Naomi Wolf * Naomi Wolf is back. With a book that should be as exciting, dramatic and controversial as the Beauty Myth | Jaron Lanier Reveals how the internet is deadening personal interaction, stifling genuine inventiveness and even changing us as people. Showing us the way to a future where individuals mean more than machines... |
Jim Holt 'Why is there a world rather than nothing at all?' remains the most curious and most enduring of all metaphysical mysteries. The author traces all our efforts to grasp the... | Harry Mount Packed with facts and stories, this book helps you to learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand... |
Michael Foley A witty insight into the contentment that can be found by rediscovering the joys of everyday things. | Scott Atran The author has spent years talking to terrorists - from Gaza and Afghanistan, to Indonesia and Europe. In this book, he delivers a fascinating journey into the mindsets of radicalised... |
Diarmaid MacCulloch Unravels polyphony of silences from the history of Christianity and beyond. The author considers the mixed attitudes of Judaism to silence, Jewish and Christian borrowings from Greek explorations of the... | Virginia Nicholson We tend to see the Second World War as a man's war, featuring Spitfire crews and brave deeds on the Normandy beaches. But in conditions of "Total War" millions of... |
Catherine Hakim Shows how men and women can do better in the workplace and life by boosting their attractiveness. This title provides answers to questions such as: Why are some people a... | Paulo Freire; Myra Bergman Ramos;... Argues that the ignorance and lethargy of the poor are the direct result of the whole economic, social and political domination. This book suggests that in some countries the oppressors... |
Steven Johnson Identifies key principles that are driving force of creativity. This book helps to learn how: a slow hunch can be more valuable than a Eureka moment; the connected 'hive mind'... | David Priestland Proposes a radical approach to how we see our world, and who runs it, in the vein of Francis Fukuyama's "The End of History". This title argues for the predominance... |
Tariq Ramadan The author is one of the most acclaimed figures in the analysis of Islam and its political dimensions today. In this book, he explores the opportunities and challenges across North... | Diane Atkinson Westminster, London, 22 June 1836. It is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progresses. Crowds are gathering at the Court of Common Pleas. On trial... |
Adrian Raine What are the causes of violence? Can it be treated? And might it one day be stopped? Are some criminals born, not made? What causes violence and how can we... | Oliver Bullough The Caucasus mountains are a land of jagged peaks and rugged people, who for over 200 years have rebelled against Russia's attempts to add them to its empire. Travelling from... |