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I Want to Die But I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki

By Baek Sehee (Author) , Anton Hur (Translator) Publisher:Bloomsbury UK Publication Date:2024-06-06

The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize–shortlisted Anton Hur When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reach so many people, especially young people, with her reflections. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki became a runaway bestseller in South Korea, Indonesia, and the Learn More

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Philosophy and Life: Exploring the Great Questions of How to Live

By A. C. Grayling Publisher:PENGUIN Publication Date:2024-04-25

From the eminent philosopher, an answer to the big question: how should I live my life? How should I live my life? What values shall I live by? What sort of person should I be? What shall I aim for? In this summation of a lifetime thinking and writing about these great questions, A. C. Grayling explores with clarity and depth the ideas that each of us must use in answering them for ourselves. Drawing on the lives, experiences and works of a fantastically eclectic ran Learn More

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EMOTIONAL IGNORANCE

By Dean Burnett Publisher:GUARDIAN FABER Publication Date:2024-04-01

Recommended by the New Scientist. ‘Brilliant.’ Stylist, ‘Ten new books to bring you comfort and wisdom in 2023’ ‘Thoughtful and thought-provoking – you need to read this book’ – Gina Rippon ‘An affecting and illuminating book for anyone who has feelings, and who wants to know why.’ – Katie Mack ‘The master of understated humour.’ BBC Radio Scotland Why can’t we think straight when hungry? What’s the point of nightmares? And why is it so impo Learn More

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CRAZY RICH GUY: LIKE A BOSS (EXCLUSIVE AT POPULAR)

By Nixon Siow Publisher:Keropok Publication Date:2024-01-04

"Like A Boss" invites readers on a hilariously extravagant journey into the world of opulence with Crazy Rich Guy. From lavish lifestyles to audacious adventures, he proves he's the ultimate boss of extravagance. But amidst the glitz and glamour, there's also a heartwarming tale of friendship, love, and the true meaning of success. Get ready for laughs, gasps, and a peek into the outrageous life of Crazy Rich Guy. Learn More

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BLACK HOLES: THE KEY TO UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE

By Professor Brian Cox Publisher:William Collins Publication Date:2023-12-10

At the heart of the Milky Way lies a supermassive black hole 4 million times more massive than our Sun. A place where space and time are so warped that light is trapped if it ventures within 12 million km. According to Einstein, inside lies the end of time. According to 21st-century physics, the reality may be far more bizarre. Black holes lie where the most massive stars used to shine and at the edge of our current understanding. They are naturally occurring objects, the in Learn More

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A Brief History of Black Holes: And why nearly everything you know about them is wrong (MIGHT NOT MAKE IT)

By Becky Smethurst Publisher:Pan Publication Date:2023-09-21

The Moon goes around the Earth, the Earth goes around the Sun, the Sun goes around the centre of the Milky a supermassive black hole. As you read this you are currently orbiting a black hole. Money might make the world go round, but black holes make the universe go round. Black holes are not just a curiosity; they are some of the most important objects for understanding how our universe works and how it came to be. And yet they are incredibly misunderstood; take everything y Learn More

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When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

By Ashlee Vance Publisher:ECCO PRESS Publication Date:2023-09-05

With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NASA or nation states, was suddenly cemented as the epicenter of the new Space Age. Start-ups and the wealthy investors behind them began to realize that the universe—ungoverned and infinite—was open for business. Welcome to the Wild West of aerospace engi Learn More

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Look How to Pay Attention in a Distracted World

By Christian Madsbjerg Publisher:Riverhead Books Publication Date:2023-07-15

Paying attention is a crucial human skill, yet many of us have forgotten how to listen carefully and observe intentionally. Deluged by social media and hobbled by the increasing social isolation it fosters, we need to rediscover the deeply human ways we connect with others. Christian Madsbjerg, a philosopher and entrepreneur, understands this dilemma. To counteract it, he began a course at The New School in New York City called Human Observation, which lays out the ways tha Learn More

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Future Stories: A user's guide to the future

By David Christian Publisher:Penguin Publication Date:2023-06-15

A user's guide to the future: from the algorithms in DNA to why time is like a cocktail glass, interstellar migrations, transhumanism, the fate of the galaxy, and the last black hole... Every second of our lives - whether we're looking both ways before crossing the street, celebrating the birth of a baby, or moving to a new city - we must cope with an unknowable future by telling stories about what will happen next. Where is the future, the place where we set those stories? Learn More

