A revelatory portrait of the visionary behind Google DeepMind, the race to control the future – and what it means to win. Even in a tech world crowded with visionary leaders, Demis Hassabis is recognized as a special case. Born to working class,... Zobraziť viac
The Climb by Chris Froome - the inspirational memoir from the British winner of the 100th edition of the Tour de France. The Climb tells the extraordinary story of Chris Froome's journey from a young boy in Kenya, ... Zobraziť viac
The Internet isn't all cat videos. There's also Felicia Day - violinist, filmmaker, Internet entrepreneur, compulsive gamer and former lonely homeschooled girl who overcame her isolated childhood to become the ruler of a new world ... Zobraziť viac
Explore the foundations of governance and societal organization. This classic work, drawing on ancient city-state models, offers enduring insights into initiating and maintaining successful constitutions. Revised for modern readers with expert introductions and notes. Zobraziť viac
Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the highly successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, bouncing from one... Zobraziť viac
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of the Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its... Zobraziť viac
From the moment Judi Dench appeared as a teenager in the York Mystery Plays it was clear that acting would be her career. Trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama it was her performance in her twenties as Juliet... Zobraziť viac
An engrossing oral history of a band that came to define a generation, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap story of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely... Zobraziť viac
In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing an anonymous blog for BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school... Zobraziť viac
More than two decades after teaching English in Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler returned to teach China's next generation. In doing so, he is able to tell an intimately unique story about the country's incredible transformation... Zobraziť viac
Combining memoir, reportage, environmental writing and literary criticism, Greyhound is a moving and immersive book that captures an America in the throes of late capitalism... Zobraziť viac
Both a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, Fire in Every Direction balances humour and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present. Tareq Baconi crafts... Zobraziť viac
For Gabriel Weston, there was always something missing from the anatomy she was taught at medical school. As she became a surgeon, a mother and then a patient herself, she grew increasingly fascinated by the gap between the body she understood as... Zobraziť viac
A profound journey of love and loss. Navigating motherhood while losing her own, she finds strength on life's threshold. A story for anyone who has loved deeply and faced the universal pain of grief. Zobraziť viac
Destined to be a classic, a poet's powerful look at the courage of resistance. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Victoria Amelina was busy writing a novel, taking part in the country's literary scene, and parenting her son... Zobraziť viac
Unraveling family secrets through genetics. A donor-conceived IVF triplet's intimate memoir explores identity, resilience, and the evolving definition of family. Zobraziť viac
Diaries from turbulent years: lockdown, Brexit, changing monarchs. Travel, nature, local life, and reflections on aging, childhood, and luck. Poignant, funny, contemplative. Zobraziť viac
A love letter to all those who come alive when they pull a new treasure off the shelf, stay up late reading just one more page and pack their suitcases with clothes wedged between books instead of the other way around. From well-worn literary classics... Zobraziť viac
Thor Bjorgolfsson is a self-styled adventure capitalist who became Iceland's first billionaire: by his 40th birthday he had assets of around $4 billion. Among them was investment in Iceland's oldest bank, Landsbanki - but in the 2008 financial meltdown... Zobraziť viac
