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‘Anyone seriously interested in who we are and how we function should read this book.’
Posted on 2011/08/22 in General, tagged as
Nessa Carey’s The Epigenetics Revolution, published early next month, was reviewed in the Guardian on Saturday. Peter Forbes’ review is the first the book’s had and it’s an excellent summary as well as a ringing endorsement. The full review is here and there’s more about the book here.
Mark Forsyth – author of The Etymologicon – interviewed in the Bookseller
Posted on 2011/08/19 in General, tagged as
Mark Forsyth, whose book The Etymologicon is one of Icon’s highlights for the Christmas season this year, is interviewed in publishing trade magazine the Bookseller today. His book explores the hidden connections between words in the English language, and springs from his blog, The Inky Fool. ‘”It’s the silliness of the English language that drives me and makes me laugh,” Forsyth explains with enthusiasm. “You look up a word like ‘kiosk’ and you… Read more »
Economyths #1 in Amazon Kindle’s Economics section!
Posted on 2011/08/18 in General, tagged as
Amidst recent talk of a possible ‘double-dip recession’, disparaging headlines such as this from today’s BBC News are far from unusual: ‘Shares fall across Europe as confidences drops’. Perhaps this is part of the reason why David Orrell’s Economyths currently ranks at #1 in the Economics category of Amazon’s Kindle Store. Economyths proposes that among the many casualties of the recession has been the credibility of economics, which for decades… Read more »
Review of The Happiness Equation sparks debate in the US
Posted on 2011/08/17 in General, tagged as
The Happiness Equation is kicking up a bit of controversy following this review in the Wall Street Journal, entitled ‘Lessons from Cloud 9’. Bryan Caplan takes issue with Powdthavee’s argument that the best way to improve happiness is to redress large income differences between rich and poor. Caplan ends by encouraging those who would address such inequalities of income to ‘cheer up!’ and be ‘grateful for what you have’. His review has provoked a… Read more »
Inflight Science reviewed in the Wall Street Journal!
Posted on 2011/08/16 in General, tagged as
Last Saturday Brian Clegg’s Inflight Science received an excellent review from the prestigious Wall Street Journal. Peter Pesic writes that ‘from the first steps into the terminal, Mr. Clegg points out scientific wonders’, and ‘leaves his readers improved for the journey and filled with a renewed sense of curiosity toward the wonders out their window.’ Presic concludes that ‘Mr. Clegg’s treatment has the best qualities of economy-class travel: It… Read more »
Join the Club and the London riots clean-up
Posted on 2011/08/15 in General, tagged as
Two of Icon’s books have become even more topical in light of recent events. The Jilted Generation of disadvantaged and disenchanted youths, which Ed Miliband warned of in May 2011, flexed its muscles in the scourge of riots which swept the country over the past week. Yet the mob mentality which fuelled the riots found its counterpoint in the collective clean-up operation which roused the country in its aftermath. Tina Rosenberg’s new book, Join… Read more »
Practical Guides in ebooks.com newsletter!
Posted on 2011/08/10 in General, tagged as
The lovely people at ebooks.com have featured Psychology of Success from Icon’s new Practical Guides series in their latest newsletter: Our new Practical Guides series are available to buy in both epub and PDf format: Introducing Psychology of Success: A Practical Guide Introducing Child Psychology: A Practical Guide Introducing CBT: A Practical Guide Introducing Sport Psychology: A Practical Guide Introducing Neurolinguistic Programming:… Read more »
New Introducing website launches!
Posted on 2011/08/04 in General, tagged as
Icon’s brand-new sister series to our famous Introducing Graphic Guides, the Introducing Practical Guides are published today! And to coincide with that happy occasion we’re excited to announce the launch of the new Introducing website which incorporates the new series. Introducingbooks.com features all of the essential details about all the books in the two branches of the series and much more. In particular, we are also launching an offer today… Read more »
Delusions of Gender shortlisted for The Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
Posted on 2011/07/26 in General, tagged as
Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender has been shortlisted in the Non-Fiction category for this prestigious Australian award. As the award website says, the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards were inaugurated by The Hon. John Cain, Premier of Victoria in 1985, to mark the centenary of the births of Vance and Nettie Palmer and to honour and reward literary achievement by Australian writers. The full shortlist is here and the winner is announced on… Read more »
James Hannam reviews Manjit Kumar
Posted on 2011/07/22 in General, tagged as
Isn’t it nice when two of your friends become friends themselves? Well, here’s a Icon Books version of that happy tale as James Hannam, author of the Royal Society Prize-shortlisted God’s Philosophers reviews Manjit Kumar’s BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-shortlisted Quantum on his blog. They’d get on famously in real life, it seems. Quantum ‘is a difficult project triumphantly accomplished.’ James writes on his blog. ‘In popular history of science, the… Read more »
