Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level, now published in more than twenty languages, has been one of the most influential non-fiction books published in the last decade, showing conclusively how less equal societies fare worse than more equ Zobraziť viac
What does Artificial Intelligence mean for our identity? Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us... Zobraziť viac
A brilliant young neuroscientist explains how to preserve our minds indefinitely, enabling future generations to choose to revive us... Zobraziť viac
The paintings of Johannes Vermeer of Delft are some of the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art. Yet like the life of Vermeer himself, they are mysterious and have for centuries defied explanation... Zobraziť viac
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our era of risk-and the players raising the stake... Zobraziť viac
How can you fight something if you don’t know it exists? We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; the planet we inhabit ... Zobraziť viac
In 2008, when Michael McFaul was asked to leave his perch at Stanford and join an unlikely presidential campaign, he had no idea that he would find himself at the beating heart of one of today's most contentious and consequential international relationshi Zobraziť viac
In this extraordinary book, with unparalleled candour, Paul McCartney recounts his life and art through the prism of 154 songs from all stages of his career - from his earliest boyhood compositions through the legendary decade of The Beatles, ... Zobraziť viac
We are often told that depression is 'all in the mind'. So why are so many of its symptoms felt in our bodies? Why can depression have such a profound impact on physical as well as mental health - from coronary disease to stroke?... Zobraziť viac
An expert, empathetic guide to the science, psychology and physiology of breaking, from the acclaimed author of How We Are... Zobraziť viac
There is an entrenched relationship between the consulting industry and the way business and government are managed today which must change... Zobraziť viac
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds build our worlds... Zobraziť viac
A trail-blazing guide to feline mental health from a leading veterinary psychiatrist. Is your cat happy? What can you do to help? And what can cats teach us? The relationship between humans and cats has never been simple... Zobraziť viac
In this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and... Zobraziť viac
Why can no two people ever see the same rainbow? What happens when you pull a pop song apart into pure sine waves and play it back on a piano? Why does the wake behind a duck always form an angle of exactly 39 degrees? ... Zobraziť viac
A behind-the-scenes tour through the world's greatest natural history museums, revealing how their hidden secrets can help us in the fight against climate change Zoologist Jack Ashby spends his life working in Britain's natural history museums, and... Zobraziť viac
This is the story, in their own words, of a band that came to define a generation. Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the madcap history of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their ... Zobraziť viac
Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. In <i>Caste</i>, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon... Zobraziť viac
For more than twenty years Naomi Klein's books have defined our era, chronicling the exploitation of people and the planet and demanding justice. On Fire gathers for the first time more than a decade of her impassioned writing from ... Zobraziť viac
In this fascinating and illuminating work, Leonard Mlodinow guides us through the critical eras and events in the development of science, all of which, he demonstrates, were propelled forward by humankind's collective struggle to know... Zobraziť viac
