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The lean startup
'The Lean Startup' approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. It relies on 'validated learning,' rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles.
£16.99
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Circadian rhythms
This Very Short Introduction explains how organisms can 'know' the time and reveals what we now understand of the nature and operation of chronobiological processes. Covering variables such as light, the metabolism, human health, and the seasons, Foster and Kreitzman illustrate how jet lag and shift work can impact on human well-being.
£9.99
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The Telegraph Quick Crosswords 8
150 new furiously fast puzzles from The Telegraph!
£8.99
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Race after technology
"Cutting through tech-industry hype, this book explores how emerging technologies reinforce white supremacy. Conceptualizing the 'New Jim Code,' Benjamin shows how discriminatory designs can encode inequity and also makes a case for race itself as a kind of tool designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice"
£14.99
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Stuff you should know
Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant started the podcast 'Stuff You Should Know' back in 2008 because they were curious - curious about the world around them, curious about what they might have missed in their formal educations, and curious to dig deeper on stuff they thought they understood. As it turns out, they aren't the only curious ones. Armed with their inquisitive natures and a passion for sharing, they research and discuss a wide variety of topics. The pair have now taken their near-boundless 'whys' and 'hows' from your earbuds to the pages of a book for the first time - and with it comes loads of new content, covering subjects about which they've long wondered or wanted to explore in greater detail. Follow along as they dig into the underlying stories and interesting ways things fit into the world, touching on everything from the origin of Murphy beds, to the history of facial hair, to the psychology of being lost.
£12.99
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A word for every day of the year
Who knew that to dringle is to 'waste time in a lazy lingering manner'? Or that a sudden happy ending could be termed a eucotastrophe? Looking for an alternative word to 'bullshit'? Then try taradiddle. 'A Word for Every Day of the Year' is a fascinating collection of 366 words and their definitions, perfect for anyone who loves the richness of the English language, its diversity and wants to expand their vocabulary. Each day offers a rare and remarkable word with its history and definition and occasionally a challenge to include it in our lives.
£12.99
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The meaning of freedom
First and only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the U.S. by international icon Angela Davis.
£11.99
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Starting your own business
The easy way to help your kid start a business. Do you have a budding entrepreneur on your hands who's anxious to bring the next great business idea to life? Make their dream come true with the accessible, expert help in 'Starting Your Own Business'.
£8.99
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Effective written advocacy
This book not only offers a practical and comprehensive guide to effective written advocacy, but provides worked examples drawn from real cases contributed from today's leading and highly successful advocates.
£39.00
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Love letters
At a dinner party in 1922, Virginia Woolf met the renowned author, aristocrat - and sapphist - Vita Sackville-West. Virginia wrote in her diary that she didn't think much of Vita's conversation, but she did think very highly of her legs. It was to be the start of almost twenty years of flirtation, friendship, and literary collaboration. Their correspondence ended only with Virginia's tragic death in 1941. Intimate and playful, these selected letters and diary entries allow us to hear these women's constantly changing feelings for each other in their own words.
£12.99
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Hyphens & Hashtags*
This book casts a well-deserved spot-light on punctuation marks, mathematical symbols and glyphs; stalwarts of typography whose handy knack for summing up a command or concept in simple shorthand marshals our sentences, clarifies a calculation or adds some much-needed emotion to our online interactions.
£12.99
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A Soundtrack for Life
From the world's most romantic music and the greatest Christmas choral music, to more ordinary but no less important situations such as music to listen to when taking a shower, 'A Soundtrack for Life' is for anyone who has ever wanted to discover more about classical music but doesn't know where to begin. Organised into Occasions and Themes, the book features a classic repertoire of music, including from film, TV, videos and musicals. It also offers an entry point into what for many people is an unfamiliar world, with suggestions that fans of classical covers of Nirvana, Garage, Ed Sheeran and Hip Hop might also enjoy. Each entry will put the piece of music in context, enhancing the listener's experience and making the music relevant for a modern audience.
£20.00
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The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything
'The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything' is a treasure trove of random knowledge. Covering everything from the furthest known galaxies to the murky origins of oyster ice cream, inside you will find a discussion of how one might determine the most average-sized country in the world; details of humanity's most ridiculous wars; and, at last, the answer to who would win in a fight between Harry Potter and Spider-Man.
£14.99
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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book
'The Language Lover's Puzzle Book' is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language. Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children.
£10.99
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The Artful Dickens
Discover the tricks of a literary master in this essential guide to the fictional world of Charles Dickens. From Pickwick to Scrooge, Copperfield to Twist, how did Dickens find the perfect names for his characters? What was Dickens's favourite way of killing his characters? When is a Dickens character most likely to see a ghost? Why is Dickens's trickery only fully realised when his novels are read aloud? In 13 entertaining and wonderfully insightful essays, John Mullan explores the literary machinations of Dickens's eccentric genius, from his delight in clichés to his rendering of smells and his outrageous use of coincidences. A treat for all lovers of Dickens, this essential companion puts his audacity, originality and brilliance on full display.
£10.99
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The Ministry of Quizzes
The Ministry of Quizzes is the ultimate authority for quiz solvers, setters and scholars, posing irresistible questions and puzzles that will test any seasoned quizzer.
£12.99
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Funny You Should Ask...Again
Every Wednesday on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show, BBC Radio 2's most inquisitive listeners get to put their questions to the QI Elves. The questions are wonderfully original, often silly and sometimes quirky, and the QI Elves' answers are always fascinating and frequently hilarious. From spiders to stinging nettles, bees to by bands and twins to thermal undies, you'll wonder why these questions hadn't occurred to you before - but you'll never forget the answers and will want to share them will all your friends.
£12.99
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Vinegar
Discover the amazing powers of vinegar and over 250 practical ways in which it can be used in the medicine chest, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and garden.
£9.99
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The Penguin Modern Classics Book
For six decades the 'Penguin Modern Classics' series has been an era-defining, ever-evolving series of books, encompassing works by modernist pioneers, avant-garde iconoclasts, radical visionaries and timeless storytellers. This reader's companion showcases every title published in the series so far, with more than 1,800 books and 600 authors, from Achebe and Adonis to Zamyatin and Zweig.
£30.00
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The Ordnance Survey Journey Through Time
Can you solve over 300 mind-bending puzzles on a journey through British history from the phenomenal bestselling Ordnance Survey Puzzle Books.
£18.99
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The Devil's Atlas
A lavishly illustrated guide to how humanity has imagined heavens, hells and the afterlife
£25.00
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Spanish Short Stories 1
A collection of eight short stories. It gives the reader an insight into the differences between the literary cultures.
£11.99
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Highly Irregular
Highly Irregular is an illustrated history of English as told through all the things that are weird about it. Why are there so many silent letters? Why do we have irregular verbs? What is the deal with the word 'colonel'? The weirdness of English can be blamed on specific influences that shaped it, and in this book Arika Okrent investigates the many puzzles of our language to show how English came to be the way it is today.
£19.99
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Balanced and Barefoot
Today's kids have adopted sedentary lifestyles filled with television, video games, and computer screens. But more and more, studies show that children need 'rough and tumble' outdoor play in order to develop their sensory, motor, and executive functions. Disturbingly, a lack of movement has been shown to lead to a number of health and cognitive difficulties. So, how can you ensure that your child is fully engaging their body, mind, and all of their senses? Using the same philosophy that lies at the heart of her popular TimberNook programme - that nature is the ultimate sensory experience, and that psychological and physical health improves for children when they spend time outside on a regular basis - author Angela Hanscom offers several activities to help your child thrive, even if you live in an urban environment.
£17.99
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