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‘A beautifully written tale of tales’ – WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

This is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.

When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, Aladdin, was completely new. Centuries later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.

In this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp.

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‘A beautifully written tale of tales’ – WILLIAM DALRYMPLE

This is a book about stories and storytelling, and about celebrating a young storyteller whose name was almost lost to history.

When The Arabian Nights were first translated into European languages in the 1700s, they caused a sensation. Most were ancient tales, drawn from Arabic folklore. But perhaps the most famous of all, Aladdin, was completely new. Centuries later, a discovery in the Vatican archives revealed that Hanna Diab, a young Syrian adventurer, had spun stories from his own extraordinary life to create Aladdin, his alter ego in fiction.

In this captivating case of literary deduction, Matthew Teller unearths the hidden history of the boy, the genie and his lamp.

#FindingAladdin is out TODAY!

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@robertgreeneofficial spent 7 years researching the Sublime and how it will change your life. Now, you can discover it for yourself.

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Pull up an armchair, throw another log on the fire, and prepare for a Christmas of criminally good entertainment ❄️

A turkey stuffed with a mysterious surprise. A blackmailer’s note posted in the dead of a winter`s night. A Bonfire celebration that turns to a crime scene as soon as the first match is struck.

#MurderAtFirstFrost brings you ten more tales of murder, intrigue and mystery from the greatest Golden Age crime writers, including Ian Rankin, Val McDermid, Ellis Peters and Julian Symonds.

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Pull up an armchair, throw another log on the fire, and prepare for a Christmas of criminally good entertainment ❄️

A turkey stuffed with a mysterious surprise. A blackmailer’s note posted in the dead of a winter's night. A Bonfire celebration that turns to a crime scene as soon as the first match is struck.

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‘A delightful and moving account of our efforts to capture the truth as it speeds by’ – TIM HARFORD

Spycraft was reliant on it, courtroom dramas were changed by it, and feminism has an uneasy debt to it. But what exactly is shorthand? And what would we lose if it disappeared?

Andrew Hill follows the story from the scribes of Ancient Rome to today’s takeover of AI, revealing how a system of symbols shaped the modern world and can still offer a valuable way to record, store and recall our brightest ideas today.

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‘A delightful and moving account of our efforts to capture the truth as it speeds by’ – TIM HARFORD

Spycraft was reliant on it, courtroom dramas were changed by it, and feminism has an uneasy debt to it. But what exactly is shorthand? And what would we lose if it disappeared?

Andrew Hill follows the story from the scribes of Ancient Rome to today’s takeover of AI, revealing how a system of symbols shaped the modern world and can still offer a valuable way to record, store and recall our brightest ideas today.

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Are you open to listening? Are you willing to question? Are you here to learn? Wisdom is work. But it’s worth it. It is central to a meaningful life; it gives perspective, reveals knowledge and guides our path. Without it, our best qualities become our worst.

Drawing on lessons from history, and through cautionary tales, Ryan Holiday shows how to keep an open mind in times of division and disruption; to listen more than we talk; to think with nuance and ruthlessly question our own beliefs.

The final instalment in Ryan Holiday’s bestselling Stoic Virtues series, #WisdomTakesWork, is out now in paperback.

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Are you open to listening? Are you willing to question? Are you here to learn? Wisdom is work. But it’s worth it. It is central to a meaningful life; it gives perspective, reveals knowledge and guides our path. Without it, our best qualities become our worst.

Drawing on lessons from history, and through cautionary tales, Ryan Holiday shows how to keep an open mind in times of division and disruption; to listen more than we talk; to think with nuance and ruthlessly question our own beliefs.

The final instalment in Ryan Holiday’s bestselling Stoic Virtues series, #WisdomTakesWork, is out now in paperback.

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#LifeInPerspective by productivity expert and bestselling author of #BuildingASecondBrain Tiago Forte is out today!

In our age of distraction and overwhelm, it’s easy to lose perspective. Weeks blur into months. We default our decision-making. Life becomes directionless. So how do we focus on what really matters?

The Annual Life Review from productivity expert Tiago Forte is a proven framework for stepping out of the daily churn and reclaiming agency in your life. Through powerful, practical exercises, you will uncover hidden patterns in your experiences, identify what is most important for you right now, and translate those insights into meaningful plans for the future.

An essential practice for turning uncertainty into clarity, experience into wisdom and reflection into action.

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#LifeInPerspective by productivity expert and bestselling author of #BuildingASecondBrain Tiago Forte is out today!

In our age of distraction and overwhelm, it’s easy to lose perspective. Weeks blur into months. We default our decision-making. Life becomes directionless. So how do we focus on what really matters?

The Annual Life Review from productivity expert Tiago Forte is a proven framework for stepping out of the daily churn and reclaiming agency in your life. Through powerful, practical exercises, you will uncover hidden patterns in your experiences, identify what is most important for you right now, and translate those insights into meaningful plans for the future.

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Emily Wilson fans, don’t miss out on #TheDeathOfSocrates, now Blackwell’s Non-Fiction Book of Month for November! 📚

In this incisive survey of philosophy and politics, renowned classicist and translator Emily Wilson unravels ancient philosophy’s most enduring – and hardest – questions: why did ancient Athens execute Socrates, its leading intellectual? How do democracies deal with dissent? And can our own society allow for total freedom of speech and thought?

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❄️ WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH ❄️

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We are so proud that #PolarWar – Kenneth R. Rosen’s Sunday Times-bestselling account of the fight for the Arctic – is a Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month. Timely, propulsive and incisive, Polar War is a must-read for those wanting to understand the context of Trump’s Greenland landgrab.

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