Aldous Huxley was born on 26 July 1894 near Godalming, Surrey. He began writing poetry and short stories in his early 20s, but it was his first novel, Crome Yellow (1921), which established his literary reputation. This was swiftly followed by Antic Hay (1923), Those Barren Leaves (1925) and ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 06.11.2014

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Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone in feeling discontent. Harbouring an unnatural desire for solitude, and a ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2004

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Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in world history. His two books, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, have become global bestsellers, with more ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2019

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100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, SAPIENS challenges everything we ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2015

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This book will change your life' BEN FOGLE 'Positive and persuasive' ANT MIDDLETON My hope is to inspire you to retake control of your body and life by unleashing the immense power of the mind. The 'Iceman' Wim Hof shares his remarkable life ...

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In 1909 the millionaire French banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn embarked on an ambitious project to create a colour photographic record of, and for, the peoples of the world. As an idealist and an internationalist, Kahn believed that he could use the new Autochrome process, the world's ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 24.04.2008

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Dr Yuval Noah Harari has a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind has become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 23.03.2017

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Two giants of human spirituality consider how humans can best find joy in the face of human suffering.

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2023

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From the 2011 Man Booker Prize winner, and a "Sunday Times" No.1 bestseller, "Levels of Life" is an extraordinary hybrid of history, fiction and memoir about ballooning, photography, love and grief. '...a supremely crafted artefact and a desolating guidebook to the land of loss' John Carey, ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 03.04.2014

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Russell Brand wants YOU to join the revolution. With his trademark humour and the help of experts as diverse as Thomas Piketty and George Orwell, he presents a thought-provoking vision for a fairer society that's fun and inclusive. This book makes revolution not only possible, but inevitable and ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 02.07.2015

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____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it's a skill that ...

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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Discover how rethinking can lead to excellence at work and wisdom in life Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world it might matter more that we can rethink and unlearn. Organizational ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2021

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What would a fair and equal society look like? The world-renowned economist and bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis presents his radical and subversive answer. Imagine it is 2025. Years earlier, in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, a global hi-tech uprising has birthed a ...

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'Magisterial' - Guardian 'Outstanding' - Ian Kershaw Vladimir Putin is a pariah to the West. Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his neighbours, most recently ...

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'It all starts with waking up... to what our bodies are expressing and our minds are suppressing' Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2022

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'FIND LOVE is more than a book; it's a compass for navigating the ever-changing landscape of relationships. This book is your toolkit for identifying and connecting with a partner who not only completes you but also strengthens you. It is rich with insights, supported by research, and steeped in ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 01.02.2024

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A charming and clever account of one woman¿s exploration of love, language and identity. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself) arrives in London to spend a year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 06.06.2019

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No one noticed when capitalism died. We were too distracted by the implosion of global finance, the rise of populism, and cats on Instagram. A exploitative new system has taken hold: techno-feudalism. Written in the form of a letter to his late father, Yanis Varoufakis explains how Big Tech's ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2023

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Krishnamurti was born in 1895 in India. He is regarded globally as one of the greatest thinkers and religious teachers in recent times. He explained with great precision the subtle workings of the human mind, and pointed to the need for bringing to our daily life a deeply meditative and ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 05.04.2018

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Philip Tetlock is Leonore Annenberg University Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books on politics and psychology, including Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics and the award-winning Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? ...

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  • Erscheinungsdatum: 07.04.2016

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Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in. Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation.

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