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Andrew Swanston read law at Cambridge, but was inspired to write by his lifelong interest in early modern history. His Thomas Hill novels – The King’s Spy, The King’s Exile and The King’s Return – are set against the backdrops of the English Civil War, Cromwell’s Commonwealth and the early Restoration respectively. He is also the author of Waterloo: The Bravest Man and Beautiful Star and Other Stories. His first historical thriller set during the reign of Elizabeth I – Incendium (published in paperback as The Incendium Plot) – introduced readers to the academic, lawyer and intelligencer Dr Christopher Radcliff, whose adventures continue in Chaos. Andrew Swanston lives in Surrey.

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A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. Both books are in development for major motion pictures. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal. He lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit him at facebook.com/ajbaime and trumanbook.com.

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Anthony James Pollard is a British medieval historian, specialising in the fifteenth century and in particular the Wars of the Roses. A leading authority in the field, he is profesor emeritus of Teesside University. His books include North-Eastern England during the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and the Princes in theTower, Imagining Robin Hood: the Late Medieval Stories in Historical Context and Warwick the kingmaker: Politics, Power and Fame.

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A K Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and the author of Let Me Not Be Mad: A Story of Unravelling Minds.

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A. L. Berridge read English at Oxford, and taught for ten years before moving into television, where her production credits range from period drama and thrillers to long-running soaps. She has written two previous novels, Top Ten besteller Honour and the Sword and In the Name of the King. Into the Valley of Death is her third novel.

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Alison Gaylin's first job was as a reporter for a celebrity tabloid, which sparked a lifelong interest in writing about people committing despicable acts. More than a decade later, she wrote and published her Edgar-nominated first novel, HIDE YOUR EYES. 
 
She's since published nine more books, including the USA Today and international bestselling Brenna Spector suspense series, which has been nominated for the Edgar, Anthony and Thriller awards and won the Shamus award. 
 
She lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, cat and dog.

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A.S. Webb is the Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Chaos, the first instalment of The Dark Pantheon Trilogy. She is inspired by stories rooted in history and mythology, that push the boundaries of imagination and urge us to reflect on what it means to be human.

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A. A. Dhand is the author of six previous novels, and has been shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger Award. His DI Harry Virdee novels are currently being adapted for TV by the BBC. He was raised in Bradford and spent his youth observing the city from behind the counter of a small convenience store. After qualifying as a pharmacist, he worked in London and travelled extensively before returning to Bradford to start his own business and begin writing. The history, diversity and darkness of the city have inspired all his novels. For more information about A. A. Dhand and his books, follow him on X @aadhand, and on Instagram @aa_dhand.

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A. B. Poranek grew up sharing her time between Ontario, Canada and rural Poland, and eventually completed a veterinary degree at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. A lover of mythology and history, she enjoys exploring both in her writing. Her debut novel, Where the Dark Stands Still, an instant New York Times bestseller, is an ode to Poland's folktales, while A Treachery of Swans transports readers to a world inspired by 17th century France.

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Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.

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A.D. Miller is the author of Snowdrops, The Earl of Petticoat Lane and The Faithful Couple. Snowdrops was a bestseller and was shortlisted for many prizes including the Man Booker and the CWA Gold Dagger. It was translated into 25 languages. As Moscow Correspondent of The Economist A.D. Miller has travelled across the former Soviet Union and covered the Orange Revolution in Ukraine; he is now the magazine’s Culture Editor based in London. 
 
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A. Igoni Barrett was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, in 1979 and lives in Lagos. He is a winner of the 2005 BBC World Service short story competition, the recipient of a Chinua Achebe Center Fellowship, a Norman Mailer Center Fellowship, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency. His short story collection, Love is Power, or Something Like That, was published in 2013. In 2014 he was named on the Africa39 list of sub-Saharan African writers under 40. Blackass is his first novel.

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The short life of A.J.A. Symons (1900-41) was described by his biographer as an intricate and largely harmless confidence trick. His many interests included the collection of musical boxes and rare books as well as the study and practice of forgery; they left him time to edit an anthology of Edwardian verse and compose studies of H.M. Stanley and other notable figures. He is remembered for The Quest for Corvo, one of the most remarkable biographies ever written, and for co-founding the Wine and Food Society.

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Maria Hatzistefanis

‘Maria built an amazing brand from the ground up and I can absolutely relate to her strategy’ – BOBBI BROWN 
 
‘I know how hard-won every success story is – this book celebrates that fight, that focus and that belief in yourself’ – INDIA HICKS 
 
‘Every page of Maria’s book reminds you that the first million isn’t luck, it’s about authenticity, tenacity, courage, persistence and simply hard work. And most of all, passion to succeed’ – KELLY HOPPEN CBE 
 
‘How to Make Your First Million is the ultimate playbook for anyone ready to stop dreaming and start earning’ – REBECCA MINKOFF 
 
‘I love Maria’s writing style, motivational and funny at the same time’ – ERIN O'CONNOR MBE 
 
'Maria’s journey proves that success isn’t inherited. It’s created one bold decision and one million at a time' – ROXIE NAFOUSI 
 
Start building your first million with hard-won, practical business advice from bestselling author, Dragon's Den Greece investor, beauty entrepreneur and founder of Rodial skincare, Maria Hatzistefanis. 
 
