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  • Are Prisons Obsolete?
    Since the 1980s, prison construction and incarceration rates in the U.S. have been rising exponentially, evoking huge public concern about their proliferation, their recent privatisation, and their promise of enormous profits. But these prisons house hugely disproportionate numbers of people of colour, betraying the racism embedded in the system, while studies show that increasing prison sentences has had no effect...
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  • Night Of Knives
    The debut novel from the co-creator of Steven Erikson's brilliantly imagined world of Malaz. This incredibly atmospheric and action-packed epic fantasy from million-copy seller Ian C Esslemont is a must-read for fans of Steven Erikson, David Gemmell, and Brandon Sanderson. "Visceral power...telling a story set largely over just one terrifying night, it pulverises you with an economy that is rare...
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  • Your 5-Minute Journal
    Transform your outlook with this yearly guide to cultivating gratitude. Featuring daily prompts to encourage you to reflect and focus your thoughts, alongside monthly check-ins and challenges, as well as inspiring quotes to keep you motivated throughout the year, this is the only journal you need to bring positivity, happiness, and thankfulness into your life. The act of writing is...
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  • The Secret Museum
    The Secret Museum is a unique treasure trove of the most intriguing artefacts hidden away in museum archives from all over the world—curated, brought to light, and brought to life by Molly Oldfield in a beautifully illustrated collection. Who knows what’s hidden from view? Locked away in cabinets, secure storage, and aircraft hangars. Most of a museum’s collection never gets...
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  • Red Star Down
    A propulsive and timely international thriller, which follows three individuals caught in the crosshairs of a global conspiracy, for fans of David McCloskey and Terry Hayes. A propulsive, timely spy thriller from the critically acclaimed author of Star of the North. An explosive conspiracy is on the verge of detonation... A Korean man is poisoned in broad daylight at Kuala...
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  • A Dim Prognosis
    This compelling tell-all reveals the realities of working as a doctor in New Zealand. Fast-paced and darkly funny, it chronicles ten years of working in medicine - treating the victims of the Whakaari White Island eruption, being on the frontline during the pandemic, dealing with chronic understaffing - and sheds a light on where and why the health system is...
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  • The Pebble Spotter's Guide
    A beautiful little guide to one of life's simple pleasures – pebble spotting. Where science meets mindfulness. Learn to appreciate their beauty, discover the amazing journey that brought them to you, search for the rare ones. Leave no stone unturned. Turn a day on the beach or a seaside holiday stroll into a treasure hunt with this lovely little guide...
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  • Lonely Planet Kids First Words - French
    Bring the French language to life with this beautifully illustrated children's book from Lonely Planet Kids, an imprint of Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide and phrasebook publisher. Perfect for the whole family, First Words French features 100 words to use while travelling, from food and transport, to animals and weather. Each word is accompanied with a bold illustration...
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  • Lonely Planet Hidden Libraries
    Lonely Planet Hidden Libraries by DC Helmuth, Lonely Planet, and Nancy Pearl invites you to discover 50 of the world's most magnificent hidden libraries, each with its own unique and uplifting story. The book features a foreword by librarian, bestselling author, and literary critic Nancy Pearl. Imagine book swapping your latest read in a quirky 1950s-style fridge in New Zealand...
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  • The Liver Repair Plan
    Easy steps to transform your liver health The liver's ability to heal and regenerate can greatly improve your wellbeing. Clinical nutritionist and bestselling author Sarah Di Lorenzo’s four-week plan has helped hundreds of her patients repair their inner health, and now she’s sharing it with you. One in three Australians have a fatty liver, one of the most prevalent liver...
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  • The Journals of Captain Cook
    This is a substantial selection from the Journals of Captain Cook's voyages, drawn from the four-volume Beaglehole edition. It represents not only Cook's own accounts of his various voyages, but those of his companions, notably the naturalist, Joseph Banks.
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  • The Broken House
    The major rediscovery of a forgotten masterpiece in the mould of Alone in Berlin and Stoner - the literary memoir of a youth in Nazi Germany. Exquisitely written... haunting... Few books, I think, capture so well the sense of a life broken for ever by trauma and guilt Sunday Times An unsparing, honest and insightful memoir, that shows how private...
