Profile Books Ltd (40)
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Vermeer's Hat
The seventeenth century and the dawn of the global world
2024 || Paperback || Timothy Brook || Profile Books Ltd
Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray.
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Irresistible
How Cuteness Wired our Brains and Conquered the World
2024 || Paperback || Professor Joshua Paul Dale || Profile Books Ltd
The psychology and biology behind what we find cute, and how cuteness has shaped cultures around the world.
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Complications
A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
2024 || Paperback || Atul Gawande || Profile Books Ltd
Giving an account of the life of a surgeon, this book looks at what it is like to cut into people's bodies and the - literally life and death - decisions that have to be made. It includes chronicles of operations that go wrong; of doctors who go to the bad; why autopsies are necessary; and what it feels like to insert your knife into someone.
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Being Mortal
Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
2024 || Paperback || Atul Gawande || Profile Books Ltd
From the international bestselling author of Better, Complications and The Checklist Manifesto and Reith Lecturer 2014, a revolutionary and emotionally searing account of death, dying and medicine.
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Building a Second Brain
A Proven Method to Organise Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential
2024 || Paperback || Tiago Forte || Profile Books Ltd
Find order, creativity and productivity with this revolutionary system
Divided
Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
2024 || Paperback || Dr Annabel Sowemimo || Profile Books Ltd
A vital, eye-opening exploration of race and health
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How AI Will Change Your Life
A Futurist's Guide to a Super-Smart World
2024 || Paperback || Patrick Dixon || Profile Books Ltd
Bestselling keynote speaker's timely take on the future with artificial intelligence
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No Bullsh*t Leadership
Why the World Needs More Everyday Leaders and Why That Leader Is You
2024 || Paperback || Chris Hirst || Profile Books Ltd
A practical guide to getting shit done, everyday: no jargon, no guff, no unworkable theories.
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The Wordhord
Daily Life in Old English
2024 || Paperback || Hana Videen || Profile Books Ltd
An entertaining collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English.
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Fear
An Alternative History of the World
2024 || Paperback || Robert Peckham || Profile Books Ltd
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history