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Think like an intelligence officer. Move like a prepared civilian. Protect your privacy, your family, and your peace of mind.In a world of tracking phones, exposed personal data, public cameras, online scams, emotional manipulation, and unpredictable people, ordinary awareness is no longer...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Stuff Matters by Mark Miodownik, read by Daniel Weyman. A unique and inspiring exploration of human creativity from one of the UK's best-known scientists Everything is made of something... From the everyday objects in our homes to the most extraordinary...

This book is an account of how Dr. Kalam visualizes Information and Communication Technology mining the rural talent. Here, Dr. Kalam presents his dream of schools in India in 2020 as symbiotic nerve centres connecting teachers, students and community; personifying knowledge that exists in the world. He also makes a clarion call to accelerate the process of societal transformation. This would involve raising the standards of governance and safeguarding the sanctity of public institutions.

An urgent, deeply researched reckoning with the role of tech in our classrooms – from neuroscientist, researcher and former teacher Dr Jared Cooney Horvath. Our children are struggling. Is classroom technology to blame? For the first time in recent history, children are falling behind previous...

This is the story of the world's biggest drug deal. In the nineteenth century, the British East India Company operated a triangle of trade that straddled the globe, running from India to China to Britain. From India to China, they took opium. From China to Britain, they took tea. From Britain to...

Bloomsbury presents How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter, read by Jack Bennett. ‘Brilliant’ NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR ‘Enlightening and a good read’ SPECTATOR ‘Moving and perceptive’ NEW STATESMAN Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of...

“A tour de force of investigative history.” —Steve Coll The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR** Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time. Alexei Navalny’s poisoning in 2020 by the Russian security services was a...

Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction.

FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE END OF HISTORY AND THE LAST MAN 'One of the West's most interesting public intellectuals' THE TIMES 'None is more eminent or experienced than Francis Fukuyama' FINANCIAL TIMES In 1989, one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama -...

Bloomsbury presents Red Dawn Over China by Frank Dikötter, read by Daniel York Loh. A FINANCIAL TIMES HIGHLIGHT FOR 2026 'The most important reappraisal of modern China to appear in years' PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads and The Earth Transformed From renowned, prize-winning historian...

'A must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY 'Captivating' DARON ACEMOGLU 'Fascinating' FRANCIS FUKUYAMA An award-winning political scientist shows that a society's path to prosperity, sustainability, and equality depends on who owns the land. For millennia, land has been a symbol of wealth and privilege. But...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World written and read by Anand Giridharadas. *The New York Times bestseller* 'Entertaining and gripping . . . For those at the helm, the philanthropic plutocrats and aspiring "change agents" who believe...

A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has been one of the most iconic figures of Independent India. A scientist, leader, thinker, teacher and writer, he achieved remarkable success in various fields. Yet, what endeared him to so many was his dedication to the idea of a developed India, his simple and direct way of interacting with people and his deep love for his fellowmen.

BEN MACINTYRE'S NEXT AUDIOBOOK, REDWOOD, IS AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Discover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor. From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A groundbreaking narrative history of the motivations and mentalities behind the Nazis and their supporters, from the bestselling author of THE HOLOCAUST and President Zelenskyy’s most-read book, HITLER AND STALIN. How could the Nazis have...

Michael Lewis, the Master of the Big Story, is back with Flash Boys If you thought Wall Street was about alpha males standing in trading pits hollering at each other, think again. That world is dead. Now, the world's money is traded by computer code, inside black boxes in heavily guarded...

Presenting Insurance Guru Tapan Singhel in conversation with Mandee and Kabir. From Life lessons to journey of a CEO and from various types of insurance to Insurance understanding now available with just a click. One on one chat with MD and CEO Tapan Singhel, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. Questions by us, answered by the expert, tune in to Insurance Guru and find your answers. Insurance Guru Tapan Singhel, Caringly Yours.

We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you use design thinking to produce breakthrough innovations and transform your organization. This book will inspire you to: understand the transformative potential of design thinking; proceed from idea to product at lightning speed; iterate with rapid customer feedback; fail small and win big; create new products people love; lead design thinking teams more effectively; and open new paths to innovation at your company.

Halftime Report is on the front lines of CNBC’s market coverage. CNBC’s Scott Wapner and the Street’s top investors get to the heart of the action as it’s happening and help set the agenda for the rest of the day. Halftime Report airs weekdays 12-1PM ET on CNBC TV.