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Brought to you by Penguin. From Jon Sopel, bestselling author and presenter of hit podcast The News Agents, comes an incisive examination of post-Brexit Britain and what it means for our future. Returning to the UK in some ways has been disconcerting – or maybe discombobulating would be a...

Qual è il profumo che riesce a suscitare in te una sensazione di gioia ogni volta che lo percepisci? E quale effluvio ti riporta istantaneamente tra le vie dei luoghi della tua infanzia? Il profumo non è mero ornamento, ma un'estensione intima della nostra essenza. L'atto di profumarsi rappresenta uno sforzo di ristabilire l'armonia in un universo caotico, attingendo dal nostro io più profondo per affermare la nostra identità o appartenenza, e per inviare un messaggio chiaro al mondo che ci circonda.

Dall'indimenticabile ingegnere-filosofo partenopeo, un autore da 20 milioni di copie. «In questo libro pongo 4 grandi domande: 1 Esiste Dio? 2 Esiste il Destino? 3 Che cos'è il tempo? 4 Che cos'è lo spazio? A esse cerco di trovare, se non proprio una risposta, almeno un tentativo di risposta.»

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Since its invention more than 150 years ago, the microphone transformed the world in an instant. Yet its evolution and integration into our daily lives has been comparatively gradual – so...

The surprising story of how iconic works of music sparked debate and action in the halls of Congress. In On the Record: Music That Changed America, Anna Harwell Celenza uncovers the sometimes–surprising influence of music on American politics and culture. From "The Star–Spangled Banner" and...

WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH AGEE PRIZE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE The American Open Road offers a rich exploration of how the mythos of the open road has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. Beginning with the post–World War II boom that solidified car culture as central to American life...

A celebration of tardiness through funny, revealing, and deeply thoughtful essays on the nature of time and collective memory “Brilliantly argues that after toiling to build this country for free or reduced wages, people of color not only deserve the extra time for themselves, but they should...

Millennials might have grown up online but now they want to log off. And it's not just millennials. A year of lockdowns, Zoom meetings and reduced physical contact has made us more dependent on the internet than ever before - but has it lost its humanity? Our focus on community and real...

El escritor Julio Valdeón, que vivía en Nueva York en los años en que el movimiento woke empezó su imparable recorrido, analiza su historia y las persecuciones más implacables de los últimos años, en un intento de dar voz a los silenciados y calumniados. Hoy en día la polarización ha alcanzado cotas inusitadas. La sociedad se divide entre amigos y enemigos.

'A thrilling biological detective story. Brilliant told and relentlessly entertaining' CHARLES FOSTER Explore the spectacular science of reproduction - from frogs and funghi to seahorses, sparrows and everything in between Let's talk about sex. Not boring, human sex, but the endlessly...

**Narrated by the Author!** "By connecting our modern heroes to the archetypes of ancient myth, Peter Meineck's marvelous book bestows thrilling contemporary resonance upon those bygone legends." —Christopher Markus, coscreenwriter of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame What connects...

At more than 100 million user accounts created and over $10 billion made, it is not only the most-subscribed MMORPG in the world, but the highest-grossing video game of all time. Ten years after its launch, Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft is less a game and more a world unto itself, and it's a world Daniel Lisi knows well. More time in his high school years was spent in Azeroth than in his hometown of Irvine, California—a home he happened to share with Blizzard itself.

Exploring subjects like work and comedy, history and sport, the beauty industry and domesticity, anonymous author Man Who Has It All imagines a world in which men are bombarded with the same stereotypical bullshit as women. What if men's t-shirts were emblazoned with slogans encouraging them to be smiley, positive and kind? What if we laughed at jokes about fathers-in-law and male drivers? What if men's history was a niche topic? Behind the jokes about crazy cat gentlemen, testerical men and the 24-hour moustache, lies a deeper, darker message about language, power and control.

A celebration and exploration of gossip, reclaiming it as a powerful tool for building relationships, sharing vital information and enabling women’s voices to be heard. Tittle-tattle. Hearsay. Rumours. Bitching. Tea. Call it what you will: the fact remains that gossip is entwined into our...

Yeah Yeah Yeah is a landmark and addictive work that audaciously charts the entire story of pop music. Unlike other books, it comprehensively covers the genre's history, spanning from the advent of the music charts in the 1950s to the digital transition of the year 2000. It covers an astonishing range of artists, from Billy Fury and Roxy Music to TLC and Britney, including giants like Led Zeppelin and Donna Summer. This book will remind you exactly why you first fell in love with pop.

In The Culting of America, cult survivor, military veteran, and bestselling author of Uncultured Daniella Mestyanek Young delivers a gripping investigation into the invisible systems of control shaping our lives. Raised in the notorious sex cult the Children of God, she escaped to America as a teenager—only to find herself inside another rigid institution: the U.S. Army. Years later, as a Harvard-trained expert in organizational psychology, she began asking a dangerous question: What if we’re all in cults—and America is built to keep us there?

Once considered an outdated embarrassment, demands for exorcism have increased since the mid-twentieth century, becoming a popular product in our therapeutic marketplace and a weapon against groups that resist state, corporate, and ecclesiastical powers. Are the 'possessed' suffering from mental health problems? Is the world falling victim to the devil and demons? Charting the history of exorcism in an allegedly secular age, Purging the Devil is an inquiry into the nature of belief and a meditation on our fascination with evil.

Taylor Swift and Beyoncé aren't just pop megastars. They are working women whose astounding accomplishments defy patriarchal norms. And while not all women can be Rihanna or Dolly Parton or Reese Witherspoon, their successes help us understand the central role of everyday women in today's economy. Swiftynomics assesses the complex economic lives of American women. Drawing insights from pathbreakers like Taylor Swift, Misty Heggeness digs into the data, revealing women's hidden contributions and aspirations—the unexamined value they create by following their own ambitions.

After the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun - the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a...

Bloomsbury presents Listening In by Toby Heys, David Jackson, and Marsha Courneya, read by Angus King. In 1945, W. Averell Harriman, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was presented with a carved wooden plaque of the Great Seal of the United States as a 'gesture of friendship' by a delegation...