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Neymar

Neymar (Paperback)

Updated Edition

Luca Caioli

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI AND RONALDO

Tipped for greatness from an early age, it’s easy to think
that every moment of Neymar’s life has been played out under the glare of a
spotlight.

But did you know that Real Madrid were just €60,000
away from signing him in 2006?

Or that a phone call from Pelé stopped Neymar leaving Santos for
Chelsea in 2010?

Or that his move to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 caused tension
with his new teammates?

Find out about all this and more in Luca Caioli’s tirelessly
researched biography, featuring exclusive interviews with those who know him
best, including friends, family, coaches and teammates.

Includes all the action from the 2017/18
season and the 2018 World Cup



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Luca Caioli is the
bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappé. A
renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY
Italia and Corriere della Sera.


ABOUT THIS BOOK

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ISBN: 9781785784286

Price: 7.99 GBP

Pages: 240

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Sport

Series: Luca Caioli

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Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo

Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo (Paperback)

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Luca Caioli

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI , RONALDO AND
NEYMAR

The world’s greatest players, head to head.

Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo have
risen from humble beginnings in Argentina, Brazil and Portugal to rank among
the most exciting talents football has ever seen.

Now, Luca Caioli, author of bestselling individual
biographies of each player, asks: ‘Who is the greatest’?

Comparing their contrasting styles, stories, records and
awards, he gives you everything you need to decide who comes out top.

With exclusive insights from their friends, families,
teammates and managers, Caioli presents a unique insight into what makes a
modern player not just successful, but truly great.

Includes all the action from the 2017/18 season and the 2018
World Cup



Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappé. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera


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ISBN: 9781785784323

Price: 7.99 GBP

Pages: 224

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Sport

Series: Luca Caioli

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Messi

Messi (Paperback)

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Luca Caioli

FROM THE
BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RONALDO AND NEYMAR

Prolific, cool-headed and unerringly consistent, Lionel
Messi is one of the most revered footballers in history.

But did you know that his transfer to Barcelona was first
agreed on a paper napkin?

Or that an x-ray of his hand was to thank for identifying
his growth hormone deficiency?

And do you know why he refused to collect his first ever
Champions League winner’s medal?

Find out all this and more in Luca Caioli’s classic portrait
of a footballing icon, featuring exclusive interviews with those who know him
best and even Messi himself.

Includes all the action from the 2017/18
season and the 2018 World Cup



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Luca Caioli is the
bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Mbappé. A
renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY
Italia and Corriere della Sera.


ABOUT THIS BOOK

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ISBN: 9781785784200

Price: 7.99 GBP

Pages: 288

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Sport

Series: Luca Caioli

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The Frighteners

The Frighteners (Paperback)

Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore

Peter Laws

The Frighteners follows the quest of Peter Laws, a Baptist minister with a penchant for the macabre, to understand why so many people love things that are spooky, morbid and downright repellent. He meets vampires, hunts werewolves in Hull, talks to a man who has slept on a mortuary slab to help him deal with a diagnosis, and is chased by a chainsaw-wielding maniac through a farmhouse full of hanging bodies.

Staring into the darkness of a Transylvanian night, he asks: What is it that makes millions of people seek to be disgusted and freaked out? And, in a world that worships rationality and points an accusing finger at violent video games and gruesome films, can an interest in horror culture actually give us safe ways to confront our mortality? Might it even have power to re-enchant our jaded world?


Grab your crucifixes, pack the silver bullets, and join the Sinister Minister on his romp into our morbid curiosities.



Peter Laws is the author of crime fiction novels Purged and Unleashed (Allison & Busby, 2017) and is an ordained Baptist Minister. He writes a monthly horror movie column for the Fortean Times and hosts the popular podcast/YouTube show The Flicks That Church Forgot, exploring the deeper and sometimes spiritual themes of morbid culture. He is a regular public speaker and lives in Bedfordshire with his wife and two young children.