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True Crime Stories (EXCLUSIVE AT POPULAR)

By Brian Innes & Lucy Doncaster Publisher: Publication Date:2023-05-01

This title is packed with intriguing case histories that demonstrate the variety, sophistication and effectiveness of criminal profiling. The book includes chapters on the search for the criminal personality, early criminal profiling and the latest theories of criminality, and features the stories of Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and Andrei Chikatilo, among many others. Illustrated with 200 photographs, Criminal Profiling is a wide-ranging, authoritative history of this fascinat Learn More

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Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

By John Carreyrou Publisher:John Carreyrou Publication Date:2023-03-30

Now with a new afterword covering the months-long landmark trials of Elizabeth Holmes and Sunny Balwani. 'I couldn't put down this thriller . . . the perfect book to read by the fire this winter.' Bill Gates Winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2018 The riveting true story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes, by the prize-winning journalist who firs Learn More

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CRYING IN H MART

By Michelle Zauner Publisher:VINTAGE US Publication Date:2023-03-28

In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, lat Learn More

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The Snakehead : An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream

By Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher:Pan Macmillan Publication Date:2023-02-16

Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it's all true.' Time In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people. In The Snakehead, Patrick R Learn More

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MALAYSIA AT RANDOM: MAGIC, MYTHS & MILESTONES (NEW AND UPDATED)

By Justin Corfield Publisher:Tasliman Publishing Publication Date:2023-01-11

An illustrated collection of Malaysian trivia, Malaysia at Random is filled with anecdotes, statistics, quotations, diagrams, facts, recipes, advice, folklore and other unusual and often useful tidbits. This veritable treasure trove of information on Malaysia is arranged, as the title suggests, randomly, so that readers will come to expect the unexpected on each and every page. Designed in a charmingly classic style and peppered with attractive illustrations, Malaysia at Rand Learn More

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Future of Geography

By Tim Marshall Publisher:Elliott & Thompson Publication Date:2023-01-10

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2023 Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century – new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and The Power of Geography Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics. We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Learn More

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Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention

By Johann Hari Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date:2023-01-05

THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022 A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH 'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH 'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY 'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY 'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA Learn More

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An Elated State Of Mind: Memoir Of A Bipolar Person

By Chow Ee-Tan Publisher:Chow Ee-Tan Publication Date:2023-01-01

Chow Ee-Tan had her first onset of bipolar syndrome at 15. From then on, she had walked through peaks and valleys due to her mood swings, extraordinary and even bizarre experiences that she otherwise woud not have encountered: from dropping out of school to false and failed romances to twice-warded in psychiatric hospitals. Her first book `An Elated State of Mind: Memoir of a Bipolar Person’ is written with brutal honesty and forthrightness, as Ee-Tan shares her life journe Learn More

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The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Transform Your Life

By David Robson Publisher:Canongate Books Publication Date:2022-12-29

People who believe ageing brings wisdom live longer. Lucky charms really do improve an athlete's performance. Taking a placebo, even when you know it is a placebo, can still improve your health. Welcome to The Expectation Effect. David Robson takes us on a tour of the cutting-edge research happening right now that suggests our expectations shape our experience. Of course, you can't just think yourself thinner, happier or fitter, but using this book you can reframe many diffe Learn More

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THE CODE BREAKER

By Walter Isaacson Publisher:SIMON & SCHUSTER Publication Date:2022-12-05

The best-selling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs returns. In 2012, Nobel Prize winning scientist Jennifer Doudna hit upon an invention that will transform the future of the human race: an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as CRISPR, it opened a brave new world of medical miracles and moral questions. It has already been deployed to cure deadly diseases, fight the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, and make inheritable changes in the genes of babies. But what Learn More

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Stories We Don't Tell

By Hun Ming Kwang Publisher: Penguin Random House Sea Publication Date:2022-11-30

Stories We Don't Tell consists of a series of heartfelt and moving repositories of conversations with people who have lived experiences of mental health challenges. These candid talks revealed not just the challenges these individuals faced, but the immense amount of courage and strength and self-love they carried throughout their mental health journey. While the mental health conversation was elevated in 2020, people have always been navigating mental health issues, whether Learn More

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Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts Of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, And Abstractions

