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Man’s Search For...
Author: Viktor E FranklPaperback, 160 pages
Published 07 Feburary, 2008 by Ebury PublishingA prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that he and other inmates coped with the experience of being in Auschwitz.
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The 33 Strategies Of War
Author: Robert GreenePaperback, 496 pages
Published 01 June, 2007 by Profile Books LtdOffers the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, this comprehensive guide focuses on the subtle social game of everyday life.
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The Art Of Seduction
Author: Robert GreenePaperback, 496 pages
Published 04 January, 2004 by Profile Books LtdCharm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead and give pleasure all at once. This book unearths the two sides of seduction: the characters and the process. It provides instruction on how to identify victims by type.
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The 48 Laws Of Power
Author: Robert GreenePaperback, 480 pages
Published 20 November, 2000 by Profile Books LtdDrawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this guide helps readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way.
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The Tibetan Book Of Living...
Author: Sogyal RinpochePaperback, 464 pages
Published 07 February, 2008 by Ebury PublishingWritten by the Buddhist meditation master and popular international speaker Soygal Rinpoche, this highly acclaimed book clarifies the majestic vision of life and death that underlies the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Tools of Titans: The Tactics,...
Author: Timothy FerrissPaperback, 604 pages
Published 02 December, 2016 by Ebury Publishing#1 New York Times Bestseller The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: “For the last two years, I’ve interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast,The Tim Ferriss Show.
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21 Lessons for the 21st...
Author: Yuval Noah HarariPaperback, 432 pages
Published 20 August, 2019 by Vintage Publishing2460 DAAdd to cart -
Homo Deus: A Brief History...
Author: Yuval Noah HarariPaperback, 528 pages
Published 23 March, 2017 by Vintage PublishingHomo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond – from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power?
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When Breath Becomes Air
Author: Paul KalanithiPaperback, 256 pages
Published 03 January, 2017 by Vintage PublishingWhen Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity – the brain – and finally into a patient and a new father. What makes life worth living in the face of death?
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Hello World: How to be...
Author: Hannah FryPaperback, 320 pages
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The Laws of Human Nature
Author: Robert GreenePaperback, 624 pages
Published 24 October, 2018 by Profile Books Ltd3820 DAOut Of Stock -
Ego is the Enemy: The Fight...
Author: Ryan HolidayPaperback, 256 pages
Published 03 August, 2017 by Profile Books Ltd2460 DAOut Of Stock -
The Obstacle is the Way:...
Author: Ryan HolidayPaperback, 224 pages
Published 27 May, 2015 by Profile Books Ltd2460 DAAdd to cart -
Mastery
Author: Robert GreenePaperback, 352 pages
Published 19 November, 2012 by Profile Books LtdAround the globe, people are facing the same problem – that we are born as individuals but are forced to conform to the rules of society if we want to succeed. The author debunks the prevailing mythology of success and presents a radical new way to greatness. It also draws on interviews with world leaders.
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Brief Answers to the Big...
Author: Stephen HawkingHardcover, 256 pages
Published 16 October, 2018 by John Murray PressThe final book from Professor Stephen Hawking, the bestselling author of A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME and arguably the most famous scientist of our age, BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS is a profound, accessible and timely reflection on the biggest questions in science.
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons...
Author: Hans RoslingPaperback, 352 pages
Published 26 March, 2019 by Hodder & StoughtonEssential reading in the time of coronavirus: the international bestseller that will make you realise things are better than you thought
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Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution...
Author: Vaclav SmilPaperback, 276 pages
Published 03 May, 2013 by John Wiley & Sons IncMeat eating is often a contentious subject, whether considering the technical, ethical, environmental, political, or health-related aspects of production and consumption. This book is a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination and critique of meat consumption by humans, throughout their evolution and around the world.
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A Brief History Of Time:...
Author: Stephen HawkingPaperback, 272 pages
Published 18 August, 2011 by Transworld Publishers LtdWas there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? This book examines these questions. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes.
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The Magic Mountain
Author: Thomas MannPaperback, 752 pages
Published 29 July, 1996 by Vintage PublishingHans Castorp is ‘a perfectly ordinary, if engaging young man’ when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay.
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Leonardo da Vinci: The...
Author: Leonardo da VinciHardcover, 640 pages
Published 28 April, 2006 by David & CharlesProvides the reader with an insight into the life and work of one of history’s most intriguing figures, Leonardo Da Vinci. Almost all of his work is presented in this volume – from his paintings and frescos, to detailed reproductions of his remarkable encrypted notebooks.
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Dostoevsky: A Writer in...
Author: Joseph FrankPaperback, 984 pages
Published 26 August, 2012 by Princeton University PressCarefully preserving the original work’s acclaimed narrative style and combination of biography, intellectual history, and literary criticism, this title illuminates the author’s works from his first novel “Poor Folk” to “Crime and Punishment” and “The Brothers Karamazov” by setting them in their personal, historical, and ideological context.