Every fortune begins with an irrational yes. Maria Hatzistefanis started her journey when she took a risk and founded a beauty business after getting fired from her job in an investment bank. Now, after years of persistence in the face of failures, rejections and near-bankruptcy, Maria stands at the helm of best-selling global brands Rodial and NIP+FAB, sits on the British Fashion Council and is an investor on Dragon's Den Greece. 
 
Drawing on more than 25 years of wins, viral moments, embarrassments and mistakes in business, Maria reveals the tips and tricks that helped her to develop a Millionaire Mindset and grow her brand with style and audacity. 
 
In her ultimate playbook for building wealth, Maria reveals:<ul><li>How to turn your network into your net worth</li><li>Why your first million starts with mindset, not money</li><li>How to scale your influence, brand and income with visibility</li></ul>Part MBA crash course, part glossy editorial, How to Make Your First Million is filled with simple, achievable changes any entrepreneur can incorporate into their business, from networking and negotiating to the importance of property and diversification. This is how a million is built, one yes at a time.

How to Make Your First Million

Build wealth with style and audacity

Liz Tran

You’ve heard of IQ and EQ. But in today’s world, they’re no longer enough. We need the Agility Quotient (AQ). 
 
In a time defined by nonstop disruptions, when jobs vanish overnight, industries evolve in months, and yesterday’s rules no longer apply, AQ—the Agility Quotient—is the intelligence you need to handle change, uncertainty, and the unknown. The good news is that, with the right toolkit, you can grow your agility and learn to navigate a world of increasing instability. 
 
Drawing on leadership coach and former venture capitalist Liz Tran’s work with over 200 successful founders, executives, and dozens of companies and organizations, AQ reveals a model for how high-performing teams and managers adapt to uncertainty. Tran will show you how to cultivate 'durable skills,' essential human abilities that remain valuable no matter what the future holds. With the book’s Agility Archetype assessment, the book personalises the AQ journey to every kind of individual. No matter their experience level or ambitions. 
 
Written with conversational flair and practical advice, AQ offers readers a wealth of resources, including:<ul><li>Tools to rebuild confidence for when you’re bombarded by life’s curveballs or feeling burned out Actionable steps for making a big shift, even when you feel stuck.</li></ul><ul><li>Advice on finding clarity in moments of professional turbulence.</li></ul> 
AQ also takes readers behind the scenes at companies, from NVIDIA and Microsoft to rising start-ups like Lex, to see AQ in action. You’ll also meet trailblazers like Maggie Lena Walker, the first female bank president in American history, and Emile-Maurice Hermès, who transformed Hermès into a global luxury powerhouse. 
 
As the adage goes, 'the only certain thing is change.' AQ is the critical intelligence for our unpredictable future.

A New Kind of Intelligence for a World that's Always Changing

James Reed

‘In an age where CEOs have become rock stars through cross-cultural appeal, James Reed is a proper stadium filler’ DAILY MIRROR 
 
‘A compelling, highly readable, case for PhilCos - or philanthropy companies - where at least 10% of shares are owned by a charity or foundation. [James Reed] calls it “Karma Capitalism” and believes its an innovative way for firms to deliver profits and social currency ... With increasing cynicism about old-fashioned, short-termist thinking among customers and employees, this is a refreshing and inspiring read’ DAILY EXPRESS 
 
‘Karma Capitalism is a persuasive exploration of how to do business differently & to shrink the divide between the haves and have-nots. PhilCos’ harmonising of business & philanthropic practice is an effort to share wealth, keeping government small & making capitalism sustainable. In a nutshell, philanthropy companies have soul’ ANTONIA FILMER, SUNDAY GUARDIAN 
 
'James Reed is this country's leading voice on effective, strategic philanthropy. His new book is both a persuasive argument for the PhilCo movement and a call to arms for entrepreneurs and executives who want to make the world – and their own companies – a better place. Read it, then go and put his ideas into action.' EDWIN SMITH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF SPEAR'S MAGAZINE 
 
'If you believe, as every successful business leader should, that giving back must be baked into your DNA, then James Reed provides the recipe' DAME IRENE HAYS, OWNER AND CHAIR OF HAYS TRAVEL 
 
'Now that I’ve read this book, I cannot unsee the potential and necessity of Karma Capitalism and the concept of a PhilCo. I will be building these ideas into my business from day one' SHARMADEAN REID MBE, FOUNDER, CREATIVE CONSULTANT AND ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT 
 
‘Businesses (when they’re not cheating you out of your pants) have the power to transform and support our society for the better and James Reed’s insightful book tells us exactly how. I know him personally and believe these ideas could lead the way’ RUBY WAX, COMEDIAN, PERFORMER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR 
What's the point of a business without a purpose? 
 
James Reed, Chairman and CEO of Reed and author of Why You? 101 Interview Questions You'll Never Fear Again, is on a mission to reform capitalism. Corporations, he argues, are largely ignoring their employees, customers and wider community in the pursuit of short-term gain and profit, while charities suffer in the wake of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. However, there is an alternative. 
 
In his most important business book to date, James sets out his vision to encourage a whole new generation of PhilCos – philanthropic minded businesses with at least 10 per cent of shares owned by a charitable foundation. Inspired by his own company's commitment to charity, James shares how PhilCos are more likely to: 
 
- Stay in business for 40 or more years 
- Foster shareholders that work toward a lasting legacy 
- Retain and motivate colleagues 
- Improve lives through charity work 
 
Best of all, being a PhilCo isn't a different way of doing business. It is a different way of being a business. Based on his own experiences of running Reed as a PhilCo – and drawing on examples of other successes including IKEA, Lego and Rolex – James explains how to choose the right business model for your PhilCo, how to establish a charitable foundation and how to reinvest your profits to make the most impact in the shortest space of time. 
 