By Temple Grandin Publisher:Riverhead Books Publication Date:2022-10-11

ABOUT VISUAL THINKING “A powerful and provocative testament to the diverse coalition of minds we’ll need to face the mounting challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Steve Silberman “An absolute eye-opener.” —Frans de Waal A landmark book that reveals, celebrates, and advocates for the special minds and contributions of visual thinkers A quarter of a century after her memoir, Thinking in Pictures, forever changed how the world understood autism, Temple Gran Learn More

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When I Was A Kid 7

By CHEEMING BOEY Publisher:CHEE MING BOEY Publication Date:2022-10-01

This book is about so many things. First days in school, first crush, first kid on the bus, but never the first in class. This book is a look at the life of a Malaysian studying across the causeway in Singapore. This book is about waking up stupid early to go to school. Learn More

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Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Run Out of Patients

By Adam Kay Publisher:Orion Publication Date:2022-09-13

Hilarious, heartbreaking (and sometimes horrifying) stories from a life on and off the wards by Adam Kay, multi-million copy bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt Pre-order Undoctored: The Story of a Medic Who Ran Out of Patients Adam Kay's secret diary from his time as a junior doctor This is Going to Hurt was the publishing phenomenon of the century. It has been read by millions, translated into 37 languages, and adapted into a major BBC television series. But that Learn More

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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need

By Bill Gates Publisher:Random House USA Inc Publication Date:2022-08-23

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in ord Learn More

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The Peaceful People: The Penan and their Fight for the Forest

By Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD Publisher:SIRD Publication Date:2022-08-01

The Peaceful People is the story of the Penan, the jungle nomads of Sarawak, who for decades have fought for possession and preservation of their traditional forest lands. Drawing on extensive first-hand interviews, as well as the diaries and journals of explorers, botanists and colonial administrators, and the observations of missionaries, the book provides the most comprehensive account of the dynamics of Penan society to date. Written in a compelling and accessible style, Learn More

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This is Your Own Time You're Wasting

By Lee Parkinson & Adam Parkinson Publisher:HarperCollins Publication Date:2022-07-21

The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming next book from your favourite teacher duo, The Two Mr Ps. Now put that thing down! Yes YOU. It’s time to sit up and listen … From the stars of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(Cast) and the bestselling authors of Put a Wet Paper Towel On It comes a book filled with chaos, clangers and confessions from the … classrooms. You’ll be taken on a journey where you’ll meet a rogues’ gallery of classroom characters, read some juicy teac Learn More

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The Power of Strangers

By Joe Keohane Publisher:Penguin Books Publication Date:2022-07-07

When was the last time you spoke to a stranger? In our cities, we barely acknowledge one another on public transport, even as rates of loneliness skyrocket. Online, we carefully curate who we interact with. In our politics, we are increasingly consumed by a fear of people we've never met. But what if strangers, long believed to be the cause of many of our problems, were actually the solution? In The Power of Strangers, Joe Keohane discovers the surprising benefits that come Learn More

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Connections

By Karl Deisseroth Publisher:Penguin UK Publication Date:2022-06-30

Beautiful to read and packed with cutting-edge science' Observer 'Poetic, mind-stretching and, through it all, deeply human' Daniel Levitin Mental illness is one of the greatest causes of human suffering, its nature and origin a long-held mystery. But thanks to new science and technology, our understanding has reached a tipping point. In Connections, Professor Karl Deisseroth intertwines his own breakthrough discoveries with moving case studies from his experience as an eme Learn More

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I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

By Baek Se-hee Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Publication Date:2022-06-23

THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you? ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail? Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what to call it? - depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. Sh Learn More

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Crying In H Mart

By Michelle Zauner Publisher:Vintage Books Publication Date:2022-06-14

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 New Yorker essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitaris Learn More

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The World War II Book (Big Ideas)

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-06-09

Discover the key battles, tactics, technologies and turning points of the Second World War—the epic conflict that shaped the modern world. Combining authoritative, exciting text and bold explanatory graphics The World War II Book explores the causes, key events, and lasting consequences of the Second World War. Using the original, graphic-led approach of the series, entries profile more than 90 of the key ideas and events during and surrounding the conflict—from the ris Learn More

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James Allen 3-In-1: As Man Thinketh, Master of Destiny & Eight Pillars of Prosperity

