This is a book about TRUTH - and all the ingenious ways, throughout history, that we've managed to avoid it. We live in a 'post-truth' age, we're told. The US has a president who openly lies on a daily basis (or who doesn't even know what's true, and doesn't care). The internet has turned our everyday lives into a misinformation battleground. People don't trust experts any more. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? As the editor of the UK's leading independent fact-checker, Tom Phillips deals with complete bollocks every day. Here, he tells the story of how we ... |
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Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he'll be safe. Simon can't even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can't stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you're the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything."Come for the ... |
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The Art of risking everything. In a world wired for chaos, these players are rewriting the rules. High-stakes, high-IQ, and often high on their own mythologies, they are driving the next era of finance, tech, and politics. But what happens when their bets go too far? Nate Silver's On The Edge reveals the hidden world of the River. It is the domain of gamblers and like-minded folks who move markets and change the fabric of society: poker legends, hedge fund titans, crypto speculators, and even those willing to bet the world's future on AI. They are obsessives with a deep hunger for volatility and an unrelenting ... |
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What if love landed on your doorstep... and handed you the keys? After getting passed over for an overdue and much needed promotion, Sadie Green is in desperate need of three things: a stiff drink, a new place to live, and a one-night stand. But when an accidental mix-up lands her on the doorstep of Jack Thomas's gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone, it's too bad Sadie is more attracted to the impressive real estate than she is to the man himself. Jack, still grieving the unexpected death of his parents, has learned to find comfort in video games and movie marathons instead of friends. So while he doesn't know just ... |
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Introduced by Helen Macdonald. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The poems in "Poems on Nature" are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter to reflect in verse the changes of the seasons and the passing of time. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an introduction by Helen Macdonald, author of the international bestseller, "H is for Hawk". Since poetry began, ... |
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Sophie Gonzales - author of "Only mostly devastated". Best friend? Girlfriend? Blackmailed? Traitor? Darcy Phillips is... Darcy Phillips has a secret. Even Brooke, her best friend (who she hopes could be something more) is clueless. Darcy is behind infamous locker 89 - proving an anonymous. Questionably legal relationship advice service at school. But then... disaster. Her identity is uncovered by australian new kid Alexander Brougham. If word gets out that Darcy's behind the locker, Brooke will probably never speak to her again. Darcy will do whatever it takes to contain it. She strikes a deal. In ... |
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Edited by Hakim Adi. ... A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Professor Hakim Adi, shortlisted for the Wolfson history prize, draws on a variety of published works in Black Voices on Britain, all of which describe powerful experiences: ... |
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Документални записки от интервюта с една от най-забележителните обединяващи фигури в българската култура от втората половина на ХХ век Атанас Кръстев - Начо Културата, правени през 1997 г. и излизали в пловдивския вестник "Марица". Книгата е повече от ценна и е в чест на една годишнина, която България и българската култура не бива да подминават - 100 г. от рождението на Атанас Кръстев, без когото Старият Пловдив можеше вероятно и да се случи, но не по онзи магичен начин, по който се случи. Тя цели не просто да разкаже историята на Старинен Пловдив от учредяването през 50 -те години на XX век до края му, но и ... |
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Can We settle Space, should we settle Space, and have we really thought this through? Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of original research, and interviews with leading space scientists, engineers and legal experts, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space tech and space business are progressing fast, but we lack ... |
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The award-winning author of The hate u give returns with a powerful story about hip hop, freedom of speech and fighting for your dreams, even as the odds are stacked against you. Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri's got massive shoes to fill. But when her first song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Bri finds herself at the centre of controversy and portrayed by the media as more menace than MC. And with an eviction notice staring her family down, Bri no longer just wants to make it - she has to. Even if ... |
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Докато карат колело на австралийския курортен остров Ротнест, Беки и нейните приятелки правят ужасяващо разкритие - откриват мъртво тяло на скалите. Дали мъжът е паднал случайно, или е бил бутнат нарочно? Този въпрос непрекъснато човърка Беки. Неочаквано тя научава името на мъжа и започва да търси връзка с убийство, извършено на острова преди много години. Беки е твърдо решена да разбули загадката, но колкото по-близо е до отговора, толкова по-застрашен е нейният живот. Заглавието е част от атрактивна поредица от оригинални книги за четене, написани специално за учениците в 8. клас, които изучават интензивно английски ... |
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An utterly scandalous but entirely truthful look at history under the influence. Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk, William Shakespeare was a stoner, and George Washington drank a spoonful of opium every night to staunch the pain from his fake teeth? Or how about the fact that emperor Qin Shi Huangdi ingested liquid mercury in an (ironic) attempt to live forever, or that Alexander Shulgin, inventor of no less than 230 new psychedelic drugs, was an employee of the DEA? In Human History on Drugs, historian Sam Kelly introduces us to the history we weren't taught in school, offering up irreverent ... |
