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The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan

BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction A sweeping and immersive history of modern Afghanistan – the first book from one of the world’s leading war correspondents. 'Simply unforgettable' ELIF SHAFAK 'Terrific' THE TIMES 'Incredible' PETER FRANKOPAN 'Powerful and charming' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Utterly compelling' PHILIPPE SANDS 'Masterly' TELEGRAP

€17.10 excl tax

The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts

The inspiring new book from neuroscientist and author of The Source, Dr Tara Swart, drawing on breathtaking true stories, cognitive science, ancient wisdom and much more to show that signs can guide and empower us. 'A tribute to consciousness, to connection and to those we’ve lost. This is more than a book, it’s a healing experience.’ – Jay Shetty, bestselling author of Think Like a Monk and 8

€11.60 excl tax

Highly sensitive child - helping our children thrive when the world overwhe

15-20% of children are Highly Sensitive – and they are often labelled shy, introverted, fussy or faddy. The real story is very different though and this intelligent, practical book helps parents know what to do, when to back off, and how to ensure their child is given the right sort of treatment at school. This book is the follow up to the author’s internationally best-selling personal devel

€10.20 excl tax

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I Want to Trust You, but I Don't: Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment

New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst shows you what to do with your skepticism and distrust so you can heal from past betrayals and move forward with strength and resilience. Trust is the oxygen of all human relationships. But it's also what trips you up after you've been burned. Maybe a friend constantly lets you down. A leader or organization you respect turns out to be different

€10.20 excl tax

Silver Sparrow: From the Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2019

*THE BESTSELLING RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK* From the award-winning author of An American Marriage comes this breathtaking tale of a sisterhood defined by a father's secret, perfect for fans of Brit Bennett and Yaa Gyasi 'MY FATHER, JAMES WITHERSPOON, IS A BIGAMIST.' SECRETS Dana and Chaurisse are sisters who have never met. The only thing binding them together is the life-changing

€6.10 excl tax

Antifragile

The hottest thinker in the world . (Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times ). In The Black Swan , Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets

€8.90 excl tax

On Tyranny

The New York Times bestseller.

€6.80 excl tax

PATRIOT

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR** Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time. 'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS ‘Charisma and courage dazzle on every page’ SUNDAY TIMES 'Part memoir, part diary, a political manifesto, a darkly funny adieu' BEN MA

€7.50 excl tax

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.

€7.50 excl tax

Nuclear War

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And it could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now...

An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller for readers of American Prometheus by Kai Bird or Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.

The fir

€10.20 excl tax

How I Survived a Chinese 'Re-education' Camp - A Uyghur Woman's Story

For three years, she endured hundreds of hours of interrogation, torture, hunger, police violence, cold, and rats. Her name is Gulbahar Haitiwaji and she is the first Uyghur woman survivor of Chinese re-education camps to give a connected and detailed account of what happens there.

€13.00 excl tax

George Sand

A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women's rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation.

€13.00 excl tax

Keep Coolidge and Carry On

A lesson in living, laughing and loving.

Whether your boss has just fired you through a bathroom door or you need a reminder that hot people aren't that interesting, there's no better guide than Jennifer Coolidge.

The queen of our hearts and our screens, JC has a lifetime of wisdom that we can all learn from, and this book captures the moistest kernels.

€6.80 excl tax

Given, Vol. 2

Sometimes a song can save your life.

€6.80 excl tax

The Showman

Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety show in Ukraine to the muddy trenches of his war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military c

€11.60 excl tax

Brood

Darkly witty, deeply moving - Jackie Polzin's Brood is a startlingly original debut novel about motherhood, marriage and grief, full of sorrow, joy and unrelenting hope.

€6.80 excl tax

Supercommunicators

Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it? In this groundbreaking new book, Charles Duhigg unravels the sec

€11.60 excl tax

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘This captivating, powerful book shows us scientifically and practically how to define, create and most importantly live the good life’ Jay Shetty What is the key to a good life? It is a question that preoccupies us all and one that the longest and most successful study of happiness ever conducted strives to answer. In this groundbreaking book, directors of the

€8.90 excl tax

On Being Unreasonable

In a world where we all think we're being reasonable, how can we figure out what's right?

Looking back through history and around the world, Kirsty Sedgman set out to discover how unfairness and discrimination got baked into our social norms, dividing us along lines of gender, class, disability, sexuality, race...

€6.80 excl tax

Love in a Time of Hate

'Strikingly original, utterly absorbing' Julia Boyd, author of Travellers in the Third Reich A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023' 1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian cafe for his first date with no-show Simone de Beauvoir. Marlene Dietrich slips from h

€7.50 excl tax

Social sciences

Psychology

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People’s History of Afghanistan

The Signs: The New Science of How to Trust Your Instincts

Highly sensitive child - helping our children thrive when the world overwhe

I Want to Trust You, but I Don't: Moving Forward When You’re Skeptical of Others, Afraid of What God Will Allow, and Doubtful of Your Own Discernment

Silver Sparrow: From the Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, 2019

Antifragile

On Tyranny

PATRIOT

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

Nuclear War

How I Survived a Chinese 'Re-education' Camp - A Uyghur Woman's Story

George Sand

Keep Coolidge and Carry On

Given, Vol. 2

The Showman

Brood

Supercommunicators

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness

On Being Unreasonable

Love in a Time of Hate

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