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  • Brain On Fire: My Month of Madness
    This is the story of one woman's descent into insanity. In Brain on Fire, she pieces together the terrifying lost month of her life, asking what happens when your identity is suddenly destroyed, and how you get it back. Brain on Fire is the stunning debut from journalist and author Susannah Cahalan, recounting the real-life horror story of how a...
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    What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
    A powerful and moving exploration of the terrible illness that touches millions of lives. After her own father's death from dementia, the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard set out to explore the illness that now touches millions of us, yet which we still struggle to speak about. What is it to be oneself, and what is it to lose one's...
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  • The Wealth of Nations
    The second part of Adam Smith's economic theory, stating the argument for free trade. Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 coincided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes include Smith's assessment of the mercantile system, his advocacy of...
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  • The Vocabulary Builder Workbook
    Improve your vocabulary with simple lessons and activities. Building your vocabulary requires more than flash cards. That's why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook, you'll gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words. Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE—or...
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  • The Inner Level
    The sequel to the global phenomenon The Spirit Level, this book explores the impact of inequality on each of us individually. Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's The Spirit Level, now published in more than twenty languages, has been one of the most influential non-fiction books published in the last decade. It shows conclusively how less equal societies fare worse than...
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    Economic forecaster James Rickards returns with a new book investigating the urgent problem of global supply chain disruption—how it came about, why it will persist, and what consumers can do to lighten the burden of limited choice. Empty shelves, petrol station queues, and energy shortages—crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a...
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  • Penguin Readers Level 3: Roald Dahl The BFG (ELT Graded Reader)
    A Penguin Readers ELT graded reading series of your favourite Roald Dahl characters and stories! Designed for learners of English aged 7+. With carefully adapted text, illustrations, language practice activities, and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. The BFG, a...
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  • My Grandmother's Hands
    A vital, transformative study of the damage caused by racism from the perspective of trauma and body-centred psychology. The consequences of racism can be found in our bodies – in skin and sinew, in bone and blood. In this ground-breaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage, the physical consequences of discrimination, from the perspective of body-centred psychology. He argues...
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    My First Book of Baby Signs
    Learn sign language alongside your baby with this adorable storybook for ages 0 to 3! Story time is the perfect time to practise sign language with your child. My First Book of Baby Signs is part-storybook and part-sign language guide, designed to encourage you and your baby to learn new words and signs as you read together. This baby sign...
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  • The Palace Letters
    A political betrayal. A constitutional crisis. A hidden correspondence. Gough Whitlam was a progressive prime minister whose reign from 1972 proved tumultuous after 23 years of conservative government in Australia. After a second election victory in May 1974, when a hostile Senate refused to vote on his 1975 budget, the political deadlock that ensued culminated in Whitlam's unexpected and deeply...
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  • Universe
    Explore our Universe through out-of-this-world objects captured by space telescopes, roaming probes, and planetary rovers. Discover incredible celestial bodies and our Solar System through incredible photography and detailed illustration. Discover how past, present, and future space exploration has helped our understanding of the Sun, our Solar System, rocky planets, gas giants, and explosive stars, and wonder at far-off galaxies captured...
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    The Tain
    A major new translation of Ireland's great epic of heroism, magic, bloodshed and betrayal - now in paperback. The Tain Bo Cualinge, centrepiece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's great epic. It tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht, and...
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    The Songs of Trees: Stories from Nature's Great Connectors
    A Pulitzer Prize-nominated author explores the environmental complexity of trees, and their importance in our experience of nature and life itself. The acclaimed author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Forest Unseen visits with nature's most magnificent networkers - trees. In The Songs of Trees, David George Haskell brings his acute powers of observation to the biological networks that surround all...
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  • The Descent of Man
    "One of the ten most significant books" - Sigmund Freud No book made a greater impact on the intellectual world of its first Victorian readers, nor has had such an enduring influence on our thinking on science, literature, theology, and philosophy. In The Descent of Man, Darwin addresses the crucial question of the origins, evolution, and racial divergence of mankind,...
