The Evolution of Everything: How Small Changes Transform Our World
‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’
Business & Management
The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age
From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age.
Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.
A Great Day at the Office: Simple Strategies to Maximize Your Energy and Get More Done More Easily
Tired of a 9 to 5 that’s more like an 8 to 7? ‘A Great Day at the Office’ offers the solutions you need for a healthier, happier and more productive time at work and away.
A Great Day at the Office: 10 Simple Strategies for Maximizing Your Energy and Getting the Best Out of Yourself and Your Day
Tired of a 9 to 5 that’s more like an 8 to 7? ‘A Great Day at the Office’ offers the solutions you need for a healthier, happier and more productive time at work and away.
The New IQ: Use Your Working Memory to Think Stronger, Smarter, Faster
IQ tests, which measure our ability to retain information, are out-dated. In the digital era, the new IQ is not about retaining knowledge, but managing it.
A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the world’s first office computer (Text Only)
The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world’s first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.
Shopped: The Shocking Power of British Supermarkets
An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.
A Very English Deceit: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal (Text Only)
The ebook of the critically acclaimed popular history book: the story of the South Sea Bubble which in Balen’s hands becomes a morality tale for our times. A classic collision of political ambition, mercenary greed and financial revolution.
The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust
Now shortlisted for the 2012 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award and the Wellcome Trust Book Prize, The Hour Between Dog and Wolf is a resonant exploration of economic behaviour and its consequences.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world’s leading prize for popular science writing.
What to Eat: Food that’s good for your health, pocket and plate
Covering all our pressing food dilemmas, the award-winning food writer leads the way to sensible and practical choices about what to eat.
Get Real: How to Tell it Like it is in a World of Illusions
It’s time to radically alter the way we perceive the world. It’s time to get real.
The God Species: How Humans Really Can Save the Planet…
Originally published as The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans
The green movement has got it very wrong.
To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?
An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer’s ‘Ethical Living’ columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear.
To Die For: Is Fashion Wearing Out the World?
An expose on the fashion industry written by the Observer’s ‘Ethical Living’ columnist, examining the inhumane and environmentally devastating story behind the clothes we so casually buy and wear.