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Two leading economists reveal why today's personal finance markets are rigged against us and offer practical steps to fix them. We interact with the financial system every day, whether taking...

Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organised around rigid ideas of the 'ideal' and the 'normal' citizen ideas that...

A one-of-a-kind illustrated guide to clouds, cloud formations, and the artists who painted them. The mystery of clouds has captivated scientists and artists alike. This unique book shows you how...

**Winner, Pulitzer Prize 2025** **Winner, Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2025** A 'riveting history' ( Wall Street Journal ) of the Soviet dissident movement, which hastened the end of the...

A marvelously illustrated introductory guide to frogs and their natural history. Frogs are among the most diverse and adaptable animals on the planet, with a rich evolutionary history and a...

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker , a fascinating account of Peter Singer's controversial 'drowning child' thought experiment and how it changed the way people think about charitable giving...

From two of TIME' s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products Confused...

A marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurus rex is the world's favorite dinosaur, adored by the public and the subject...

The mental labor that keeps families afloat and why women do most of it. Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on...

Over the past decades, under the cover of 'innovation', technology companies have successfully resisted regulation and have even begun to seize power from governments themselves. Facial recognition firms track citizens...

A comprehensive, fully illustrated field guide to the birds of China. China is home to some of the most spectacular birdlife to be found anywhere in the world. This richly...

An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds-now in a new, updated edition Penguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and...

**Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award** How 1,000 years of global history show why technological and economic progress is often followed by stagnation...

A richly illustrated natural history of ants, covering their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behaviour, and more Plentiful and familiar, ants make up an estimated one-third of the world's insect biomass and...

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of 'models and bottles' to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status...

Stories people tell - about financial confidence or panic, housing booms, or Bitcoin - can go viral and powerfully affect economies, but such narratives have traditionally been ignored in economics...

One of The Times' Best Literary Non-Fiction Books of 2019 One of the Sunday Times' Best Literary Books of 2019 Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biography and Autobiography, Association...

How devastating viruses, pandemics, and other natural catastrophes swept through the far-flung Roman Empire and helped to bring down one of the mightiest civilizations of the ancient worldHere is the...

How the obsession with quantifying human performance threatens business, medicine, education, government - and the quality of our lives Today, organisations of all kinds are ruled by the belief that...

Why Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much...

Why do we use eighty-year-old metrics to understand today's economy? The ways that statisticians and governments measure the economy were developed in the 1940s, when the urgent economic problems were...

The classic book on the art and history of weaving--now expanded and in full color Written by one of the twentieth century's leading textile artists, this splendidly illustrated book is...

In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs...

This landmark book explores the Great Mother as a primordial image of the human psyche. Here the renowned analytical psychologist Erich Neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of...

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of...

How, over the course of five centuries, one particular god and one particular Christianity came to dominate late Roman imperial politics and piety. The ancient Mediterranean teemed with gods. For...

Applied econometrics, known to aficionados as 'metrics, is the original data science. 'Metrics encompasses the statistical methods economists use to untangle cause and effect in human affairs. Through accessible discussion...

"Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition...Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius. He was uniquely equipped not only to recover...

Discover the real-life stories of some of the greatest artists of all time. Splat! traces art history through the artists who helped to make important artistic innovations, including Michelangelo and...

The fiery new title in the best-selling If I had a... series imagines life with a dragon as a pet. Imagine what it would be like to have a dragon...

Glorious artwork combines with lyrical poetry in this Christmas-themed celebration of storytelling. Set in a sleepy town on Christmas Eve, the story begins with a conversation between a girl and...

Why Do Cats Meow? is the second book in the series of natural history books for children that answer curious questions about favourite and familiar pets. The book highlights the...

Why do dogs play dead? How do you speak dog? Why do dogs go about in handbags? This book will help children to understand what's so unique about a dog's...

An accessible, inspirational and engaging introductory survey of LGBTIQ+ photography, as told through the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Drawing on one of the oldest and largest...

An accessible, inspirational and engaging introductory survey of LGBTIQ+ photography, as told through the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Drawing on one of the oldest and largest...

A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution...

In a front-page review in the Washington Post Book World , John Judis wrote: ""Political analysts have been poring over exit polls and precinct-level votes to gauge the meaning of...

The re-dipping of dishes was a small matter, but the emotional texture of married life is made up of small matters. This one had become invested with a fatal quality....

No novel about any Black woman could ever be the same after this' TONI MORRISON I dreamed with my eyes open. All the Corregidora women with narrow waists and high...

As Moby-Dick gets ever closer to crashinginto Yokohama, Atsushi finds himself ina three-way battle with Akutagawa andFitzgerald! What can Atsushi and Akutagawa do to stop the whitewhale...?!

When Atsushi falls victim to the psychic attack of the mysterious ""Q,"" Francis Scott Fitzgerald suddenly appears. Astute runs to get help from Kyouka, but is captured by The Guild,...

It's THE hottest romantasy sensation that EVERYONE is talking about! An instant New York Times bestseller. What do you get if you mix Fourth Wing with Zodiac Academy , a...

The second book in a darkly romantic Rapunzel reimagining from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author of WHEN THE MOON HATCHED. I want him to hurt. To bleed. I...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBlockbuster bestseller Rebecca Ross returns to the world of international sensation Divine Rivals with her most epic story yet. Before Iris sat at her typewriter and...

A sweeping tale of love and loss, perfect for fans of moving book club fiction 'Gloriously nostalgic and beautifully emotional..' The Sun 'Elaine Hastings' stunning debut will keep you turning...

Find out ALL ABOUT space in this fun-filled fact book for kids aged 7+. Launch into outer space and discover the solar system! Packed with fascinating facts, super stats, phenomenal...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Never Never comes the twisty, unconventional second-chance love story you didn't see coming, the first book in the Love Me with Lies trilogy!...

An inter-connected romantasy perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas from the multi-million USA Today bestselling author The Dragon King is looking for a wife... The news causes a frenzy...