones
’Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed’ Daily Telegraph
How the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world…
Introduced by Jim Al-Khalili
Could you surf down an erupting volcano?
Why do zebras have stripes?
Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?
Are there any green mammals?
Why do pineapples have spikes?
Why do songs get stuck in your head?
What happens when black holes collide?
Can you extract your DNA?
New…
’The ’Enfant terrible’ of astrophysics . . . Loeb has a joy in conjecture and an omnivorous spirit of inquiry that are more reminiscent of 20th-century thinkers such as Freeman Dyson or Carl Sagan than most of his peers’ The Times
Could we build space craft that could travel to distant stars?…
Cyprus, 1954. One sultry summer night, a young woman abruptly ends a love affair. It’s an impulsive act of revenge but it’s one that will reverberate through the lives of everyone involved.
Finsbury Park, London, 1988. Evgenia has just been given the news that nobody wants to hear. She’s dying, but…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management
George Soros is among the world’s most prominent public figures. He is one of the history’s most successful investors and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has…
A major biography of the greatest men’s tennis player of the modern era.
’An evocative literary saga . . . seductive’ Sunday Times’Steeped in longing and spiked with pitch perfect 80s detail . . . Gorgeous’ ANNA HOPE
Growing up, it was always the three of them: Miller and Olly and Ash. They stuck together like they were keeping a secret; they were successful, best…
What Socrates’s greatest failure says about a 2,000-year-old question: is it possible to teach ourselves and others to become better people?
Can we make ourselves into better human beings?
Can we help others do the same?
Can we get our leaders to care that humanity prospers, not just economically, but also…
’Lyrically imaginative . . . enthralling’ GUARDIANBefore she was the legendary Persian queen who spun a thousand tales, Shaherazade was a girl who saw something she shouldn’t have.
She told the king.
She thought she was doing what was right.
She couldn’t have imagined what was to come.
The…
The darkly-comic story of Majella, who is unapologetically and completely herself
Every family has a soundtrack. Theirs is set to the beat of love and loss in Memphis
The first global history of the Normans, who came to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.
’Cruz once again offers a fresh glimpse of immigration, womanhood, aspiration and gentrification . . . told in Cara’s unfailingly frank, sometimes hilarious, voice’ Washington Post
Write this down: Cara Romero wants to work.
When Cara left the Dominican Republic for America, she thought she would work…
’Nerd royalty’ Ben Goldacre ’Laugh-out-loud funny’ Bill Gates’Totally brilliant’ Tim Harford
WHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe?
And WHAT IF Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, fill the solar…
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**’A gripping work of speculative climate fiction . . . a page-turning feminist mystery-thriller’ Observer
’A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity’ SEAN MICHAELS
America, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high,…
Randall Munroe is . . .’Nerd royalty’ Ben Goldacre’Totally brilliant’ Tim Harford’Laugh-out-loud funny’ Bill Gates’Wonderful’ Neil GaimanAN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe world’s most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind…
’There is no one on earth quite so wonderful’ STEPHEN FRYBAFTA-winning actor, voice of everything from Monkey to the Cadbury’s Caramel Rabbit, creator of a myriad of unforgettable characters from Lady Whiteadder to Professor Sprout, MIRIAM MARGOLYES, OBE, is the nation’s favourite (and…
’A charming journey through the science and experience of fully engaging your senses of smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound’ – Adam Grant, author of Think Again
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project turns to the five senses.
For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin studied…
An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of Maine and The Engagements.
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
’A beautiful, brilliant, lively book that weaves together fascinating and moving examples with thoughtful analysis. Both heartfelt and rigorous, entertaining and scholarly, Before We Were Trans invites us to expand our sense of communities – past and present – in welcoming ways, rather than…
Jamesina Ross is long finished with men. But one night a stranger seeking lodgings knocks on the door of her tenement flat. He doesn’t recognise her, but she remembers him at once. Not that she plans to mention it. She has no intention of trusting anyone enough to let herself be vulnerable again.
A lifetime ago…
Who are you? Why are you, you? What kind of person do you want to be?
You Are A Global Citizen challenges us to take a deeper look at our role as global citizens, from the armchair traveller to the frequent flyer and everyone in between, providing a springboard for us to understand the world and other cultures by first…
DROPOUT. PACIFIST. PHYSICIST. CASANOVA. REFUGEE. REBEL. GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAIN
His face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he’s a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind, even of the age.…
The full life of one of the greatest singer-songwriters of the twentieth century, with a Foreword by his sister Gabrielle Drake.
For anyone who has ever had trouble staying motivated while trailblazing towards success, YOU ARE A BADASS EVERY DAY is the concise, crystal clear companion which will keep you fresh, grateful, mighty, and driven. In one hundred exercises, reflections, and cues that you can use to immediately realign your mind and…
Though many have never heard her name, Alice Prin – Kiki de Montparnasse – was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim,…