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Zorba the Greek
Author: Nikos KazantzakisPaperback, 352 pages
Published 16 October, 2008 by Faber & FaberSet before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has lived and loved – he is a simple but deep man who lives every moment fully and without shame.
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The Richest Man In Babylon
Author: George S ClasonPaperback, 196 pages
Published 14 October, 2002 by Penguin Putnam Inc2210 DAOut Of Stock -
Growth: From Microorganisms...
Author: Vaclav SmilHardcover, 664 pages
Published 24 September, 2019 by MIT Press LtdA systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations.
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The Forty Rules of Love
Author: Elif ShafakPaperback, 368 pages
Published 02 April, 2015 by Penguin Books LtdElla Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella’s life – an emptiness once filled by love.
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Digital Minimalism: Choosing...
Author: Cal NewportPaperback, 304 pages
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Superintelligence: Paths,...
Author: Nick BostromPaperback, 432 pages
Published 29 March, 2016 by Oxford University PressThis seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life.
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12 Rules for Life: An Antidote...
Author: Jordan B. PetersonPaperback, 448 pages
Published 30 April, 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd2620 DAOut Of Stock -
The Order of Time
Author: Carlo RovelliPaperback, 224 pages
Published 04 April, 2019 by Penguin Books Ltd2210 DAOut Of Stock -
Seven Brief Lessons on...
Author: Carlo RovelliPaperback, 96 pages
Published 30 June, 2016 by Penguin Books LtdPresents what you need to know about modern physics, the universe and our place in the world in seven lessons. In this introduction to modern physics, the author explains Einstein’s theory of general relativity, quantum mechanics, black holes, the complex architecture of the universe, elementary particles, gravity, and the nature of the mind.
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Meditations
Author: Marcus AureliusHardcover, 416 pages
Published 22 October, 2014 by Penguin Books LtdOffers a range of spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. This book covers diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods and emotions.
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Inferno: The Divine Comedy...
Author: DanteHardcover, 576 pages
Published 25 September, 2010 by Penguin Books LtdDescribing Dante’s descent into Hell midway through his life with Virgil as a guide, this title depicts a cruel underworld in which desperate figures are condemned to eternal damnation for committing one or more of seven deadly sins.
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The Wretched of the Earth
Author: Frantz FanonPaperback, 256 pages
Published 06 December, 2001 by Penguin Books LtdProvides inspiration for anti-colonial movements ever since, analysing the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. In this book, the author makes clear the economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism.
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The Plague
Author: Albert CamusPaperback, 272 pages
Published 05 December, 2002 by Penguin Books LtdThe townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. This title tells the story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
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A New Earth: The life-changing...
Author: Eckhart TollePaperback, 336 pages
Published 01 January, 2009 by Penguin Books LtdOffers a spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live.
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Pathfinders: The Golden...
Author: Jim Al-KhaliliPaperback, 336 pages
Published 26 January, 2012 by Penguin Books LtdFor over 700 years the international language of science was Arabic. Surveying the golden age of Arabic science, the author reintroduces such figures as the Iraqi physicist Ibn al-Haytham, who practised the modern scientific method over half a century before Bacon.
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Blink: The Power of Thinking...
Author: Malcolm GladwellPaperback, 304 pages
Published 14 February, 2006 by Penguin Books LtdAn art expert sees a ten-million-dollar sculpture and instantly spots it’s a fake. A marriage analyst knows within minutes whether a couple will stay together. A fire-fighter suddenly senses he has to get out of a blazing building. This book is all about those moments when we ‘know’ something without knowing why.
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The Letters of Vincent...
Author: Vincent Van GoghPaperback, 560 pages
Published 31 July, 1997 by Penguin Books LtdA selection of Vincent Van Gough’s letters, based on an entirely fresh translation, revealing his religious struggles, his fascination with the French Revolution, his search for love and his involvement in humanitarian causes.
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Sapiens: A Brief History...
Author: Yuval Noah HarariPaperback, 512 pages
Published 29 April, 2015 by Vintage Publishing‘I would recommend Sapiens to anyone who’s interested in the history and future of our species’ Bill Gates **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
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Everything Is F*cked: A...
Author: Mark MansonHardcover, 288 pages
Published 14 May, 2019 by HarperCollins Publishers IncIn 2016, Manson published The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, a book that brilliantly gave shape to the ever-present, low-level hum of anxiety that permeates modern living.
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
Author: Mark MansonHardcover, 224 pages
Published 17 November, 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc“In this … self-help guide, a … blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ‘positive’ all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people”–
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The Alchemist
Author: Paulo CoelhoPaperback, 208 pages
Published 19 April, 2018 by HarperCollins PublishersA special 30th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, with a new foreword.
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Algorithms to Live By:...
Author: Brian ChristianPaperback, 368 pages
Published 06 April, 2017 by HarperCollins PublishersA fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives.
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The Art of War (Collins...
Author: Sun TzuPaperback, 112 pages
Published 01 January, 2011 by HarperCollins PublishersHarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
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