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| "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is Jonathan Safran Foer&39;s heartrending New York novelIn a vase in a closet a couple of years after his father died in 911 nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key The key belonged to his father he&39;s sure of that But which of New York&39;s 162 million locks does it open?So begins a quest that takes Oskar - inventor letter-writer and amateur detective - across New York&39;s five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends relatives and complete strangers He gets heavy boots he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back fifty years But will it take him any closer to or even further from his lost father?Moving literary and innovative perfect for fans of Lorrie Moore and Nicole Krauss Jonathan Safran Foer&39;s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was made into a major film starring Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock released in 2012 Jonathan Safran Foer was born in 1977 He is the author of Everything is Illuminated which won the National Jewish Book Award and the Guardian First Book award and Eating Animals and the editor of A Convergence of Birds"
Price: 7.99 |
| "What is the What by Dave Eggers (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "What is the What is Dave Eggers's astonishing novel about one of the world's most brutal civil warsValentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village joining thousands of other orphans on their long long walk to Ethiopia where they find safety - for a time Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers liberation rebels and deadly militias hyenas and lions disease and starvation But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these Truly epic in scope and told with expansive humanity deep compassion and unexpected humour What is the What is an eye-opening account of life amid the madness of war and an unforgettable tale of tragedy and triumph'If there was ever any doubt that Dave Eggers is one of our most important storytellers What Is the What should put it to rest A strange beautiful and unforgettable work' San Francisco Chronicle'A remarkable book harrowing witty wretched delightful; and always compelling always surprising' London Review of BooksAll of the author's proceeds from this book will go to the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation Read more at wwwvalentinoachakdengcom"
Price: 8.49 |
| "The New Spaniards by John Hooper (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "A fully revised expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary SpainThe restoration of democracy in 1977 heralded a period of intense change that continues today Spain has become a land of extraordinary paradoxes in which traditional attitudes and contemporary preoccupations exist side by side Focussing on issues which affect ordinary Spaniards from housing to gambling from changing sexual mores to rising crime rates John Hooper's fascinating study brings to life the new Spain of the twenty-first century"
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| "The World According to Clarkson: The World According to Clarkson Volume 1 by Jeremy Clarkson (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everything in The World According to ClarksonJeremy Clarkson has seen rather more of the world than most He has as they say been around a bit And as a result he's got one or two things to tell us about how it all works; and being Jeremy Clarkson he's not about to voice them quietly humbly and without great dollops of humourIn The World According to Clarkson he reveals why it is thatToo much science is bad for our health'70s rock music is nothing to be ashamed ofHunting foxes while drunk and wearing night-sights is neither big nor cleverWe must work harder to get rid of cricketHe likes the Germans (well sometimes)With a strong dose of common sense that is rarely if ever found inside the M25 Clarkson hilariously attacks the pompous the ridiculous the absurd and the downright idiotic whilst also celebrating the eccentric the clever and the sheer bloody brilliantLess a manifesto for living and more a road map to modern life The World According to Clarkson is the funniest book you'll read this year Don't leave home without it'The World According to Clarkson is a hilarious collection of Jeremy's Sunday Times columns and the first in his The World According to Clarkson series which also includes And Another Thing; For Crying Out Loud! and How Hard Can It Be?'Brilliant laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph'Outrageously funny will have you in stitches' Time OutNumber-one bestseller and presenter of the hugely popular Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson writes on cars current affairs and anything else that annoys him in his sharp and funny collections Born To Be Riled Clarkson On Cars Don't Stop Me Now Driven To Distraction Round the Bend Motorworld and I Know You Got Soul are also available as Penguin paperbacks; the Penguin App iClarkson The Book of Cars can be downloaded on the App Store"
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| "Bleeding Heart Square by Andrew Taylor (Paperback, 2009)" |
| "Bleeding Heart Square is a tense historical thriller from the bestselling author of The Ashes of London1934 LondonInto the decaying cul-de-sac of Bleeding Heart Square steps aristocratic Lydia Langstone fleeing an abusive marriage However unknown to Lydia a dark mystery haunts Bleeding Heart Square What happened to Miss Penhow the middle-aged spinster who owns the house and who vanished four years earlier? Why is a seedy plain-clothes policeman obsessively watching the square? What is making struggling journalist Rory Wentwood so desperate to contact Miss Penhow?And why are parcels of rotting hearts being sent to Joseph Serridge the last person to see Miss Penhow alive?"