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  • Machines A Visual History
    Filled with stunning illustrations and lively, engaging text, The Repair Shop's Dom Chinea guides readers through this celebration of the history and uses of over 100 machines, which have allowed artisans to create beautiful items for centuries. The Repair Shop's Dom Chinea takes you on an exploration of 100 essential machines found in the workshops and studios of the world's...
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  • Astonishing Animals
    A new and exciting title for Christmas from the author and wildlife artist of the bestselling book A Gap in Nature.
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  • The New Keto-Friendly South Beach Diet
    Combines the good fats and good carbs of the world-famous heart-healthy diet with the advanced nutrition science of keto. The original South Beach Diet defined the cutting edge of healthy weight loss. Now the creator of the classic plan combines his signature diet with the ketogenic diet. With a new emphasis on good carbs, good fats and healthy proteins, The...
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  • The Essential Guide to Intermittent Fasting for Women
    With a foreword from Dr Jason Fung, author of The Obesity Code, this groundbreaking guide to intermittent fasting for women includes step-by-step advice for preventing and reversing metabolic disease. As a teenager, Megan Ramos suffered from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and polycystic ovarian syndrome. By her mid-twenties, she had developed type 2 diabetes. But everything changed when she heard about...
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  • How Not to Eat Ultra-Processed
    The first 4-week plan for reducing the ultra-processed foods in your diet. We know we should eat fewer ultra-processed foods; this book shows you how to do it. From expert dietitian, Nichola Ludlam-Raine, comes this simple, easy-to-follow plan for reducing the ultra-processed foods in your diet. Taking you through 4 weeks, each focused on a different meal (snacks and drinks,...
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    Moneta
    The extraordinary story of Rome told through one of the world's once most ubiquitous objects - coins. The extraordinary story of ancient Rome, history's greatest superpower, as told through humankind's most universal object - the coin. When Gareth Harney was first handed a Roman coin by his father as a child, he became entranced by its beauty, its permanence, and...
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    The Art of War
    New to Penguin Classics For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics and management strategies. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business, or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible...
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    Notes to John
    An extraordinary, previously unpublished work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights, Joan Didion. In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years.' She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several...
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  • A Lover's Discourse
    The language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak, for it is addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. It is a language of solitude, of mythology, of what Barthes calls an image repertoire. This work revives—beyond the psychological or clinical enterprises which have characterised such researches in our culture—the notion of the...
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  • HOW TO KILL A WITCH
    'Fascinating and illuminating, this book tempers the justifiable rage with sharp and funny pinpricks to the pompous.' VAL MCDERMID, author of Past Lying 'As well as a highly entertaining read, How To Kill A Witch is a tour de force of research, understanding and compassion.' PROFESSOR SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains 'Serious and angry, but so completely accessible,...
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  • Person in Progress
    A roadmap to navigating the personal and professional transitions of your twenties, with practical insights and reassurance that you're not alone, from the host of the top podcast The Psychology of Your 20s. Jemma Sbeghen created her podcast The Psychology of Your 20s in the back of her car, driven by the simple desire to understand the universal experiences of...
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    Blueprints
    WHAT TO READ IN 2025 FINANCIAL TIMES Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible forces with nothing in common, but what if we’re wrong? Marcus du Sautoy, acclaimed mathematician and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of...
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    A Bunker in Kyiv
    A riveting account of courageous resistance from the bestselling author of Balcony Over Jerusalem On 24 February 2022, residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, woke to the sound of explosions and gunfire as Russian forces attempted to seize Hostomel Airport. It marked the beginning of the first land war in Europe since World War II. Under the leadership of the charismatic Volodymyr...
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    Beyond the Pleasure Principle
    A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including On the Introduction of Narcissism; Remembering, Repeating and Working Through; Beyond the Pleasure Principle; The Ego and the Id and Inhibition, Symptom and Fear.
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  • The Body Politic
    46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. The Body Politic explores the provocative statement: No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.
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  • The Authority Gap
    Based on new, original research and interviews with pioneering women including Baroness Hale, Mary Beard, and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism, perfect for fans of Invisible Women. Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women. Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently...
