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From the superstar statistician and ’Galileo of number crunchers’ (Independent), the definitive guide to our era of risk-and the players raising the stakes A forthcoming Allen Lane publication brought to you by Penguin Random House, on sale June 2024
A thrilling new novel featuring Evan Smoak – otherwise known as Orphan X.
Once a black book government assassin known as Orphan X, Evan Smoak left the program, went deep underground, and reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere, and risk everything to help the truly desperate who have nowhere else to…
”The Last Four Things” is the second in Paul Hoffman’s remarkable series. Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell. These are the ”Last Four Things”. Now there are Five Meet Thomas Cale Returning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: allmänt
Percy Jackson and The Battle of the Labyrinth is the fourth exciting adventure in Rick Riordan’s bestselling series. Now with a thrilling new cover look.
Half Boy. Half God. All Hero. Honestly, blowing up another school was the last thing I wanted to do. As the son of a Greek God, I’ve had my share of…
Recently many people have assumed that we are blank slates shaped by our environment. But this denies the heart of our being: human nature. Violence is not just a product of society; male and female minds are different; the genes we give our children shape them more than our parenting practices. To acknowledge our…
Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate personal remembrances; from thrilling adventures in Africa to literary writings from Theroux’s rich and expansive…
**Now on Netflix as The Call to Courage**’She’s so good, Brene Brown, at finding the language to articulate collective feeling’ Dolly Alderton
Every time we are faced with change, no matter how great or small, we also face risk. We feel uncertain and exposed. We feel vulnerable.
Most of us try to…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: skönlitteratur och sanna berättelser Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Skönlitteratur barn och ungdom: fantasy och magisk realism
Alice has fought hard for a normal life. Having escaped the Hinterland – the strange, pitch-dark world she was born into – she has washed up in New York City, determined to build a new future for herself.
But when her fellow survivors start being brutally murdered, Alice must face the fact that the…
At the heart of The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty is a letter that’s not meant to be read…Mother of three and wife of John-Paul, Cecilia discovers an old envelope in the attic. Written in her husband’s hand, it says: to be opened only in the event of my death. Curious, she opens it –…
’My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don’t know.’
In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions…
Kategorier: Barn och ungdom: naturkunskap Barnböcker, ungdomsböcker och läromedel Faktaböcker barn och ungdom
Kindred in spirit to The Lost Words but fresh in its form, The Lost Spells is a pocket-sized treasure that introduces a beautiful new set of natural spell-poems and artwork by beloved creative duo Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris.
Each ”spell” conjures an animal, bird, tree or flower — from Barn…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
’A modern classic that is troubling in some places, sobering in others, and enlightening from beginning to end. . .
’ — WiredThe world is awash in bullshit, and we’re drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release.
Start-up culture elevates hype to…
Her father was a hairdresser to the rich and famous – he was also their drug dealer. Her mother was an alcoholic fashion model. Her days and nights were non-stop parties – she spent them taking care of her little sister and putting out naked flames. And when her sister dies aged nine, Gavanndra is left…
’Absolutely stunning. . . a formidable achievement. A six-part historical thriller that is essential reading for both our politicians and the ordinary citizen’ Kai BirdBest-selling historian Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear…
Kategorier: Informationsteknik
Now, for the first time ever, discover the story of YouTube: how it started, how it works, and how it came to control our culture. It has entertained us with cat videos, flash mobs, gaming streams and Charlie Bit My Finger. It has educated us with makeup tutorials, DIYs and delicious recipes.
It has changed us…
A CRY FOR WAR. OR A CHANCE AT PEACE?’Do not walk to pick up this book. Run’ Jennifer L. Armentrout, bestselling author of From Blood and Ash
She was raised as a soldier. And as an heir to an empire. General Zarrah is motivated by two truths: The Veliant family murdered her mother and that she will be the…
Stacey put her life on hold when she stayed in Willow Creek to care for her sick mother. But it’s been years now. Even the local Renaissance Faire, where she spends summer pouring drinks and flirting with patrons, is losing its attraction. She vows to have her life figured out by next summer’s Faire.…
Artists have learnt to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn’t have to be the case.
In his typical engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the…
Kategorier: Genusvetenskap Samhälle och kultur: allmänt Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap Sociala grupper
Growing up gifted and working-class in the foothills of the Ozarks, Monica and Darci became fast friends. The girls bonded over a shared love of learning as they navigated the challenges of their declining town and tumultuous family lives – broken marriages, shuttered stores and factories. They pored over the…
You’d think you would be allowed to relax over Christmas, but not in the world of the Thursday Murder Club.
On Boxing Day, a dangerous package is smuggled across the English coast. When it goes missing, chaos is unleashed. The body count starts to rise – including someone close to the Thursday Murder Club…
The Sunday Times bestseller *Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize*A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year
’This book calls for nothing less than a revolution in the future of food’ Kate Raworth
From the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for…
The extraordinary recount of one man’s experience in the Ukrainian war and his miraculous escape from Russian imprisonment . . . Shaun Pinner was a retired and decorated British soldier, living a peaceful and happy life in Mariupol with his Ukrainian family. What follows is the true story of his six months spent…
There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change.
Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington show that our economies’ reliance on companies such as McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and…
Between his work for the King and Queen of Daxaria and a new (secret) relationship with Lady Annika Jenoure, Fin’s life is anything but tidy.Annika is being forced from the castle after there are threats to her safety. All the while tension is brewing with Troivack and war seems to draw ever closer.As if he…
Genius Gut is a modern guide on what and how to eat for a great life inside and out from Dr Emily Leeming, former ZOE lead scientist which draws on her clinical and research expertise as a registered dietician, microbiome scientist and chef. This book digests the latest ground-breaking scientific research about the…
Kategorier: Konst
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from…
This is the ”Penguin English Library Edition” of ”Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens. ’A parish child – the orphan of a workhouse – the humble, half-starved drudge – to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none’. Dark, mysterious…
Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. In a house haunted by memories, the past is everywhere … …
Part of Penguin’s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England…
Kategorier: Samhälle och samhällsvetenskap
In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice crumbles? Slavoj Zizek shows how the answer is already stealing into sight, like a thief in broad daylight. What we must do is wake up and see it.
’In a world determined to crush…
*Pre-order the gripping new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Girl Unknown*The last person you need to protect your daughter from is her closest friend…isn’t it?***Abi Holland considers herself lucky. She’s happily married, and her oldest daughter, Eva, is all set for…