Part-manifesto, part-guide, Karma Capitalism is a compelling and accessible introduction to the PhilCo movement, proving that it's good business to be a good business.

Karma Capitalism

Why being a good business is good business

Laura Brown

Kristina O'Neill

***AS HEARD ON RADIO 4'S WOMAN'S HOUR*** 
 
An indispensable tool for bouncing back'—Naomi Watts 
'The setback is a setup'—Oprah Winfrey 
'Will reboot you when you need it the most'—Rose Byrne 
 
So, you got fired, laid off, restructured, canned. Welcome to the club, baby! In today’s seismically changing job market, getting fired doesn’t automatically meet you failed; it’s a rite of passage. 
 
With their decades of experience in high-stakes leadership roles, Laura Brown and Kristina O’Neill know firsthand the challenges—and thrilling opportunities—that come with losing a job, no matter where you are in your career. They’ve been through the shock, grief, anger, and confusion, and they’re here to help you navigate the experience. All the Cool Girls Get Fired is both a roadmap and a mindset shift—a pragmatic, empowering and humorous way to make lemonade from lemons. 
 
With candor, humor, actionable advice, and exclusive “I’ve been there,” interviews from inspirational women, All the Cool Girls Get Fired challenges outdated corner office perceptions of career success. From coping mechanisms and self-care practices to networking strategies and reinvention techniques, the book is a comprehensive GPS to navigate the path of career recovery and bounce back with more professional mojo than ever.

All the Cool Girls Get Fired

How to Let Go of Being Let Go and Come Back on Top

Christina Farr

Master the essential skill of effective communication and storytelling to drive success for you and your business with this accessible and practical guide form an industry expert. 
 
For decades, the business world has been content with leaders who drive profits and make strategic decisions. But in today's ultracompetitive world, that is simply not enough. 
 
The ability to tell a compelling story about your product or service is no longer just a competitive advantage 
— it's a requirement. 
 
In The Storyteller's Advantage, investor, startup advisor, and former business journalist Christina Farr reveals the secrets of business leaders who inspire, entertain, and empathize through the art of storytelling. Farr offers an inside look at the greatest storytelling CEOs, whose narrative abilities enable them to raise more capital, retain more talent, and make their brands more memorable. 
 
With empirical research and candid commentary, Farr explores how these leaders developed their stories, breaks down the narratives that are resonating in today's workplaces, and shares practical advice on how to deliver the most compelling message. 
 
Practical and approachable, The Storyteller's Advantage will help any business leader to tap into their ultimate superpower—telling a great story.

The Storyteller’s Advantage

How Powerful Narratives Make Businesses Thrive

Sinéad O’Sullivan

The inspiring new book exploring the 10 power moves that have built Taylor Swift’s superstardom and empire – and how you can implement them for success in business and in life - from a former Strategist at Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy. 
 
Taylor Swift’s genius is not limited to her singing and songcraft: as the founder of her own multi-billion dollar enterprise she has higher returns than 99.9% of hedge funds, and has built a stronger global corporation than nearly every other American conglomerate CEO. She is the only person that the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank track with precision. She has a larger impact on the world economy than most economists that have ever lived, and has done more for US antitrust law than any sitting member of Congress. There is a lot to learn from Taylor Swift. 
 
Global investment fund manager and former head of Strategy at HBS (and Swiftie!) Sinead O’Sullivan taps into the same genius that sells out stadiums and shuts down the internet to give Taylor—the CEO, the strategist—the respect she deserves. O’Sullivan sums up Swift’s business savvy into ten big, teachable lessons, including: 
<ul><li>Build a World (Not a Product): how to create value that is greater than the sum of its parts (or, how Taylor created the fan-centered Swiftverse that fosters community, belonging, and off-the-charts engagement)</li><li>Be Anti-Fragile: how to embrace volatility, build resilience, and thrive in uncertainty–when your competitors can’t (or, how Taylor gamed the chaos of Covid shutdown to own the airwaves)</li><li>Don’t Just Play the Game, Change It: how to rewrite the rules on your own terms when your chips are down (or, how Taylor almost lost control of her music catalogue to Private Equity—but re-recorded all her masters and took them back)</li></ul>Whether you're a dedicated Swiftie or simply looking for inspiration to help you thrive, Good Ideas and Power Moves shows you the ten simple lessons Taylor Swift used to unlock unstoppable success in business and life.

Good Ideas and Power Moves

Ten Lessons for Success from Taylor Swift

Ben Askins

'A wake-up call for anyone stuck in a toxic job' - Simon Squibb 
 
'Annoyingly funny, phenomenally helpful' - Chris Donnelly 
 
No one sets out to be a bad boss. But some bosses out there really do give it all they’ve got. One in four of us feel like we are currently working for our worst boss ever. That not only has a huge impact on our enjoyment of the job, but our productivity also plummets, which surely is no good for anyone! 
 
The problem is, when you are stuck with a job or boss you don’t like, you are given the same two pieces of advice; either suck it up or go off and find a new job, which costs you time and a whole lot of headspace, and costs businesses too! 
 
