71 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it (Paperback)
by Paul Collier
| Format: | Paperback 224 pages |
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| Published: | 02/10/2008 |
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The Bottom Billion is an elegant and impassioned synthesis from one of the world's leading experts on Africa and poverty. It was hailed as... Read more
72 The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy (Paperback)
| Format: | Paperback 272 pages |
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| Published: | 03/02/2011 |
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A wry take on how contemporary culture is antithetical to happiness. Read more
73 Forecast: What Physics, Meteorology, and the Natural Sciences Can Teach Us About Economics (Hardback)
| Format: | Hardback 272 pages |
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| Published: | 11/04/2013 |
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A groundbreaking book that uses physics to show how instability is inherent in economic markets, just as thunderstorms are a part of the weather Read more
74 Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet (Paperback)
by Tim Jackson
| Format: | Paperback 288 pages |
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| Published: | 18/03/2011 |
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Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this... Read more
75 The Undercover Economist (Paperback)
by Tim Harford
| Format: | Paperback 384 pages |
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| Published: | 03/05/2007 |
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A brilliant and eye-opening explanation of the economics of everyday life - Britain's answer to FREAKONOMICS Read more
76 The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood - Science Prize Winner (Paperback)
by James Gleick
| Format: | Paperback 544 pages |
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| Published: | 01/03/2012 |
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Winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books 2012, the world's leading prize for popular science writing. Read more
77 The Art of Travel (Paperback)
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| Published: | 29/05/2003 |
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A travel guide with a difference: an exploration of why we travel and what we learn when we do. Read more
78 Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardback)
| Format: | Hardback 544 pages |
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| Published: | 27/11/2012 |
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Just as human bones get stronger when subjected to stress and tension, many things in life benefit from stress, disorder, volatility, and turmoil.... Read more
79 Drugs - Without the Hot Air: Minimising the Harms of Legal and Illegal Drugs (Paperback)
by David Nutt
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 31/05/2012 |
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David Nutt ("the scientist sacked by the government") explains the science of what drugs are and how they work. This lets us quantify and... Read more
80 The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women and Men Today (Paperback)
by Kat Banyard
| Format: | Paperback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 03/03/2011 |
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Argues passionately and articulately that feminism continues to be one of the most urgent and relevant social justice campaigns today. Structuring... Read more
