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Kategorier: Kulturvetenskap Kulturvetenskap och medievetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
A Waterstones ’Best Books of 2022: Food and Drink’ A Times Food and Drink Book of the Year 2022 and a Spectator Cook Book of the Year 2022 A Stylist Christmas Gift Pick 2022 ’If pasta is a religion, this book is its sermon’ Russell Norman, founder of Polpo and Brutto ’Rewarding … you…
Since its first publication, The Artist’s Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose. Julia Cameron guides readers in uncovering problems and pressure points that may be restricting…
’Thought-provoking … a welcome antidote to the simplistic and divisive thinking that can sometimes taint the well-meaning world of conservation.’ Katie Burton, Geographical Our planet hasn’t seen the current rate of extinction since the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, and global…
’A vital, fascinating, deeply researched exploration of Earth’s last wilderness… Shocking and starkly illuminating – a must-read.’ Gaia Vince The ocean covers seventy per cent of the surface of our planet, and two thirds of this lie beyond national borders. Owned by all nations and no…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
A ’Best Book of the Year 2023’ in the New Statesman, Spectator and Waterstones ’From plans for flying machines to philosophy – the remarkable joy of jotting things down’ Guardian ’Surprisingly revealing’ The Sunday Times We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Industrier och branscher It-sektorn Media-, underhållnings-, informations- och kommunikationsbranschen
’One of the most interesting and original thinkers about the rise of China’ – Peter FrankopanIts vast infrastructure projects now extend from the ocean floor to outer space, and from Africa’s megacities into rural America. China is wiring the world, and, in doing so, rewriting the global order.…
Kategorier: Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc. Personliga berättelser
This serial memoir follows Charlotte over the course of several years as she falls in and out of love, muses on the nature of sex work and the value of beauty, discovers hidden emotional complexities and contemplates leaving her profession. Growing out of a series of confessional letters sent by the author to a small…
Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all – understanding people’s drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them…
’Mind-bendingly brilliant. Agatha Christie on steroids!’ TIM GLISTER, author of RED CORONA ’It gripped me for a week. Incredible!’ JANICE HALLETT, author of THE TWYFORD CODE A locked room. A brutal murder. And a killer who can unwind time… In the former mining town of Black Lake, there is…
Why are some things cute, and others not? What happens to our brains when we see something cute? And how did cuteness go global, from Edwardian children’s books to Disney characters? Cuteness is an area where culture and biology get tangled up. Seeing a cute animal triggers some of the most powerful psychological…
’The Singularity’ is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundred years ago, humans started building the robots that now rule our world. They are called…
Thomas Brogan is a serial killer. With a trail of bodies in his wake and the police hot on his heels, it seems like Thomas has nowhere left to hide. That is until he breaks into an abandoned house at the end of a terrace on a quiet street. And when he climbs up into the loft, he realises that he can drop down into all…
’Toner again spins a tale that is enjoyable and informative.’ The Times Tour the Roman Empire at its height with Marcus Sidonius Falx and his amanuensis, Dr Jerry Toner. Travelling east, Falx explores the great cultural centre of Athens before trekking into rural Asia (or Turkey as we know it), past the…
Kategorier: Biografi: allmänt Biografier och litteraturvetenskap Biografier, sanna berättelser, essäer etc.