My Boss is a Moron is all about the third way. 
 
Serial entrepreneur and content creator Ben Askins shows you how to handle a terrible boss, make the best of a bad situation and still come out on top. 
 
Taking you through the entire lifecycle of work from job descriptions and interviews, to pay rises, promotions, annual leave and so much more, My Boss is a Moron pulls back the curtain on why companies and bosses make the choices they make, and what you can do to give yourself the best possible chance of success. 
 
With outrageous real boss stories and Askins’ beloved sarcasm and humour, My Boss is a Moron is as entertaining as it is helpful and is designed to help you sidestep silly company policies and terrible management to ensure that you thrive at work, no matter the circumstances.

My Boss Is a Moron

Strategies to Manage Up and Thrive in Any Workplace

Gilbert Enoka

'This is high performance with heart' 
— Richie McCaw 
 
Do you have what it takes? 
 
Mental performance coach Gilbert Enoka has been a sports psychology pioneer for over 40 years. He first first broke ground at a time when the practice was deemed taboo, and his revolutionary techniques later helped transform the All Blacks into an all-conquering force, while enhancing the fortunes of professional teams around the world in rugby, cricket, football, basketball, and netball. Gilbert’s work later contributed to the All Blacks becoming the greatest team of a generation, as they won two Rugby World Cups in 2011 and 2015, 21 consecutive Bledisloe Cups, seven Tri-Nations Series, and ten Rugby Championships. They claimed the Laureus Team of the Year Award while spending 118 consecutive months at the top of the World Rugby Rankings between the years of 2009 and 2019. 
 
For the very first time, Gilbert’s methods have been laid out in his debut book, Become Unstoppable – a collection of psychological leadership strategies, cultural upgrades and game-changing mental skills that can be transferred from the world of elite sport and into work, home and play. Gilbert’s skills have since been sought out by a raft of market-leading companies and institutions looking to outpace their competitors. Now Become Unstoppable brings these ideas together and delivers a competitive advantage for anyone hoping to gain the edge in their field – or life.

Become Unstoppable

The Blueprint from the World's Most Successful Sports Team

Heather Elkington

'Radical wisdom to unlock leadership success' - Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor 
 
'I read it from top to bottom, the kind of real-world advice we all need. It's the advice I wish I'd had' - Chris Donnelly 
 
This book is the book you wish your terrible former manager had read: a manual and silent mentor to help managers navigate the trickiest of days in their role and allow team members to do their best work. From Gen X to Gen Alpha and everyone else in between. 
 
From the first to the 500th time you have to hire or fire someone, understanding how on earth that ‘performance management’ thing works (properly), and if appraisals are crap, what do we do instead? – this book is the bible to follow to nail managing people. 
 
Allying the soft skills needed to have the right mindset, to the hard skills that underpin unshakeable systems, leadership trainer and content creator Heather Elkington lays down the 16 rules to follow if you want to lead a high-performing team that gets you noticed for all the right reasons.

Your Boss Era

Become the Manager Everyone Wants to Work for

Steven Bartlett

This is not a book about business strategy. Strategy changes like the seasons. 
This is a book about something much more permanent. 
 
At the very heart of all the success and failure I've been exposed to - both my own entrepreneurial journey and through the thousands of interviews I've conducted on my podcast - are a set of principles that can stand the test of time, apply to any industry, and be used by anyone who is search of building something great or becoming someone great. 
 
These are the fundamental laws that will ensure excellence. 
 
They are rooted in psychology and behavioral science, are based on the wisdom of tens of thousands of people I've surveyed across every continent and age group, and of course, drawn from the conversations I've had on my chart-topping podcast with the world's most successful people. 
 
These laws will work now or in 100 years from now. Are you ready to get started? 
 
https://www.justfckingdoit.com/

The Diary of a CEO

The 33 Laws of Business and Life

Abigail Foster

The practical, no-nonsense guide to expertly managing your personal finances. 
 
From mortgages and pensions to tax codes and ISAs, money can be a mystery. But, personal finance expert and accountant Abigail Foster is here to answer your questions and help you navigate any challenge you may face. 
 
Packed with expert advice, real-life examples and practical takeaways, The Money Manual will help you discover: 
<ul><li>What your tax code really means</li><li>How the UK’s economy impacts you</li><li>What to expect when buying your first home</li><li>When to access your pension and how best to save for your retirement</li><li>How to pass financial information on to others, and much more!</li></ul>By demystifying obscure economic processes and complex financial language, The Money Manual empowers you to learn everything you wish you knew about personal finance. With clarity and confidence, you can radically improve your financial wellbeing.

The Money Manual

Everything You Actually Need to Know About Personal Finance

Bill Belichick

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'Compelling... It’s easy to see it becoming something like a bible to young coaches‘ — New York Times •'Coach Belichick brought out the best in me. His book will do the same for you.’—Tom Brady • ‘This book shares the valuable lessons about excellence and leadership that Coach Belichick has learned.’ —Michael Jordan • ‘Powerful, insightful, and remarkably personal, The Art of Winning is a playbook for life.’ —Admiral William H. McRaven, US Navy (Retired) •'Invaluable for anyone trying to succeed in any aspect of life. I urge you to read this book'• ‘A remarkable deep dive into the mind of a champion.’ —Nick Saban 
 
Winning isn’t a science. It’s an art. And it can be learned. 
 
