Dave Gibbons

John Gibbons is an environmental journalist and commentator who has been speaking about climate change in Ireland for over a decade. The Lie of the Land is his first book.

John Gibbons

Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902. She went to the North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College, London. She then worked for ten years on various papers, including the Evening Standard. Stella Gibbons is the author of twenty-five novels, three volumes of short stories, and four volumes of poetry. Her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) was an immediate success and won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize for 1933. Among her works are Nightingale Wood (1938), The Bachelor (1944), Westwood (1946), and Starlight (1967). She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1950. Stella Gibbons died in 1989.

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Antonio Garcia Martinez

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
An adrenaline-fuelled exposé of life inside the tech bubble, Chaos Monkeys lays bare the secrets, power plays and lifestyle excesses of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists and money cowboys who are revolutionising our world. Written by startup CEO and industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, this is Liar’s Poker meets The Social Network. 
 
Computer engineers use ‘chaos monkey’ software to wreak havoc and test system robustness. Similarly, tech entrepreneurs like Antonio García Martínez are society’s chaos monkeys – their innovations disrupt every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and holidays (Airbnb) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder) – all in search of the perfect business miracle. 
 
Describing himself as ‘high-strung, fast-talking, and wired on a combination of caffeine, fear, and greed at all times’, García Martínez left Wall Street to make his fortune in Silicon Valley, becoming CEO of his own startup, before bailing and being poached by Facebook’s nascent advertising team. Here he turned users’ data into profit for COO Sheryl Sandberg and chairman and CEO Mark ‘Zuck’ Zuckerberg. Forced out of Facebook in the wake of a bitter internal product war, García Martínez took his unique brand of entrepreneurial hyperactivity to rivals Twitter. Along the way, he got into a lot of trouble with a lot of people, brewed illegal beer on the Facebook campus (accidentally flooding Zuckerberg's desk), lived on a yacht, raced sport cars on the highway, and enthusiastically pursued the lifestyle of an overpaid Silicon Valley mercenary. 
 
In Chaos Monkeys he tells you HOW – and HOW NOT – to make a fortune through startups and digital marketing. Highly entertaining and always offering genuine insight, García Martínez unravels the chaotic evolution of social media and online marketing. From startups and credit derivatives to Big Brother and data tracking, social media monetisation and digital ‘privacy’, he shares both his scathing observations and outrageous antics, taking us on a subversive and very funny tour of the fascinatingly insular and unbelievably wealthy tech industry.

Chaos Monkeys

Inside the Silicon Valley Money Machine

Nathaniel Eliason

THE WILD INSIDE STORY OF CRYPTO'S GET-RICH-QUICK UNDERBELLY 
 
Nat Eliason had six months to make as much money as possible before his first child was born. 
So, he turned to where countless others did in 2021: crypto. 
 
Within a year, he'd made millions writing code holding hundreds of millions of dollars of other people's money. He'd been hacked. He'd sold a picture of a monkey for two hundred grand. He'd become an influencer, speaking at conferences, and writing a weekly newsletter to tens of thousands of fans. Best of all, Nat had amassed a small fortune. But how much of this money was even real? And how many times can someone double down before they eventually lose everything? 
 
Crypto Confidential is Nat's unfiltered, insider's account of the hyperactive, hyper-speculative, hyper-addictive, nearly unregulated, completely insane world being built on the blockchain. A story of getting rich, going broke, scamming and getting scammed - and how we can all be more educated participants during the inevitable next bull run. 
 
'A great look from the trenches to understand the good and bad of cryptocurrency from the inside out' Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI

Crypto Confidential

Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance

Richard Wiseman

In a recent series of ground-breaking psychological experiments, volunteers were shown a 30-second film of some people playing basketball and told to count the number of passes made with the ball.  After just a few seconds, a man dressed as a gorilla slowly walked into frame, beat his chest at the camera, and sauntered off.  Unbelievably, almost none of the people watching the film noticed the gorilla. Exactly the same psychological mechanisms that cause people to miss the gorilla also make them miss unexpected but vitally important opportunities in their professional and personal lives.  This book outlines the scientific evidence and thinking behind this remarkable new phenomenon, and shows you how you can spot gorillas in your life - and what to do when you see one.

Did You Spot The Gorilla?

John Kotter

Holger Rathgeber

That's Not How We Do It Here! is a business parable about a clan of meerkats who live in the Kalahari. Well organised and efficient, the colony enjoys many years of successful growth, until it suddenly comes under threat from a new form of predator and is forced to rethink its organizational structure. 
 
John Kotter uses this charming parable to explore why organizations often struggle no matter their past success, and why they fall. 
 
