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Black Skin, White Masks
2021 || Paperback || Frantz Fanon || Penguin
'This century's most compelling theorist of racism and colonialism' Angela Davis'Fanon is our contemporary ... In clear language, in words that can only have been written in the cool heat of rage, Fanon showed us the internal theatre of racism' Deborah LevyFrantz Fanon's urgent, dynamic critique of the effects of racism on the psyche is a landmark study of the black experience in a white world. Drawing on his own life and his work as a psychoanalyst to explore how colonialism's subjects inter...
Nudge
The Final Edition
2021 || Paperback || Richard H. Thaler e.a. || Penguin
*Once again a New York Times bestseller! First the original edition, and now the new Final Edition* An essential new edition revised and updated from cover to cover of one of the most important books of the last two decades, by Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein More than 2 million copies sold Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. ...
Waste
Uncovering the Global Food Scandal
2021 || Paperback || Tristram Stuart || Penguin
With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the world has a food problem - or thinks it does. Combining frontline investigation with fresh data, this title shows how the way we live now has created a global food crisis - and what we can do to fix it.
Becoming
The No. 1 International Bestseller
2022 || Paperback || Michelle Obama || Penguin
THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER
BRITISH BOOK AWARDS, NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
THE SUNDAY TIMES, MEMOIR OF THE YEAR
BOOKS OF THE YEAR: THE TIMES, OBSERVER, GUARDIAN, EVENING STANDARD
Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States
In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and me...
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Think Big
Take Small Steps and Build the Future You Want
2021 || Paperback || Grace Lordan || Penguin
What are you doing today to make your dream future come true? 'A rare self-help book that's actually informed by evidence. A host of perceptive, practical tips for getting out of your own way and making progress toward your career goals.' Adam Grant, bestselling author of Think Again and Originals'A practical and accessible guide to using behavioural science in your career.' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women________________ We all h...
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
2021 || Paperback || Michael J. Sandel || Penguin
Should we financially reward children for good marks? Is it ethical to pay people to donate organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight our wars, outsourcing inmates to for-profit prisons or selling citizenship? In this title, the author asks: Isn't there something wrong with a world in which everything is for sale?
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2021 || Paperback || Steven D. Levitt e.a. || Penguin
In which the book's central idea is set forth: namely, if morality represents howpeople would like the world to work, then economics shows how it actually doeswork.Why the conventional wisdom is so often wrong...How "experts"-fromcriminologists to real-estate agents to political scientists-bend the facts...Whyknowing what to measure, and how to measure it, is the key to understandingmodern life...
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A World Without Work
Technology, Automation and How We Should Respond
2024 || Paperback || Daniel Susskind || Penguin
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2020
The Sunday Times Best Business Books of the Year 2020
The Times of London Best Business Books of the Year 2020
The Financial Times Best Books of the Year 2020
Fortune Magazine Best Business Book of the Year 2020
FiveBooks.com Best Non-Fiction of 2020
Inc.com Best New Business Books of 2020
'A path-breaking, thought-provoking and in-depth study of how new technology will transform the world of work' Gordon Brown
'Compellin...
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All You Need to Know About the Music Business
2021 || Paperback || Donald S Passman || Penguin
From Apple to Youtube, Google Play to Spotify, the music industry has seen monumental changes in past decades. Record labels have had to adapt to the demand for instantly accessible, low-cost music whilst coping with significant increases in music piracy. But what do these changes mean for aspiring and established artists? Donald Passman is one of the most trusted music lawyers in the world.
In this easy-to-use manual, he draws upon his unparalleled experience to provide a clear-eyed explanat...