EMMA
ISBN : 9780141199528
Beautiful, clever, rich - and single - Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others.
SAPIENS
ISBN : 9780099590088
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? In Sapiens, Dr Yuval Noah Harari spans the whole of human history, from the very first humans to walk the earth to the radical - and sometimes devastating - breakthroughs of the Cognitive, Agricultural and Scientific Revolutions. Drawing on insights
Blockchain Revolution - How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World
ISBN : 9780241237861
Blockchain technology will change the world. in fact, it already has. Blockchain is the technology driving the future of the economy. It's best known for powering Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, but it has the potential to transform every industry it touches. It allows virtually anything we value - from stocks, music and intellectual property to health records and even our identities - to be stored in a secure and anonymous system that no one person or company owns. From birth and death certificates to insurance claims, land titles and even votes, data will never be managed in the same way again. Written by Don Tapscott, the author of Wikinomics, and his son, blockchain expert Alex Tapscott, Blockchain Revolution is not only an essential and simple introduction to a complex subject, it is also a vital guide to how it will change all our lives. Read it, or be left behind.
The Power
ISBN : 9780670919963
All over the world women are discovering they have the power. With a flick of the fingers they can inflict terrible pain - even death. Suddenly, every man on the planet finds they've lost control. The day of the girls has arrived - but where will it end ?
Darker
ISBN : 9781787460560
Relive the passion of Fifty Shades Darker through the eyes of Christian Grey, in his own words, and through his tormented thoughts, reflections, and dreams. F L James revisits the world of Fifty Shades with a deeper and darker take on the love story that has enthralled millions of readers around the globe. Their scorching, sensual affair ended in heartbreak and recrimination, but Christian Grey cannot get Anastasia Steele out of his mind, or his blood. Determined to win her back, he tries to suppress his darkest desires and his need for complete control, and to love Ana on her own terms. But the horrors of his childhood still haunt him, and Ana's scheming boss, Jack Hyde, clearly wants her for himself. Can Christian's confidant and therapist, Dr. Flynn, help him face down his demons ? Or will the possessiveness of Elena, his seducer, and the deranged devotion of Leila, his former submissive, drag Christian down into the past ? And if Christian does win Ana back, can a man so dark and damaged ever hope to keep her ?
MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS AND CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN
MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS AND CHILDREN ARE FROM HEAVEN
Oliver Twist
ISBN : 9780141198880
Features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets.
Optimism over despair
ISBN : 9780241981979
An essential overview of the problems of our world today -- and how we should prepare for tomorrow -- from the world's leading public intellectual We have two choices. We can be pessimistic, give up, and help ensure that the worst will happen. Or we can be optimistic, grasp the opportunities that surely exist, and maybe help make the world a better place. Not much of a choice . From peerless political thinker Noam Chomsky comes an exploration of rising neoliberalism, the refugee crisis in Europe, the Black Lives Matter movement, the dysfunctional US electoral system, and the prospects and challenges of building a movement for radical change. Including four up-to-the-minute interviews on the 2016