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Gallipoli
Peter Hart
A gripping, revisionist account of an epic tragedy
One of the most famous battles in history, Gallipoli forced Churchill from office, established Turkey's iconic founder Mustafa Kemal ('Ataturk') and marked Australia's emergence as a nation in its own right. It had begun as a bold move led by the British to ultimately capture Constantinople, but this definitive new history explains that from the ...
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The Decision Book
Mikael Krogerus, Roman Tschäppeler
The 6th bestselling business book of 2011 - a smart, fun, bestselling guide to making the right ...
Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? And how can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently?A worldwide bestseller,The Decision Bookdistils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses and elsewhere that will help...
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Just My Type
Simon Garfield
'A quirky and informative study of fonts'Anthony Horowitz,Sunday Telegraph
Just My Typeis a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the ...
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The Way of the Panda
Henry Nicholls
The extraordinary impact of the panda - from obscurity to fame - a story of China's transition from ...
In a most original book, science writer Henry Nicholls uses the rich and curious story of the panda from its'discovery'150 years ago in the highlands of China to its present international status as endearing icon of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF - fifty years...
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The Small Hand
Susan Hill
The chilling tale of a man in the grip of a small, invisible hand ... A superlative ghost story by ...
Returning home from a visit to a client late one summer's evening, antiquarian bookseller Adam Snow takes a wrong turning and stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiosity, he approaches the door, and, standing before the ...
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Decline&Fall
Chris Mullin
'Wickedly Indiscreet and Elegant'The Mail on Sunday
Chris Mullin's bestsellingA View From the Foothillsprovided a riveting insider's account of life as a junior minister. Laying bare the personalities, pyrotechnics and political intrigues of the Blair years, it was described asYes Ministermeets Alan Clark.Funny and self-deprecating, the new diaries run ...
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The Economist Guide To Economic Indicators
Richard Stutely
Making sense of Economics
It is even more essential in business and many professions today than in the past to have a thorough understanding of economic information. Written for the non-specialist, this highly accessible guide provides the keys to understanding all the major and many lesser economic indicators: what they are, the areas they cover, their reliability, and how and why to interpret ...
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The Economist Guide to Hedge Funds
Philip Coggan
In 1990 hedge funds managed some $39 billion of assets and were almost unknown. By 2008 that figure had grown to almost $2 trillion and hedge funds were being blamed by some for contributing to the credit crunch and demonised by others for their greed. The rise of the industry has created a new bunch of billionaires, who have made themselves rich by managing other people's money. Jim Simons, a ...
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The Economist Book of Isms
John Andrews
Wonderfully illuminating and witty guide to every ism you could ever want explained
Entries include: Absurdism, Altruism, Antidisestablishmentarianism, Atheism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Buddhism, Capitalism, Careerism, Chauvinism, Colonialism, Cubism, Darwinism, Defeatism, Deism, Determinism, Eclecticism, Epicureanism, Eurocentrism, Expressionism, Fanaticism, Feminism, Freeganism...
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The Economist: Buying Professional Services
Fiona Czerniawska, Peter Smith
This book is based on four premises:·Public and private sector organisations are spending huge amounts of money buying professional services, and most are doing it badly, without strong procurement processes or an adequate understanding of the marketplace, resulting in wasted money and disappointing outcomes.·Even among those organisations that do use formal procurement processes and techniques...
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In the Words of Nelson Mandela
Jennifer Crwys-Williams
'When we read we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world'Nelson...
Through his words and actions, Nelson Mandela has been embraced worldwide as our leading symbol of courage, hope and reconciliation.In the Words of Nelson Mandelais a unique collection of quotations from one of the most admired men on the planet. His thoughts on subjects as ...
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The Economist: Doing Business in China
Christopher Torrens
China is largely insulated from the worst effects of the global downturn, thanks to several factors: its banks have limited links with the international financial system; its institutional and regulatory apparatus is increasingly robust; mainland consumers enjoy low levels of debt and one of the world's highest national savings rates; and private consumption is rising steadily among the country's ...
