An openly lesbian, feminist writer, Vernon Lee—a pseudonym of Violet Paget—is the most important female aesthetician to come out of nineteenth century England. Though she was widely known for her supernatural fictions, Lee hasn’t gained the recognition she so clearly deserves for her contributions in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of empathy, and art criticism.

\'Helen has a way to take big ideas and convey them with warmth and wisdom\' Dr Rangan Chatterjee \'Enlightening and entertaining’ Helen Thorn \'Ditch all the other parenting books\' Matt Rudd \'Witty and informative\' Meik Wiking What do Vikings know about raising children? Turns out, quite a lot… After a decade of living in Denmark and raising a family there, Helen Russell noticed that Nordic children

The mountains of Europe have many different meanings to many different people. For the locals they are a way of life; for visitors they represent breathtaking beauty, active holidays and peaceful moments.

A sweeping history of humanity\'s relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has reactivated the long-standing fear of job redundancy.

Discover the fascinating stories behind 300 species of fungi and understand the world of mushrooms like never before!Did you know that fungi put the fizz in champagne and the flavour in chocolate? Fungi is everywhere we look: in a forest, under the sea, and in the kitchen.

Salem, King James VI, Malleus Maleficarum. The world of witch hunts and witch trials sounds antiquated, relics of an unenlightened and brutal age.

\'Some days I love my body, some days I hate my body, but every day I respect my body.\'What does it really feel like when you respect your body? For many of us, a neutral approach to our physical self, based on compassion and acceptance, requires a revolutionary shift in how we think about ourselves.

A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification -- and the lives that are altered in the process. The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don\'t realize just how threatening it is.

The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January 2021 - by the Pulitzer Prize winner and #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of A Very Stable Genius Carol Leonnig has been reporting on the Secret Service for The Washington Post

Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile.

What is business for? Day one of a business course will tell you: it is to maximise shareholder profit.

Monocle has always been a champion of taking it slow. It has encouraged readers to dive into a lake and go for a run.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** \'A truly fascinating - if unnerving - read\' DAILY TELEGRAPH \'Acute, mind-opening, highly accessible - this book doesn\'t just explain how our lives might pan out, it helps us live better\' BETTANY HUGHES \'A humane and highly readable account of the neuroscience that underpins our ideas of free will and fate\' PROFESSOR DAVID RUNCIMAN So many of us believe that we

The material world is itself emptiness. Emptiness is itself the material world.

Barbie or Lego? Reading maps or reading emotions?

Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the skills to navigate through cultural differences and decode cultures foreign to your own. Renowned expert Erin Meyer is your guide through this subtle, sometimes treacherous terrain where people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together.When you

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. \"I love Olly\'s work - and you will too!\" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly

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\'What\'s the central aim? To make vegetables delicious, to make them irresistible, to come up with a whole bunch of recipes that are easy, family-friendly, and just make it that much easier to put a load of veg into your diet every single day.\' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Hugh\'s River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK\'s best-selling vegetable cookbook, persuading us through sheer temptation

Some fights can make you stronger; here\'s how... Every couple wants to feel alive and deeply connected to one another. In fact, those with children often feel the added desire to have and become it all: the perfect parents, partners, and fulfilled individuals.And yet, most of us are too exhausted and consumed by endless demands to still feel close as a couple.