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  • Which New Zealand Bird?
    Use best-selling author Andrew Crowe's method to identify New Zealand birds by size and habitat in this simple, illustrated guide that will appeal to children and adults alike. Which New Zealand Bird? makes bird identification really easy. Simply note where you spotted the bird and how big it is, then follow the simple steps to find out which bird it...
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    A History of the World in Six Plagues
    An original, revolutionary new social and scientific history, A History of the World in Six Plagues is a deeply reported, insightful account of humankind's battles with epidemic disease. Epidemic diseases enter the world by chance, but they become catastrophic by human design. With clear-eyed research and lush prose, A History of the World in Six Plagues shows that throughout history,...
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  • Eat to Beat Disease
    Dr William Li, pioneering medical doctor, renowned angiogenesis expert and TED speaker with over 4 million views, reveals the latest science behind the foods that really do tackle the biggest threats to our health. Is your diet feeding or defeating disease? We are at a turning point in our understanding of how to prevent and fight disease. Rates of cancer,...
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  • Wild Houses
    Wild Houses is the biggest weekend of the year, and everything is about to change - the thrilling, riotous debut novel from the Observer Best New Novelist. As Ballina prepares for its biggest weekend, the simmering feud between small-time dealer, Cillian English, and County Mayo's fraternal enforcers, Gabe and Sketch Ferdia, spills over into violence and an ugly ultimatum. When...
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  • Tapping
    Tapping is an authoritative new work that offers a vibrant answer to the psychological and spiritual challenges presented by a world in unprecedented distress. Tapping energy points on the skin while bringing problems and goals to mind changes the brain in ways that help to overcome those challenges and support those aspirations. This stimulating practice places an astonishingly effective tool...
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  • We Need Your Art
    From Amie McNee, the voice behind Inspired to Write, comes a manifesto on the vital, human importance of creating, with guidance for all artists in all endeavours, whether they're starting their journey or seeking a fresh perspective. In We Need Your Art, Amie McNee calls artists and aspiring artists of all kinds to do the work they're meant to do—create....
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  • No Words for This
    The much-anticipated memoir by media personality Alison Mau In my family, we never talked about the past... Since the age of twelve, Alison Mau wanted to be a journalist just like her dad. A beer-swilling, straight-talking man who was rough around the edges but could quote passages of Hamlet at will, he taught Ali everything from rabbit-hunting to throwing a...
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  • Ultimate SCRABBLE™ Dictionary and Word List
    A beautifully-designed gift package showcasing the most comprehensive Scrabble resource ever, the perfect reference work for all players. Now fully updated with all official words, it includes an exhaustive list of every valid word playable in Scrabble. Comes with a supplement with hints and tips for improving your game. Presented in three sections, this book includes a comprehensive dictionary with...
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  • Our World: By the Numbers
    From Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes a fascinating, comprehensive, and in-depth look at our world as seen through numbers, facts, and stunning infographics. With his signature style, Steve Jenkins uses engaging graphics and visual literacy to convey scientific facts and concepts, making them accessible for all kinds of readers. In Our World: By the Numbers, readers will learn about...
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  • The Poetics of Space
    The beloved multidisciplinary classic on the spaces we inhabit and the dreams and memories that fill them. A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics. Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. This rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy brims with quiet revelations and...
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  • How to Sleep Like a Caveman
    Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves. While sabre-toothed tigers were their biggest night-time worry, today it’s stress and social media that keep us awake, but the solutions are the same. Sleep therapist Dr Merijn van de Laar offers understanding and advice to have you sleeping better within weeks. Human sleep as we know it...
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  • The Tattoo Sticker Book
    Packed with 150 beautifully illustrated stickers, this book celebrates the art of the tattoo. The designs range from the traditional to the contemporary, covering all the key styles and motifs. Discover hearts, sailors, pin-ups, skulls, roses, swallows as well as new and surprising compositions, all in the Munden Brothers' signature style. Complemented by fascinating text by Nick Schonberger on the...
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    The Race to the Future
    An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes the bottle. Shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light. The race from Peking to Paris has begun. Spectator And it's Go, Go, Go . . . A...
