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Breaking & Mending
One of the most beautiful books you will ever read' Kate MosseIn this powerful memoir, Joanna Cannon tells her story as a junior doctor in visceral, heart-rending snapshots.We walk with her through the wards, facing extraordinary and daunting moments: from attending her first post-mortem, sitting with a patient through their final moments, to learning the power of a well- or badly chosen word. These moments, and the small sustaining acts of kindness and connection that punctuate hospital life, teach her that emotional care and mental health can be just as critical as restoring a heartbeat.In a profession where weakness remains a taboo, this moving, beautifully written book brings to life the vivid, human stories of doctors and patients - and shows us why we need to take better care of those who care for us.
Being Mortal
For most of human history, death was a common, ever-present possibility. It didn't matter whether you were five or fifty - every day was a roll of the dice. But now, as medical advances push the boundaries of survival further each year, we have become increasingly detached from the reality of being mortal. So here is a book about the modern experience of mortality - about what it's like to get old and die, how medicine has changed this and how it hasn't, where our ideas about death have gone wrong. With his trademark mix of perceptiveness and sensitivity, Atul Gawande outlines a story that crosses the globe, as he examines his experiences as a surgeon and those of his patients and family, and learns to accept the limits of what he can do. Never before has aging been such an important topic. The systems that we have put in place to manage our mortality are manifestly failing: but, as Gawande reveals, it doesn't have to be this way. The ultimate goal, after all, is not a good death, but
Une brève histoire de l’égalité
Une brève histoire de l’égalité« Les questions économiques sont trop importantes pour être laissées à une petite classe de spécialistes et de dirigeants. La réappropriation citoyenne de ce savoir est une étape essentielle pour transformer les relations de pouvoir. »T. P.En présentant l’évolution en longue durée des inégalités entre classes sociales dans les sociétés humaines, Thomas Piketty propose une perspective nouvelle sur l’histoire de l’égalité. Il s’appuie sur une conviction forte forgée au fil de ses recherches : la marche vers l’égalité est un combat qui vient de loin, et qui ne demande qu’à se poursuivre au XXIe siècle, pour peu que l’on s’y mette toutes et tous.Thomas PikettyDirecteur d’études à l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales et Professeur à l’École d’économie de Paris, il est notamment l’auteur, chez Points, du Capital auXXIe siècle et de Capital et idéologie.
Introduction La Pensee Complexe
Nous demandons à la pensée qu elle dissipe les brouillards et les obscurités, qu elle mette de l ordre et de la clarté dans le réel, qu elle révèle les lois qui le gouvernent. Le mot de complexité, lui, ne peut qu exprimer notre embarras, notre confusion, notre incapacité à définir de façon simple, à nommer de façon claire, à ordonner nos idées. Sa définition première ne peut fournir aucune élucidation : est complexe ce qui ne peut se résumer en un maître mot, ce qui ne peut se ramener à une loi ni se réduire à une idée simple. La complexité est un mot problème et non un mot solution.Edgar Morin propose ici un nouveau mode de pensée pour affronter la complexité du monde qui nous entoure.
Le Malaise dans la civilisation
« La question cruciale pour le genre humain me semble être de savoir si et dans quelle mesure l''évolution de sa civilisation parviendra à venir à bout des perturbations de la vie collective par l''agressivité des hommes et leur pulsion d''autodestruction. Sous ce rapport, peut-être que précisément l''époque actuelle mérite un intérêt particulier. Les hommes sont arrivés maintenant à un tel degré de maîtrise des forces de la nature qu''avec l''aide de celles-ci il leur est facile de s''exterminer les uns les autres jusqu''au dernier. Ils le savent, d''où une bonne part de leur inquiétude actuelle, de leur malheur, de leur angoisse. Il faut dès lors espérer que l''autre des deux "puissances célestes", l''éros éternel, fera un effort pour l''emporter dans le combat contre son non moins immortel adversaire. Mais qui peut prédire le succès et l''issue ? » - Sigmund FreudTraduit de l''allemand par Bernard Lortholary Présentation, notes et bibliographie par Clotilde Leguil
Peau noire, masques blancs
La décolonisation faite, cet essai de compréhension du rapport Noir-Blanc a gardé toute sa valeur prophétique : car le racisme, malgré les horreurs dont il a affligé le monde, reste un problème d’avenir.Il est ici abordé et combattu de front, avec toutes les ressources des sciences de l’homme et avec la passion de celui qui allait devenir un maître à penser pour beaucoup d’intellectuels du tiers monde.
Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille
Le racisme expliqué à ma fille« Un enfant est curieux. Il pose beaucoup de questions et il attend des réponses précises et convaincantes. On ne triche pas avec les questions d’un enfant. C’est en m’accompagnant à une manifestation contre un projet de loi sur l’immigration que ma fille m’a interrogé sur le racisme. Nous avons beaucoup parlé. Les enfants sont mieux placés que quiconque pour comprendre qu’on ne naît pas raciste mais qu’on le devient. Parfois. Ce livre qui essaie de répondre aux questions de ma fille s’adresse aux enfants qui n’ont pas encore de préjugés et veulent comprendre. Quant aux adultes qui le liront, j’espère qu’il les aidera à répondre aux questions, plus embarrassantes qu’on ne le croit, de leurs propres enfants. »TBJVingt ans après la publication de l’édition originale de ce livre (1998), alors que plus d’un million d’exemplaires se sont écoulés de par le monde, une nouvelle édition s’imposait pour comprendre mieux encore ce qu'est le racisme et pour mobiliser.Tahar Ben JellounRomancier, il est notamment l’auteur de La Nuit sacrée et de L’Enfant de sable.
Pétrole: Le déclin est proche
Le « Pic Pétrolier » Est De Retour. Dans Les Années 2000, L'idée Que La Production De Pétrole Plafonnerait Bientôt Avant De Décroître Agitait Le Monde De L'énergie. Le Boum Du Pétrole De Schiste Aux États-unis A Semblé Invalider Cette Prévision, Offrant Un Sursis à Un Monde Toujours Accro à L'or Noir. Faute De Réserves Suffisantes, La Production Mondiale Risque D'entrer En Déclin Au Cours Des Années Qui Viennent. À Partir De Données Géologiques Et Industrielles Inédites, Les Auteurs Lancent L'alerte : L'ère De L'abondance Touche à Sa Fin. Si L'économie N'anticipe Pas Ce Sevrage, Les Conséquences Promettent D'être Sévères, Provoquant En Particulier Des Bouleversements Géopolitiques Majeurs. Une Solution Existe : Prendre Au Sérieux Nos Engagements Climatiques, Et Sortir Enfin De La Dépendance Au Pétrole. Ce Livre Sonne Comme Un Réveil Urgent.
Le Système totalitaire, tome 3 (T3): Les origines du totalitarisme
L'une des meilleures analyses des régimes totalitaires de l’Allemagne hitlérienne et de la Russie stalinienne, devenue la Référence classique en philosophie et en théorie politiqueLe système politique mis au point par l’Allemagne hitlérienne et la Russie stalinienne ne consiste pas en une simple radicalisation des méthodes dictatoriales. C’est un système entièrement original qui repose sur la transformation des classes en masses, fait de la police le centre du pouvoir et met en œuvre une politique étrangère visant ouvertement à la domination du monde. Animé par une logique de la déraison, il tend à la destruction complète de la société – comme de l’individu.Un classique de la théorie politique.Le Système totalitaire est la troisième partie de l’œuvre magistrale de Hannah Arendt, Les Origines du totalitarisme (New York, 1951), qui inclut aussi Sur l’antisémitisme (« Points Essais » n° 360) et L’Impérialisme (« Points Essais » n° 356).Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)Élève de Heidegger et de Jaspers, elle s’exile aux États-Unis en 1941. Elle y enseignera la philosophie et les sciences politiques dans les universités les plus prestigieuses.Traduit de l’américain par Jean-Loup Bourget, Robert Davreu et Patrick Lévy, révisé par Hélène Frappat
King of Wrath
Ruthless. Meticulous. Arrogant.Dante Russo thrives on control, both personally and professionally.The billionaire CEO never planned to marry—until the threat of blackmail forces him into an engagement with a woman he barely knows.Vivian Lau, jewelry heiress and daughter of his newest enemy.It doesn’t matter how beautiful or charming she is. He'll do everything in his power to destroy the evidence and their betrothal.There’s only one problem: now that he has her... he can't bring himself to let her go.***Elegant. Ambitious. Well-mannered.Vivian Lau is the perfect daughter and her family’s ticket into the highest echelons of high society.Marrying a blue-blooded Russo means opening doors that would otherwise remain closed to her new-money family.While the rude, elusive Dante isn't her idea of a dream partner, she agrees to their arranged marriage out of duty.Craving his touch was never part of the plan.Neither was the worst thing she could possibly do: fall in love with her future husband.King of Wrath is a steamy billionaire/arranged marriage romance. It contains explicit sexual content, profanity, and mild violence. Recommended for mature readers only.
