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Shirley Hughes is one of the best known and most popular creators of children's books, and her keen observation of family life have earned her a special place in the hearts of children and adults. Thi
One of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st centuryThis landmark study by Minouche Shafik, Director of the LSE, draws on evidence from
'Terrifying yet funny, surprising yet predictable, simple yet poignant' Chris PackhamHow much of the earth's surface has been concreted over? How much of our energy still comes from burning coal? How
For two hundred years, the abolition of slavery in Britain has been a cause for self-congratulation - but no longer. In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire, but for the
Being antiracist is not something you are. It's something we do. In his global, game-changing bestseller How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, director of the Centre for Antiracist Research at Bost
What would a fair and equal society look like?Imagine it is now 2025 and that years earlier, in the wake of the world financial crisis of 2008, a new post-Capitalist society had been born. In this ing
What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity? He runs for re-election.Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time poli
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A captivating new book – from the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Into the Silence – that illuminates Colombia's complex past, present, and future through the story of the great Río Magdalena.T
This is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.Spanning millennia, from its earliest inhabitants to the present
'Brilliant and gripping, here is the full true Renaissance in a history of compelling originality and freshness' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIOREThe Italian Renaissance shaped western culture – but it was far s
Award-winning American news presenter Rachel Maddow investigates remarkable stories from around the globe, all leading back to the same crooked source: the unimaginably lucrative and equally corruptin
"One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read, by one of Britain's most gifted writers. If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrus
The Outlaw Ocean is a riveting, adrenaline-fuelled tour of a vast, lawless and rampantly criminal world that few have ever seen: the high seas.There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perh
From the creator of Paddington Bear comes a tale of dastardly villains and unlikely tiny heroes...The Perk family live in a doll's house in a castle. The castle is their home - but when someone new wi
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'How to Be an Antiracist could hardly be more relevant. At its core is a superficially simple idea that, somehow, when you read it, feels like a light switch being flicked
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Robert A. Caro, 'one of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer’ (Sunday Times), is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, whose biographies are widely consi
From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natura
Do you have a female brain or a male brain? Or is that the wrong question? Reading maps or reading emotions? Barbie or Lego? We live in a gendered world where we are bombarded with messages about sex
'A sweeping, brilliant overview of the history not only of our species but of the world ... Dartnell has a rare talent in being able to see the big picture – and explaining why it matters' PETER FRANK
From one of America’s most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the shared values that will see us into the future. Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless,
Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Evening Standard, Observer, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Economist Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER
Global finance is a system that works for the few and against the many. We need finance – but when finance grows too big it becomes a curse. Far from being the geese that lay the golden eggs, Wall Str
How can we bring people together? In Palaces for the People the sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg introduces a transformative and powerfully uplifting new idea for health, happiness,
'Brilliant' - Sunday Times How does a truly disastrous leader – a sociopath, a demagogue, a tyrant – come to power? How, and why, does a tyrant hold on to power? And what goes on in the hidden recesse
'A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing the world' YUVAL NOAH HARARI author of SAPIENS The past is another c
Rosie the hen is going for a walk. But she'd better watch out - there's a sneaky fox on the prowl . . . This timeless classic is the perfect combination of funny, witty, child-friendly humour and icon
This short book takes us through the sixteen days in August 1936 when the Olympic Games were staged in Berlin. With a chapter dedicated to each day, it describes the events in the German capital throu
Already we have found ways to harness these natural defences to create break-through drugs and therapies that help us fight cancer, diabetes, arthritis and many age-related diseases, and we are starti
Jaron Lanier, `the father of Virtual Reality ... a high-tech genius' (Sunday Times), tells the extraordinary story of how in just over three decades Virtual Reality went from being a dream to a realit
In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the son of a minister, the near loss of his eyesight as a student and the death of his daughter within days of her birth, he shares the passionately held pr
Within minutes of the crash, you land at the scene. But nothing can prepare you for what you now find. So what do you do? Professor Kevin Fong flies with the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, maki
