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As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us...

The first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series. In the first book in the number one bestselling Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz, fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering...

The classic World War II thriller from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Winter 1943, and US General Carnaby has been captured by the Nazis. He is being held in a fortress high in the Bavarian Alps. headquarters of the German Secret Service, and in his head are plans for the invasion...

 In Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, Jaron Lanier draws on his insider's expertise to explain precisely how social media works - by deploying constant surveillance and subconscious manipulation of its users - and why its cruel and dangerous effects are at the heart of its current business model and design. As well as offering 10 simple arguments for liberating yourself from its addictive hold, his witty and urgent manifesto outlines a vision for an alternative that provides all the benefits of social media without the harm. 

The Suez Crisis of 1956 was Britain's 20th-century nadir, the moment when the once superpower was bullied into retreat. In the immortal words of former US Secretary of State Dean Acheson, 'Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role.' But the funny thing was, Britain had already found a role. It even had the costume. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet. Butler to the World reveals how the UK took up its position at the elbow of the worst people on Earth: the oligarchs, kleptocrats and gangsters. 

Don't burn out. Burn bright. 10 SIMPLE HABITS TO PERFORM AT YOUR BEST AND LOSE THE STRESS Are you feeling overwhelmed at work? Is the line between your professional and personal life fading away? If you want to keep achieving without the personal cost, this is the book you need. Nick Petrie has...

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Listen to the hilarious-but-true adventures of the world’s most amazing spies, document their actions, and most importantly: Do not let the enemy see you laugh. Spies! has it all: secret turnips, infiltrating pigeons, encrypted clothing, milk messages, prison breaks, snooping kitties, grave robbing, hanging monkeys, bumbling Brits, and even original songs.

What if everything you thought you knew about yourself was an illusion? For more than twenty years, University of Chicago professor J. Eric Oliver has taught a legendary course—The Intelligible Self—that students routinely describe as life–changing. Now, in How to Know Your Self, he brings...

Mary Oliver has published twenty-one volumes of poetry and six books of prose in the span of five decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. With At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver gives her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work. In this...

In his brilliant and excitingly ambitious new book, Neil Oliver takes us on a whistlestop tour around the world and through a million years to give us a unique and invaluable grasp of how human history pieces together. From the east to the west, north to south, these 100 moments act like stepping stones allowing us to make sense of how these pivotal events have shaped the world we know today. Including many moments listeners will expect, there are also surprises, and with them, some remarkable, unforgettable stories that give a whole new insight on our past.

'Every serious investor – established or aspiring – should read this' – Annie Duke, author of Thinking in Bets and Quit 'For anyone striving to win in today’s complex global capital markets' – Brian Portnoy, author of The Geometry of Wealth What if investment success isn’t about...

On his 11th birthday, Jackson is nervous about moving up to middle school where he knows he'll be bullied by older kids, so he makes his wish, "I don't want to grow up!" When his 12th birthday rolls around, he discovers his wish came true: he's still 11, and he's starting fifth grade (again). At first, this is the perfect life. Jackson is the smartest kid in his class, the best on his baseball team, and the star of the school band. But after a few years of being eleven, he realizes his life is passing him by.

When the biggest colony ship in human history was sent to settle a paradise world, an accident hurtled it deep into uncharted space. A thousand light years from Earth, with no way home and no way to call for help, the colonists’ only hope for survival was the one barely habitable planet in range, a nightmare world they named Croatoan. Landing on the only five mountain peaks tall enough to rise above the lethal acid clouds, the settlers carved a civilization from the rock.

An Economist Politics and Current Affairs book of the year. Once upon a time, if an official stole money, there wasn't much he could do with it. He could buy himself a new car or build himself a nice house or give it to his friends and family, but that was about it. If he kept stealing, the...

In a world of vicious beasts, if you are not a predator, you are prey. Aurelia Aquinas is a discarded girl. Forced to live a life of isolation, she is forbidden to speak of her powers and forbidden to find her soul-bound mates . She awaits the day she can escape to a human college and live a life free and away from her father and the beasts that might come But when she is called to heal an injured beast, locked away in a dungeon, he's not the only monster caged there and the course of her life changes forever.

In this short, funny, sci-fi tale, every human being on Earth suddenly receives a specific superpower. Everyone, that is, except Dale. But instead of moping around, Dale fools a world of superheroes into believing he was blessed with the power of making a perfect cappuccino. His business takes off beyond his wildest dreams—at least, until he meets Brenda, his personal supervillain, the only person on the planet with a perfect superpalate.

Ein sonniger Morgen an der Küste von La Rochelle. Commissaire Chevalier hilft seinem Schwager in den Austernbänken, da erreicht ihn der Ruf zu einem außergewöhnlichen Einsatz: Bei Arbeiten an einem Windpark auf hoher See ist ein Mann tödlich verunglückt. Als Chevalier und sein Team bei heftigem Seegang auf dem Installationsschiff eintreffen, erwartet sie das Schweigen einer eingeschworen wirkenden Crew. Der Tote scheint alles andere als beliebt gewesen zu sein, und was zunächst wie ein tragischer Unfall aussieht, entpuppt sich bald als Mord.

En rodeoulykke. En latterligt lækker cowboy. En uopnåelig kærlighed. Hele sit liv har Billie Wallace forsøgt at bevise, at hun er mere end bare familien Wallaces “vilde” pige. Det eneste, hun drømmer om, er at blive barrel racer og opsige jobbet som papirnusser på sin fars kontor. Men...

Achtsamkeit ist der Königsweg zu einem sinnerfüllten, freudvollen und freien Leben. Wohl niemand kann uns besser zeigen, wie wir diese Ziele erreichen, als Thich Nhat Hanh, der die Praxis des achtsamen Lebens in die westliche Welt brachte. Einfühlsam widmet sich der weltberühmte Mönch den großen Themen unseres Daseins und macht die zeitlose Weisheit des Buddha anwendbar – damit wir jeden einzelnen Moment intensiv leben und wie ein kostbares Geschenk umarmen können.

The Tippling Tales A mind haunted by nightmares. A destiny hidden in darkness. When a deafening clap of thunder jolts eleven-year-old Daniel Hawthorn awake from a terrifying nightmare, he finds the dark lord from his dream standing at his bedside. Drawn into the depths of a long-abandoned...