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‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTER From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our...

This novel biography brings Marcus Aurelius (121-180 CE) to life for a new generation by exploring the emperor’s fascinating psychological journey. Donald J. Robertson examines Marcus’s relationships with key figures in his life, such as his mother, Domitia Lucilla, and the emperor Hadrian, as well as his Stoic tutors. He draws extensively on Marcus’s own Meditations and correspondence, and he examines the emperor’s actions as detailed in the Augustan History and other ancient texts.

The proud owner of a sprawling £14 million estate in the Cotswolds, boasting a stable of eventing horses, a fleet of supercars and neighbouring the royal family, Neil Woodford was the most celebrated and successful British investor of his generation. But, in 2019, after a stream of poorly judged investments, Woodford's asset management company collapsed, trapping hundreds of thousands of rainy-day savers in his flagship fund and hanging £3.6 billion in the balance.

A "powerful, passionate, and inspiring" (New York Times) journey through the beauty and power of mathematics New York Times Bestseller What if you had to take an art class in which you were only taught how to paint a fence? What if you were never shown the paintings of van Gogh and Picasso...

What is brand, and how are brands built? Brand Warfare offers unconventional answers to these questions. Julian Kynaston's no-holds-barred, fast-paced account of how he launched and grew Propaganda into one of the UK's most successful brand consultancies provides inspirational insights into the emergence of a unique brand talent. From running with a notorious firm of football casuals to sitting on the board of global brands as a key consultant, Julian learned how to succeed without even pitching in an environment where many other brand agencies fail.

Joy Adamson is world-famous as the woman who walked with lions. These are the books that brought the story of her work to a public whose imagination was captured by the discovery of this remarkable interaction between man and beast. Born Free was first published in 1960, and tells the story of...

In Plato and the Tyrant, acclaimed historian and classicist James Romm draws on personal letters of Plato to show how a philosopher helped topple the leading Greek power of the era: the opulent city of Syracuse. There, Plato encountered two authoritarian rulers, a father and son both named Dionysius, and tried to steer them toward philosophy. At the same time, he worked on his masterpiece, Republic, in which he conceived a ruler who unites perfect wisdom with absolute power.

The junior doctor...back on the wards. After a year on the streets treating outreach patients, Max Pemberton is back in the relative comfort of hospital. This time running between elderly care and the dementia clinic to A&E and outpatients. No longer inexperienced (Max and his doctor friends can now tell when someone is actually dead), they are on the front line of patient care, for better or worse.

DisneyWar is an enthralling tale of one of America's most powerful media and entertainment companies, the people who control it, and those trying to overthrow them. It tells a story that - in its sudden twists, vivid, larger-than-life characters, and thrilling climax - might itself have been the subject of a Disney classic - except that it's all true.

Este libro recorre la vida y el pensamiento de Adam Smith más allá de los clichés. No es solo la historia del autor de La riqueza de las naciones, sino el retrato completo de un hombre que reflexionó sobre la moral, el poder, el trabajo y las contradicciones humanas en un mundo en transformación. Desde su infancia en Escocia hasta su influencia duradera en la economía moderna, el libro muestra a un Smith complejo: crítico de los privilegios, defensor de los mercados con reglas, atento a la justicia y preocupado por los efectos morales de la riqueza.

Chasing the Internet—From Backyards to Boardrooms​, a revised version of Life Lessons—How to Fail and Win, chronicles Alan Knott-Craig's relentless pursuit to bridge South Africa's digital divide, taking listeners from his early entrepreneurial struggles to building one of the country's most innovative connectivity companies. This isn't just another startup story—it's a blueprint for purpose-driven entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

Built to Heal is the compelling memoir of Margo Rukashaza, a Rwandan-American engineer and leader whose life was transformed by an unexpected health crisis. With grace and humor, she recounts her journey through a life-saving liver transplant, her deep roots and cross-cultural upbringing, and the emotional strength required to start anew. Rukashaza reflects on love, loss, family, purpose, and the quiet victories that help rebuild a life from within.

Es ist ein Privileg, dass Professor Kostelka nun erstmals tiefe Einblicke in seinen immens verantwortungsvollen Berufsalltag gewährt. Eindringlich erzählt der Kinderherzchirurg von Schicksalen voll banger Hoffnung, bewegenden und teils außerordentlich komplizierten Fällen. Er zeigt, wie lang der Weg ist vom jungen Mediziner bis zum anerkannten Spezialisten, dem Eltern das Kostbarste anvertrauen. Und er berichtet faszinierend von der Entwicklung eines Fachgebiets, das zum Wohle der Kleinsten beständig die Grenzen des Machbaren verschiebt.

In his honest and passionate memoir, Jeff Pink shares his journey as an immigrant who started a small beauty supply shop in Los Angeles and developed it into a 135,000 square foot state-of-the-art factory and headquarters of ORLY International. As a beauty company producing more than 750 products for nail color and care, ORLY is distributed throughout the United States and 40 countries worldwide.

This book restores the name of Felix Le Dantec—a scientist, philosopher, and heretic of his age—to the living current of thought. At the dawn of the twentieth century, he dared to proclaim that life is not a riddle imposed by spirit upon matter, but that matter itself is spirit—learning, feeling, and recognizing itself through the processes of biology. He saw the organism not as a mechanism steered by circumstance, but as a meaning-making machine: life as an act of self-comprehension, matter awakening to its own awareness.

When Robert Routt collapsed alone in his home, his life quietly slipped away. His mother couldn’t reach him. His daughter found him unresponsive. Paramedics arrived—and found no pulse. After six shocks, one rookie brought him back from the edge of death. What followed was a coma, a stroke, paralysis, and a long fight to reclaim his life one painful step at a time.

Marco nasce nella periferia romana degli anni Sessanta, in un quartiere di cemento e strade sbrecciate. Fin da piccolo capisce che la sua vita non sarà mai lineare: ogni caduta diventa una spinta verso un nuovo inizio. Negli anni Ottanta parte per Londra, capitale del punk e dei rave clandestini. Qui sopravvive tra lavori precari, fame e libertà assoluta, reinventandosi come lavapiatti, cuoco e intrattenitore improvvisato.

An authoritative company history of Berkshire Hathaway, fully updated to cover the last five years. Beginning with Berkshire's origins as a struggling textile company, The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway examines the development of the modern-day conglomerate year-by-year and...

"Não sei exatamente em que ano conheci Anderson, não sei onde eu estava, mas acho que trabalhava na Folha de S.Paulo como colunista da “Ilustrada” e Anderson já estava no comando da Arezzo. Também não acho que esse tipo de data seja tão relevante para uma história como a que nos une. Anderson, profissional como poucos nesse país, é um empresário com um olhar lá na frente e com os pés bem no chão. Tenho a impressão de que qualquer coisa que ele fizesse na vida daria muito certo, mas o fato é que ele escolheu fabricar sapatos, para minha alegria e de tantas mulheres brasileiras.

Em um relato tocante e profundamente inspirador, João Adibe Marques, CEO da Cimed, nos convida a percorrer as páginas de sua jornada, entrelaçando histórias de superação pessoal, legado familiar e uma trajetória empresarial de sucesso no competitivo mercado farmacêutico.