‘Phrases like page-turner and tour-de-force are slapped on any old tome these days, but in this case, it is fully deserved. Truly the Bill Bryson of the horror think-piece, in literary terms, the highest honour this writer can bestow upon another.’ 9/10Luke Spafford, Starburst
‘A paradoxically jolly book about our fascination with horror’Daily Mail

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ISBN: 9781785783968

Price: 10.99 GBP

Pages: 320

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Psychology, Social & Cultural History

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Frankenstein’s Brain

Frankenstein’s Brain (Hardback)

Puzzles and Conundrums in Mary Shelley’s Monstrous Masterpiece

Jon Sutherland

200 years on from the first publication of Frankenstein, John Sutherland delves into the deepest, darkest corners of Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece to see what strange and terrifying secrets lie within. 

Is Victor Frankenstein a member of the Illuminati? Was Mary Shelley really inspired by spaghetti? Whoever heard of a vegan monster?

Exploring the lesser-known byways of both the original tale and its myriad film and pop culture spinoffs, from the bolts on Boris Karloff’s neck to the role of Igor in Young Frankenstein, Frankenstein’s Brain is a fascinating journey behind the scenes of this seminal work of literature and imagination. 

 Includes a unique digest by the Guardian’s John Crace.



John Sutherland is Lord Northcliffe Professor Emeritus at University College London and an eminent scholar in the field of Victorian fiction, author of many works including The Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction. He has also written the bestselling popular titles Is Heathcliff a Murderer?, Can Jane Eyre be Happy?, and Who is Dracula’s Father?, all published by Icon.


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ISBN: 9781785784088

Price: 9.99 GBP

Pages: 208

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Literature & Language

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CERN and the Higgs Boson

CERN and the Higgs Boson (Paperback)

The Global Quest for the Building Blocks of Reality

James Gillies

The Higgs boson is the rock star of fundamental particles, catapulting CERN, the laboratory where it was found, into the global spotlight. But what is it, why does it matter, and what exactly is CERN?

In the late 1940s, a handful of visionaries were working to steer Europe towards a more peaceful future through science, and CERN, the European particle physics laboratory, was duly born. James Gillies tells the gripping story of particle physics, from the original atomists of ancient Greece, through the people who made the crucial breakthroughs, to CERN itself, one of the most ambitious scientific undertakings of our time, and its eventual confirmation of the Higgs boson.

Weaving together the scientific and political stories of CERN’s development, the book reveals how particle physics has evolved from being the realm of solitary genius to a global field of human endeavour, with CERN’s Large Hadron Collider as its frontier research tool.



James Gillies is a member of the Strategic Planning and Evaluation unit at CERN. He was Head of the Organization’s communications group from 2003 to 2015, and is co-author of How the Web was Born, a history of the Internet published in 2000 and described by the Times as being among the year’s ten best books for inquisitive minds.


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ISBN: 9781785783920

Price: 10.99 GBP

Pages: 176

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Popular Science & Mathematics

Series: Hot Science

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30-Second Elements

30-Second Elements (Paperback)

The 50 most significant elements, each explained in half a minute

Eric Scerri

When was radium discovered? Who are Dmitri Mendeleev and Glenn T. Seaborg? Who discovered uranium’s radioactivity? Which element is useful for dating the age of Earth? And why doesn’t gold have a scientific name?

30-Second Elements presents you with the very foundations of chemical knowledge, explaining concisely the 50 most significant chemical elements. 

This book uses helpful glossaries and tables to fast track your knowledge of the other 68 elements and the relationships between all of them.



Dr. Eric Scerri is a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA. Dr. Scerri is a chemist and leading philosopher of science specialising in the history and philosophy of the periodic table.


Have it on your bedside table, take an element a day … captivating insights into the world of chemistry and its applications.Chemistry World
An excellent quick read and reference source for anyone interested in science and its history in general, chemistry, and the elements.Chemistry & Industry

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ISBN: 9781785784149

Price: 9.99 GBP

Pages: 160

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Popular Science & Mathematics

Series: 30-Second

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101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your Day

101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your Day (Hardback)

Ailbhe Malone

This book believes that you're worth looking after  even when you don't. 

101 Tiny Changes to Brighten Your Day is a friendly book of tips on how to look after yourself and your mental health, in an age where we too often forget to pause and take a breath. 

