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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: 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,…
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…
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: 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’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…
AS SEEN ON TIKTOK: The Book of Answers holds the solution you’ve been looking for.Ask a yes or no question, open the book and find your answer…
Is my partner the one?Should I travel this weekend?Should I ask my boss for a pay rise?
The perfect gift for those looking for new perspectives and…
”A thrilling journey through a thousand years of obsession and betrayal, this is the most extraordinary work of imagination you’ll read all year”. (Adam Johnson, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2013). ”An extraordinary novel. Erudite, intriguing and compulsively readable, Susan Barker,…
When Tina Hopgood writes a letter of regret to a man she has never met, she doesn’t expect a reply. When Anders Larsen, a lonely museum curator, answers it, neither does he.
They’re both searching for something – they just don’t know it yet.
Anders has lost his wife, along with his hopes and…
’An incredible book. Profoundly affecting and deeply soulful. This book will stay with me forever.’ Ruth Jones, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author
I don’t know how you’ve made it this far . . .
Sami’s childhood is much like any other – school with his friends, dinners with his…
By the global bestselling author, Anthony Horowitz, the third novel in his acclaimed Hawthorne and Horowitz series. The Russian mafia, a strange religious order and not one but two murders – stand by for a hugely enjoyable, twisty turny read.
It began with an appearance on BBC’s Question Time. I’ll…
***LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018******SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018***’An engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel’ RODDY DOYLEFarouk’s country has been torn apart by war. Lampy’s heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John’s past torments him as he…
Meet Eve, who has departed from her thirty-year career to become a Free Spirit; Sally, who has waved goodbye to her indifferent husband and two grown-up children; and Anastasia, a defiantly independent narrowboat-dweller, suddenly vulnerable as she awaits a life-saving operation.
Inexperienced and ill-equipped, Sally…
A Christmas to remember for a friend they’ll never forgetFour friendsTwenty-five years ago, Freya and her three best friends created a bucket list. The future seemed bright, full of hope and most importantly guaranteed . . .
One promiseNow they are travelling to Iceland in memory of the friend…
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. And Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are…
You go into your son’s bedroom. It’s the usual mess. You tidy up some dirty plates, pick up some clothes, open the wardrobe to put them away. That’s when you find it. Something so shocking it doesn’t seem real. And you realize a horrifying truth… Your own son might be dangerous.
Keep You…
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
’The Sanatorium will keep you checking over your shoulder. This spine-tingling, atmospheric thriller has it all: an eerie Alpine setting, sharp prose, and twists you’ll never see coming. A must-read.’ Richard Osman
’An…
A beautiful, eerie hotel in the Swiss Alps, recently converted from an abandoned sanatorium, is the last place Detective Elin Warner wants to be. But her estranged brother has invited her there for his engagement party, and she feels she has no choice but to accept.
Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin…
’A wonderfully entertaining mystery with great characters, setting and period detail.’ Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Croissants
A village of secretsIt’s December 1952, and a dead stranger has been found lodged up the chimney of Holly House in the remote town of Elderby. Is he a simple…
The 10th-anniversary edition of the No. 1 international bestseller and modern classic beloved by millions of readers.1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a…
London 1948: Eve Forrester is trapped in a loveless marriage, in a gloomy house, in a grey suburb. Out of the blue, she receives a solicitor’s letter. A wealthy stranger has left her a mystery inheritance but in order to find out more, she must travel to the glittering French Riviera.
Eve discovers her legacy…
Deep within the Arctic Circle, three scientists from the UK’s Arctic Research Station trudge through a blizzard in search of shelter. They see a cabin ahead. It appears abandoned. No lights. No snowmobile outside. But as they push open the door, the smell hits them. Rank and foetid: there’s something bad…
We will take on any case, solve any crime, uncover any secret. We are Private. And we’re the best.
In Afghanistan, a US Special Forces pilot is shot down during a covert mission. In New York, a mother is forced to flee with her two young children.
A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private…
’Compelling and utterly absorbing … an artfully crafted debut that echoes the dark essence of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN while maintaining a fascinating originality all of its own’ Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PANDORA
’A gripping Gothic tale of grief and ambition, passion and…
From the bestselling author of Sirens, Detective Aidan Waits is on the hunt to find the identity of The Smiling Man. A body has been found on the fourth floor of Manchester’s vast and empty Palace Hotel. The man is dead. And he is smiling. The tags have been removed from his clothes. His teeth have been replaced.…
The edge-of-your-seat, heart-in-mouth new Jack Reacher thriller for 2020 – his 25th adventure. No one’s bigger than Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher gets off the bus in a sleepy no-name town outside Nashville, Tennessee. He plans to grab a cup of coffee and move right along. Not going to happen.
The town has…
Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers from her childhood, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day. Dido is enchanted by the castle as soon as she steps through the imposing…
A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth – but in turn the Long Earth is shaping…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
’Outstanding’ SUNDAY TIMES ’A stunning debut thriller . . . utterly terrifying . . . absolutely riveting’ DAILY MAIL ’Fascinating . . . fearsome’ FREDERICK FORSYTH’Enthralling’ FINANCIAL TIMES’Thrilling . . . compelling’ SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE1961.…
An uplifting and heart-warming novel about a family reunited, second chances and the power of forgiveness, from the author of Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman.
Danny is the definition of a man who ’could do better’. He drinks more than he should, currently lives in his…
THE AMAZING NEW THRILLER FROM TERRY HAYES.
If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again – by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide – and when to shoot.
But some…