THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR A BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD' Essential' Marlon James Man Booker Prize-Winner 2015' One of the most important books of 2017' Nikesh Shukla editor of The Good Immigrant'A wake-up call to a country in denial' Observer In 2014 award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote about her frustration with the way that discussions of race & racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it She posted a piece on her blog entitled Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race' Her words hit a nerve The post went viral & comments flooded in from others desperate to speak up about their own experiences Galvanised by this clear hunger for open discussion she decided to dig into the source of these feelings Exploring issues from eradicated black history to the political purpose of white dominance whitewashed feminism to the inextricable link between class & race Reni Eddo-Lodge offers a timely & essential new framework for how to see acknowledge & counter racism It is a searing illuminating absolutely necessary exploration of what it is to be a person of colour in Britain today ...

In Why Information Grows rising star Cesar Hidalgo offers a radical interpretation of global economics What is economic growth? & why historically has it occurred in only a few places? Previous efforts to answer these questions have focused on institutions geography finances & psychology But MIT professor Cesar Hidalgo argues that in order to fully grasp the nature of economic growth we need to transcend the social sciences & turn to the science of information networks & complexity The growth of economies he explains is deeply connected with the growth of order
- or information At first glance the universe seems hostile to order Thermodynamics dictates that over time order will disappear But thermodynamics also has loopholes that promote the growth of information in pockets Our cities are such pockets where information grows but they are not all the same For every Silicon Valley Tokyo & London there are dozens of places with underdeveloped economies Why does the US economy outstrip Brazil&s & Brazil&s that of Chad? Why did the technology corridor along Boston&s Route 128 languish while Silicon Valley blossomed? In each case the key is how people companies & the networks they form process information
- it is all about their knowledge knowhow & imagination As Hidalgo compellingly shows economies are made from networks of people & society is a collective computer The problem of economic development is in fact the problem of making these networks more powerful A radical new interpretation of global economics Why Information Grows overturns traditional assumptions about the development of economies & the origins of wealth & takes a crucial step toward making economics less the dismal science & more the insightful one

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Artists ask questions when they make art
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A fascinating insight into how human sexuality came to be the way it is now
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Before he wrote 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' before the Baudelaires became orphans even before the invention of Netflix Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions Four to be exact This is the account of the fourth question There was a town & there was a train & there was a murder Apprentice investigator Lemony Snicket was on the train & he thought that if he solved the murder he could save the town In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent You'll laugh only if you find humour in gothic & mysterious things involving detectives & crime solving Lemony's other literary outings in A Series of Unfortunate Events' have sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & a Netflix series starring Neil Patrick Harris These regrettable developments mean that millions of fans have found out about the dreadful plight of the Baudelaire orphans but you do not have to You have been warned Have you read all four mysterious titles in the Wrong Questions series? Who Could That Be at the This Hour?' When Did You Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Author Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else He is a broken man wracked with misery & despair as a result of writing 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' He spends his days wandering the countryside weeping & moaning & his evenings eating hastily-prepared meals Artist Seth has portrayed suspicious circumstances & shady characters in much of his work He is a multi-award-winning cartoonist author & artist whose works include Palookaville & Clyde Fans ...

Addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform & shows how cherished truisms about education & child development have led to unintended & negative consequences The author argues that a carefully planned knowledge-based elementary curriculum is essential to providing the foundations for children's life success 280 pages Hirsch E D ...

John Berger broke new ground with his penetrating writings on life art & how we see the world around us Here he explores how the ancient relationship between man & nature has been broken in the modern consumer age with the animals that used to be at the centre of our existence now marginalized & reduced to spectacle Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
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Why Love Matters explains why loving relationships are essential to brain development in the early years & how these early interactions can have lasting consequences for future emotional & physical health This second edition follows on from the success of the first updating the scientific research covering recent findings in genetics & the mindbody connection & including a new chapter highlighting our growing understanding of the part also played by pregnancy in shaping a baby's future emotional & physical well-being Sue Gerhardt focuses in particular on the wide-ranging effects of early stress on a baby or toddler's developing nervous system When things go wrong with relationships in early life the dependent child has to adapt; what we now know is that his or her brain adapts too The brain's emotion & immune systems are particularly affected by early stress & can become less effective This makes the child more vulnerable to a range of later difficulties such as depression anti-social behaviour addictions or anorexia as well as physical illness Why Love Matters is an accessible lively account of the latest findings in neuroscience developmental psychology & neurobiology
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This visually stunning investigation of natural & man-made materials will change the way you look at the world around you while ...

In this classic international bestselling book Allan & Barbara Pease highlight the differences in the ways men & women think 320 pages 100 Pease Allan ...