Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner

Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime? These may not sound like typical question...

I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe

Stefanie Posavec; Miriam Quick

I have 112 pages, measuring 20cm high and wide. I weigh 465g. And I have the power to show you the wonders of the world. Lift me up to the sky, rest me on your lap, drop me from a height, wear me as a hat. Together, through data, we'll uncover the stories hidden in the everyday. How long is an anteater'...

The AfterGrief: Finding a Way to Live After Loss

Hope Edelman

The inspiring and powerful book about navigating grief from acclaimed grief coach and New York Times bestselling author Hope Edelman, now in paperback featuring a new introduction __________ 'Hope Edelman remains unmatched in perfectly weaving touching personal anecdotes with illuminating scientific dat...

The Lagoon

Joseph Conrad

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. On sea, on land, at the edges of the colonial experience, Joseph Conrad's short stories offer a glimpse of th...

Beloved

Toni Morrison

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A spellbinding novel that transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. With a new afterword by the author.   This "brutally powerful, mesmerizing story" (People) is an unflinchingly look into the abyss of slaver...