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| "Life Class by Pat Barker (Paperback, 2008)" |
| "Life Class is the first novel in Pat Barker's Life Class Trilogy - a powerful and unforgettable story of art and warSpring 1914 The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark on the world When war breaks out and the army won't take Paul he enlists in the Belgian Red Cross just as he and fellow student Elinor Brooke admit their feelings for one another Amidst the devastation in Ypres Paul comes to see the world anew - but have his experiences changed him completely?'Triumphant shattering inspiring' The Times'Barker writes as brilliantly as ever with great tenderness and insight she conveys a wartime world turned upside down'Independent on Sunday'Vigorous masterly gripping' Penelope Lively Independent'Extraordinarily powerful' Sunday TelegraphOther titles in the trilogyToby's RoomNoonday"
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| "The History of Love by Nicole Krauss (Paperback, 1994)" |
| "Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger The History of Love by bestselling author Nicole Krauss explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love 'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love 'Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating she sets out in search of its authorAcross New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that sixty years ago in Poland inspired him to write a book And although he doesn't know it yet that book also survived crossing oceans and generations and changing lives 'Wonderfully affectingbrilliant touching and remarkably poised' Sunday Telegraph'A tender tribute to human valiance Who could be unmoved by a cast of characters whose daily battles are etched on out mind in such diamond-cut prose?' Independent on Sunday'Devastatingone of the most passionate vindications of the written word in recent fiction It takes one's breath away' Spectator Nicole Krauss is an American bestselling author who has received international critical acclaim for her first three novels Great House (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011) The History of Love and Man Walks into a Room (shortlisted for the LA Times Book Award) all of which are available in Penguin paperback"
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| "The Classical World : An Epic History of Greece and Rome" |
| "Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to Ancient civilization The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome dominated the world for centuries and continue to intrigue and enlighten us with their inventions whether philosophy politics theatre athletics celebrity science or the pleasures of horse racing Robin Lane Fox's spellbinding history spans almost a thousand years of change from the foundation of the world's first democracy in Athens to the Roman Republic and the Empire under Hadrian Bringing great figures such as Homer Socrates Cicero Alexander Antony and Cleopatra Julius Caesar Augustus and the first Christian martyrs to life exploring freedom justice and luxury this wonderfully exciting tour brings the turbulent histories of Greece and Rome together in a masterly study 'Epic in the true sense' The Times Books of the Year 'He writes supremely well a keen eye for the telling detail and powerful example the humanity of the exercise shines through compulsory and compulsive reading' Peter Jones Sunday Telegraph Robin Lane Fox is a Fellow of New College Oxford and a University Reader in Ancient History His other books include Alexander the Great Pagans and Christians and The Unauthorized Version He was historical advisor to Oliver Stone on the making of Stone's film Alexander for which he waived all his fees on condition that he could take part in the cavalry charge against elephants which Stone staged in the Moroccan desert"
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| "The Penguin Book of Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt" |
| "'This readable anthology is a good introduction to a civilization that fascinates like few others in this book there are animals who talk princesses who are locked up at the top of towers wicked stepmothers and many other themes An enjoyable book by a skilled author' Financial TimesThe civilization we know as Ancient Egypt stretched over three thousand years What was life like for ancient Egyptians? What were their beliefs - and how different were they from ours? Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt uses Egypt's vivid narratives to create a panorama of its history from the earliest settlers to the time of CleopatraGathered from pyramid texts archaeological finds and contemporary documents these stories cover everything from why the Nile flooded annually to Egyptian beliefs about childbirth and what happened after death They show us what life was really like for rich and poor man and woman farmer and pharaohMyths and Legends of Ancient Egypt brings a long-dead culture back to life"
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| "A History of Christianity : The First Three Thousand Years" |
| "Diarmaid MacCulloch's epic acclaimed history A History of Christianity The First Three Thousand Years follows the story of Christianity around the globe from ancient Palestine to contemporary China How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world's biggest religion with a third of humanity its followers? This book now the most comprehensive and up to date single volume work in English describes not only the main facts ideas and personalities of Christian history its organization and spirituality but how it has changed politics sex and human society Taking in wars empires reformers apostles sects churches and crusaders Diarmaid MacCulloch shows how Christianity has brought humanity to the most terrible acts of cruelty - and inspired its most sublime accomplishments 'A stunning tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore Sunday Telegraph Books of the Year 'A landmark in its field astonishing in its range compulsively readable full of insight It will have few if any rivals in the English language' Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury Guardian 'A prodigious thrilling masterclass of a history book' John Cornwell Financial Times 'Essential reading for those enthralled by Christianity and for those enraged by it' Melvyn Bragg Observer Books of the Year 'Magnificent a sumptuous portrait alive with detail and generous in judgement' Richard Holloway The Times Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University His Thomas Cranmer won the Whitbread Biography Prize the James Tait Black Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize He is the author most recently of Reformation Europe's House Divided 1490 - 1700 which won the Wolfson Prize for History and the British Academy Prize"
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| "Things Fall Apart" |
| "Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clanBut he also has a fiery temper Determined not to be like his father he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan Okonowo takes violent action Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him?"
