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Almost half of the developed population has an internet-based addiction. In some ways this is not surprising, as our world is filled with addictive experiences: from social media and messaging, to rolling news and video streaming. Attention spans are decreasing as our time spent glued to our screens are increasing, negatively affecting our ability to relax, sleep, develop relationships and achieve meaningful goals. Psychologist Adam Alter provides insight into why explains the science behind why we can't seem to stop such behaviour and offers practical advice for using technology differently, in order to lead a happier life, and to set yourself free

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify • Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in the mirror, and how we handle the outside world in our daily conversations and encounters. It has influenced our morals and social mores; it has transformed our attitudes towards race and gender, religion and politics • From the beginning of recording, when a musical performance could be preserved for the first time, to the digital age, when all of recorded music is only a mouse-click away; from the straitlaced ballads of the Victorian era and the ‘coon songs’ that shocked America in the early twentieth century to gangsta rap, death metal and the multiple strands of modern dance music: Peter Doggett takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the history of music

If the world as we know it ended tomorrow, how would you survive? • A nuclear war, viral pandemic or asteroid strike. The world as we know it has ended. You and the other survivors must start again. What knowledge would you need to start rebuilding civilisation from scratch? • How do you grow food, generate power, prepare medicines, or get metal out of rocks? Could you avert another Dark Ages, or take shortcuts to accelerate redevelopment? Living in the modern world, we have become disconnected from the basic processes and key fundamentals of science that sustain our lives • Ingenious and groundbreaking, The Knowledge explains everything you need to know about everything, revolutionising your understanding of the world

Jennifer Doudna, the world-famous scientist behind CRISPR, 'one of the most monumental discoveries in biology' (New York Times), describes its power to reshape the future of all life and warns of its use • A handful of discoveries have changed the course of human history. This book is about the most recent and potentially the most powerful and dangerous of them all • It is an invention that allows us to rewrite the genetic code that shapes and controls all living beings with astonishing accuracy and ease. Thanks to it, the dreams of genetic manipulation have become a stark reality: the power to cure disease and alleviate suffering, to create new sources of food and energy, as well as to re-design any species, including humans, for our own ends

Too often we take for granted and neglect our libraries, parks, markets, schools, playgrounds, gardens and communal spaces, but decades of research now shows that these places can have an extraordinary effect on our personal and collective wellbeing. Why? Because wherever people cross paths and linger, wherever we gather informally, strike up a conversation and get to know one another, relationships blossom and communities emerge – and where communities are strong, people are safer and healthier, crime drops and commerce thrives, and peace, tolerance and stability take root • Through uplifting human stories and an illuminating tour through the science of social connection, Palaces for the People shows that properly designing and maintaining this ‘social infrastructure’ might be our single best strategy for a more equal and united society

A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time • A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time

Time Regained begins in the bleak and uncertain years of World War I. Years later, after the war's end, Proust's narrator returns to Paris and reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life • This edition includes the indispensable A Guide to Proust, compiled by Terence Kilmartin and revised by Joanna Kilmartin

Прошлое - это чужая страна. Эта книга - ваш путеводитель • Если бы вы могли отправиться в прошлое, период с 1660 по 1700 год стал бы одним из самых захватывающих мест в истории. Это эпоха Сэмюэля Пеписа и Великого Лондонского пожара; непристойной комедии и распутного двора Карла II. Гражданские войны закончились, и началась великолепная новая эра • Но каково было бы на самом деле жить в Британии времен Реставрации? Где бы вы остановились и что бы ели? Сколько бы вам пришлось заплатить за один из этих замысловатых париков? Стоит ли доверять врачу, который советует вам пить свежую коровью мочу, чтобы вылечить вашу подагру? Почему мальчиков заставляют курить в школе? И почему вы вряд ли добьетесь справедливого судебного разбирательства в суде? • "Путеводитель путешественника во времени по Британии времен реставрации

Когда Дик и Доротея прибывают в Норфолкские Броды, готовые провести блаженное лето на реке, они застают своих друзей Смерть и Славу в очень плохом положении. Обвиненные в пуске лодок по течению, саботаже и краже, мальчики находятся под подозрением у всех на реке. А тем временем настоящие преступники все еще находятся на свободе. У нас нет другого выбора, кроме как сформировать команду по борьбе с преступностью - "Большую шестерку". Поскольку улики против них накапливаются, смогут ли они разгадать тайну и поймать в ловушку настоящих преступников? • Книга Артура Рэнсома "Большая шестерка" включает эксклюзивный материал: в разделе "Предыстория" узнайте о птицах, лодках и рыбах и испытайте свои собственные детективные навыки! • Книга на английском языке

Откройте для себя эпоху Уильяма Шекспира и Елизаветы I проницательным, информативным и веселым взглядом Яна Мортимера • Мы думаем о правлении королевы Елизаветы I (1558-1603) как о золотом веке. Но каково было на самом деле жить в Елизаветинской Англии? Если бы вы могли отправиться в прошлое и пройтись по улицам Лондона 1590-х годов,где бы вы остановились? Что бы вы съели? Что бы ты надела? Было бы у вас действительно ощущение, что это была славная эпоха? И если да, то как эта слава соотносилась бы с бродягами, болезнями,насилием,сексизмом и голодом того времени? • В этой книге Иэн Мортимер рассказывает о стране, в которой средняя продолжительность жизни составляет чуть более тридцати лет,люди по-прежнему умирают от голода, а католиков преследуют за их веру

How have feelings come to shape the world around us? Why has politics become so fractious and warlike? What might the future hold? • In this bold and compelling exploration of our new political reality, William Davies reveals how feelings have come to reshape our world. Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology and economics, Nervous States is an essential guide to the turbulent times we are living through

A revelatory, behind-the-scenes account of the Obama presidency and a political memoir about the power of words to change our world • This is a book about two people making the most important decisions in the world. One is Barack Obama. The other is Ben Rhodes • A young writer and Washington outsider, Rhodes was plucked from obscurity aged 29. For nearly ten years, he was at the centre of the Obama Administration – first as a speech-writer, then a policy maker, and finally a close collaborator • Here, Rhodes tells the full story of his partnership – and, ultimately, friendship – with a historic president. From the early days of the Obama campaign to the final hours in the Oval Office, he puts us in the room at the most tense and poignant moments in recent history