The Break

‘Getting in a break was my one chance of winning. The hard part was working out, again and again, how to make that chance count.’ Steve CummingsSharp, resourceful and a permanent outsider; for nearly …

How to Get Over Being Young

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A deliciously funny and sage guide to midlife – an unscientific, flaws-and-all account of one woman’s adventures and misadventures through the dark comedy of the wilderness years. Through her own expe …

Looking for Theophrastus

Standing on the deck of a ferry boat, Laura Beatty watches as the assembled port and buildings of mainland Greece disappear from view. Her destination is Lesbos, but she’s not only travelling across t …

Everest 1922

Though it remains by far the world’s most famous mountain, in recent years Everest’s reputation has changed radically, with long queues of climbers on the Lhotse Face, lurid tales of frozen corpses an …

Freedom to Think

Without a moment’s pause, we share our most intimate thoughts with trillion-dollar tech companies. Their algorithms categorize us and jump to conclusions about who we are. They even shape our everyday …

The Girl from Revolution Road

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Based on Ghazaleh Golbakhsh’s experience as an Iranian immigrant growing up in New Zealand, these essays range from a childhood in war-torn Iran, including the trauma of a night spent in prison as a s …

What My Bones Know

Every cell in my body is filled with the code of generations of trauma, of death, of birth, of migration, of history that I cannot understand. . . . I want to have words for what my bones know. By age …

Ten Steps to Nanette

‘There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself.’ Hannah Gadsby, NanetteHannah Gadsby’s unique stand-up special Nanette was a viral success that left audiences captivated by her …

Sedated

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In Britain alone, more than 20% of the adult population take a psychiatric drug in any one year. This is an increase of over 500% since 1980 and the numbers continue to grow. Yet, despite this prescri …

In the Camps

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In China’s vast northwestern region, more than a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated factories. Based on hours of interviews with camp survivors and workers, …

Muslim, Actually

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Why are Muslim men portrayed as inherently violent? Does the veil violate women’s rights? Is Islam stopping Muslims from integrating?Across western societies, Muslims are perhaps more misunderstood th …

Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis Handbook

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‘If you or someone that you love is impacted by MS this book is a must read.’ – Dr Aaron Boster, The Boster Center for Multiple Sclerosis, Columbus, Ohio ‘This highly recommended book highlights the i …

The Delusions of Crowds

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Inspired by Charles Mackay’s 19th-century classic Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, William Bernstein engages with mass delusion with the same curiosity and passion …

The Hundred Years' War

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The Hundred Years’ War is the story of the intense competition between the All Blacks and the Springboks over the past 100 years, the games they’ve played and the battles that have raged from parliame …

The Kindness Revolution

Revolutions never start at the top. If we dare to dream of a more loving country – kinder, more compassionate, more cooperative, more respectful, more inclusive, more egalitarian, more harmonious, les …

The Insect Crisis

When is the last time you were stung by a wasp? Or were followed by a cloud of midges? Or saw a butterfly? All these normal occurrences are becoming much rarer. A groundswell of research suggests inse …