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| "Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "Drifters in search of work George and his childlike friend Lennie have nothing in the world except the clothes on their back - and a dream that one day they will have some land of their own Eventually they find work on a ranch in California&39;s Salinas Valley but their hopes are dashed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength Tackling universal themes of friendship and shared vision and giving a voice to America&39;s lonely and dispossessed Of Mice and Men remains Steinbeck&39;s most popular work achieving success as a novel Broadway play and three acclaimed films"
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| "The Art of War (Penguin Great Ideas) Mass Market Paperback" |
| "Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted They have enriched lives - and destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are Offering ancient wisdom on how to use skill cunning tactics and discipline to outwit your opponent this bestselling 2000-year-old military manual is still worshipped by soldiers on the battlefield and managers in the boardroom as the ultimate guide to winning"
Price: 4.49 |
| "The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback, 2005)" |
| "Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted They have enriched lives - and destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we areInspired by the myth of a man condemned to ceaselessly push a rock up a mountain and watch it roll back to the valley below The Myth of Sisyphus transformed twentieth-century philosophy with its impassioned argument for the value of life in a world without religious meaning"
Price: 4.49 |
| "Eichmann and the Holocaust" |
| "Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other They have inspired debate dissent war and revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked and comforted They have enriched lives - and destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we areInspired by the trial of a bureaucrat who helped cause the Holocaust this radical work on the banality of evil stunned the world with its exploration of a regime's moral blindness and one man's insistence that he be absolved all guilt because he was 'only following orders'"
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| "The Shock Doctrine : The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" |
| "Around the world in Britain the United States Asia and the Middle East there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image They are the shock doctorsExposing these global profiteers Naomi Klein discovered information and connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world - and how this domination has been achieved Raking in billions out of the tsunami plundering Russia exploiting Iraq - this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed 'Packed with thinking dynamite a book to be read everywhere' John Berger 'If you only read one non-fiction book this year make it this one' Metro Books of the Year 'There are a few books that really help us understand the present The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' John Gray Guardian 'A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger channelled through hard fact She has indeed surpassed No Logo' Independent"
Price: 10.49 |
| "The Cold War" |
| "A brilliantly arresting historical work John Lewis Gaddis's The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction In 1945 war came to an end But a whole new terror was only just beginning Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you've read why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate; how close we came to nuclear catastrophe; what was really going on in the minds of leaders from Stalin to Mao Zedong Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev how secret agents plotted and East German holidaymakers helped the Berlin Wall fall It is a story of crisis talks and subterfuge tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history 'Gripping' Len Deighton 'Superb brimful of racy incident' Independent on Sunday 'A lively and readable history' The Times 'Force 9 on the Richter scale' Spectator John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A Lovett Professor of History at Yale University and 'the dean of cold war historians' (The New York Times) He is the author of numerous books including Security and the American Experience the book recently pressed on his cabinet and senior security staff by President Bush"
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| "Whatever You Think, Think the Opposite" |
| "The bestselling author of It's Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden turns logic and common sense on its head in Whatever You Think Think the Opposite and gives you the confidence to take bigger risks and enjoy your work more than you can imagineHave you ever considered the extraordinary power of making bad decisions being unreasonable and taking dangerous unadvisable risks?Has it ever occurred to you that nothing is more dangerous than playing it safe or that the straight and narrow path may lead you right off a cliff?Paul Arden has become a global business guru on the strength of such radical insights His first book It's Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want to Be became a word of mouth classic selling more than half a million copies Instead of the usual boring advice he offered daring quips aphorisms and paradoxes - all seeking to revise what we habitually hold as our 'common sense'Whatever You Think Think the Opposite is an even more daring attack on the way we look at our work and our world Whether you sell manage or buy Arden will inspire you with his counterintuitive axioms startling anecdotes brilliant photographs and offbeat quotations from artists scientists and philosophersWhatever You Think Think the Opposite will force you to rethink everything And it will give you the confidence to take bigger risks and enjoy your work more than you can imagine'Brilliant bad charming irascible and totally off the wall Paul Arden is an original with extraordinary drive and energy blessed with a creative genius allied to a kind of common sense that just isn't well common' Roger Kennedy Saatchi & Saatchi Paul Arden spent 14 years as the Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi He was responsible for some of the UK's most successful advertising campaigns - British Airways Silk Cut Anchor Butter InterCity and Fuji In 1993 he set up the film production company Arden Sutherland-Dodd His first book sold over half a million copies He has a weekly column in the Independent and recently opened a photographic gallery in his hometown Petworth"
