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Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
D-Day and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed have come to be seen as a defining episode in the Second World War. Its story has been endlessly retold, and yet it remains a narrative burdened by both myth and assumed knowledge.
In this reexamined history, James Holland presents a broader overview,…
David Rowan travels the globe in search of the most exciting and pioneering startups building the future. He’s got to know the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Didi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious entrepreneurs disrupting businesses in almost every sector. And yet too often…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page. A generation-defining actor and one of the most famous trans advocates of our time, Elliot will now be known as an uncommon literary talent, as he shares never-before-heard details and intimate interrogations on gender,…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women. Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them. Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues. Imagine subordinates resisting you as a boss, merely because you’re a…
’It’s all here … everything you ever wanted to know. Fire Cannot Kill a Dragon is an amazing read.’GEORGE R. R. MARTINTHE UNTOLD STORY OF A GLOBAL OBSESSION DIRECT FROM THE SHOW’S CAST AND CREATORS… This official, complete history of HBO’s Game of Thrones will draw on the…
Killing Floor is the first book in the phenomenal bestselling Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. It introduces Reacher for the first time, as the tough ex-military cop of no fixed abode. Trained to think fast and act faster, he is the perfect action hero for when times get tough.
Margrave is a no-account little town in…
THE BOOK BEHIND THE AMAZON PRIME/BBC SERIES STARRING DAVID TENNANT, MICHAEL SHEEN, JON HAMM AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
’Ridiculously inventive and gloriously funny’ Guardian What if, for once, the predictions are right, and the Apocalypse really is due to arrive next Saturday, just after tea?
It’s a…
The thrilling opening chapter in an epic new fantasy from the author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen…
Many years have passed since three Teblor warriors brought carnage and chaos to Silver Lake. Now the tribes of the north no longer venture into the southlands. The town has recovered and yet the legacy…
What does it mean to be truly free? And can any of us be free until all of us are?
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Nathan Law has experienced first-hand the shocking speed with which our freedom can be taken away from us, as an elected politician arrested simply for speaking his mind. He remembers what it is like to lack…
Welcome to paradise. We hope you survive your stay…
’It really is The Beach for a new generation – a hot contender for best travel thriller of 2023.’ Janice Hallett
’The Dive turns paradise into a nightmare… and I loved every minute of it.’ Amy McCulloch
’Utterly…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
An Economist BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAs the data economy grows in power, Carissa Veliz exposes how our privacy is eroded by big tech and governments, why that matters and what we can do about it. The moment you check your phone in the morning you are giving away your data.
It was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all.
During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany.
The aim was to smash the main factories and production centres of the Luftwaffe and at the same time draw the…
Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all…
’James Holland is the best of the new generation of WW2 historians.’ Sebastian Faulks’Holland’s skill lies in bringing these warriors to life with vivid prose.’ The TimesShortlisted for the 2021 British Army Military Book of the Year
This is the story of the biggest seaborne landing in…
’Fresh, witty, and utterly romantic, this is the deliciously offbeat modern reimagining of When Harry Met Sally I never knew I needed’ Ali Hazelwood, author of The Love Hypothesis
Ari, a free-spirited struggling comedian, likes to keep things casual, and never sleeps over after hooking up. Josh,…
Pop music’s a simple pleasure. Is it catchy? Can you dance to it? Do you fancy the singer?
But what’s fascinating about pop is our relationship with it. David Hepworth is interested in the human side of pop. He’s interested in how people make the stuff and, more importantly, what it means to us.
In…
’Nobody else writes with such precision and amusement about the absolute inability of men and women to understand each other’ RED MAGAZINE’Sittenfeld’s talent for creating characters that elicit an uneasy mix of scorn and sympathy is on full display. This author at her very best’ DAILY…
Sometimes to catch a killer you have to become the prey.
’A satisfying and pacey thriller from a talented author’ J M Dalgliesh, author of ONE LOST SOUL
**THE THIRD DR BLOOM THRILLER**
The Foreign Secretary is being held under the Terrorism Act. He will answer the police’s questions on one…
Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on his epic journey on foot to save a friend. But the story doesn’t end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.
