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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

Paper Book

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Jonathan Haidt is a modern-day prophet, disguised as a psychologist . . . He points the way forward to a brighter, stronger future for us all' Susan Cain 'Compelling, readable - and incredibly chilling . . . remarkably...

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Sarah Wynn-Williams

The instant Sunday Times bestseller No. 1 New York Times bestseller 'How else to put this? Bloody hell' The Guardian 'Devastating . . . Funny . . . Highly enjoyable' The Times 'Jaw-dropping . . . A tell-all tome' Financial Times...

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

J. D. Vance

Paper Book

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE AMERICAN VICE PRESIDENT'S ORIGIN STORY 'Essential reading for this moment in history' New York Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this year' Economist 'Brilliant ......

The Body Keeps The Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk

Paper Book

Trauma does not just happen to other people - it happens to us, our friends and family and our neighbours. While humans are an extremely resilient species, able to rebound from relentless wars, family violence and manmade disasters, experiences like these inevitably leave traces- on our minds,...

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

David Grann

Paper Book

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian ...

Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties

Tom O'Neill

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As featured on The Joe Rogan Experience ______________________________ A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders leads to shocking new conspiracy theories about the FBI's involvement in this fascinating re-evaluation of one of the most...

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

Michael Finkel

Paper Book

*#1 New York Times bestseller* *Shortlisted for The ALCS Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction* 'A breath-taking read, as compelling as a Highsmith novel. I loved it' - Maggie O'Farrell 'Brilliant... A thrilling heist...

From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir

Lisa Marie Presley

Paper Book

Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough.In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long...

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Paper Book

One of the most influential books of the 21st century: the ground-breaking psychology classic - over 10 million copies sold - that changed the way we think about thinking 'There have been many good books on human rationality and irrationality, but only one masterpiece....

Greenlights

Matthew McConaughey

Paper Book

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

Cat Bohannon

Paper Book

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024 FOYLE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 LONGLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ...

Nona the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

Paper Book

Tamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? A Finalist for the Hugo and Locus Awards! An Indie Next Pick! The Locked Tomb is a 2023 Hugo...

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