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| "Colour Bar : The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation" |
| "Sir Seretse Khama the first President of Botswana and heir apparent to the kingship of the Bangwato people brought independence and great prosperity to his nation after colonial rule But for six long years from 1950 Seretse had been forced into exile in England banned from his own country His crime? To fall in love and marry a young white English girl Ruth Williams Delving into newly released records Susan Williams tells Seretse and Ruth's story - a shocking account of how the British Government conspired with apartheid South Africa to prevent the mixed-race royal couple returning home But it is also an inspiring triumphant tale of hope courage and true love as with tenacity and great dignity Seretse and Ruth and the Bangwato people ovecome prejudice in their fight for justice"
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| "The Blind Watchmaker" |
| "30th Anniversary Edition Cover note Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchmaker features a unique biomorph No two covers are exactly alikeAcclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time A brilliant and controversial book which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection - the unconscious automatic blind yet essentially non-random process discovered by Darwin - is the only answer to the biggest question of all why do we exist?"
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| "Unweaving the Rainbow : Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder" |
| "A dazzling passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kindsCover note Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern No two covers are exactly alikeKeats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours In this illuminating and provocative book Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle uncovering even deeper mysteries Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality combining them in a landmark statement on the human appetite for wonderCover note Each copy of the new edition of Unweaving the Rainbow features a unique wavelength pattern No two covers are exactly alike"
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| "The Command of the Ocean : A Naval History of Britain 1649-1815" |
| "The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority and scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness and the central place of the Navy and naval activity in the life of the nation and government It describes not just battles voyages and cruises but how the Navy was manned how it was supplied with timber hemp and iron how its men (and sometimes women) were fed and above all how it was financed and directed It was during the century and a half covered by this book that the successful organizing of these last three - victualling money and management - took the Navy to the heart of the British state It is the great achievement of the book to show how completely integrated and mutually dependent Britain and the Navy then became"
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| "The Inheritance of Loss" |
| "The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordinary Man Booker Prize winning novelHigh in the Himalayas sits a dilapidated mansion home to three people each dreaming of another time The judge broken by a world too messy for justice is haunted by his past His orphan granddaughter has fallen in love with her handsome tutor despite their different backgrounds and ideals The cook's heart is with his son who is working in a New York restaurant mingling with an underclass from all over the globe as he seeks somewhere to call home Around the house swirl the forces of revolution and change Civil unrest is making itself felt stirring up inner conflicts as powerful as those dividing the community pitting the past against the present nationalism against love a small place against the troubles of a big world 'A Magnificent novel of humane breadth and wisdom comic tenderness and political acuteness' Hermione Lee chair of the Man Booker Prize judges'Poised elegant and assured breaks out into extraordinary beauty' The Times'Desai's bold original voice and her ability to deal in a grand narratives with a deft comic touch that affectionately recalls some of the masters of Indian fiction makes hers a novel to reread and remembered' IndependentKiran Desai was born in India in 1971 was educated in India England and the United States and now lives in New York She is the author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard which was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries and The Inheritance of Loss which won the Man Book Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction"
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| "Book of Longing" |
