Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019 (Zuboff Professor Shoshana)(Paperback / softback)

Age of Surveillance Capitalism - The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power: Barack Obama's Books of 2019 (Zuboff Professor Shoshana)(Paperback / softback)

The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called 'surveillance capitalism,' and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control us.The heady optimism of the Internet's early days is gone. Technologies that

Audacity of Hope - Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Obama Barack)(Paperback / softback)

Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America, written two years before he became president; the New York Times

There There (Orange Tommy)(Paperback / softback)

One of Barack Obama's best books of 2018, the New York Times bestselling novel about contemporary America from a bold new Native American voice'A thunderclap' Marlon James'Astonishing' Margaret Atwood, via Twitter'Pure soaring beauty' Colm TóibínJacquie Red Feather is newly sober and hoping to

The Vanishing Half (Bennett Brit)(Paperback)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST'Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline

We Live in Water: Stories (Walter Jess)(Paperback)

ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019From the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, the first collection of short fiction from Jess Walter--a suite of diverse and searching stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit,

Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism (Leary John Patrick)(Paperback)

A lexicon of our age of inequality, which decodes the new vocabulary of capitalism for a broad

Future of Capitalism - Facing the New Anxieties (Collier Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Seveneves - Neal Stephenson

The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. President Barack Obama's summer reading choice and recently optioned by Ron Howard and IMAGINE to be made into a major motion picture

Tomi: Tomi Reichental's Holocaust Story (Massey Eithne)(Paperback)

'At the age of six I began to fear for the future. ... By the age of nine I was on the run for my life. ... By the time I was ten I had seen all there was to see.'An accessible and honest account of the Holocaust that reminds us of the dangers of racism and intolerance, providing lessons that are

Concise Laws of Human Nature (Greene Robert)(Paperback / softback)

From the million-copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding

Life 3.0 - Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Tegmark Max)(Paperback / softback)

Taking us to the heart of the latest thinking about AI, Max Tegmark, the MIT professor whose work has helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial, separates myths from reality, utopias from dystopias, to explore the next phase of our existence.How can we grow our prosperity through

War of the World - History's Age of Hatred (Ferguson Niall)(Paperback / softback)

The beginning of the twentieth century saw human civilization at its most enlightened, well-educated, globalized and wealthy. What turned it into a bloodbath? This title reveals the story of history's most savage century as a continual war that raged for 100 years. He reveals how economic

Persians: The Age of The Great Kings - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

THE PERSIANS is a definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.The Great Kings of Persia ruled over the largest Empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the Steppes of Asia, and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. At the heart of the Empire was the fabled palace-city of

People, Power, and Profits - Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent (Stiglitz Joseph)(Paperback / softback)

From Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph Stiglitz, this account of the dangers of free market fundamentalism reveals what has gone so wrong, but also shows us a way out.We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in

Laws of Human Nature (Greene Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all - understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious

New Digital Age - Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business (Schmidt Eric III)(Paperback / softback)

The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the

Maid - A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick and an upcoming Netflix series! (Land Stephanie)(Paperback / softback)

BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK.Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich

Cabin at the End of the World (Tremblay Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The Stoker Award-winning, taut and propulsive twist on home invasion horror, packed psychological suspense. Soon to be a major film, Knock At the Cabin, directed by M. Night Shyamalan.Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire

Story of the Human Body - Evolution, Health and Disease (Lieberman Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard, shows how we need to change our world to fit our hunter-gatherer bodies This ground-breaking book of popular science explores how the way we use our bodies is all wrong. From an evolutionary

Fantastic Four: The End (Davis Alan)(Paperback)

In the distant future, the efforts of the heroic Fantastic Four have led to a new golden age for mankind. The solar system has been colonized, lifespans have been increased, and humanity enjoys an unheard of state of personal comfort. However, personal tragedy at the hands of Dr. Doom has long

Age of Wonder - How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (Holmes Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize and winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, Richard Holmes's dazzling portrait of the age of great scientific discovery is a groundbreaking

Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work (Srnicek Nick)(Paperback)

A major new manifesto for the end of capitalism Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite. Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life

Half of the Human Race (Quinn Anthony)(Paperback / softback)

Spirited and courageous, she is determined to fight for 'the greatest cause the world has ever known'. Will Maitland, the rising star of county cricket, is a man of traditional opinions. Buffeted and spun by choice and chance, Connie and Will struggle against the aftershocks of war and the

Mixed Blessings - My Psychic Life (Lazarus Diane)(Paperback / softback)

At the age of eight, Diane Lazarus first experienced the power of her gift by seeing, hearing and speaking to spirits. This book recounts how she first discovered her gift and how she came to develop it despite the disapproval and disbelief of many of those around her. It also explains how Daine