Kotter shows that by embracing reliability, efficiency, speed and agility, and building passion, discipline and personal growth, organizations can once again prosper, fulfil their mission, create great jobs and services and generate wealth.

That's Not How We Do It Here!

A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall – and Can Rise Again

Kenneth A Tucker

Vandana Allman

Animals,Inc is a time-tested business parable that has been tremendously popular with Gallup clients for more than 30 years: it's a favorite at corporate seminars and has even been released on video. It's the story of a group of animals who want to get rid of their shortcomings, or weaknesses, in order to make themselves more efficient. They decide to attend a school to learn how to improve themselves. But as the rabbit struggles to learn how to swim, as the pig attempts to climb trees, and as the other animals try to improve their weaknesses, they end up frustrated, unhappy, and quarrelling with each other. This simple but powerful parable explains a basic, very vital business lesson: that people should learn how to focus on their strengths in their workplace and offices rather than concentrating on their weaknesses.

Animals Inc

Henry Mance

A far-reaching, urgent, and thoroughly engaging exploration of our relationship with animals - from the acclaimed Financial Times journalist. 
 
This might be the worst time in history to be an animal. But is there a happier way? 
 
Factory farms, climate change, deforestation and pandemics have made our relationship with the other species unsustainable. In response, Henry Mance sets out on a personal quest to see if there is a fairer way to live alongside the animals we love. He goes to work in an abattoir and on a farm to investigate the reality of eating meat and dairy. He explores our dilemmas around over-fishing the seas, visiting zoos and owning pets, and he meets the chefs, activists, scientists and tech visionaries who are redefining how we think about animals. 
 
A Times Book of the Year

How to Love Animals

And Protect Our Planet

In a Human-Shaped World

Adrian Webster

A fresh and innovative route to business and personal success - Polar Bear Pirates contains a whole new universe of characters and terminology that everyone will instantly recognize and relate to. Polar Bear Pirates, highly focused, successful, fun-loving people who truly believe in life before death, are on a quest to reach Fat City. But as we follow the fortunes of these highly motivated bears, we see how they must fight off some pretty ruthless and often highly elusive enemies - enemies who are determined to block their paths and shatter their dreams... 
 
Here's a brief sketch of just some of these treacherous characters... 
 
Sinkers...the bitter losers who, as disciples of the pear shape, despise anyone else's success and derive immense pleasure from torpedoing it... 
Head treads...those who block anyone coming up the success ladder; they are devoid of talent, having only got where they are through brown nosing, knife throwing and luck! 
Neg ferrets...the pessimistic warriors of doom with insatiable appetites for other people's problems... 
Molasses Man.. the sweet but slow, well-meaning people who are burdened by the beliefs of others... 
Bloaters...boasting, lazy, obnoxious and tediously egotistical reptilian saddos who are absolutely full of it! 
 
Written in the tradition of the bestselling, Who Moved My Cheese, Polar Bear Pirates is a uniquely entertaining and often hilarious look at business and personal development. A 'game book' of questions, answers, traps and signposts, this book delivers powerful, inspirational messages as it helps you to unravel a series of complex motivational issues on your journey to personal and professional success.

Polar Bear Pirates

Adam Lashinsky

Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth, and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. 
 
In Wild Ride, Adam Lashinsky, veteran Fortune writer and author of Inside Apple, traces the story of Uber's meteoric rise: from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries. The company has already poached entire departments from top research universities in a push to build the first self-driving car and possibly replace the very drivers it's worked so hard to recruit. 
 
With access to current and former employees, as well as CEO Travis Kalanick, this book will be the first to unlock Uber's vault. It's a story that start-up founders, business executives, tech-savvy readers, and drivers and riders will find riveting.

Wild Ride

Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination

Jason Hazeley

Joel Morris

These delightful books are the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. 
 
The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. The subject of the books will greatly appeal to grown-ups. 
 
The eight books in the series feature original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. The other books in the series are: 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Sheds 
 
- The Ladybird Book of The Hipster 
 
- The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis 
 
- The Ladybird Book of the Hangover 
 
- The Ladybird Book of Dating 
 
- How it Works: The Husband 
 
- How it Works: The Wife

This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. 
 
The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text.

The Ladybird Book of the Meeting

The Ladybird Book of the Sickie

Bonnie Wan

"The ultimate tool to set us on our true path towards success and joy" 
Deepak Chopra 
 
"Bonnie is Oprah - meets Brene Brown - meets Simon Sinek." 
Elle Harrison, author of Wild Courage 
 
We all have moments when we doubt the path we're on. So ask yourself: what do you really, really want? And how can you make that happen? 
 