| "Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems the first since Book of Mercy was published nearly three decades agoLeonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter Book of Longing his new collection of poetry was twenty years in the making and written in Montreal Mumbai and during his retirement in Mt Baldy Enhanced by Cohen's own playful and provocative illustrations these poems show the full range of one of the most influential and enigmatic writers of his generation'Awe-inspiring Cohen emerges as the wry sensual mystic his champions have always known he was' Sunday Telegraph'Exceptional Clear yet steamy cosmic yet private both playful and profound as soulful a credo as he has ever put on paper' New York Times'Playful colourful erotic brilliant and sharp as flint' Big Issue'Dazzling' Sunday Herald'The best bring an ironic world-weary sensibility to bear on themes of ageing sex sensuality and spirituality' Financial Times'A fine book of poems' Time Out'Cohen maps this wasteland of the heart with humour and sometimes anger' IndependentCohen's career began in 1956 with the publication of Let Us Compare Mythologies and he has since published nine books of poems and has made numerous internationally successful recordings In a career spanning fifty years Leonard Cohen has become one of the western world's most popular and innovative creative artists"
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| "Identity and Violence : The Illusion of Destiny" |
| "Profound and humane Amartya Sen's Identity and Violence The Illusion of Destiny examines some of the most explosive problems of our time and shows how we can move towards peace as firmly as we have spiralled towards war In this penetrating book Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen argues that we are becoming increasingly divided along lines of religion and culture ignoring the many other ways in which people see themselves from class and profession to morals and politics When we are put into narrow categories the importance of human life becomes lost Through his lucid exploration of such subjects as multiculturalism fundamentalism terrorism and globalization he brings out the need for a clear-headed understanding of human freedom and a constructive public voice in Global civil society The hope of harmony in today's world lies in a clearer understanding of our sheer diversity 'Identity and Violence is a moving powerful essay about the mischief of bad ideas' The Economist 'Impassioned eloquent and often moving Identity and Violence is a sustained attack on the solitarist theory which says that human identities are formed by membership of a single social group' John Gray Guardian 'Rich in ideas I would love to send it to Osama bin Laden and have his reply' Spectator 'Sen's moving and most personal book yet' The Times Literary Supplement 'Stimulating simple and persuasive' Financial Times 'An accessible and exceptional humanitarian' Jon Snow New Statesman Heroes of Our Time Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard He won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998 His other books published by Penguin include The Argumentative Indian and The Idea of Justice"
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| "The Sleepwalkers : How Europe Went to War in 1914" |
| "The pacy sensitive and formidably argued history of the causes of the First World War from acclaimed historian and author Christopher ClarkFINANCIAL TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014SUNDAY TIMES and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2012Winner of the Los Angeles Times History Book Prize 2014The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency it fulfilled its every aim it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia but it also brought down four great empires killed millions of men and destroyed a civilization What made a seemingly prosperous and complacent Europe so vulnerable to the impact of this assassination? In The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark retells the story of the outbreak of the First World War and its causes Above all it shows how the failure to understand the seriousness of the chaotic near genocidal fighting in the Balkans would drag Europe into catastropheReviews'Formidable one of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published' Max Hastings Sunday Times'Easily the best book ever written on the subject A work of rare beauty that combines meticulous research with sensitive analysis and elegant prose The enormous weight of its quality inspires amazement and awe Academics should take note Good history can still be a good story' Washington Post'A lovingly researched work of the highest scholarship It is hard to believe we will ever see a better narrative of what was perhaps the biggest collective blunder in the history of international relations' Niall Ferguson'Reading The Sleepwalkers it is as if a light had been turned on a half-darkened stage of shadowy characters cursing among themselves without reason Clark demolishes the standard view The brilliance of Clark's far-reaching history is that we are able to discern how the past was genuinely prologue In conception steely scholarship and piercing insights his book is a masterpiece' Harold Evans New York Times Book Review'Impeccably researched provocatively argued and elegantly written a model of scholarship' Sunday Times Books of the Year'Superb effectively consigns the old historical consensus to the bin It's not often that one has the privilege of reading a book that reforges our understanding of one of the seminal events of world history' Mail Online'A monumental new volume Revelatory even revolutionary Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable' Boston Globe'Superb One of the great mysteries of history is how Europe's great powers could have stumbled into World War I This is the single best book I have read on this important topic' Fareed Zakaria'A meticulously researched superbly organized and handsomely written account Military HistoryClark is a masterly historian His account vividly reconstructs key decision points while deftly sketching the context driving them A magisterial work' Wall Street Journal'This compelling examination of the