For anyone with anxiety issues, those who struggle to prioritise their own mental health over catching up on emails and social media, or those looking for a bit of encouragement, these small tips will help you shine again. 

With small actions, you can make a big improvement to your well-being – whether it’s making your phone a source of positivity instead of stress, engaging in habits that make you feel healthier and more positive, or preparing for darker days. 

Ailbhe Malone’s simple tips combine with witty illustrations from Naoise Dolan to create a resource you’ll dip into whenever you need a helping hand.
A totem for your bedside table, backpack, or to give to a friend in need, this book believes that you’re worth looking after, even when you don’t.



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Ailbhe Malone
is Senior Editor at The Strategist UK. She was previously Lifestyle Editor at BuzzFeed UK and a founding member of the UK team. She has featured as an industry expert on BBC’s The Apprentice and for Phaidon’s Where to Eat Pizza (2016), and has worked for Nylon (US), the Guardian (UK), Heat and Wired.


This book is so delightful – it does what it says on the tin and makes suggestions for tiny changes you can make to help you feel a bit better.Cate Sevilla
Putting yourself first sometimes can be hard, but that's where this handy book of self care tips come in. Small changes can make a big difference, and whether you need some help making your phone work for you, or want a quick thing you can do to feel a little better, this is the perfect pocket-sized guide to help you.BuzzFeed, ‘27 Books for Everyone on Your Christmas List This Year’
A brilliant book that would incidentally make a fantastic Christmas presentMore Than Toast, ‘Christmas Gift Guide: What To Buy the Impossible Woman’

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Price: 9.99 GBP

Pages: 176

Publication date: 04/10/2018

Category: Self Help & Family Health

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30-Second Evolution

30-Second Evolution (Paperback)

The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

Mark Fellowes

Nicholas Battey

Adapt or die: it’s nature’s most famous imperative. But how does evolution actually happen? It’s too slow to see, but it’s going on all around you, all the time. Even if you’re on top of the key terms – variation? Natural selection? Parent-offspring conflict? – you still need some context to put them in. 

From populations to speciation and polymorphism to evolutionary psychology, here’s the one-stop source for all you need to know. 

Evolution unlocks the laboratory of life, dissecting it into the 50 most significant topics that provide the missing links to understand the natural world’s four-billion-year ancestry and the process of natural selection in which species either adapt in myriad ways – mutation, ingenuity, and intelligence – to meet the challenges of a changing environment, or die. Unravel the development of living organisms, at micro and macro level – from genes to geniuses.



Mark Fellowes is Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Nicholas Battey is Head of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Reading, England. 

Together, their expertise spans the diversity of their subject: Professor Battey’s background is in cells, genes, and plants; Professor Fellowes’s is in ecology, evolution, animals, and the interactions between species.


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ISBN: 9781785784132

Price: 9.99 GBP

Pages: 160

Publication date: 11/10/2018

Category: Popular Science & Mathematics

Series: 30-Second

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A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Success

A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Success (Paperback)

Reach Your Goals & Enjoy the Journey

Alison Price

David Price

Identify your dreams. Achieve your goals. Enjoy the process. 

A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Success will help you to identify your personal vision of success, building goals around what you really want and what you have the potential to achieve.

With the benefit of expert insights, real-life case studies and powerful techniques, you’ll build day-to-day strategies to help define your goals, overcome obstacles and reach your full potential – whether it’s making a personal change, achieving a sporting goal, or putting a business plan into practice.



Alison Price is a Chartered Psychologist and Occupational Psychologist, inspirational keynote speaker and an international consultant. She lectures at Kingston University, London, and comments within the media on business psychology.

David Price is an experienced senior manager qualified in management, consulting and coaching. He is a member of the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Together they are The Success Agents.