No one embodies winning more than Bill Belichick, the greatest American football coach of all time. Over the past fifty years, Belichick has been a man of notoriously few words, believing that a coach should keep a low profile. After he left the Patriots in 2024, he briefly became a coach without a team. He spent that year writing down the principles he learned from his father, Navy football, and from his forty-nine-year coaching career. 
 
Belichick’s philosophy goes far beyond football. He presents a whole-year, whole-life, whole-mindset approach to greatness that encompasses preparation, motivation, confidence, and leadership. The principles in this book are adaptable to wherever you work. No matter where you are on the ladder, they will help you think like a leader in anticipation of being one. 
 
Drawing on decades of studying the greats of the game, handling colorful personalities and egos, and playing for the highest stakes in sports, Belichick shares memorable examples and practical takeaways from his lived experience. Winning is not about being perfect—it’s about growth. And you will improve only as much as you recognize where you’re weak. Belichick owns up to mistakes like deciding to go for it on 4th and 10 in the 2008 Super Bowl. Then he breaks down how to learn from your mistakes like a leader does—an approach that sustained him throughout his early-career challenges and ultimately brought him to the top of the sport. 
 
Belichick’s principles might surprise you at times. At other times, they might seem strangely obvious. (His rule for how to win football games? Score the most points.) Football is about strategy, human nature, and business. Your vision of success might involve breaking into a new, competitive market in your industry; seeing solid returns on a portfolio that you’ve carefully prepared; inspiring your students to earn the highest scores in the district; or raising up trainees to take over your job someday. Whatever the situation, your performance is up to you. 
 
Practical, authoritative, and bursting with unforgettable inside stories, The Art of Winning is an indispensable guide to success from the greatest coach in NFL history.

The Art of Winning

Lessons from a Life in Football

Sabina Nawaz

Winner of the gold medal in the 2025 Axiom Business Book Awards 
 
Former Microsoft Executive and Fortune 500 CEO coach, Sabina Nawaz, delivers a practical guide for managers, at a time when managing is harder than ever. 
 
This book explains why top performers inevitably turn into terrible managers when their behaviour, compounded by the power and pressure that come from climbing the corporate ladder, engenders toxic work cultures and saps everyone else's enthusiasm around them. The very traits that they believe have gotten them to top, may that be loose personal boundaries, perfectionism or a bullish communication style, when at the altitude of leadership, self-sabotage their efforts and that of their team. 
 
Top Executive coach and former adviser to Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, Sabina Nawaz, does not advocate for a leadership personality transplant, or a lengthy journey in self-development. Instead, she introduces simple strategies that you can implement today that rail-guard against the common pitfalls of management. By managing pressure and collapsing distance, Sabina ensures top performers effectively manage others, navigate relationships and communicate effectively in every context.

You’re the Boss

Become the Manager You Want to Be (And Others Need)

Eduardo Briceno

We all know we should be learning and growing. But how do you make time while under pressure to perform? 
 
Too many of us suffer from 'chronic performance': we feel constant pressure to look like we know what we're doing, to always be on, to rack up success after success and have all the answers, all because we assume that greater effort leads to greater success. But this temptation to portray ourselves as infallible is affecting both our work and personal lives and is blocking our ability for true growth. 
 
Through his work with over a hundred companies, co-founder of Mindset Works Eduardo Briceño has solved this by coming up with a game-changing framework that breaks our habit of chronic performance. He's discovered that long-term success as an individual or business - personal, financial and, organisational - relies on integrating and being proficient at learning and performing. 
 
In The Performance Paradox, you will learn how to: 
 
- Unlock the power of mistakes 
- Integrate learning into daily habits 
- Move seamlessly between learning and performing 
- Solicit the most useful feedback 
- Lead teams that constantly improve and outperform their targets 
 
Ground-breaking and empowering, The Performance Paradox will break your chronic performance habit and revolutionise the way you approach growth mindset to get you on your way to thriving in both work and life.

The Performance Paradox

The Unexpected Way to Grind Less, Grow More, and Unlock Success

How to Learn and Grow Without Compromising Results

Codie Sanchez

****THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**** 
 
Rich people know a secret. In this book, former Wall Street investor Codie Sanchez pulls back the curtain. 
 
Most people look for wealth in all the wrong places.. From dropshipping and startups to grinding for promotions, you might believe you have to trade your life to be one of the few who win. But the truly rich know these paths are paved with delusion and false promises. 
 
In Main Street Millionaire, Codie Sanchez teaches you the path the wealthy really walk. Instead of risking it all with little chance of success, she shows you how to acquire cash-flowing businesses that are winning right now. Sanchez, one of the world’s leading small business experts, reveals the dealmaking framework she’s taught to tens of thousands, and that she’s used to build her own 9-figure holding company. Her secret? She acquires overlooked “Main Street” businesses, or small businesses available to us all on the high street. We’re talking about the unsexy but reliably profitable industries — like plumbing, construction, cleaning, electrical — that white collar workers have overlooked. 
 
In this book, you’ll see practical strategies and step by step processes to acquire cash flow and freedom.You will learn: 
<ul><li>Why today’s market is ripe for generational wealth creation</li><li>How to identify and close amazing business deals, without being wealthy</li><li>How to 10x your growth after acquiring a small business</li><li>The seven businesses you should never buy, and why</li><li>How to own multiple businesses at once (without losing your mind)</li></ul> 
Main Street Millionaire will reshape the way you think about your wealth and ownership forever. 
 
