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An indispensable guide and call to action to take control of our economic power and hold corporations to a higher standard’A pragmatic and original roadmap to transform capitalism into a system that’s more inclusive, sustainable, and just’Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The Rockefeller…
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The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions – including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons.
As the…
They know something you don’t know. They work inside investment banks, betting companies and social media giants. What are the secrets held by mathematicians and what can everyone else learn from them?
Their advantage can be reduced to a small number of equations. Ten of them. And, surprisingly, it isn’t…
A 16-year old American boy relates in his own words the experiences he goes through at school and after, and reveals with unusual candour the workings of his own mind. What does a boy in his teens think and feel about his teachers, parents, friends and acquaintances?
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF MY SEDITIOUS HEART AND THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, A NEW AND PRESSING DISPATCH FROM THE HEART OF THE CROWD AND THE SOLITUDE OF A WRITER’S DESKThe chant of ’Azadi!’ – Urdu for ’Freedom!’ – is the slogan of the freedom struggle in Kashmir…
Shinrin-Yoku or forest bathing is the practice of spending time in the forest for better health, happiness and a sense of calm. A pillar of Japanese culture for decades, Shinrin-Yoku is a way to reconnect with nature, from walking mindfully in the woods, to a break in your local park, to walking barefoot on your…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
The never-before-told inside story of the Steele Dossier and the Trump-Russia investigationIn the autumn of 2015, the founders of the Washington-based intelligence firm Fusion GPS, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, were hired by a republican client to look into the records of Donald Trump. What began as a march through…
Kategorier: Konst
’I couldn’t imagine a better guidebook for making sense of a tragic and momentous time in our lives. Covid by Numbers is comprehensive yet concise, impeccably clear and always humane’ Tim Harford
How many people have died because of COVID-19? Which countries have been hit hardest by the virus? What…
From the internationally bestselling author of Exit West, a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change
One morning, Anders wakes to find that his skin has turned dark, his reflection a stranger to him. At first he tells only Oona, an old friend, newly a lover. Soon, reports of similar…
THE MOUTH-WATERING FIRST BOOK FROM CUPCAKE JEMMA’S ICONIC LONDON BAKERY, CRUMBS & DOILIES
Cupcake Jemma has been teaching the world to bake through her hugely successful YouTube channel for almost a decade. In their first ever book, Jemma and her team unlock the secrets to creating wonderfully imaginative…
Kategorier: Folkliga föreställningar och kontroversiell kunskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
THE EMERALD TABLET – an ancient document that contains the essence of the alchemical teachings – has had an important influence on many Western spiritual and religious traditions. Ostensibly concerned with turning base metals into gold, alchemy was in fact dedicated to transforming the lead of self into the…
This is the ”Penguin English Library Edition” of ”The Five Orange Pips and Other Cases” by Arthur Conan Doyle. ’He is the Napoleon of crime, Watson…He sits motionless, like a spider in the centre of its web, but that web has a thousand radiations, and he knows well every quiver of…
The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translationThrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to…
When Sunny Dae – self-proclaimed total nerd – meets Cirrus Soh, he can’t believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakes Sunny’s older brother Gray’s bedroom – with its collection of electric guitars and rock posters – for Sunny’s own, he sort of, kind of,…
Kategorier: Historia och arkeologi
NAMED A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, THE TABLET AND THE LADY
The ’conquistadores’, the early explorers and settlers of Spanish America, have become the stuff of legends and nightmares. In their own time, they were glorified as heroic adventurers, spreading Christian…
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She came from nothing.
Avery has a plan: keep her head down, work hard for a better future. Then an eccentric billionaire dies, leaving her almost his entire fortune. And no one, least of all Avery, knows why.
They had everything.
Now she must move into the mansion she’s inherited. It’s filled with…
Jamie’s new cookbook brings together 100 ultimate comfort food recipes from around the world. It’s all about the dishes that are close to your heart, that put a smile on your face and make you feel happy, loved, safe and secure. Inspired by everything from childhood memories to the changing of the seasons,…
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Poe Blythe, the seventeen-year-old captain of the Outpost’s last mining ship has revenge on her mind as she and her crew voyage up the Serpentine River in search of gold. But there is something Poe wants even more than gold, however – to annihilate the river raiders who, two years ago, killed the boy she…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
A balanced and thought-provoking guide to all the big questions about AI and ethics
Can computers understand morality? Can they respect privacy? And what can we do to make AI safe and fair?
The artificial intelligence revolution has begun. Today, there are self-driving cars on our streets, autonomous weapons in our…
The classic story of paradise found – and lost.
Richard lands in East Asia in search of an earthly utopia. In Thailand, he is given a map promising an unknown island, a secluded beach – and a new way of life. What Richard finds when he gets there is breathtaking: more extraordinary, more frightening than…
In 1906, an American named Isaac Bell stops the groundbreaking Grey Ghost – a legendary prototype Rolls-Royce – from vanishing from Manchester, England forever.
But not even the legendary detective can save the good name of the man accused of stealing the car. More than a hundred years later, it is Jonathon…
’I love it, I love it, I love it. Just reading this makes you more content’ Chris Evans’Comforting and cosy for the heart and soul’ Fearne Cotton’This book will help you make your home somewhere you feel comfortable, safe and calm’ Emma GunsA gorgeous guide to the Danish art of…
For years psychotherapist Frieda Klein has believed serial killer Dean Reeve escaped justice. That, despite what the police say, he’s still alive. And finally she has the evidence. Under her floor is the rotting corpse of an ex-policeman who she’d hired to hunt for Reeve.
Now the police have to take her…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
A super soft buggy book – pull the tag and feel it jiggle!With its tactile squishy spine, soft cloth pages and jitter mechanism, this buggy book has been developed to boost a baby’s motor skills. And the bold patterns and high-contrast colours throughout are designed to help stimulate a baby’s…
The stunning new novel about the joys and heartbreaks of a family divided and reunited, from the bestselling author of the Richard & Judy selection Love, Iris’I loved this book’ Katie FfordeThe Chamberlain family used to be close. Charlie and Daphne were happily married, and their children Laura,…
The new book from the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of TimeOne idea, more than any other, has transformed our understanding of the fabric of the universe: the quantum. Now Carlo Rovelli illuminates its mysteries. In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering…
Teeming with life and crackling with energy – a love song to modern Britain, to black womanhood, to the ever-changing heart of London Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and…
Best friends share everything. Or do they?
When Lydia starts an online business, her closest friend Georgia wants to help. So she sets up a fake Twitter account to pose as a potential customer. But then Lydia begins to confide in her new online buddy. Georgia knows she should confess the truth, but she just…
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A gorgeous story of first love by Wattpad mega-star Yuen Wright. If you love The Kissing Booth and Holly Bourne, then you will love The Hoodie Girl! Wren hides behind her hoodie at school. But when the handsome, popular Asher notices her, she realizes she might not want to be invisible after all…
Wren Martin…
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Phizz-whizzing new branding for Roald Dahl, the world’s No.1 storyteller! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake’s inimitable artwork.
Mr Willy Wonka is the most extraordinary chocolate maker in the world. And do you know who Charlie is? Charlie Bucket is the hero. The other children…
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Get ready for the most hilarious Wimpy Kid book yet!
International bestselling author Jeff Kinney serves up heaps of laughs in Hot Mess, the 19th book in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Greg Heffley is caught in the middle as the two halves of his extended family come together in a sidesplittingly relatable summer…
THE LANDMARK MEMOIR OF A GLOBAL MUSIC ICONSinead O’Connor’s voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her recording of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U made her a global icon. She outraged millions when she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II on American television.…