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    The Place of Tides
    A story of friendship, history and redemption on a remote Norwegian island. We are all in need of lights to follow. One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild Eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old...
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    Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field
    The story of two brilliant nineteenth-century scientists who discovered the electromagnetic field, laying the groundwork for the amazing technological and theoretical breakthroughs of the twentieth century. Two of the boldest and most creative scientists of all time were Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). This is the story of how these two men - separated in age by...
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  • The Seed Hunter
    The Seed Hunter by Mitch McCulloch explores growing and using the tastiest and most unusual heirloom plants from around the world. Why grow the same dull vegetables and herbs filling every supermarket shelf? If you're putting in the effort and growing your own, better make it something sensational! There's a thrilling diversity of rare and unusual heirloom plants out there—a...
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    The Technological Republic
    From one of tech's boldest thinkers and his longtime deputy, this is a sweeping indictment of Silicon Valley and a treatise on how the West has slid into a culture of complacency—even as we enter a new era of mounting global threats. Silicon Valley has lost its way. From the founding of the American republic through much of the twentieth...
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  • Magic Pill
    A wonderfully accessible exploration of one of the most complex problems of our age TELEGRAPH Magic Pill will help you think more clearly about eating, dieting, health and mental health, even if you never touch Ozempic JONATHAN HAIDT The bestselling author of Lost Connections and Stolen Focus takes a revelatory look at the new drugs transforming weight loss as we...
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  • A Year of Living Simply
    'Simply wonderful.' - BEN FOGLE Kate's book has the warmth and calming effect of a log fire and a glass of wine. Unknit your brow and let go. It's a treat.' - GARETH MALONE Kate Humble pours her enviable knowledge into attainable goals. It's a winning combination and the prize - a life in balance with nature - is definitely...
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  • The Devil's Hand
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR The fourth thriller in the “so powerful, so pulse-pounding, so well-written” (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Terminal List series follows former Navy SEAL James Reece as he is entrusted with a top-secret CIA mission of retribution twenty years in the making. It’s been twenty years since 9/11. Two decades since the United...
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    Wanderlust
    The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of the twentieth century, from uncharted Arctic wastelands to the underground resistance networks of World War II. "An absolute joy... Wanderlust is a compelling introduction to one of the most charismatic explorers to ever cross the ice."—New York Times Book Review Deep in the Arctic...
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  • Tikanga Māori
    Tikanga Māori is the authoritative and accessible introduction to understanding the correct Māori ways of doing things as they were done in the past, as they are done in the present, and as they may yet be. In this revised edition, Hirini Mead has added an extensive new chapter on mana whenua, mana moana, Māori authority over land and ocean,...
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  • Ora: Healing Ourselves
    The authors explore understandings and practices of indigenous people, grounded in the knowledge of ancestors and based on research, that facilitate healing and wellbeing. The first part of the book focuses on research findings from He Oranga Ngakau: Maori Approaches to Trauma Informed Care, which supports health providers working with whanau experiencing trauma. It discusses tikanga Maori concepts, decolonising approaches...
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  • The Art of Statistics
    Delve into the world of numbers and discover how statistics can shed light on some of life's most pressing issues in The Art of Statistics by David Spiegelhalter. This enlightening book offers an engaging exploration of statistical science, showing readers how to wield the power of data analysis to gain meaningful insights into everyday problems. Spiegelhalter masterfully guides readers through...
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Education & Reference

Welcome to our Education & Reference section, where knowledge is at your fingertips. Whether you're a student, educator, or lifelong learner, this collection offers a wealth of resources to support your educational journey and curiosity about the world.

Here, you'll find textbooks, study guides, language resources, and comprehensive references across a wide range of subjects - from science and mathematics to history, literature, and beyond. These books are designed to help you deepen your understanding, prepare for exams, or simply explore new topics that pique your interest.

Our collection also includes practical guides on skills development, career advancement, and personal growth. Whether you're looking to expand your expertise, find reliable information, or cultivate new skills, there’s a book here to help you achieve your goals. Jump in and discover something new today!