However, it’s not for slackers. It’s for those who want meaning and fulfilment while building their community. Codie's no-BS, out-of-the-box wisdom is the antidote to a complacent life of making other people rich. 
 
Published by FlightStory Books.

Main Street Millionaire

How to Make Extraordinary Wealth Buying Ordinary Businesses

Terry Szuplat

Whether you're delivering a heartfelt toast or eulogy, giving a presentation at work, or speaking up for change, this comprehensive guide gives you the tools you need to become a confident and compelling speaker, communicator, and leader in your work and in life. 
 
Drawing on the life-changing lessons he learned from his time in the White House, leading speechwriter Terry Szuplat shows you how to: 
 
• Communicate clearly and confidently in any situation 
• Create an emotional connection with your audience 
• Adopt a new mindset to help overcome your anxieties 
• Use the power of storytelling to win over any audience 
 
Full of practical tips, fascinating psychological research and never-before-heard insights and advice from his conversations with President Obama, this book will transform the way you approach speaking in public forever.

Say It Well

Find Your Voice, Speak Your Mind, Inspire Any Audience

Dan Carter

Dan Carter is a widely hailed as one of the most elite and successful professional rugby players in the world. 
 
After retiring from a sport he played for 32 years, he set out to inspire the next generation of leaders to create purposeful impact, joining the Oxford Foundry - Oxford University's Entrepreneurial Institute, founded by LinkedIn co-found Reid Hoffman - as its first ever Leader in Practice. Now, in a follow-up to his bestselling 2015 autobiography, he answers timeless questions for aspiring leaders everywhere. Why is the team more important than the individual? How do you navigate the transition from player to leader? How should we respond when confidence is eclipsed by doubt, when circumstances get the better of us, when setbacks derail us? How can we remain humble and grounded when we're winning - and how can we keep on winning, even when a loss may be just around the corner? 
 
Full of inspiring personal stories of both victories and setbacks, the greatest rugby sportsman reflects on his career, shares his own secrets of high performance, and reveals the art of exceeding your highest expectations.

Ten Lessons in Leadership, Purpose and Potential

Darius Foroux

'Darius has a unique ability to turn complex ideas into simple stories.' &mdash; Morgan Housel, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Psychology of Money 
 
The Stoics understood that if you can control your reactions and manage your emotions, you can achieve success. The same principles apply to our financial lives today. 
 
The only way to beat inflation and grow your wealth is by investing. The greatest investors approach the markets with discipline, emotional distance, and self-mastery&mdash;lessons that the Stoics have been teaching us for thousands of years. Combining ancient wisdom with practical investment strategies drawn from analysis of the greatest investors of all time, The Stoic Path to Wealth will teach you how to: 
- cultivate an investing edge by managing your emotions and developing your unique skills and talents. 
- develop the discipline to ignore short-term market fluctuations and avoid living in the future. 
- foster a mindset that allows you to enjoy what you have and avoid greed. 
- create a sustainable approach to trading. 
 
As financial markets become increasingly unpredictable and chaotic, The Stoic Path to Wealth offers the key to weathering any economic storm while building wealth that will last a lifetime and beyond.

The Stoic Path to Wealth

Ancient Wisdom for Enduring Prosperity

Ciera Rogers

From the fashion mogul and entrepreneur behind Babes, an empowering memoir about turning what makes you different into the foundation of your success 
 
Ciera Rogers is known for being an “Outsider”—and she likes it that way. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million-dollar brand that caters to curvy women of all shades, worn by the likes of Kim Kardashian and championed by Beyoncé, Ciera has rallied the very women the fashion industry is designed to ignore around the radical idea that what makes you different is actually your superpower. 
 
The Outsider Advantage is for Outsiders like her: the dreamers, doers, and go-getters that society continuously overlooks and underestimates, but who are uniquely equipped to achieve glass-shattering success. 
 
In this bold and inspiring memoir, Ciera shares the moments in her life that left the biggest impact—being kidnapped at a young age by her estranged father, running hustles in strip clubs, living in her mom’s red Jeep, daring to post her first outfit for sale on Instagram, hitting seven-figures, and buying a home—and unearths the powerful lessons she has taken away from her past and her unorthodox rise, like how to harness what you already have and how to use your trauma as a motivator. She also speaks to feelings of millennial rage, as on her journey, she came to realize that the American Dream is a lie. But she didn’t allow that to stop her from outmaneuvering the system to finally live the life she wanted. 
 
Arguing that what the world calls limitations—lack of connections, resources, fancy degrees, or even the “right” look—are actually our biggest competitive advantages, Ciera teaches anyone who has ever been overlooked, ignored or underestimated how to embrace their Outsider status to find unstoppable success.

The Outsider Advantage

Because You Don’t Need to Fit In to Win

Ankur Warikoo

'As easy to read as it is useful and wise' 
Morgan Housel 
 
A short guide to transforming your money mindset and attitudes, written for a younger generation that doesn&rsquo;t have the lingo, headspace or experience talking through money matters. 
 
Make Epic Money demystifies wealth creation and puts a stop to the pervasive trust we put in our pay checks to accrue enough to give us a good life. Multiple income streams, investments and passive income are the only route to gaining financial freedom and content creator and successful entrepreneur, Ankur Warikoo, shows readers the way. He unveils the money mistakes he&rsquo;s made, so we can avoid them, and sets up a mindset shift for readers to take an active stance in wealth creation, in a way that makes sense for them and with bite-sized and accessible tips throughout.

