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**A Sunday Times Bestseller** The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic world All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But i...

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THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter, stronger future for us all Susan Cain 'Compelling, readable and incredibly chilling . . . rema...

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Salman Khan has long been on the cutting edge of education, and in Brave New Words, he shows us whats next. The book is a timely master class for anyone interested in the future of learning in the AI era. No one has thought more about these issues...

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An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller One of the most anticipated books of 2024 according to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Independent, The Scotsman, Time and more Shouldn't we know what we're arguing about? From ...

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'A necessary book and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn What if Chernobyl was just the beginning? The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-f...

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A radical examination by a leading financial analyst, commentator and investor of the ills of capitalism and how they can be fixed What went wrong with capitalism? Ruchir Sharmas explanation is unlike any you have heard before. Progressives are pa...

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The Bible observes that God made humanity for a while a little lower than the angels. If humans are that close to angels, does the difference lie in human sexuality and what we do with it? Much of the political contention and division in societies...

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*The #1 Sunday Times bestseller* 'Explosive and beautifully told these truths can set us free' - Danny Dorling 'This book is dynamite shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that there is no alternativ...

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A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives-from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Road to Character and The Second Mountain...

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*A New Statesman and Daily Mail BOOK OF THE YEAR* *Longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Non-Fiction* 'The best book I've ever read about motherhood' Jude Rogers, Observer 'I kept scribbling in the margins: 'We ne...

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A #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song ...

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A condensed guide to life from the bestselling author of The Black Swan , Nassim Nicholas Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes is an invaluable collection of aphorisms navigate the modern world Why are we so often unwilling to accept that life is unpredi...

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*NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 'An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart 'Hilarious, shocking and deeply sad often in the same sentence' Sunday Times 'The Wolf of Wall Street with a ...

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'An invaluable companion for anyone who wants a deep understanding of whats under the hood of often inscrutable machines' Melanie Mitchell A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongo...

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The international best-selling author explores the revolutionspast and presentthat define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers and an ...

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The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world. For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then tha...

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A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over...

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The world-renowned economist offers a ground-breaking new vision for inclusive prosperity Left behind places can be found in prosperous countriesfrom South Yorkshire, integral to the industrial revolution and now Englands poorest county, to Barran...

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Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on the question of how we can make sense of the data of today to see where the world is going tomorrow. This wonderful book applies these insights...

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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Elegantly written and powerfully argued it ranks among the best works on this terrible period Sunday Times A biographical study of Hitler's inner circle offers a new way to understand the horrors of the Naz...

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'One of the most important thinkers alive' The Times 'Britain's best philosopher' The Telegraph Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Co...

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The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth Richard Wilkinson 'One of the most talked-about books to the moment Limitarianism floats the heretical idea that fixing society isnt just about saving the p...

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A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds For as long as we've studied the mind, we've believed that information flowing from our senses determines what our mind perceives. But as our understand...

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Jordan B. Peterson, clinical psychologist and 'the world's most influential public intellectual' (New York Times), has improved the lives of millions of people around the world with his books, 12 Rules for Life and Beyond Order. Dra...

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When everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterdays words suffice? We were so happy and didnt know it A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment n...

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2024** From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam Hussein The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people,...

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'A generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it' Nigel Warburton, Times Literary Supplement 'One of today's most readable, intellectually n...

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Why bother refuting your opponents, when you can just take away their platform or career? Greg Lukianoff was one of the first to raise the alarm about the troubling social and psychological consequences of the growing intolerance of opposing viewp...

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'A dazzling tour de force of epic royal history: a compulsive, unputdownable real-life thriller, a gripping portrait of ruthless power politics, and a study of British tyranny ... written with the delicacy and elegance of one of Britains most...

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A book to get the neurons firing. As a passionate game player I loved reading a neuroscientists perspective on the role games have played in humanitys attempts to navigate the game of life. A dopamine hit on every page Marcus du Sautoy A sweeping ...

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