causes of World War I deserves to become the new standard one-volume account of that contentious subject' Foreign Affairs'A brilliant contribution' Times Higher Education'Clark is fully alive to the challenges of the subject He provides vivid portraits of leading figures He also gives a rich sense of what contemporaries believed was at stake in the crises leading up to the war' Irish Times'In recent decades many analysts had tended to put most blame for the disaster of the First World War on Germany Clark strongly renews an older interpretation which sees the statesmen of many countries as blundering blindly together into war' Stephen Howe Independent Books of the YearAbout the authorChristopher Clark is Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College He is the author of The Politics of Conversion Kaiser Wilhelm II and Iron Kingdom Widely praised around the world Iron Kingdom became a major bestseller He has been awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany"
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| "Stalin, Vol. I : Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928" |
| "In January 1928 Stalin the ruler of the largest country in the world boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life He was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire Soviet Union Millions would die and many more would suffer Where did such great monstrous power come from? The first of three volumes the product of a decade of intrepid research this landmark book offers the most convincing explanation yet of Stalin's power"
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| "The Ghost at the Table" |
| "'Families are toxic' Thanksgiving New England and writer Cynthia has been persuaded by elder sister Frances to come and visit for the autumn holiday Cynthia is reluctant to join in this family reunion because she'd rather not see their long-estranged father Yet Frances is adamant that they must all meet to clear the air - poisoned ever since their mother died when they were children But Cynthia has her own ideas about how to use this family occasion It's time to lift the lid on some unwelcome home truths about what happened all those years ago And this time her daddy's feelings are not to be spared"
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| "And the Land Lay Still" |
| "And the Land Lay Still is the sweeping Scottish epic by James RobertsonAnd the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants journalists and politicians drop-outs and spooks all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change It is a moving sweeping story of family friendship struggle and hope - epic in every senseThe winner of the Saltire Society Scottish Book of the Year Award 2010 And the Land Lay Still is a masterful insight into Scotland's history in the twentieth century and a moving beautifully written novel of intertwined stories'Toweringly ambitious virtually flawlessly realized a masterpiece and without a doubt my book of the year' Daily Mail'A jam-packed dizzying piece of fiction' Scotland on Sunday'Gripping vivid beautifully realized' The Times'Engrossing' Daily Telegraph'Powerful and moving A brilliant and multifaceted saga of Scottish life in the second half of the twentieth century' Sunday Times'Brilliant and thoughtful Eminently readable subtle and profound' Independent on Sunday'Bold discursive and deep Robertson's sweeping history of life and politics in 20th-century Scotland should not be ignored' Ian Rankin Observer Books of the YearJames Robertson is the author of three previous novels The Fanatic Joseph Knight and The Testament of Gideon Mack which is available in Penguin Joseph Knight was awarded the two major Scottish literary awards in 20034 - the Saltire Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year - and The Testament of Gideon Mack was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize picked by Richard and Judy's Book Club and shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year award"
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| "And Another Thing : The World According to Clarkson Volume 2" |
| "In And Another Thing the outspoken and outrageous presenter Jeremy Clarkson shares his opinions on just about everythingJeremy Clarkson finds the world such a perplexing place that he wrote a bestselling book about it Yet despite the appearance of The World According to Clarkson things - amazingly - haven't improved Not being someone to give up easily however he's decided to have another goIn And Another Thing the king of the exasperated quip discovers that Bombing North Carolina is bad for Yorkshire We can look forward to exploding at the age of 62 Russians look bad in Speedos But not as bad as we do Wasps are the highest form of lifeThigh-slappingly funny and in your face Jeremy Clarkson bursts the pointless little bubbles of the idiots while celebrating the special the unique and the sheer bloody brilliantAnd Another Thing is a hilarious collection of Jeremy's Sunday Times columns and the second in his The World According to Clarkson series which also includes The World According to Clarkson For Crying Out Loud! and How Hard Can It Be?Praise for Jeremy Clarkson'Brilliant laugh-out-loud' Daily Telegraph'Outrageously funny will have you in stitches' Time OutNumber-one bestseller Jeremy Clarkson writes on cars current affairs and anything else that annoys him in his sharp and funny collections Born To Be Riled Clarkson On Cars Don't Stop Me Now Driven To Distraction Round the Bend Motorworld and I Know You Got Soul are also available as Penguin paperbacks; the Penguin App iClarkson The Book of Cars can be downloaded on the App StoreJeremy Clarkson because his writing career on the Rotherham Advertiser Since then he has written for the Sun and the Sunday Times Today he is the tallest person working in British television and is the presenter of the hugely popular Top Gear"
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