Make Epic Money

Kyla Scanlon

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
"Few people can communicate how the economy actually works better than Kyla Scanlon." -Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money 
 
The stuff you really need to know about how the economy works? It's pretty simple. Yes, even if you were bored to tears in economics class, or if you're cross-eyed from reading painfully convoluted-or straight-up misguided-financial commentary. In this particularly disorienting era, Kyla Scanlon is the Tim Harford of the disaffected and disillusioned Gen Z looking for answers. 
 
This is the definitive, approachable guide to the key concepts and mechanics of economics and the most common myths and fallacies to steer clear of. Through Kyla's trademark blend of creative analogies, clever illustrations, refreshingly lucid language-and even quotes from poetry, literature, and philosophy-she answers questions such as: 
 
- Is our national debt really a threat? 
- What is a "mild" recession, exactly? 
- What's really happening in the employment market, and how do we improve it for workers? 
 
At a time when experts overcomplicate simple things loudly, choosing to generate smoke rather than clearing the air, In This Economy? shows that understanding the markets-and the systems they operate in-is easier than you think. 
 
Whether you're worried about your mortgage rate, job security, bank account balance, or the health of the broader economy, this concise and witty guide will give you the confidence to make smarter financial decisions-no matter what the headlines say.

In This Economy?

How Money and Markets Really Work

Christina Wallace

Having one full-time job is the riskiest career move you can make today; we need a new path to design sustainable, future-proof, fulfilling lives that don't tie our identities and livelihoods to one single job. 
 
In The Portfolio Life, millennial, Harvard Business School professor and serial entrepreneur Christina Wallace delivers a model for thriving amidst the constant disruptions of the 21st century. Adapting tried-and-true practices from the business sector, Christina makes Portfolio Living accessible and actionable for all readers through practical tools like her Balanced Scorecard, 100 Wishes Assessment, time optimisation benchmarks, and more. 
 
This book encourages you to embrace the Venn diagram of your life and interests, and make it work for you. Portfolio Living grants you permission to step back from the cult of ambition and define your life beyond just your paid work. 
 
Being multidimensional is a career superpower, and Wallace empowers her readers to shape their lives to align with their core values, aptitudes, and interests to future-proof their careers and their home lives. It teaches readers core skills in strategising how to utilise the skills and opportunities available to them, in a way that keeps both their bank balance and minds healthy.

The Portfolio Life

Future-Proof Your Career and Craft a Life Worthy of You

Ashley Goodall

'A crucial read.' Marshall Goldsmith 
 
'A must-read.' Marcus Buckingham 
 
Change and innovation are the cornerstones of dynamic and modern business. 
 
Or so we are told. 
 
Whether it’s a merger or re-org; a new process, policy, or IT “solution”; or reconfiguring the office layout, change has become the ultimate easy button for leaders, who pursue it with abandon and thereby unleash an endless torrent of disruption on employees. The result is life in the blender: a perpetual state of upheaval, uncertainty, and unease. 
 
Yes, companies need to grow, innovate, and adapt to changing needs. But stressed-out employees rarely go the extra mile, chaos rarely produces agility or speed, and it’s hard innovate or grow while bleeding talent to turnover and quiet quitting. This is how change stymies the very progress that it seeks. 
 
Drawing on decades spent leading HR operations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall explores the essential nature of human performance and offers a radical new alternative to the constant turbulence that defines corporate life. By prioritizing team cohesion (instead of reshuffling teams at will), by communicating in real words (rather than corporate speak), by striving for predictability (instead of charisma), by honoring shared rituals (instead of corporately-mandated bonding), by fixing only the things that are truly broken (instead of moving fast and breaking everything in sight) and more, leaders at every level can create environments that allow people to do the best work of their lives.

The Problem With Change

The Essential Nature of Human Performance

Noah Kagan

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'A lively read that provides a practical step-by-step guide to founding a business.' The Financial Times 
 
It's time to leapfrog the only hurdle between you and a million-dollar company. 
 
More people than ever want to be their own boss, but venturing forward with your own business can be hugely intimidating. Are you investing effort in ideas that have no basis in customer demand? Are you shying away from even considering starting your own business? Noah Kagan knew this feeling all too well, but has since discovered how to banish the one simple thing holding aspiring entrepreneurs back, to become a 7-figure founder. 
 
MILLION DOLLAR WEEKEND offers an into-the-deep-end process for overcoming fear and perfectionism and making the business of your dreams a reality. Step-by-step, Noah shows what it takes to oust fear and build the &quot;ask muscle&quot;, and shares practical advice that every entrepreneur needs to master. By demystifying what it takes to start a business, turning risk into realistic action and fear into fun, this is the beginning of your journey to successful entrepreneurship. 
 
And the best part? You can kickstart this process in a weekend.

Million Dollar Weekend

The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours

Will Guidara

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
AS SEEN ON THE HIT TV SHOW 'THE BEAR' 
 
Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park. 
 
Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling New York City two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world. 
 
How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room—and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality. Guidara’s team surprised a family who had never seen snow with a magical sledding trip to Central Park after their dinner; they filled a private dining room with sand, complete with mai-tais and beach chairs, to console a couple with a cancelled vacation. And his hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant to his own team, who learned to deliver praise and criticism with intention; why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more—not less; and the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner. 
 
