This second edition of Ethnographic Thinking: From Method to Mindset serves as a primer for practitioners who want to apply ethnography to real-world challenges and commercial ventures. Building on the first edition, each chapter now includes a section focusing on practical advice to help readers activate key insights in their work.

The concept of ‘serendipity’ is traditonally associated with ‘luck’, ‘chance’ or ‘good fortune’, but the reality paints a very different picture and facts suggest otherwise: serendipity is not ‘luck’—our ‘unused braincapacity’ turns out to be our greatest cognitive power. The idea that the unconscious is the internal ‘AI supercomputer’ of the human mind, offers a fascinating perspective. Our unconsciousness operates beneath the surface, outside of our conscious a...

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE PRIZE 2025An exhilarating tale of twisted desire, histories and homes, and the unexpected shape of revenge - for readers of Patricia Highsmith, Sarah Waters and Ian McEwan's Atonement. It is fifteen years after the Second World War, and Isabel has built herself a solitary life of discipline and strict routine in her late mother's country home, with not a f...

Organic Chemistry, Global Edition provides the conceptual foundations, chemical logic and problem-solving skills needed to reason your way to solutions for problems in synthetic organic chemistry, biochemistry and medicine. By building an organic chemistry framework, you can understand and apply learning rather than relying on memorization.

The 9th Edition presents a wealth of problem-solving strategies, over 300 new problems (now totaling over 2,000), updated content and organizational chang...

An eye-opening exploration of humanity’s unprecedented path to global depopulation and its significance from economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso.

The world’s population has surged over the past 200 years—not due to increased fertility, but thanks to improvements in survival. Since then, our larger society has thrived like never before: scientific breakthroughs, a global economy, healthier lives, and social progress.

A significant shift is now on the ho...

Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz's popular training course, this updated sixth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It's an ideal way to begin, whether you're new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.

Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial gets you started with Python 3.12...

Leading you from the fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry right through to cutting-edge research at the frontiers of the subject, Inorganic Chemistry is the ideal course companion for the duration of your degree.