Economics

The legendary bestsellers Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns is packed in this box set. Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? Which should be fear more: snakes or...

This guide from New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller, is a must-have for any marketing professional or small business owner who wants grow their business. It will teach you how to create and implement a sales funnel that will increase traffic...

Written in a fast-paced thriller style, The Goal is the gripping novel which is transforming management thinking throughout the Western world.Alex Rogo is a harried plant manager working ever more desperately to try and improve performance. His factory...

“Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon.”—Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money.An illustrated guide to the mad math and terrible terminology of economics, from one of the...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORKERNational Bestseller * New York Times Editors’ Choice * Financial Times “Books to Read in 2022”A SABEW BEST IN BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS FINALISTA “deeply reported...bracingly written”...

OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD.WALL STREET JOURNAL AND BUSINESSWEEK BESTSELLER.RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND IMPACTFUL STRATEGY BOOKS EVER WRITTEN. The global phenomenon that has sold over 4 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 49...

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER.Winner of the 2024 Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity."An essential read for anyone that wants to understand how we lost control of our digital spaces and infrastructure to Silicon...

Longlisted for the FT Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2023 - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: GQ, Los Angeles Times, Wired. Wherever you look, money is being re- placed by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things: phone...

We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we think we know who the villains are: oil companies, consumerism, weak political...

“Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” Napoleon’s words seem eerily prescient today, as the shock waves from China’s awakening reverberate around the globe. Award-winning journalist James Kynge takes...

The New York Times-bestselling guide to how automation is changing the economy, undermining work, and reshaping our lives.Winner of Best Business Book of the Year awards from the Financial Times and from Forbes."Lucid, comprehensive, and unafraid . . ...

Nicolas Darvas was a dancer, self-taught investor and author. He is best known for his book, "How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market." He discovered investing in 1952, when a Toronto nightclub, unable to pay him in cash, instead paid him with shares...

The second installment in 'The People's Trilogy', the groundbreaking series from Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author Frank Dikötter.'For anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this is essential background reading' Anne...

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize.An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine that recasts the era of Mao Zedong and the history of the People's Republic of China."Between 1958 and 1962, China descended into hell. Mao Zedong threw...

There will be many books detailing the rise and fall of the cryptocurrency market, but this is one to seek out. This is a richly researched, in-depth expose of the players involved, from actor Ben McKenzie and journalist Jacob Silverman.INSTANT NEW YORK...

The revelatory Pulitzer Prize finalist for General Nonfiction, New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award.An unflinching investigation reveals the human rights abuses behind...

The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from a small factory in Bolton.Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the...

Paint Your Town Red tells the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level up without waiting for Whitehall.Across the world, there is a growing recognition that a new kind of economy is needed: more democratic, less exploitative, less...

Longlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Nonfiction.A Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for March 2024.In the vein of The Shock Doctrine and Evil Geniuses, this timely manifesto from an acclaimed journalist illustrates how corporate and political...

Mathematics scares and depresses most of us, but politicians, journalists and everyone in power use numbers all the time to bamboozle us. Most maths is really simple - as easy as 2+2 in fact. Better still it can be understood without any jargon, any...