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The story of the Higgs boson - the so-called 'God particle' - and the man who thought of it

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From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, a shocking investigation into the cycles of racial violence in America

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One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in...

From the author of Crashed comes a gripping short history of how Covid-19 ravaged the global economy, and where it leaves us...

London is a plutocrat's paradise, with more resident billionaires than New York, Hong Kong or Moscow. Far from trickling down,...

A mind-bending exploration of non-human intelligence, and how it holds the keys to our continuing life on earth

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The story of the universe in thirty cosmological conundrums

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A funny, wise guide to the art of thinking, and why the smallest people have the answers to the biggest questions

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From the bestselling author of Feral, a breathtaking first glimpse of a new future for food and for humanity

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In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property...

An inspiring and practical guide to achieving bold ambitions

Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments,...

The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's preeminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the...