By James Allen Publisher: Publication Date:2022-06-08

Just like seeds can give shape to a garden, James Allen’s most celebrated work — As A Man Thinketh — delves into how our thoughts shape our minds. In order to get a fruitful result, we must nurture and cultivate the right attitude for positive and successful outcomes. Equally, weeding out negative and destructive thoughts is essential to nudge our destiny. Allen goes deep into the theme of destiny in his The Mastery of Destiny — popularly known as an ‘ode to the min Learn More

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Great Loves

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-06-01

For centuries, human history has been shaped by politics, power, and war - but what about love? Mark Antony's love for Cleopatra led to war between Rome and Egypt; Emperor Xuanzang of Tang relinquished the Mandate of Heaven for Yang Guifei; and the English Reformation was borne out of Henry VIII's passion for Anne Boleyn. Over the centuries since, these great loves - and many others - have been celebrated, recorded, and memorialized to stand alongside the annals of war, peac Learn More

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules to Life

By Jordan B. Peterson Publisher:PENGUIN UK Publication Date:2022-05-17

The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a Learn More

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Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise

By Justin Talbot-Zorn , Leigh Marz Publisher:Random House UK Publication Date:2022-05-17

What if the most serious personal and global challenges won't be solved with more thinking or talking? The world is louder than ever. It's not just the noise in our ears, but also the noise on our screens and in our heads. 'Silence is golden,' the adage goes. But how do we find it in times like these? Justin Zorn and Leigh Marz take us on an unlikely journey exploring why silence is essential for physical health, mental clarity, professional fulfilment, nourishing relations Learn More

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty

By Patrick Radden Keefe Publisher:Random House US Publication Date:2022-05-17

This year’s winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for History/Biography, Empire of Pain is an exhaustively researched profile of the Sackler family, the aristocratic American clan that made its fortune making and marketing the painkiller OxyContin. Patrick Radden Keefe is a master of the kind of narrative reporting style that brings novelistic intensity to rigorous nonfiction reporting. Keefe was also nominated for a GCA for his 2018 book, Say Nothing. Learn More

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

By Jordan B. Peterson Publisher:Penguin Putnam Publication Date:2022-05-17

The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a Learn More

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Banned Books

By DK Publisher:DK UK Publication Date:2022-02-06

Discover the stories behind the most shocking and infamous books ever published. Censorship of one form or another has existed almost as long as the written word, while definitions of what is "acceptable" in published works have shifted over the centuries, and from culture to culture. Banned Books explores why some of the world's most important literary classics and seminal non-fiction titles were once deemed too controversial for the public to read—whether for challengin Learn More

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In Time of Strain and Happiness, Tales of a Malaysian Expatriate

By Abdul Razak Mahmud Publisher:Mindskills Management and Consultancy Publication Date:2022-02-01

In Times of Strain and Happiness, Tales of a Malaysian Expatriate, is a compilation of nineteen stories by the author. The adventures and misadventures are based on the author’s own experiences and of others' who had worked with him or are closed to him. This book takes the reader through a twenty year journey of diverse cultures and characters. The events took place in various locations, from Europe to Africa and from Indochina to the Middle East. Some stories are thrillin Learn More

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The Psychology of Stupidity

By Jean-Francois Marmion Publisher:Pan MacMillan Publication Date:2022-01-22

"The Number One International bestseller 'We need books like this one' - psychologist Steven Pinker At last, stupidity explained! And by some of the world’s smartest people, among them Daniel Kahneman, Dan Ariely, Alison Gopnik, Howard Gardner, Antonio Damasio, Aaron James and Ryan Holiday. Stupidity is all around us, from the colleagues who won’t stop hitting ‘reply all’ to the former school friends posting conspiracy theories on Facebook. But in order to ba Learn More

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TUESDAYS WITH BAPAK

By Nuraina Samad Publisher:Bru Publication Publication Date:2022-01-06

How did Bapak do all that? Well, the story was that there was a "go-slow" industrial action by the editorial staff of the Straits Times in Kuala Lumpur. As Malaysia was still under the emergency laws enforced following the May 13, 1969 riots, the European-dominated management in Singapore thought that the go-slow would definitely end without much ado. It was illegal, for heaven's sake. So the management thought that they could hold out by asking for arbitration in the Labo Learn More

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IF THE SKY WERE TO FALL...

