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Landscape and Memory
1996 || Paperback || Simon Schama || HarperCollins
The forest primeval, the river of life, the sacred mount – read ‘Landscape and Memory’ to have these explained… ‘Landscape and Memory’ is a history book unlike any other. In a series of journeys through space and time, it examines our relationship with the landscape around us – rivers, mountains, forests – the impact each of them has had on our culture and imaginations, and the way in which we, in turn, have shaped them to answer our needs. This is not a conventional history b...
Complete Works of Oscar Wilde
2003 || Paperback || Oscar Wilde || HarperCollins
The Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde is the only truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Oscar Wilde’s works, and is available in both hardback and this paperback edition. Continuously in print since 1948, the Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde has long been recognised as the most comprehensive and authoritative single-volume collection of Wilde’s texts available, containing his only novel, The Portrait of Dorian Gray, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays...
My Fourth Time, We Drowned
Seeking Refuge on the World's Deadliest Migration Route
2023 || Paperback || Sally Hayden || HarperCollins
‘The most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read’ SALLY ROONEY The treatment of refugees has become one of the most devastating human rights disasters in our history. In this book, award-winning journalist Sally Hayden unfolds a staggering investigation into the migrant crisis across North Africa. This book follows the experiences of refugees, telling a range of shocking and eye-opening human stories.
But it also surveys the bigger picture: the negligence of NGOs and co...
Understanding Comics
The Invisible Art
2001 || Paperback || Scott McCloud || HarperCollins
The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this book." - Neil Gaiman Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerfu...
On Writing Well
The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
2016 || Paperback || William Zinsser || HarperCollins
"On Writing Well is a bible for a generation of writers looking for clues to clean, compelling prose." New York Times
A beloved classic, this definitive volume on the art of writing nonfiction celebrates its thirtieth anniversary.
On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get thro...
The Psychology of Selling
Increase Your Sales Faster and Easier Than You Ever Thought Possible
2006 || Paperback || Brian Tracy || HarperCollins
Brian Tracy, one of the top professional speakers and sales trainers in the world today, found that his most important breakthrough in selling was the discovery that it is the "Psychology of Selling" that is more important than the techniques and methods of selling.
God Is Not One
The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World
2020 || Paperback || Stephen Prothero || HarperCollins
In the twenty-first century, religion remains the single greatest influencein the world. But, argues religion scholar Stephen Prothero, persistentattempts to portray all religions as different paths to the same God overlookthe distinct human problem that each seeks to solve. For example:Islam: the problem is pride / the solution is submissionChristianity: the problem is sin / the solution is salvationBuddhism: the problem is suffering / the solution is awakeningJudaism: the problem is exile /...
The Happiness Project Tenth Anniversary Edition
Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
2024 || Paperback || Gretchen Rubin || HarperCollins
Gretchen Rubin had an epiphany one rainy afternoon in the unlikeliest of places: a city bus. ?The days are long, but the years are short,? she realized. ?Time is passing, and I'm not focusing enough on the things that really matter.? In that moment, she decided to dedicate a year to her happiness project.In this lively and compelling account?now updated with new material by the author?Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, curre...
Liftoff
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched Spacex
2023 || Paperback || Eric Berger || HarperCollins
'Just read it.' Elon Musk
The dramatic inside story of the first four historic flights that launched SpaceX—and Elon Musk—from a shaky startup into the world's leading edge rocket company.
SpaceX has enjoyed a miraculous decade. Less than 20 years after its founding, it boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Half a cen...
Attention Span
Finding Focus for a Fulfilling Life
2024 || Paperback || Gloria Mark || HarperCollins