Mythos
ISBN : 9781405934138
No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling we gaze in wonder as wise Athena is born from the cracking open of the great head of Zeus, and follow doomed Persephone into the dark and lonely realm of the Underworld. We shiver when Pandora opens her jar of evil torments and watch with joy as the legendary love affair between Eros and Psyche unfolds. Mythos captures these extraordinary myths for our modern age — in all their dazzling and deeply human relevance.
The Monk of Mokha
ISBN : 9780241975367
Twenty-four-year-old Mokhtar has a dream : to quit his job as a doorman and get into the coffee business. This dream will lead him out of San Francisco and all the way back to his ancestral home : Yemen, the birthplace of coffee. But white he's organizing farmers, refining roasting techniques and collecting bean samples, civil war erupts across the country. The US Embassy closes its doors and Mokhtar is trapped behind enemy lines. Can he survive the Saudi bombs and make it back to America with his precious suitcase of coffee intact ?
The Science of Meditation - How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body
ISBN : 9780241975695
This is the first truly expert book on meditation that shows you not only how to improve your technique - whether you're a beginner or someone who has meditated for years - but also how meditation permanently changes your personal traits, and whole life. for the better. Daniel Coleman - bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence - and Professor Richard J. Davidson draw on their 40 years of research as well as cutting-edge science and the wisdom of leading Yogis to examine Which practices really do change brains, minds and bodies. They show with fascinating stories and examples what really works and why. They will help you bring mindfulness and meditation into your life - making Vie Science of Meditation essential reading in today's busy world.
Thinking, fast and slow
ISBN : 9780141033570
Looks at the way our minds work, and how we make decisions. This book reveals how our minds are tripped up by error and prejudice (even when we think we are being logical), and gives you practical techniques for slower, smarter thinking. It enables you to make better decisions at work, at home, and in everything you do.
BULLSHIT JOBS
ISBN : 9780141983479
'Spectacular and terrifyingly true' Owen Jones 'Thought-provoking and funny' The Times Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are bullshit jobs. This book shows why, and what we can do about it. In the early twentieth century, people prophesied that technology would see us all working fifteen-hour weeks and driving flying cars. Instead, something curious happened. Not only have the flying cars not materialised, but average working hours have increased rather than decreased. And
Thirteen reasons why
ISBN : 9780141328294
Clay Jensen returns home to find a strange package with his name on it. Inside he discovers several cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker - his classmate and first love - who committed suicide two weeks earlier. Hannah's voice explains there are thirteen reasons why she killed herself. Clay is one of them. If he listen, he'll find out why. All through the night, Clay keeps listening - and what he discovers changes his life... Forever.
Black milk ; on motherhood and writing
ISBN : 9780241966259
Postpartum depression affects millions of new mothers every year, and - like most of its victims - the author never expected to be one of them. But after the birth of her first child in 2006, the internationally bestselling Turkish author remembers how "for the first time my adult life ...words wouldn't speak to me".
Nineteen Eighty-Four
ISBN : 9780141187761
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker, Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal.
In Cold Blood - A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences
ISBN : 9780141182575
Controversial and compelling, In Cold Blood reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. Truman Capote's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surrounding this terrible crime and the effect it had on those involved. At the centre of his study are the amoral young killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, who, vividly drawn by Capote, are shown to be reprehensible, yet entirely and frighteningly human. The book that made Capote's name, In Cold Blood is a seminal. work of modern prose, a remarkable synthesis of journalistic skill and powerfully evocative narrative.