Maureen Fry has settled into the quiet life she now shares with her husband Harold after his iconic walk across England. Now, ten years later, an…
From an unmissable new voice comes the powerful and epic story of mythology’s darkest heroine
’Delightfully devastating’ Bea Fitzgerald, author of Girl, Goddess, Queen
’A fiery and dramatic novel, starring one of mythology’s most notorious women, this is a fascinating descent into…
All this books and stuff, that isn’t what it should all be about. What we need is real wizardry. There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we’d better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
His name was Michal Goleniewski and he remains one of the most important, least known and most misunderstood spies of the Cold War. Even his death is shrouded in mystery and he has been written out of the history of Cold War espionage – until now.
Tim Tate draws on a wealth of previously-unpublished primary…
Kategorier: Hälsa, relationer och personlig utveckling Karriär och framgång Självhjälp och praktiska råd
”Highly comforting” Alain de Botton
”Smart and insightful … my book of 2023” Farrah Storr
”Inspiring, intelligent and candid” Elizabeth Uviebinene
OUR OBSESSION WITH ACHIEVEMENT IS A TRAP. THIS IS HOW TO BREAK FREE.
Emma Gannon had everything she’d longed for: a string of…
– Who are we if our brain fails?
– How do we think?
– How do we feel?
– How do we move, if we move at all?
– What happens when we lose our mind?
When renowned neuroscientist Barbara Lipska’s melanoma spread to her brain it started to play tricks on her. The expert on mental illness…
Amidst the wreckage, an online retail giant named Cloud reigns supreme. Cloud brands itself not just as an online storefront, but as a global saviour. Yet, beneath the sunny exterior, lurks something far more sinister.
Paxton never thought he’d be working Security for the company that ruined his life, much less…
It starts with a family, a family which will mutate. For now, it is a father, mother and two sons. One with his father’s violence in his blood. One who lives his mother’s artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will change their fate. It is a beginning.
Their stories will…
The chilling Sunday Times bestseller perfect for fans of Knives Out. ’In this fast-paced, twisted family saga, Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page…’ PAULA HAWKINS
The new unputdownable thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR. In this…
Her life is so full, so why is she hungry?
’A high-wire exploration of control, pleasure and desire’ Chloe Ashby’A book that tears at the surface of things to reveal the vast, messy truth of a body with a beating heart’ Catherine Newman
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For Piglet…
Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of his family, rocked by tragedy and a long-buried secret.
Matthew Dunbar, eldest of five brothers, is on a journey to find them all. Only then can he tell the astonishing story of his family, rocked…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociologi Sociologi och antropologi Sociologisk forskning och statistik
Making Numbers Count is a lively, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to turning cold, clinical data into a memorable story.
How many hours’ worth of songs are on your Spotify Wrapped this year? How much is your commute time really worth? How do you work out how likely you are to get Covid based on the official…
And then there were three . . .
Once upon a time four sisters confronted their demonic father in the shadowy and enchanting other-world of Everwhere. The battle between them ended in devastating losses. The scars they carried from that fatal night slowly pushed the remaining sisters apart. But now they’re being…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
**THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**
’Gripping to read. Funny, real, exciting. It’s a brilliant book.’ – Chris Evans
’Fearless and candid… A gleeful guide to a bonkers sport from a loveable rogue insider.’ – The Times
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’People talk about…
Seven-year-old Hanna has never spoken a word.
She is a sweet but silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father, but with Mummy, things are different. Suzette loves her daughter but difficulties with babysitters and teachers over the years have put a strain on their relationship and her sanity.
Then Hanna speaks for…
Shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for the Best Novel of 2020. ’Beautifully written, thoroughly absorbing and totally terrifying.’ said C.J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk ManA spine-tingling novel that ’blends psychological thriller and eerie gothic ghost story to create something truly…
Inspired by one the least known but most terrifying moments in modern history – when the fate of the world lay with a lone, nervous Soviet naval officer one hundred meters under the Caribbean sea – lies at the heart of this breathtaking new Cold War thriller from the author of the acclaimed Black Sun.
The…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
’A practical and positive guide to using tech to change women’s lives for the better’ –Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women: exposing data bias in a world designed for men
’A powerful and inspiring call to action from one of Britain’s brightest minds’- Yomi Adegoke,…
Sixteen years ago, best friends Nancy, Georgia and Lila committed a terrible crime. They have never spoken about it. But now, in their thirties, one of them wants to talk.
One word and everything could be ruined: their lives, their careers, their relationships. It’s up to Georgia to call a crisis dinner. But the…