‘An excellent book giving a wide range of scientifically proven success techniques in a compact format. Highly readable and could change your life.’Patrick Jordan, Business Psychologist and Honorary Professor at University College, London
‘A Practical Guide to the Psychology of Success does exactly what it says on the cover: on every page there are practical guides for real life. I love being able to dive in and find useful and interesting tips to help me each day. A brilliant, brilliant book.’Ben Hunt-Davis MBE, Olympic Champion Men’s Rowing 8+

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ISBN: 9781785783890

Price: 7.99 GBP

Pages: 224

Publication date: 01/11/2018

Category: Psychology

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A Practical Guide to Sex

A Practical Guide to Sex (Paperback)

Finally, Helpful Sex Advice!

Dr Meg-John Barker

Justin Hancock Meg-John Barker

Not your typical sex advice guide…

This friendly guide takes a radical approach: it puts your experience at the heart of the book, and invites you to explore what might be enjoyable to you.

Written in an engaging and thoughtful style, it challenges the messages we receive about ‘normal’ sex; looks at how to understand and care for yourself; delves into ideas of pleasure for different bodies, ages and tastes; explores relationships; and tackles the tricky topics of communication and consent.

So, throw out the rule book and learn to listen to your own desires.



Dr Meg-John Barker is a writer, therapist and activist-academic
specialising in sex, gender and relationships. A senior lecturer in
psychology at the Open University and a UKCP accredited psychotherapist,
Meg-John is also the author of Rewriting the Rules (Routledge, 2018)
and Queer: A Graphic History (Icon, 2016).


Justin Hancock
is a sex
and relationships educator working with young people and adults since
1999. His website BISHuk.com is one of the leading sex and relationships
advice websites for over-14s and is sponsored by Durex UK. Justin is
also involved in running Gender & Sexuality Talks and is a trustee
of Sexpression.

The authors' website, megjohnandjustin.com features additional resources about sex, including podcasts and zines.


‘Aims to provide the kind of practical sex advice you'd never find in Cosmo.’Frankie Mullin, VICE
‘An inclusive guide to "doing it", whatever your body type or sexuality … Shines a light on bodies and our relationships with ourselves and others, while plugging the gap in sex education to include non-heterosexual relationships by moving beyond PIV, or penis-in-vagina, sex.’Independent

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Publication date: 01/11/2018

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A Practical Guide to Positive Psychology

A Practical Guide to Positive Psychology (Paperback)

Achieve Lasting Happiness

Bridget Grenville-Cleave

Start looking on the bright side.

With expert encouragement and guidance, you will set out your own positive psychology experiment to discover your strengths, overcome negative attitudes, focus on what gives you purpose, and take control of your life choices.

From savouring positive emotions to building better relationships and developing resilience, you will gain the tools to boost your mental and physical well-being and to find fulfilment in everyday life. This is the perfect concise start to making your life better.



Bridget Grenville-Cleave is a qualified positive psychologist and a founder member of the International Positive Psychology Association. She specializes in applying positive psychology through training, consulting and coaching.


The best "how-to" of positive psychology'Dr Ilona Boniwell, world leader in the field of positive psychology

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Publication date: 01/11/2018

Category: Business & Economics, Psychology

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A Practical Guide to NLP

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Turn Negatives into Positives

Neil Shah

Remap your path to success with effective motivational techniques.

Learn to use the psychological techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP) to ‘reprogram’ your brain –replacing the negative attitudes that hold you back with positive thought patterns that will enable you to be more effective, confident and successful.

In just under twenty simple steps, Neil Shah shows you how to use NLP to develop new habits of behaviour and thought that will help you succeed in all areas of life, from influencing others and understanding how they influence you, to achieving your goals, to managing stress.



Neil Shah is a licensed practitioner of NLP, stress management consultant, success coach and motivational speaker. He is the founder and director of the Stress Management Society and MD of Praesto Training and Development.


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A Practical Guide to Negotiation

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Create Winning Agreements

Gavin Presman

Collaborate to get better agreements for everyone.

Negotiation doesn't have to be a fight to get what you want at the expense of the other side. In fact, you'll create better deals and better relationships through collaboration.

Gavin Presman's ethical and mutually-beneficial approach shows you how to prepare for and engage in every negotiation – whether you're drawing up a contract with a client, buying a house or settling family disagreements.

