The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age and this inspirational book reveals how one might make it a reality. It explores the competing claims we face for money and status while doing something meaningful and in tune with...

The classic book on systems thinking, with more than half a million copies sold worldwide! This is a fabulous book. This book opened my mind and reshaped the way I think about investing. Forbes Perfect for fans of Kate Raworth, Rutger Bregman and Daniel...

Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us an alternative...

Arguing that the fear of running a deficit is vastly misunderstood, Kelton’s cogent, iconoclastic volume will be of incalculable influence to contemporary economic thought. Supporting the economy, paying for healthcare, creating new jobs, preventing...

WINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAEL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Who really creates wealth in our world? And how do we decide the...

Humans invented money from nothing, so why can't we live without it? And why does no one understand what it really is? In this lively tour through the centuries, Jacob Goldstein charts the story of this paradoxical commodity, exploring where money came...

'Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book's importance cannot be understated' -- GuardianAccording to conventional wisdom, innovation is best left to the...

The current crisis not only spells the end of the neoliberal model, it is a symptom of the longer-term mismatch between market systems and an economy based on information. The aim of this book is to explain why replacing capitalism is no longer a utopian...

For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if...

Nothing is as simple as black and white.You might think you know the tale of Cruella De Vil - that scene-stealer, that monster, that evil thing - but think again.Before the car crash, the dognapping and the love of furs, there was another story. Another...

(Available after 3-20 days)Lady Tremaine, widowed and raising two headstrong girls alone, finds herself falling for a dashing knight from a far-off land who is looking for a stepmother for his own young daughter. But stepmothers in the Many Kingdoms...

A beautiful slipcase featuring the best-selling stories Fairest of All, Poor Unfortunate Soul, Beast Within and new title, Mother Knows Bes Dimensions: 193 x 145 mm

'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' -- Simon Sebag Montefiore'Simply dynamite' --  Bernard CornwellFrom Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers The Storm of War and Churchill: Walking with...

The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' -- Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and...

A magnificently researched New York Times bestseller revisionist history of Genghis Khan and his legacy, arguing that rather than a brutal barbarian, Khan was one of the most progressive leaders in world history who joined East and West and brought about...

A dramatic portrait of one of America's most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant, by Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow, author of the book on which the astonishing musical Hamilton is based. As late as April 1861, when the American Civil...

Set in Victorian London, Rees' engrossing story of family flight and shocking secrets binds a twelve-year-old Ottilie and local girl Mabs together in a web of intrigue and lies.   Every house has its secrets... For twelve-year-old Ottilie Finch,...

The second captivating instalment of the Burning Chambers series finds Minou and her family facing ever greater peril as sixteenth-century France is plunged once more into religious strife and regal intrigue. Following on from the Sunday Times number...

Two female backpackers are brought face to face with a serial killer in this taut, white-knuckle ride of a YA horror novel from the author of There’s Someone Inside Your House.   If you go down to the woods today . . . Two girls go backpacking in the...

The first book in Josephine Angelini's internationally-bestselling series, Starcrossedis a passionate love story that began thousands of years ago in a world of Gods and mortals. . .When shy, awkward Helen Hamilton sees Lucas Delos for the first time she...