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Partha Dasgupta
Economics: A Very Short IntroductionEconomics has the capacity to offer us deep ins...Economics has the capacity to offer us deep insights into some of the most formidable problems of life, and offer solutions to them too. Combining a global approach with examples from everyday life... -
Easkey Britton
50 Things to Do by the SeaA beautifully presented, practical gift guide f...A beautifully presented, practical gift guide for all surf seekers. Explained with fascinating, easy-to-understand commentary from surfer and scientist Easkey Britton, this guide helps you soak up ... -
Liz O'Riordan
Under the Knife: Life Lessons from the Operating TheatreDr Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who...Dr Liz O'Riordan is a breast cancer surgeon who has battled against social, physical and mental challenges to practise at the top of her field. Under the Knife charts Liz's incredible highs: perfor... -
Jill Hopper
The Mahogany Pod : a memoir of endings and beginningsWhat if you knew from the beginning how your re...What if you knew from the beginning how your relationship was going to end? When Jill Hopper first met Arif, they were living in a shared house on the island of Osney in the River Thames. Surrounde... -
Mairi Kidd
We Are All Witches: Bad Women to Live Your Life byFrom 1563 to 1736 Scotland put thousands of wom...From 1563 to 1736 Scotland put thousands of women to death for witchcraft. Their supposed crimes have much to tell us about attitudes to women in the past, and in the present day. This book introdu... -
Laura Cumming
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. ...1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered safe and well in a nearby village.The child remembers nothing of these events and at home, nobody e... -
Gavin Francis
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth SavingBritain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis...Britain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it. Since its birth in 1948, the powers that be have chipped away at the NHS. Now, Britain's best-loved institution ... -
A. C. Grayling
The Good State: On the Principles of DemocracyThe foundations upon which our democracies stan...The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled an... -
Matt Lodder
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and KingsThe earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to...The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to Ötzi, the ‘iceman’, whose mummy allows us a brief glimpse into the prehistory of the practice. We know that over the more than five thousand years si... -
Ian Haydn Smith, Dr. Gareth Moore
The BBC Puzzle BookFrom Eastenders to Dr Who, Desert Island Discs ...From Eastenders to Dr Who, Desert Island Discs to Monty Python, The Office to Peaky Blinders, test your knowledge of the history of the BBC and all your favourite programmes with this OFFICIAL puzz... -
Florence Given
Women Don't Owe You PrettyWomen Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wa...Women Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy. It will help you to embrace feminism in all its messy glory, explain that ... -
Dean Nelson
Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem SolvingIndia’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata...India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common with the inverte...
