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Sheryl Sandberg The statistics, although an improvement on previous decades, are certainly not in women's favour - of 197 heads of state, only twenty-two are women. Women hold just 20 percent of... | John le Carre Gibraltar, 2008. A counter-terror operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign... |
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger; Kenneth... We are witnessing the beginnings of a revolution. Big data - the explosion of information that digitization has sparked - is changing our world in ways we are just starting... | Peter F. Hamilton St Libra is a paradise for Earth's mega-rich, until the killing begins. |
Jaron Lanier Shows how the new power paradigm operates, how it is conceived and controlled, and why it is leading to a collapse in living standards. Arguing that the 'information economy' ruins... | Caitlin Moran Including cultural, social and political issues which are usually left to hot-shot wonks and not a woman who sometimes keeps a falafel in her handbag, this title also deals with... |
Kate Morton The spellbinding new novel from the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours | David Walliams Famous comedian, funniest judge on "Britain's Got Talent", irresistible ladykiller and high-achieving sportsman, the author is a man of many talents. Launched to fame with the record-breaking "Little Britain", his... |
George Dyson In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory... | Ken Robinson Explores the diversity of intelligence and the power of imagination and creativity. This book provides the tools, techniques, resources and advice you need to discover the depth of your abilities... |
Douglas Smith The last great untold story of the Russian Revolution | Environment,Transport & Regional... This work sets out the statutory requirements for signing, lighting and guarding excavations and other street works. It is a reference manual for utility companies, local authorities, street work contractors... |
Lawrence Norfolk In the remote village of Buckland, a mob chants of witchcraft. It is 1625, and John and his mother are running for their lives. Taking refuge among the trees of... | Albert Espinosa What is the yellow world? The yellow world is a world that's within everyone's reach, a world the colour of sun. It is the name of a way of living... |
Lee Smolin Nothing seems more real than time passing. We experience life itself as a succession of moments. We identify certain truths as 'eternal' constants, from moral principles to the laws of... | John Browne Uranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - how seven elements are shaping the 21st century, for good and bad. |