Constance seemingly had it all: born into a wealthy and influential family; a career as a successful lawyer, love from her husband and son. But behind this veneer was the stifling pressure to conform to the boundaries of French society within which she could not be herself and survive. Playboy traces one woman’s…
The fourth 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 SERIES Deductive Logico returns in Murdle:…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Management och företagsledning Projektledning
A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTHA FAST COMPANY TOP SUMMER PICK ’Well-written, cogent and useful manual’ – David Allen, author of Getting Things Done ’Forte’s ideas really work.’ – Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing …
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Management och företagsledning Management: ledarskap och motivation
Nothing stays the same. The only constant we now face is change, and the demand for those who can grasp its opportunities has never been greater. Organisations today must learn to continuously adapt – and adapt faster than their competition. It is this that will drive them forward and it is this that is the…
What would be your ideal job if money didn’t matter? How far would you go for a promotion? When did you last stand up for what you believe in? What are you afraid of? In this unique handbook to life and work, there are no right or wrong answers: only honest ones. Because before you can build a career or find…
Recently, fake news has become real news, making headlines as its consequences become crushingly obvious in political upsets and global turmoil. But it’s not new – you’ve seen it all before. A malicious online rumour costs a company millions. Politically motivated ’fake news’ stories are…
’Sarai Walker has done it again … upends the Gothic ghost story with a fiery feminist zeal.’ Maria Semple, bestelling author of Where’d You Go Bernadette ’A riveting, gothic page-turner’ the New York Times ’Wonderful… A book one doesn’t want to put down… I…
’Machiavelli has a new rival, and Sun Tzu had better watch his back’ New York Times Bestselling Author of The 48 Laws of Power Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human whether that be getting what you want, understanding others’ motivations,…
* FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL IN TRANSLATION * ’Kwok is an impressive talent’ – KARIN SLAUGHTER ’A hugely atmospheric and suspenseful mystery’ – LUCY FOLEY ’I will find my daughter. No matter the cost…’ Jasmine Yang thought her daughter was…
Kategorier: Ekonomi, finansväsen, näringsliv och management Företagsekonomi och management Management och företagsledning Management: ledarskap och motivation
Every day we begin new projects, or try to find pleasure in the ones we’re working on – above all, we hope one day we’ll finish them! But in a disjointed, distracting world it’s often hard to find the motivation and focus necessary. This compact book brings together 41 of the best productivity…
Kategorier: Historia Historia och arkeologi Historia: särskilda händelser och ämnen Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria
For centuries humans puzzled over the link between the stomach and the workings of the mind. Yet the nature of the gut’s supposed influence over cognition, mental wellbeing and the emotions still remains a subject of fierce debate. Are we really ruled by our stomachs? From the third-century philosopher who warned…
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN & NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BLACKWELL’S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ’Extraordinary … a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries’ Telegraph What was it really like to rule…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
Why the popular resonance of ’mansplaining’ (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)? It hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously: a bit like when I get lectured on Roman history on Twitter. Britain’s best-known classicist Mary…
’Fascinating … illuminating … Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.’ The Times Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the beating heart of a late antique empire, the glittering Constantinople: New Rome.…
’Brilliant, like nobody else’ Elizabeth McCracken ’Beard’s curiosity and amazement are contagious’ Financial Times Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard’s own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody the hospitality of…
*** FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE APPEAL *** ’Agatha Christie for the 21st century’ – THE TIMES ’The queen of tricksy crime’ – SUNDAY TIMES Six Students. One Murder. Your Time Starts Now… The students of Royal Hastings University’s new Multimedia Art course have been…
A satirical Korean eco-thriller with a fierce feminist sensibility.
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 used on MBA courses, and elsewhere, that will help you tackle…
From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic – children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little closer, and all is not as it seems … In these 10 classic crime stories of midsummer murder and madness, the mercury is climbing – and so is the…
’DO NOT MISS THIS BOOK’ – STEPHEN KING
’Creepy, individual and gripping’ – IAN RANKIN
’A thrilling hall of mirrors filled with twists’ – ALEX MICHAELIDES
’Brilliant and moving’ – SARAH PINBOROUGH
Rob is afraid of her daughter. Callie…
When Anya is arrested at a Moscow anti-corruption rally under false pretences, she is given a 10-day sentence at a detention centre. Her cellmates are five other ordinary women arrested on petty charges. Ten listless days stretch before Anya and, as she appeals her sentence and recalls her progress from apolitical…
Winner of a PEN Translates Award Named a Most Anticipated Book by Literary Hub When Anya is arrested at a Moscow anti-corruption rally under false pretences, she is given a 10-day sentence at a detention centre. Her cellmates are five other ordinary women arrested on petty charges. Ten listless days stretch before Anya…