With step-by-step guidance, checklists and amusing and relatable examples, this guide will improve the negotiating skills of any reader, enhancing personal and professional relationships in the process.



Gavin Presman delivers negotiation, sales and influence training with his company, Inspire, and at the How To Academy in London. He is a master practitioner of NLP, the European lead trainer for Microsoft's Catalyst programme, and the chair of governors at Eden Primary – a free school he helped found.


‘I particularly like the practical advice and step-by-step guides to applying this strategy in all areas of your life where you need to seek agreement. If there is one book about negotiation I can thoroughly recommend you have on your shelf, it’s this one.’Kathleen Saxton, Founder and CEO, The Lighthouse Company
‘Gavin’s is a special gift. If this is your first exposure to his talent, you are in for a treat.’Marc Nohr, CEO, Fold7, former FT Columnist and Founder of Kitcatt Nohr
‘A brilliantly stimulating reminder of how a handful of simple techniques can transform what we achieve when properly prepared. Gavin has created the go-to book for everyone.’Bruce Daisley, VP Europe, Twitter
‘An honest, practical and enjoyable guide to the art of negotiation. I would recommend A Practical Guide to Negotiation to any salesperson, buyer or manager in any field.’Mike Morton, Leadership and Influence Trainer
‘Gavin’s book is transformational because it provides the solid steps needed for effective negotiation in a simple format that allows people to use it.’Steven Fine, Master Practitioner, Lumina Learning
‘I recommend that everyone in my team reads this book; if you want your teams to be more successful, I suggest you recommend that they read it too.’Naren Patel, CEO, Primesight

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Pages: 240

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Category: Business & Economics, Self Help & Family Health

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A Practical Guide to Building Self-Esteem

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Accept, Value and Empower Yourself

David Bonham-Carter

Believe in yourself and feel better.

Achieve a realistic and positive view of yourself and live a happier and more successful life with these easy-to-follow techniques from CBT and related disciplines.

A positive self-image can help you to improve your relationships and focus on what matters to you, whether that's dealing with feelings of inadequacy, exploring your creativity, or improving physical fitness.

Based on psychological assessments and practical journaling exercises, A Practical Guide to Building Self-Esteem enables you to uncover your needs, preferences and concerns, and to move away from whatever is holding you back.



David Bonham-Carter is an experienced life coach and self-help author, specializing in the application of psychological methods for achieving self-improvement, behavioural change and emotional well-being. He is also the author of A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO ASSERTIVENESS.


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Pages: 288

Publication date: 01/11/2018

Category: Business & Economics

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A Practical Guide to Body Language

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Read & Send the Right Signals

Glenn Wilson

Let your body do the talking.

Whether we're aware of it, or not, our bodies say a lot about us and how we're feeling. From interviews to dates, the boardroom to the stage, being aware of the non-verbal signals you, and others, send can have a huge impact on your relationships and success in life – for better or worse.

Full of real-world and pop-cultural examples, practical tips and strategies, and underpinned by principles from psychological and social experiments, you'll learn how to 'read' the body language of others, and how to project the right signals, so you can put your best face, and body, forwards.



Glenn Wilson is a Consultant Psychologist in London and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Previously he was Professor of Psychology at Gresham College, London. He specialises in personality, interpersonal attraction and reading body language.


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Publication date: 01/11/2018

Category: Business & Economics

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30-Second Twentieth Century

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The 50 most significant ideas and events, each explained in half a minute

Jonathan T. Reynolds

You probably know, or think you know, quite a bit about what happened in the 20th century – chances are, if you’re reading this, you lived through at least some of it – and you may have referenced the Cuban Missile Crisis, the double helix, or the Wall Street Crash in conversation. But even for people who were there, it was the fastest-moving hundred years in history, so refresh your memory with these pacey profiles on everything from Sputnik to Stonewall.

30-Second Twentieth Century presents a unique approach to modern history, condensing 100 years of innovation and art, politics and conflict, triumph and disaster, into 50 graphic snapshots that offer an instant appreciation of the way the world revolves and evolves. 

