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David Runciman
The History of Ideas

THE TIMESBEST IDEAS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstr…

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Maxim Samson
Earth Shapers

Mountains, meridians, rivers and borders; these are some of the features that carve up the world on our maps and in our minds. But geography is far less set in stone than we might believe and, over time, …

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Hanno Sauer,
The Invention of Good and Evil

AN ECONOMISTBOOK OF THE YEAR 'Blending insights from evolutionary biology, cognitive science and anthropology, Sauer has made a heroic effort to chart how morality has changed' Economist'The best thing on…

lieferbar ab 14.5.2026.

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Anna Katharina Schaffner
The Story Solution

Have you ever told yourself one of these?I'm stupid... I'm ugly... I'm bad... I'm the best... I'm a victim... I'm different...We all tell ourselves stories to make sense of our place in the world and why …

lieferbar ab 8.1.2026.

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Rebecca Seal
Be Bad, Better

'Freedom to be us in full glory and messiness ... a fun and freeing read' Melissa Hemsley'A powerful, freeing, thought-provoking read' Anna Mathur'For most of my life, I've lived as though there's a Plato…

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Lore Segal
Her First American

With an introduction by Jeffery Renard AllenIt's the early 1950s. Ilka Weissnix, a newly arrived Jewish-Austrian refugee, boards a train from New York hoping to find a 'real American'. In a railroad bar s…

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Dougal Shaw
Fail Smarter

We must fail in order to succeed. We know it's true in theory - but what does it mean in practice?This book reveals the methods that the world's most successful people use to embrace, overcome and learn f…

lieferbar ab 7.5.2026.

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Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson
Forgotten

" Shehadeh's books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times Forgotten is a search for hidde…

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Raja Shehadeh, Penny Johnson
Forgotten

"Shehadeh''s books are like beacons held up against the darkness" Observer"A heartbreaking, hopeful look at how Palestinian culture endures" Irish Times Forgotten is a search for hidde…

lieferbar ab 5.2.2026.

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Anja Shortland
We Know You Can Pay a Million

Cybercrime is everywhere. A multibillion-pound industry run by wily hackers and fraudsters. Bankrupting business, stalling governments, stealing sensitive data. Your turn could come any day now. Are you r…

lieferbar ab 9.4.2026.

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Navid Sinaki
Medusa of the Roses

Anjir and Zal have been together ever since they first knew what love was. But living in Iran, the two men must keep their relationship hidden, potentially on pain of death.When Zal gets attacked after be…

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Hannah Lucinda Smith
Hinterlands

Why have Russian resorts sprung up in seaside towns in Northern Cyprus? What can Sarajevo's local politics tell us about Trump, Putin and Erdogan? How has the Syrian revolution turned the state into a new…

lieferbar ab 4.6.2026.

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Jessica Soffer
This Is a Love Story

'Delicate and beautiful ... What a gift' Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello, Beautiful'A revelation - the kind of novel to read in one sitting' Liz Moore, bestselling author ofThe God of the Wood…

lieferbar ab 12.2.2026.

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Tom Standage
The Economist Quiz Book

Calling all quizzers and problem solvers drawn to the smart, the quirky and the counter-intuitive: The Economist Quiz Book is here for you. Across 60 themed quizzes - on topics from TV, film and music to …

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Ian Stewart
Reaching for the Extreme

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROFESSOR STEWART'S CABINET OF MATHEMATICAL CURIOSITIES'Britain's most brilliant and prolific populariser of maths' ALEX BELLOSWhat is the maximum land you can enclose insid…

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Joe Studwell
How Africa Works

The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths about underdevelopment, unproductive land and o…

lieferbar ab 29.1.2026.

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Jonathan Sumption
The Challenges of Democracy

'A timely red alert that democratic values cannot be taken for granted' The Times 'Incisive and eloquent' The TelegraphNOW FEATURING A NEW ESSAY ON ISRAEL, GAZA AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Across the globe, dem…

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Ruby Tandoh
All Consuming

'Entertaining, alarming, illuminating, alive' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Laugh-out-loud funny' Vogue 'Delightful snark' New York Times The iconic New Yorker andVittlesfood writer asks: Why do we eat the way we eat n…

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Ruby Tandoh
All Consuming

AN OBSERVER , FINANCIAL TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2025'Entertaining, alarming, illuminating, alive' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Brilliant and original' NIGEL SLATER 'Ruby is a rare and singular voice…

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Michelle Tea
Valencia

Serpent's Tail Classics

The 25th anniversary edition of Michelle Tea's classic coming-of-age story, now with a foreword by Maggie Nelson, award-winning author of The Argonauts

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