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Secrets of a happy marriage
1,500 LNumber One bestseller Cathy Kelly returns with a sparkling tale of family, friends, and marriages in trouble, told with her trademark Irish wit, warmth and wisdom.
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The Inferno (Classics of World Literature)
850 LThe comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and everyman. In the inferno, Dante’s protagonist – and his reader – is presented with a graphic vision of the dreadful consequences of sin, and encounters an all-too-human array of noble, grotesque, beguiling, ridiculous and horrific characters.
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Key Philosophical Writings (Classics of World Literature)
850 LRene Descartes (1569-1650), the ‘father’ of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his genius lies at the core of our contemporary intellectual identity. Breaking with the conventions of his own time and suffering persecution by the church as a consequence, Descartes in his writings – most of which are philosophical classics – attempted to answer the central questions surrounding the self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as oppsed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith. The edition, the most comprehensive one-volume selection of Descartes’ works available in English, includeshis great essay, Discourse on Method.
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Histories
850 LHerodotus ( c480-c425 BC) ‘The father of history’ and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertainig. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens?
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Everything i know about love
1,800 LTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & MAJOR BBC ONE TV SERIES’The book we will thrust into our friends’ hands. Alderton feels like a best friend and your older sister all rolled into one and her pages …
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Women who run with the wolves
2,650 LChosen by Emma Watson for her feminist book club ‘Our Shared Shelf’ ‘Women Who Run With The Wolves is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows’ Alice Walker In the …
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When things don’t go your way (HC)
2,450 LModern life doesn’t always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts of the human experience — but there is solace to be found.
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What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
1,650 LAmerica’s most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management.
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The Happiest Man on Earth
1,500 LEddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed in November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
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All That Remains: A Life in Death
1,650 LSue Black confronts death every day. As Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster. In All that Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and what her work has taught her.
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Happy Money: The Japanese Art of Making Peace with Your Money
1,800 LToo often, money is a source of fear, stress, and anger, often breaking apart relationships and even ruining lives. We like to think money is just a number or a piece of paper, but it is so much more than that. Money has the ability to smile, it changes when it is given with a certain feeling, and the energy with which it imbues us impacts not only ourselves, but others as well.
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The World’s Most Beautiful Libraries Hardcover
4,050 LFrom the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library in New York, human beings have had a long, enraptured relationship with libraries. Like no other concept and like no other space, the collection of knowledge, learning, and imagination offers a sense of infinite possibility. It’s the unrivaled realm of discovery, where every faded manuscript or mighty clothbound tome might reveal a provocative new idea, a far-flung fantasy, an ancient belief, a religious conviction, or a whole new way of being in the world.
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Marketing 5.0: Technology for Humanity
3,450 LRediscover the fundamentals of marketing from the best in the business In Marketing 5.0, the celebrated promoter of the “Four P’s of Marketing,” Philip Kotler, explains how marketers can use technology to address customers’ needs and make a difference in the world.
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Queer Body Power: Finding Your Body Positivity
2,450 LAs a young, queer, plus-size person, Essie Dennis has spent a lot of time feeling like they weren’t enough – not queer enough, not feminine enough, not perfect enough. When they took to social media to share how they felt, they were overwhelmed by how many others felt the same.
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Stolen Focus Hardcover
3,000 LWhy have we lost our ability to focus? What are the causes? And, most importantly, how do we get it back? For Stolen Focus, internationally bestselling author Johann Hari went on a three-year journey to uncover the reasons why our teenagers now focus on one task for only 65 seconds, and why office workers on average manage only three minutes. He interviewed the leading experts in the world on attention, and learned that everything we think about this subject is wrong.
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The way of power
1,800 LLily Adams Beck studied the occult knowledge throughout her life and with this books she gives back some of her insights to the reader. What she writes was very visionary at her time, especially when she talks about the other dimensions and planes.
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