Some Remarks

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In this definitive collection of Stephenson’s writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century – mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history …

Blogging and Tweeting Without Getting Sued

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Every time you blog or tweet you may be subject to the laws of more than 200 jurisdictions. As more than a few bloggers or tweeters have discovered, you can be sued in your own country, or arrested in …

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

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In the early 1850s, during the waning years of the Qing dynasty, word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces. The leader of the this movement – who called themselves the Taiping – was H …

Risk Intelligence

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There is a special kind of intelligence for dealing with risk and uncertainty. It doesn’t correlate with IQ and most psychologists fail to spot it because it is found in such a disparate, rag-tag grou …

Barack Obama

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In Barack Obama, David Maraniss has written a sweeping narrative which reveals the real story of Obama’s beginnings: child of a black man from Luoland and a white woman born in Kansas. He charts the f …

Facts are Subversive

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‘Timothy Garton Ash holds a mirror that magnifies… He writes masterfully and with compassion’ – Neal Ascherson, ObserverFor more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth teller …

From Fatwa to Jihad

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Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Books 2010The Number 1 international bestseller updated and reissued.Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses hel …

The Union Jack

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Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinat …

The Great Railway Revolution

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Quite simply, the greatest transport story ever told and the first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation.

Back from the Brink

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Back from the Brink is a gripping and immediate account of the British government’s handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling’s knowledge and understanding make this …

Worm

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‘Masterful journalism, one of the best books about the dark side of the web… turns complex ideas into an action thriller and whodunnit.’ The Times

The Master Switch

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The Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephone to satellite television, has crested on a …

Britannia

In Britannia Graham Stewart traces two thousand years of an island’s story – from Roman province to twenty-first century European nation-state – through one hundred historic documents. From the eighth …

DON'T VOTE – It Just Encourages the Bastards

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Best-selling humorist P.J. O’Rourke is back with his latest political masterpiece, DON’T VOTE – It Just Encourages the Bastards. Using his signature wit and keen observational skills, O’Rourke reflect …

Everything is Obvious

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Why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world? Why did Facebook succeed when other social networking sites failed? Did the surge in Iraq really lead to less violence? And does higher pay …

How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?

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The Internet, in the memorable words of EDGE founder John Brockman, is ‘the infinite oscillation of our collective consciousness interacting with itself. It’s not about computers. It’s not about what …