Category Archives: Accessories
Climate Change and the Nation State: The Realist Case
`This is one of those rare books that have something really important to say. Anatol Lieven is telling his fellow realists that at this moment the world`s great powers are far more threatened by climate change than they are by each other` Ivan Krastev, author of The Light That FailedIn the past two centuries we
White Fragility: Why It`s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
The International Bestseller`With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to “bad people.” In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change` Claudia RankineAnger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness
The iconic New York Times bestseller that `struck the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter` (Ibram X. Kendi)Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly` Slate` Chronicle of Higher Education` Literary Hub and Book RiotOnce in a great while a book comes along
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
`Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century` – Amanda Marcotte`I want to press this book on every schoolgirl who thinks that feminism is uncool, any woman who thinks the most important gender battles are won, pretty much every man I know, and say, have you thought about this?` Sophie McBain, New
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene – the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies – is, after three centuries, coming to an end. A new
Our House is on Fire: Scenes of a Family and a Planet in Crisis
This is the story of a happy family whose life suddenly fell apart, never to be the same again. Of two devoted parents plunged into a waking nightmare as their eleven-year-old daughter stopped speaking and eating, and her younger sister struggled to cope. This crisis was not theirs alone: they were burned-out people on a
Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
The extraordinary efforts that took mankind to the moon 50 years ago were more than a scientific feat of aeronautics. They required new forms of collaboration between the public sector (notably, NASA) and private companies. This book asks: what if the same level of boldness – the boldness that set inspirational goals, took risks and
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Chosen as a Book of the Year by New Statesman, Financial Times, Guardian, Observer, Rough Trade and the BBCShortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First CollectionShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio PrizeLonglisted for the Jhalak Prize`Restlessly inventive, brutally graceful, startlingly beautiful . . . a landmark debut` Guardian`Oh my God, he`s just stirring me. Destroying
Greed Is Dead: Politics After Individualism
Two of the UK`s leading economists call for an end to extreme individualism as the engine of prosperity `provocative but thought-provoking and nuanced` TelegraphThroughout history, successful societies have created institutions which channel both competition and co-operation to achieve complex goals of general benefit. These institutions make the difference between societies that thrive and those paralyzed
A World Without Work: Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020The Sunday Times Best Business Books of the Year 2020The Times of London Best Business Books of the Year 2020The Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020Fortune Magazine Best Business Book of the Year 2020 FiveBooks.com Best Non-Fiction of 2020 Inc.com Best
Adam Smith: What He Thought, and Why it Matters
Adam Smith is now widely regarded as `the father of modern economics` and the most influential economist who ever lived. But what he really thought, and what the implications of his ideas are, remain fiercely contested. Was he an eloquent advocate of capitalism and the freedom of the individual? Or a prime mover of `market
The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-and-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul
`Truly a marvellous collection … There is balm for the soul, fire for the belly, a cooling compress for the fevered brow, solace for the wounded, an arm around the lonely shoulder – the whole collection is a matchless compound of hug, tonic and kiss` Stephen FrySometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions
Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist
A new edition of conversations between the artist Ai Wei Wei and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, coming up to the present dayAi Weiwei – artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist – extended the notion of art and is one of the world`s most significant creative and cultural figures. In this series of interviews, conducted
Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut
In space the sun rises and sets 16 times a day. You fly over every sea, every mountain and desert, every city and every port. The most ordinary things — eating, sleeping, brushing your teeth or cutting your hair — have to be relearned, until they become familiar again. This is the story of Samantha
The Anatomy of Peace: How to Resolve the Heart of Conflict
The Anatomy of Peace will instil hope and inspire reconciliation. Through a series of moving stories about once-bitter enemies reunited, it shows us how we routinely misunderstand the causes of conflict – and perpetuate the very problems we`re trying to solve. The Anatomy of Peace shows you how to:- Focus on helping things go right,
You, Your Child and School: Navigate Your Way to the Best Education
International bestselling authors of The ElementAs a parent, what should you look for in your children`s education? How can you tell if their school is right for them, and what can you do if it isn`t? In this important new book, Sir Ken Robinson, one of the world`s most influential voices in education, offers clear
Seeing Things as They are: Selected Journalism and Other Writings
`This selection is a ceaseless delight …there is a treat on almost every page` Daily Telegraph George Orwell wrote, in his words, from `a desire to see things as they are`. This new collection of his journalism and other writings, including articles, essays, broadcasts, poems, book and film reviews from across his career, shows his
Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are
The blueprint for our individuality lies in the 1% of DNA that differs between people. Our intellectual capacity, our introversion or extraversion, our vulnerability to mental illness, even whether we are a morning person – all of these aspects of our personality are profoundly shaped by our inherited DNA differences. In Blueprint, Robert Plomin, a
The Order of Time
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics takes us on an enchanting, consoling journey to discover the meaning of time`We are time. We are this space, this clearing opened by the traces of memory inside the connections between our neurons. We are memory. We are nostalgia. We are longing
How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
The No.1 New York Times Bestseller`Reminds us that the mind is the greatest mystery in the universe` Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian, Books of the YearCould psychedelic drugs change our worldview? Join Michael Pollan on a journey to the frontiers of the human mind.Diving deep into an extraordinary world – from shamans and magic mushroom hunts