Consider which events define a period of history and why. From the Red Army to Black Monday, from Woodstock to the World Wide Web, this is the fastest way to travel in time.



Editor Jonathan T. Reynolds is Professor of History at Northern Kentucky University, USA. He is a Fulbright Scholar, and has received the Aggrey Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Milburn Outstanding Professor Award. He is the author of several books, including Africa in World History (with Erik Gilbert) and Sovereignty and Struggle: Africa and Africans in the Era of the Cold War. He teaches courses in African History, History of Imperialism, World History, the History of Food and Historical Methodology.


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Pages: 160

Publication date: 01/11/2018

Category: General History

Series: 30-Second

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Messi vs Ronaldo

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Updated Edition

Luca Caioli

FROM
THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MBAPPÉ AND MESSI, NEYMAR,
RONALDO

For years, a personal battle has defined top-level European
football – Messi vs Ronaldo. A rivalry like no other
.

Since they were first pitted against each other in 2007, the
two men’s domination of the record books has been unparalleled. They continue
to divide opinion but one thing is beyond doubt: this is football’s greatest
ever head-to-head.

Luca Caioli draws on the exclusive testimonies of managers,
teammates, friends and family to tell the inside story of this momentous
rivalry.

Includes all the action from the 2017/18
season and the 2018 World Cup



Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.


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Pages: 224

Publication date: 06/12/2018

Category: Sport

Series: Luca Caioli

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Football Beyond Borders Quiz Book

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Football Beyond Borders

From heat maps and possession stats to players’ pre-match superstitions and the nationality of their grandparents, there is almost nothing that goes unrecorded or unreported in football these days. But with so much information at hand, it can often be hard to make sense of it all.

With the tools of the trade revealed in this book, you will be soon be outsmarting the likes of Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville, cutting through media bluster and misleading stats to read the game like a pro!

Packed with stats, trivia and real-life match data – designed to dovetail seamlessly with the national curriculum – this accessible quiz book will open up readers’ most feared school subjects through the prism of their favourite sport.



Football Beyond Borders is an education charity which uses football as an engagement tool to provide young people with the opportunity to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential. Through their football themed literacy curriculum, FBB puts a young person’s passion for football at the heart of their education.


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Pages: 208

Publication date: 02/01/2019

Category: Sport

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Surveillance Valley

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The Secret Military History of the Internet

Yasha Levine

** Featured as a Guardian Long Read **

'[A] fast-paced, myth busting exposé' Max Blumenthal, author of The Management of Savagery

'Contentious… forceful… salutary' The New Yorker

EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC NATURE OF THE INTERNET IS A MARKETING PLOY.

As the Cambridge Analytica scandal has shown, private corporations consider it their right to use our data (and by extension, us) which ever way they see fit. Tempted by their appealing organisational and diagnostic tools, we have allowed private internet corporations access to the most intimate corners of our lives.

But the internet was developed, from the outset, as a weapon.

Looking at the hidden origins of many internet corporations and platforms, Levine shows that this is a function, not a bug of the online experience.

Conceived as a surveillance tool by ARPA to control insurgents in the Vietnam War, the internet is now essential to our lives. This book investigates the troubling and unavoidable truth of its history and the unfathomable power of the corporations who now more or less own it.

Without this book, your picture of contemporary society will be missing an essential piece of the puzzle.

'A masterful job of research and reporting about the military origins of the 'world wide web' and how its essential nature has not changed in the years since its creation during the Cold War.' – Tim Shorrock, author of Spies For Hire



Yasha Levine is an investigative journalist and author.

Born in Leningrad, he grew up in San Francisco and now lives in New York. He has reported from all over the world. See more of his work at yashalevine.com


Contentious… forceful… salutaryThe New Yorker
'Surveillance Valley is perhaps one of the most deeply disturbing books of the year. It leaves no illusions intact …'Scroll.in
Gripping and hugely readable, Surveillance Valley is an essential book which painstakingly pieces together the complex origins, and current role, of a technology that has become so ingrained in our livesAll About History

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Pages: 384

Publication date: 03/01/2019

Category: Current Affairs & Politics

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