How to be a Productivity NINJA
If you are like me, you are always looking for ways of becoming more productive - this book offers a new slant on the topic…… Read More »
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How to Have a Good Day
Caroline Webb is a management consultant and executive coach who spent 15 years at McKinsey and now runs her own company. In this practical and…… Read More »
Britain's Secret Wars
This meticulous account lays bare in documented detail the extent of Britain's covert foreign policy supporting war, conflict and oppression around the world. These activities…… Read More »
Democracy – A Life
Democracy is a biography of the concept, going back to 6th century Greece and following it through its various manifestations to a peak in the…… Read More »
Peaceful Passages
This profoundly humane book tells the story of a dedicated hospice nurse and the good deaths she has witnessed over a 20-year period. The seven…… Read More »
Dying to be Free
This unusual and moving memoir recounts the transformative journey of the author, whose father was a trainee Catholic priest at the time of her birth.…… Read More »
Dying to Know You
P.M.H. Atwater it is well-known in the field of near death studies as the author of 15 books, some of which concern her own three…… Read More »
The Pursuit of Development
Ian Goldin has had a distinguished career as an economist, including at the World Bank, and is currently director of the Oxford Martin School, which…… Read More »
The Economics of Chocolate
Authors: Johan Swinnen, Mara P. Squicciarani
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
Reading this comprehensive volume will tell you more about chocolate than you knew there was to know. It originates in a conference and is divided…… Read More »
Rivers of Wind
In the foreword to the vibrant book connecting Nature with language there is a quote from Goethe: 'life in its wholeness is expressed as a…… Read More »