Making meaning out of messiness, The Life Brief distils the practice of brand strategy into its simplest, clearest, and most effective form to help you realign your path with your dreams - personally, professionally, culturally and spiritually. 
 
World-leading strategist Bonnie Wan first encourages you to Get Messy, with ways to cut through limiting beliefs and false assumptions about what's possible. Then her guidance to Get Clear offers prompts for finding clarity around what you truly, deeply want. And finally, Get Active catapults you into the steps to making those desires a reality. 
 
This blueprint has already been transformative for thousands of other people, and now we can all learn how to break through the clutter, identifying the fears and beliefs holding us back, and create a life that is wholly our own. 
 
You cannot have it all, but you can have all that matters 
 
"This book is a wonderful invitation. Take it." 
Dave Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Designing Your Life 
 
'An inspiring and important way of thinking." 
Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful Children

The Life Brief

A Playbook for No-Regrets Living

Geoff White

They have been accused of causing mayhem in Hollywood with the infamous Sony hack. 
 
They're allegedly behind WannaCry, a cyber-attack that brought NHS hospitals to a dangerous standstill. 
 
And it has been claimed that they have stolen more than $1 billion in an international crime spree. 
 
They are the Lazarus Group, a shadowy cabal of hackers accused of working on behalf of the North Korean state. North Korea denies the allegations, saying the accusations are American attempts to tarnish its image. 
 
From the streets of Dhaka to the casinos of Macau to the secretive capital of Pyongyang, this shocking story uncovers the secret world of the Lazarus Group, their victims and those who have tried - and so far failed - to stop them.

The Lazarus Heist

Based on the No 1 Hit podcast

Meik Wiking

Happiness is just around the corner with this practical guide from happiness researcher Meik Wiking - author of the international bestseller The Little Book of Hygge 
 
Lykke (Luu-kah) (n): Happiness 
 
Meik Wiking understands happiness better than anyone. In his role as Founder and CEO of the world's only Happiness Research Institute, he has travelled the globe interviewing the world's happiest people to discover the key components of happiness. 
 
This captivating read features case studies from Bhutan to Australia, South Korea to Canada, France to Denmark, taking the reader on a happiness treasure hunt. Written in the same warm tone as Meik's phenomenal bestseller The Little Book of Hygge, this easy-to-understand book will change the way you think about how you relate to your neighbours, the rituals around cooking and eating dinner, and when to book your next holiday - and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. 
 
This book is the perfect guide on how to survive and navigate the modern world with a smile on your face. 
 
'It is a happy book about happiness, written with a twinkle and packaged with Danish style' (John Helliwell, Economist and Editor of the World Happiness Report)

The Little Book of Lykke

The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People

Alex Edmans

Global markets have been thrown into chaos, as crazy investments lead to wild booms and busts, economic inequality and even political fallout. 
 
In The Madness of Markets, Professor Alex Edmans uncovers the hidden forces that have driven global markets off course – from Reddit frenzies to CEO ego trips – hype cycles and social contagion have caused even the smartest investors to make irrational decisions. 
 
Their mistakes can become your advantage. Edmans shows not only how you can protect yourself from costly investing mistakes, but also how to capitalise when others misstep. Through insights and strategies built upon his leading research, discover how to make smart decisions in a world that often thinks fast, loud and wrong.

The Madness of Markets

Why Smart Investors Make Crazy Decisions and How to Exploit Them

Clive Coleman

All three series of the comedy drama set in the chaotic world of arts broadcasting 
 
Featuring comedy A-listers Alistair McGowan, Rebecca Front, Harriet Thorpe and Geoffrey Whitehead, with Kevin Eldon and Felicity Montagu, this hilarious sitcom follows the ramshackle production of highbrow TV review show Arting About. 
 
Over 14 episodes, we eavesdrop behind the scenes and in front of the camera, as the hapless team endeavour to capture the zeitgeist and stay ahead of the cultural curve. From exposing heavy metal band Tanks n&rsquo; Daisies as closet anoraks, to interviewing sizzling Animalistic Impulse star Karen Stone and schmoozing Hollywood royalty at the Cannes Film Festival, they&rsquo;ll do anything to boost the show&rsquo;s ratings &ndash; and their own profiles. But whether they&rsquo;re tangling with a country-and-western legend, delving into lottery corruption or facing an alien incursion, things rarely go according to plan... 
 
Originally broadcast in 1993, the first series of Hair in the Gate aired on Radio 5. After that station&rsquo;s demise, it was rescued and remade for Radio 4, where it ran for two series between 1995 and 1996. Created by award-winning journalist and writer Clive Coleman (Chambers), it&rsquo;s full of brilliant banter and droll dialogue, and will appeal to anyone who loved Drop the Dead Donkey and His Master&rsquo;s Voice. 
 