Today, every business can choose to be a hospitality business—and we can all transform ordinary transactions into extraordinary experiences. Featuring sparkling stories of his journey through restaurants, with the industry’s most famous players like Daniel Boulud and Danny Meyer, Guidara urges us all to find the magic in what we do—for ourselves, the people we work with, and the people we serve.

Unreasonable Hospitality

The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect

Michael Watkins

How did John F. Kennedy put a man on the moon in just under ten years? 
 
What can chess teach us about actionable insights? 
 
And why should you shake up a business at a time of great success? 
 
All of these questions have their answer in strategic thinking. But what is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it? 
 
As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understood concept, confined to management courses and board meetings. But in The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, world-renowned expert Michael Watkins shows leaders how they can benefit from it, as long as they have the tools to nurture it. 
 
Exploring the six specific mental disciplines that together constitute strategic thinking, each chapter shows how they can create value, and offers prescriptions on how to develop the strategic thinking mindset ourselves. Academically grounded but jargon-free, with real-world examples from all sectors and ages, The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking assesses our innate ability to think strategically, and helps us to cultivate it, leading to better decisions that get proven results.

The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking

Leading Your Organization Into the Future

Amantha Imber

The instant international bestseller 
 
'This charming book will save you more time than it takes to read.' Adam Grant 
 
'A must-read. This book will transform how you approach your workday.' Greg McKeown 
 
'Read this book!' Jake Knapp 
 
High achievers most definitely approach their workday differently. This book gives access to the secrets and strategies they've found for making things work. From Wharton Professor Adam Grant's trick to get into flow when he starts work, Google's Executive Productivity Advisor, Laura Mae Martin, and her inbox shape-shifting, to Cal Newport's multiple kaban boards, this isn't your typical productivity book. 
 
You know the basics and have heard the swallow-the-frog platitudes. Time Wise goes deeper and unveils some of the more counterintuitive but effective methods that boost your productivity. Some of the high achievers featured, along with their personal strategies, include Adam Alter setting systems instead of goals, Rita McGrath who consults her own personal board of directors, Jake Knapp who focuses on the one important thing of the day and Oliver Burkeman's approach to beating the to-do list. 
 
This book will allow you to master the superpower of using your time wisely to achieve success in business, life and beyond.

Time Wise

The instant international bestseller

Neil Fiore

Learn how to overcome procrastination and enjoy guilt-free play! One of the most effective programs to combat procrastination, THE NOW HABIT has sold over 100,000 copies, has been translated into 11 languages, and is now revised and updated. 
 
Featuring a new preface and a new section providing strategies to understand and deal with the role technology plays in procrastination today, The Now Habit offers a comprehensive plan to help readers lower their stress and increase their time to enjoy guilt-free play. Dr. Fiore's techniques will help any busy person start tasks sooner and accomplish them more quickly, without the anxiety brought on by the negative habits of procrastination and perfectionism.

The Now Habit

A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play

Annie Duke

'Brilliant and entertaining' Daniel Kahneman | 'Quit what you are doing right now and read this' Richard Thaler | 'Engrossing, important, and grounded in science' Katy Milkman 
 
What if the secret to success is not just hard work, but knowing when to change track? 
 
In this game-changing guide, decision-making expert Annie Duke shows why quitting what holds you back is essential for success. Drawing on new research and fascinating examples, this book offers practical strategies and explains: 
 
Why it's so hard to walk away 
How to identify when it's best to persevere or pivot 
How quitting on time often feels like quitting too early 
 
Packed with insights from athletes, start-up founders and entertainers, Quit breaks down the mental model that keeps us from walking away and provides a toolkit for quitting anything - a career, a marriage, an investment - at the perfect time.

Quit

The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away

Simone Stolzoff

'Superb.' Oliver Burkeman 
 
'An incredibly propulsive read. It will absolutely challenge you, in the best way possible, to change the way you think about work.' Anne Helen Petersen 
 
'A sharp analysis of modern work culture.' Vauhini Vara 
 
 
The Good Enough Job reminds us that the biggest goal of all is to live a life we are happy with, and in which work is but one of the multitude of facets that make us who we are. An antidote to the toxic #hustle movement convincing us all we need to find fulfilment in the office, it denounces the dangers of burnout linked to those of us who cannot answer the question: beyond work, what's left? 
 
Conversations of burnout have bubbled to the top of the cultural zeitgeist as the line between work and not-work continues to blur. Burnout and workaholism are symptoms of a deeper root cause: a lack of separation between who we are and what we do. This book is not a credo against looking to work for fulfilment, nor is it in favour of treating work as a necessary evil. It is a guide to developing a healthier relationship to work through the stories of people who have successfully done so. These are stories that invite us to re-evaluate what makes us happy, and how we can work to live, rather than the other way round.

The Good Enough Job

What We Gain When We Don’t Put Work First

The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. Discover the 1Q84 Trilogy by Haruki Murakami.

1Q84

365 Days of Art

A BBC Christmas

A Black Book Thriller

A Box Full of Murders

A Cal Leandros Novel

A Christmas Mystery

The intelligent and capable police commissioner Guido Brunetti confronts crime in and around his home town of Venice.

A Commissario Brunetti Mystery

A DC Smith / Kings Lake Investigation Series

A Daisy Story

Chronicling the lives of over three hundred characters, unrivalled for its scope and humour, this is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England.

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