King of Greed ( Kings of Sin Series)
He had her, he lost her…and he’ll do anything to win her back.Powerful, brilliant, and ambitious, Dominic Davenport clawed his way up from nothing to become the King of Wall Street.He has everything—a beautiful home, a beautiful wife, and more money than he could spend in a lifetime. But no matter how much he accumulates, he’s never satisfied.In his endless quest for more, he drives away the only person who saw him as enough.It isn’t until she’s gone that he realizes there may be more to life than riches and glory…but by then, it may be too late.***Kind, intelligent, and thoughtful, Alessandra Davenport has played the role of trophy wife for years.She stood by her husband while he built an empire, but now that they’ve reached the top, she realizes he’s no longer the man she fell for.When it becomes clear that she’ll always come second to his work, she finally takes charge of her life and puts herself first—even if it means leaving the only man she’s ever loved.But what she didn’t count on was his refusal to let her go…or for him to fight for their marriage, no matter what it takes.King of Greed is a steamy marriage in trouble/second chance romance. It's book three in the Kings of Sin series but can be read as a standalone.
The Poetry Pharmacy Forever
The world has reopened and so has the Poetry the powerful final instalment in the hugely beloved seriesAfter the tumult of the last years, William Sieghart is back to prescribe the perfect poem for a variety of life's ailments, offering hope and comfort to readers in need. Here, he draws on the emails he received from the public during multiple lockdowns, as well as tried-and-true classics from his in-person pharmacies, to create an essential anthology of poetry for our times. Through his expert curation and insightful commentary, he reminds us of the power of words to help us heal, to reconnect us with the world and to recover what has been lost.From weathering sorrow and sudden loss, to dealing with environmental despair and burnout, this new selection speaks directly to a society in urgent need of comfort and compassion. Whether you're searching for guidance, hope, or simply a moment of beauty, The Poetry Pharmacy Forever is here to provide solace, joy and inspiration, one verse at a time.
The Drift
Survival is murder . . .An overturned coach full of students. All of them are trapped.An isolated chalet full of friends. Soon they'll be enemies.A stranded cable car full of strangers. One of them is dead.Outside, a snowstorm rages.Inside each group, a killer lurks.But that's not their only problem.Why is no rescue coming? What are they trying to escape from? And who are the terrifying Whistlers?
Maigret’s Revolver
When Maigret's prized gun goes missing, he must travel to London on the trail of a troubled young man on the run. Maigret's Revolver is a wonderful picture of both London and Paris and one of Simenon's most ingenious and satisfying stories.'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
The Island of Missing Trees
Two teenagers, a Greek Cypriot and a Turkish Cypriot, meet at a taverna on the island they both call home. The taverna is the only place that Kostas and Defne can meet in secret, hidden beneath the blackened beams from which hang garlands of garlic and chilli peppers, creeping honeysuckle, and in the centre, growing through a cavity in the roof, a fig tree. The fig tree witnesses their hushed, happy meetings: their silent, surreptitious departures. The fig tree is there, too, when war breaks out, when the capital is reduced to ashes and rubble, when the teenagers vanish. Decades later, Kostas returns - a botanist, looking for native species - looking, really, for Defne. The two lovers return to the taverna to take a clipping from the fig tree and smuggle it into their suitcase, bound for London. Years later, the fig tree in the garden is their daughter Ada's only knowledge of a home she has never visited, as she seeks to untangle years of secrets and silence, and find her place in the world.The Island of Missing Trees is a rich, magical tale of belonging and identity, love and trauma, nature and renewal.