 
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Written by Clive Coleman, with Henry Naylor and Andy Parsons 
Produced by Paul Schlesinger and Jo Clegg 
 
Starring Alistair McGowan, Forbes Masson, Harriet Thorpe, Lorelei King, Geoffrey Whitehead, David Holt, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kevin Eldon, Felicity Montagu, Rebecca Front, Joanna Monro, Chris Walker, Martin Hyder, Wayne Forester, Neil Conrich and Jonathan Rogers 
 
First broadcast BBC Radio 5, 17 September-22 October 1993 (series 1), BBC Radio 4, 3-24 August 1995 (series 2) and 14 November-5 December 1996 (series 3) 
 
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Canva creator Melanie Perkins and her partner Cliff Obrecht wrote their own playbook. Here’s the story of what we should all hope the next generation of business will look like: how they did it, why they did it, and why it worked. 
 
“I hope this story can inspire others to dream big, set goals, and make them happen.” – Melanie Perkins, Canva CEO and co-founder 
 
Born out of simple frustration with complex design tools, Canva has grown into a wild success, with a massive, devoted user community of more than 200 million people, in 190 countries and using 100 languages. But this isn’t a traditional startup story of guys in a garage following a Silicon Valley playbook. Instead, from their base in Perth, Australia (the most remote big city on earth), and animated by a drive to empower normal people to use design to make their own dreams a reality, Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht created something truly original. 
 
While backpacking through India, a teenaged Melanie Perkins decided to devote her life to empowering others. Teaching design software to university students revealed to her how: by giving them easy access to the tools that enable visual communication. 
 
Frustrated by complex, expensive design programs, she envisioned a world where anyone could bring their ideas to life. With Cliff Obrecht, she launched a yearbook business from her mother's living room - the first step toward revolutionizing global design. 
 
Through intimate access to Perkins and her inner circle, author Rebekah Campbell reveals the unconventional strategies that helped Canva outmaneuver tech giants. From hiring their first remote designer in Manila to building their platform from scratch, this narrative illuminates how unwavering focus on empowering others drove every decision - even when conventional wisdom suggested otherwise. 
 
This isn't just another startup success story. It's a masterclass in purpose-driven leadership, showing how clear values and relentless dedication to serving others can build extraordinary companies. For anyone who dreams of creating meaningful change, Perkins' journey offers powerful lessons about thinking bigger than seems possible and staying true to your vision against all odds.

Dream Crazy Big

The Unlikely Story of Canva

Brené Brown

THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
From the bestselling author of The Gifts of Imperfection and Braving the Wilderness, an inspiring book examining the emotions and experiences that define us, helping us to become more emotionally fluent and connected. 
 
‘Thanks to Brené Brown I learned how to be vulnerable … a life changer’ Miranda Hart, actor, comedian, and bestselling author of I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You 
 
'If we want to find the way back to ourselves and each other, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories, and to be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.' 
 
Over the past two decades, Brown's extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. 
 
Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as Brown's singular skills as a researcher/storyteller, to lay out an invaluable, research-based framework that shows us that naming an experience doesn't give the experience more power, it gives us the power of understanding, meaning and choice. 
 
Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and lays out an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances - a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heart-breaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. 
 
Written with Brown’s trademark mix of research, storytelling and honesty, Atlas of the Heart is the revolutionary and inspiring guide that offers to help us all become more emotionally fluent and connected. 
 
Praise for Brené Brown 
 
‘Brené empowers us each to be a little more courageous’ The Huffington Post 
 
‘Practical and insightful’ Sheryl Sandberg, former Facebook COO and bestselling author of Lean In 
 
‘Brené cuts through the noise and speaks to what makes us human’ Brigadier General Brook J. Leonard, United States Air Force 
 
‘Brené has profoundly inspired our product leaders to design in and embrace vulnerability, rather than engineer it out' Danielle Krettek, founder, Google Empathy Lab 
 
‘The master of hope’ Metro

Atlas of the Heart

Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Bo Burlingham

It's widely accepted in business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year - but bigger is not necessarily better. In Small Giants, journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside fourteen remarkable privately held companies, from a brewery to a record label, that chose a different path to success. 
 
These organizations quietly rejected the pressure of endless growth, deciding to focus more on satisfying business goals - being the best at what they do, creating a stimulating place to work, providing perfect customer service and making important contributions to their communities. 
 
