Index, A History of the
Dennis Duncan
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Most of us give little thought to the back of the book - it's just where you go to look things up. But here, hiding in plain sight, is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and poli
Otherlands
Thomas Halliday
From a dazzling young palaeontologist and literary talent comes the Earth as we've never seen it before What would it be like to experience the ancient landscapes of the past as we experi
Shutdown
Adam Tooze
When the news first began to trickle out of China about a new virus in December 2019, risk-averse financial markets were alert to its potential for disruption. Yet they could never have predicted t
Helgoland
Carlo Rovelli
The Number One bestselling author of The Order of Time is back with a stunning book about the enigma of quantum physics In June 1925, twenty-three-year-old Werner Heisenberg, suffering fr
Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson
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The long-awaited sequel to 12 RULES FOR LIFE, which has sold over 5 million copies around the world In 12 Rules for Life, acclaimed public thinker and clinical psychologist Jordan B.
Crashed
评分 8.9分
From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being fel
Bullshit Jobs
David Graeber
评分 8.3分
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the
Landscapes of Communism
Owen Hatherley
Honey Money
Catherine Hakim
Why do some people seem to lead charmed lives? They are attractive, but also lively, friendly and charismatic. People want to be around them. Doors open for them. The answer, this book shows, is in
The Defence of the Realm
Christopher Andrew
《捍卫王国》的出版在出版业界是史无前例的：为纪念英国军情五处成立一百周年，该机构首次授权独立历史学家接触其机密档案。本书揭示了军情五处在20世纪英国史中发挥的确切作用，从1909年10月英国陆军上尉凯尔建立该机构，随后经过两次世界大战，到如今还发挥着反间谍反恐的作用。本书讲述军情五处是怎样运作的，它与政府间维系着怎样的，在哪些方面成功了又在哪些方面失败了。作者对这一切发表了畅快淋漓的评判。
Scarcity
Sendhil Mullainathan
评分 8.0分
A surprising and intriguing examination of how scarcity—and our flawed responses to it—shapes our lives, our society, and our culture Why do successful people get things done at the last