By Gary Lit Ying Loong Publisher:Gerakbudaya Publication Date:2022-01-01

Through a highly personal and engaging journey, this book exposes the myths and mysteries surrounding the most tumultuous period of Malayan history. It illuminates our understanding of the subterranean forces shaping the people and country then and now. Almost immediately after WWII, the British fought a long “Emergency” war against the communist guerrillas who had bravely helped them to fight against the Japanese earlier. This book details the gruesome atrocities suff Learn More

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The Sweet Spot: The Pleasures of Suffering and the Search for Meaning

By Paul Bloom Publisher:Ecco Publication Date:2021-11-18

From the author of Against Empathy comes a different kind of happiness book, one that shows us how suffering is an essential source of both pleasure and meaning in our lives Learn More

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The Tshirts I Love

By Haruki Murakami Publisher:Vintage Publishing Publication Date:2021-11-16

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collectin Learn More

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Simply Psychology

By DK Publisher:DK Publication Date:2021-11-16

Grasping complex psychological ideas has never been easier. Transforming complicated ideas into easy-to-understand graphics, supported by accessible text, Simply Psychology is the perfect introduction to the subject for those who are short of time but hungry for knowledge. Covering the key psychological theories from moral development to cognitive behavioural therapy, each easy-to-read, single-page entry explains the concept more clearly than ever before. Organized into ch Learn More

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A Long Road To Justice: Stories from the frontlines in Asia

By Sylvia Yu Freidman Publisher:Penguin Random House Sea Publication Date:2021-10-30

A constant stream of impoverished women and girls have been, and are being, enslaved and abused in the Asia Pacific region. Slavery is not a historical issue - it's happening today. History is repeating itself. Through Sylvia Yu Friedman's work in journalism, counter-trafficking and philanthropy, she has had rare and incredible access to victims of sex trafficking and modern slavery in China, Thailand, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Myanmar and Indonesia. Amid this terri Learn More

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A Shot to Save the World

By Gregory Zuckerman Publisher:Penguin UK Publication Date:2021-10-28

You know what went wrong. This is the untold story of what went right. Few were ready when a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in January 2020. Politicians, government officials, business leaders and public-health professionals were unprepared for the most devastating pandemic in a century. Many of the world's biggest drug and vaccine makers were slow to react or couldn't muster an effective response. It was up to a small group of unlikely and u Learn More

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Where were you? A Profile of Modern Slavery

By Matthew S. Friedman Publisher:Penguin Random House SEA Publication Date:2021-10-26

There are more slaves in the world today than any other time in history. Enter the world of human trafficking and explore what we can do together to end this global crime. Where Were You?: A Profile of Modern Slavery by Matthew Friedman provides an up-to-date overview of human trafficking, a largely ignored present-day evil, and recounts true stories of enslavement in Asia today. Former United Nations and USAID expert Matthew Friedman obtained in-depth first-hand knowledge w Learn More

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The House of Gucci (Movie Tie-in): A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed

By Sarah Gay Foden Publisher:Custom House Publication Date:2021-10-26

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver The sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty, now fully updated with a new afterword On the morning of March 27, 1995, four quick shots cracked through Milan’s elegant streets. Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, had been ambushed, slain on the steps to his office by an unknown gunman. Two years later, Milan’s Learn More

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Talking With Psychopaths: Spree Killers

By Chritopher Berry-Dee Publisher:John Blake Publishing Ltd Publication Date:2021-10-14

A natural subject for the UK's bestselling true-crime author: a study of people who randomly kill large numbers of others (spree killers), or who set out to do so in specific places or situations (mass killers). Because of the ease of obtaining firearms in the USA, many of these, inevitably, are American, but there have been other recent examples in New Zealand and Norway, while three major mass shootings took place in the UK at Hungerford in 1987 (17 dead, including the kill Learn More

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Books do Furnish a Life ; A Spectator Best Book of 2021

By Richard Dawkins Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd Publication Date:2021-10-02

It may be a collection of shorter parts, but the book is in no sense Dawkins made simple. It amounts to a substantive whole which offers a unitary panoramic view across his entire intellectual life.' Spectator Including conversations with Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Steven Pinker, Matt Ridley and more, this is an essential guide to the most exciting ideas of our time and their proponents from our most brilliant science communicator. Books Do Furnish a Life is divided by theme, inc Learn More