But what are the magic ingredients that make these companies unique? Why and how does their approach work in such widely varying industries? And what lessons can we learn from them? A fresh, inspirational guide to business strategy, Small Giants will help any entrepeneur consider new directions to make their company great.

Small Giants

Companies That Choose to be Great Instead of Big

George Monbiot

Peter Hutchison

This book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas | 'Fantastic' - Mark Ruffalo 
 
We live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives: our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisure; our relationships and our mental wellbeing; the planet we inhabit – the very air we breathe. So pervasive has it become that, for most people, it has no name. It seems unavoidable, like a natural law. 
 
But trace it back to its roots, and we discover that it is neither inevitable nor immutable. It was conceived, propagated, and then concealed by the powerful few. Our task is to bring it into the light—and to build a new system that is worth fighting for. 
 
 
Neoliberalism. Do you know what it is?

The Invisible Doctrine

The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)

Ricardo Semler

The international bestseller that tells how Semler tore up the rule books - and defied inflation running at up to 900% per year! 
 
- Workers make decisions previously made by their bosses 
- Managerial staff set their own salaries and bonuses 
- Everyone has access to the company books 
- No formality - a minimum of meetings, memos and approvals 
- Internal walls torn down 
- Shopfloor workers set their own productivity targets and schedules 
 
Result - Semco is one of Latin America's fastest-growing companies, acknowledged to be the best in Brazil to work for, and with a waiting list of thousands of applicants waiting to join it. 
 
Learn Ricardo's secrets and let some of the Semco magic rub off on you and your company.

Maverick

The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workshop

Will Guidara

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
AS SEEN ON THE HIT TV SHOW 'THE BEAR' 
 
The inspiring, bestselling guide to the essential lessons in service and leadership 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. 
 
His hospitality extended beyond those dining at the restaurant – his own team reaped the benefits of his leadership and lessons, learning: 
<ul><li>To deliver praise and criticism with intention,</li><li>Why the answer to some of the most pernicious business dilemmas is to give more – not less, and</li><li>That the magic that can happen when a busser starts thinking like an owner.</li></ul> 
Now in Unreasonable Hospitality, Guidara shows us that every business can choose to be a hospitality business – and how 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

John David Mann

Bob Burg

'A manifesto for twenty-first-century leadership packaged in a fun and engaging story. Buy this book and get it in the hands of everyone in your company' Darren Hardy, publisher, Success magazine 
 
Ben is a young manager who has been charged with persuading 500 employees to agree to a merger. Facing an impossible battle, he seeks the advice of an old friend, who introduces him to eccentric Aunt Elle. 
 
In the week leading up to the crucial employee vote, Aunt Elle teaches Ben about the power of influence and positive persuasion. Ben also meets with the company's top executives, coming back with a new leadership lesson each time. Ben finally learns the critical principle so many people in power fail to grasp: it's not about me, it's about you. 
 
Written with a light touch and filled with practical advice, this book will resonate with all who aspire to influential leadership.

It's Not About You

A Little Story About What Matters Most In Business

Ashlee Vance

*An instant New York Times Bestseller* 
 
'One of the most exciting tales of our time... It's the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thriller' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs 
 
'Eloquent, expertly reported' Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store 
_______________ 
 
A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk 
 
In 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was the epicentre of the new Space Age. 
 
Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies - Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs and Rocket Lab - as they race to control access to outer space. While the space tourism ambitions of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines, these under-the-radar companies are striving to monetise Earth's lower orbit; to connect, analyse and monitor everything on Earth. 
 
With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs and top-secret launch locations - from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India - Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear. 
 
This is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our time. Welcome to the new Wild West above the clouds.

When The Heavens Went On Sale

The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach

Meik Wiking understands happiness better than anyone. In his role as Founder and CEO of the world's only Happiness Research Institute, he has travelled the globe interviewing the world's happiest people to discover the key components of happiness. 
 
In The Key to Happiness, Meik explores the hidden treasures which can improve your happiness, and divides them into the six building blocks of happiness; togetherness, money, health, kindness, trust and freedom. For each happiness block he offers practical tips: for togetherness he encourages setting up a mini-library in your apartment building or starting a tool-sharing programme in your street; for kindness he suggests leaving a surprise gift on a stranger's doorstep, helping a tourist find their way or telling someone who means a lot to you that they do. 
 
Drawing on social science, case studies and Meik's original research, this practical guide shows us that you can find happiness in a simple way of life. While Meik has travelled across the globe to discover the secrets of the world's happiest people, this book shows us that you can be just as happy where you are. 
 
This book is the perfect guide on how to survive and navigate the modern world with a smile on your face.

The Key to Happiness

How to Find Purpose by Unlocking the Secrets of the World's Happiest People

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