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Mastery

Robert Greene

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, a new manual on commanding influence and success, and forging a new path to gr…

The Library Book

Famous writers on libraries real or imagined, past and future; why libraries matter and to whom.In aid of The Reading Agency

A Short History of England

Simon Jenkins

The bestselling definitive concise account of our remarkable past – now updated

The Colosseum

Keith Hopkins

Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of Rome's greatest arena

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea – which is free to reproduce – will revolution…

The Parthenon

Mary Beard

'A classic in every sense of the word' John Julius Norwich Revised and updated to include the story of the New Acropolis Museum, the controv…

Born to Run

Christopher McDougall

'A fascinating and inspiring true adventure story … destined to become a classic.' Ranulph FiennesA New York Times bestseller and word of…

Pompeii

Mary Beard

'Much of what you think you know about Pompeii may turn out, on reading this eye-opening book, to be wrong … Beard always wears her learning li…

Better

Atul Gawande

The bestselling author of Complications reveals what you need to be a great surgeon – and shows how everyone can improve at what they do

Complications

Atul Gawande

I don't know if Atul Gawande was born to be a surgeon – I very much suspect so – but he was certainly born to write.This wise and exciting accoun…

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