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Uncanny Valley: Seduction and Disillusionment in San Francisco’s Startup Scene

By Anna Wiener Publisher:HarperCollins Publication Date:2021-07-01

Joan Didion at a startup' Rebecca Solnit 'Impossibly pleasurable' Jia Tolentino 'This is essential reading' Stylist At twenty-five years old, Anna Wiener was beginning to tire of her assistant job in New York publishing. There was no room to grow, and the voyeuristic thrill of answering someone else's phone had worn thin. Within a year she had moved to Silicon Valley to take up a job at a data analytics startup in San Francisco. Leaving her business casual skirts and s Learn More

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I Am A Hitman: The Real-Life Confessions of a Contract Killer

By Anonymous Hitman Publisher:Welbeck Publishing Publication Date:2021-06-04

The unbelievable account of life as a hitman from a man who has been doing it for decades. Hitmen commit heinous crimes virtually every day of the week and, in most instances, we don't even realise. I've been a killer for hire for more than twenty years now, but life as a fulltime professional assassin has never been easy. There have been close calls, failed attempts and a lot of looking over my shoulder. And now, I've decided to come clean and seek atonement for my life Learn More

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The Anthropocene Reviewed

By John Green Publisher:Dutton Publication Date:2021-05-18

A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green. The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and P Learn More

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The Anthropocene Reviewed (Signed ed)

By John Green Publisher:Dutton Publication Date:2021-05-18

A deeply moving and insightful collection of personal essays from #1 bestselling author John Green. The Anthropocene is the current geologic age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his groundbreaking podcast, bestselling author John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet on a five-star scale—from the QWERTY keyboard and sunsets to Canada geese and P Learn More

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Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life

By Jordan B Peterson Publisher:Portfolio USA Publication Date:2021-02-03

The companion volume to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the perilous path of modern life. In 12 Rules for Life, clinical psychologist and celebrated professor at Harvard and the University of Toronto Dr. Jordan B. Peterson helped millions of readers impose order on the chaos of their lives. Now, in this bold sequel, Peterson delivers twelve more lifesaving principles for resisting the exhausting toll that our desire to order the world inevitably takes. In a Learn More

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A Nation’s Disgrace: Singapore’s Shocking Scandals

By Balvinder Sandhu Publisher:Penguin SEA Publication Date:2021-01-12

Singapore is often known as a ‘clean’ country and its citizens ‘law-abiding’. However, every once in a while, the island has been shocked by an incident or a crime so unexpected and shocking, it grabs headlines and piques the interest of locals and international press alike. Spanning across all kinds of crimes, this collection has one thing in common – shock value. Cases covered in the book include high-profile ones like the NKF scandal, the City Harvest Church deba Learn More

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Successful Aging : A Neuroscientist Explores the Power and Potential of Our Lives

By Daniel J. Levitin Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date:2021-01-01

INSTANT TOP 10 BESTSELLER *New York Times *USAToday *Washington Post *LA Times Debunks the idea that aging inevitably brings infirmity and unhappiness and instead offers a trove of practical, evidence-based guidance for living longer and better. --Daniel H. Pink, author of When and Drive SUCCESSFUL AGING delivers powerful insights: - Debunking the myth that memory always declines with age - Confirming that health span--not life span--is what matters - Proving that sixty-plu Learn More

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SIGMUND FREUD: ESSAYS & PAPERS

By Sigmund Freud Publisher:Riverrun Publication Date:2020-11-12

'Freud the writer is what Joan Riviere so elegantly presents to the English-Language reader' Lisa Appignanesi from her preface to Sigmund Freud: Essays and Papers This collection focuses in on the set of Riviere's translations that made up the first library of Freud in English. Including his papers on metapsychology, applied psychoanalysis and technique, and within those broader categories are subjects as diverse as narcissism, love, paranoia and homosexuality. Riviere's Learn More

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Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

By Mitch Albom Publisher:Little Brown Publication Date:2020-11-10

Chika Jeune came into Mitch Albom's life by chance. Growing up in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 Haiti Earthquake, at three years old she tragically lost her mother and was brought to the orphanage run by Mitch and his wife, Janine. Chika made a quick impression. Brave and self-assured, she delighted those around her. But everything changed when Chika was diagnosed with a terminal disease that no doctor in Haiti could treat. This discovery sparked a two-year, around- Learn More

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