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The Notebook
A History of Thinking on Paper: A New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year
2024 || Paperback || Roland Allen || Profile Books Ltd
Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think, and helped us change the world.
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Is Maths Real?
How Simple Questions Lead Us to Mathematics’ Deepest Truths
2024 || Paperback || Eugenia Cheng || Profile Books Ltd
One of the world's most creative mathematicians offers new ways to look at maths - focusing on questions, not answers
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Geography Is Destiny
Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History
2024 || Paperback || Ian Morris || Profile Books Ltd
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future
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Cezanne
A life
2024 || Paperback || Alex Danchev || Profile Books Ltd
Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange.
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Emperor of Rome
The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller
2024 || Paperback || Professor Mary Beard || Profile Books Ltd
A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by 'the world's most famous classicist' (Guardian)
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The Concise 48 Laws Of Power
2024 || Paperback || Robert Greene || Profile Books Ltd
Suitable for those with an interest in conquest, self-defense, wealth, power or simply being an educated spectator, this book teaches you how to cheat, dissemble, feign, fight and advance your cause in the modern world.
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The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century
Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong
2025 || Paperback || John Kay || Profile Books Ltd
A radical reappraisal of the nature and activities of business - what it is for and how it works
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The Book of Human Emotions
An Encyclopedia of Feeling from Anger to Wanderlust
2024 || Paperback || Tiffany Watt Smith || Profile Books Ltd
Now available in paperback: let Tiffany Watt Smith guide you through the history, politics, art, literature and philosophy of 156 emotions from around the world, from Iktsuarpok to Indignation.
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The Daily Stoic
366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living: Featuring new translations of Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius
2024 || Paperback || Ryan Holiday e.a. || Profile Books Ltd
Beautifully packaged daily doses of Stoic wisdom, from the author of The Obstacle is the Way.
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Perennial Seller
The Art of Making and Marketing Work that Lasts
2024 || Paperback || Ryan Holiday || Profile Books Ltd
Bestselling author and marketing strategist Ryan Holiday reveals how a classic work - a Perennial Seller - is made and marketed.