Human Compatible
Creating superior intelligence would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, according to the world's pre-eminent AI expert, it could also be the last.In this groundbreaking book, Stuart Russell explains why he has come to consider his own discipline an existential threat to his own species, and lays out how we can change course before it's too late. There is no one better placed to assess the promise and perils of the dominant technology of the future than Russell, who has spent decades at the forefront of AI research. Through brilliant analogies and crisp, lucid prose, he explains how AI actually works, how it has an enormous capacity to improve our lives - but why we must ensure that we never lose control of machines more powerful than we are. Here Russell shows how we can avert the worst threats by reshaping the foundations of AI to guarantee that machines pursue our objectives, not theirs.Profound, urgent and visionary, Human Compatible is the one book everyone needs to read to understand a future that is coming sooner than we think.
The Bee Sting
From the author of Skippy Dies comes a dazzlingly intricate and poignant tragicomedy about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good man at the end of the world.The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's car business is going under, but instead of doing anything about it, he's out in the woods preparing for the actual end of the world. Meanwhile his wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attentions of fast-talking local wrongun Big Mike. Their teenage daughter Cass, usually top of her class, seems determined to drink her way through the whole thing. And twelve year old PJ is spending more and more time on video game forums, where he's met a friendly boy named Ethan who never turns his camera on and wants PJ to run away from home.Digging down through layers of family history, the roots of this crisis stretch deep into the past. Meanwhile in the present, the fault lines keep spreading, ghosts slipping in through the cracks, and every step brings the Barneses closer to a fatal precipice. When the moment of reckoning finally arrives, all four of them must decide how far they're willing to go to save the family, and whether - if the story's already been written - there's still time to give it a happy ending...
Can’t We Just Print More Money?
If you feel you should understand how economists think but have no idea where to start, this book is the answer' Financial TimesWhy are all my clothes made in Asia?How do I get a pay-rise?And what even is money?Join Britain's most venerable financial institution for a rip-roaring crash-course on economics. From financial crises to Freddo prices, it will help you make sense of your job, your life and maybe your world._'A well-written treat . . . Using examples including the Bank of England canteen, The Simpsons and Beanie Babies, the authors encourage us all to understand, and even challenge, what economists do' Professor David Spiegelhalter, author of The Art of Statistics'A well-timed attempt to show the public what goes on inside the Bank of England - and familiarise them with some basic economic concepts . . . Punctuated with jaunty anecdotes and neat examples' Guardian'An entertaining and essential read at a time when understanding how our money, governments and banks interact has never felt more important' Laura Whateley, author of Money: A User's Guide
The Bullet That Missed
It is an ordinary Thursday and things should finally be returning to normal.Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club is concerned. A decade-old cold case leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers.Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill...or be killed.As the cold case turns white hot, Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), while Joyce, Ron and Ibrahim chase down clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
Going Infinite
From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys , the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular financial collapses'I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the question over. "One hundred and fifty billion dollars," he finally said-though he added that he had use for "infinity dollars"...'Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't just rich. Before he turned thirty he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record fortune in the crypto frenzy. CEOs, celebrities and world leaders vied for his time. At one point he considered paying off the entire national debt of the Bahamas so he could take his business there.Then it all fell apart.Who was this Gatsby of the crypto world, a rumpled guy in cargo shorts, whose eyes twitched across TV interviews as he played video games on the side, who even his million-dollar investors still found a mystery? What gave him such an extraordinary ability to make money - and how did his empire collapse so spectacularly?Michael Lewis was there when it happened, having got to know Bankman-Fried during his epic rise. In Going Infinite he tells us a story like no other, taking us through the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own. Both psychological portrait of a preternaturally gifted 'thinking machine', and wild financial roller-coaster ride, this is a twenty-first-century epic of high-frequency trading and even higher stakes, of crypto mania and insane amounts of money, of hubris and downfall. No one could tell it better.