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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins
AN EPIC NOVEL SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE 1980S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS WE GO TO LIVE AND LOVE BEYOND OUR LIMITS.
In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond; mission specialists John Griffin and Lydia Danes; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe.
Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.
Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting listeners to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love – this time among the stars.
Patriot by Alexei Navalny
Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time.
Alexei Navalny’s poisoning in 2020 by the Russian security services was a global news event. In 2024 he died in a brutal Arctic prison. He began writing Patriot whilst recovering from his poisoning; it ends with his secret prison diaries.
HUSBAND: He was a beacon to millions and became the sole political threat to Vladimir Putin. This is his life in his own words: his political awakening, his marriage and beloved family, his total commitment to taking on a corrupt regime and his enduring love of Russia and its people.
PRISONER: We witness his message of hope gain nationwide support, his many arrests and harassment, and the incredible attempt on his life. We understand why he felt he had to return to Russia. In prison, we feel the power of his unbreakable spirit and sense of humour.
PATRIOT: Patriot is as dramatic as Navalny’s life – and full of the passionate belief that good and freedom will prevail. It is an astonishingly positive account of a heroic life.
Optimal: How to Sustain Excellence Ev...
Emotional intelligence is now embedded in our public discourse: an idea so pervasive and important in our work, culture, politics and society that leaders such as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, and New York City mayor Eric Adams have placed it at the heart of what they do.
Daniel Goleman's bestselling book Emotional Intelligence was the first to coin this idea and bring it to a mass audience. Now, more than a quarter of a century after it was first published, he and Rutgers professor of psychology Cary Cherniss take a fresh look at how emotional intelligence has evolved over the past few decades, reframing its importance in this definitive book.
Beginning with a dissection of what makes for individual success, Goleman and Cherniss then set out how high performance can be cultivated at every level, scaling up the concept to top team performance and outstanding organisations. Building on attributes such as self-awareness, a sense of meaning and emotional balance, high concentration and 'flow' states, they demonstrate that it is in our optimal moments that our mental clarity shines.
The Atomic Human: Understanding Ourse...
A vital perspective is missing from the discussions we're having about Artificial Intelligence: what does it mean for our identity?
Our fascination with AI stems from the perceived uniqueness of human intelligence. We believe it's what differentiates us. Fears of AI not only concern how it invades our digital lives, but also the implied threat of an intelligence that displaces us from our position at the center of the world.
Neil D. Lawrence's visionary book shows why these fears may be misplaced. Atomism, proposed by Democritus, suggested it was impossible to continue dividing matter down into ever smaller components: eventually we reach a point where a cut cannot be made (the Greek for uncuttable is 'atom'). In the same way, by slicing away at the facets of human intelligence that can be replaced by machines, AI uncovers what is left: an indivisible core that is the essence of humanity.
By contrasting our own (evolved, locked-in, embodied) intelligence with the capabilities of machine intelligence through history, The Atomic Human reveals the technical origins, capabilities and limitations of AI systems, and how they should be wielded. Not just by the experts, but ordinary people. Either AI is a tool for us, or we become a tool of AI. Understanding this will enable readers to choose the future we want.
Shattered by Hanif Kureishi
Imagine your life changing in a second: one minute you are watching the football with a beer, the next you are on the floor in a pool of blood, deprived of the use of your arms and legs. This fall renders you paralysed, robbed of your independence, entirely reliant on others for everything.
This happened to writer Hanif Kureishi on Boxing Day 2022. His account of what happened and its aftermath is a unique, riveting and frequently riotous account of a year-long odyssey home through five hospitals. From despair to hope, rage to courage, it might be the most truthful, and the funniest, medical disaster story ever written.
Distancing: How Great Leaders Reframe...
Be yourself. Be fully present. Be in the moment. This is a message we hear constantly. While this may be beneficial some of the time, the biggest obstacle to making wiser decisions that actually drive lasting success is ourselves. Being fully immersed in our own limited point of view biases our decisions toward defending our previous actions and maintaining our self-image. We need to exit our me-here-and-now self and get an outside perspective that sees us and the situation we are in objectively. We need a coach.
This book shows us how to become our own coach by using a mental technique called psychological distancing. We do this in three ways: self-distancing, spatial distancing, and temporal distancing. First, we can be someone else, inhabiting another’s perspective. This activates the neutral observer’s outside point of view. Second, we can be somewhere else. We zoom out and see ourselves from afar, as just another person who is part of a larger context. Third, we can be sometime else, imagining that we are our future selves who are thinking back to what we wish we had done today. In each case, we can coach ourselves from this distanced perspective. The result is a powerful and immediate reframe of how we see ourselves, our situation, and what we should do.
The Tesla Files: A Whistleblower, a L...
A whistleblower. A 100-GB-leak of confidential internal documents. A corporation in crisis
A riveting tale of journalistic enterprise, ethics, and the courage to follow the evidence where it leads
The 1st major work about Elon Musk and Tesla since Musk inserted himself directly into presidential politics and, through DOGE, into the lives of millions of Americans.
When an anonymous whistleblower and former Tesla employee approached Germany’s business newspaper Handelsblatt in November 2022, the newsroom was stunned. The allegations were astounding. Months of relentless investigation confirmed them to be true.
In The Tesla Files, Handelsblatt journalists Sönke Iwersen and Michael Verfürden tell the full story. Drawing on 23,000 leaked documents, 100 gigabytes of confidential data, and hundreds of interviews with employees and customers, they deliver an unprecedented look inside the world’s most secretive automaker.
This is a portrait of a company that values hype over substance, and a CEO who demands devotion while ruling through fear. It also traces Elon Musk’s ascent into the highest echelons of politics—marked by a pattern of obfuscation and manipulation.
The Little Liar: A Novel by Mitch Albom
Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is persuade his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading “north,” where new jobs and safety await. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy reassures passengers on the station platform every day.
But when the final train is loaded, Nico sees his family being herded into a boxcar. Only then does he discover that he has helped send them—and everyone he knows and loves—to their doom at Auschwitz.
Nico escapes—but he never tells the truth again.
In The Little Liar, Mitch Albom examines the human repercussions of deception by interweaving the stories of Nico, who yearns for forgiveness; his older brother, Sebastian, who vows revenge against him; Fannie, the girl who must choose between them; and Udo Graf, the Nazi officer who forever changed their lives with his lies.
Through the war years, the concentration camps, and the decades that follow, Albom reveals the consequences of each person’s honesty and dishonesty, bringing them back to where it all started in a staggering climax worthy of the best of Albom’s internationally embraced stories.
Tech-Smart Parenting by Catherine Kni...
The essential new science-backed parenting guide to building healthy boundaries around technology and social media, from the leading cyber trauma expert and child psychotherapist, Catherine Knibbs. 'A must-read for the tech-anxious generation' Pete Etchells, psychologist and author of Unlocked: The Real Science of Screen Time 'An essential, expert (and overdue) guide for any parent worried about how tech is affecting their children, but wanting to rely on science instead of paranoia' – Dean Burnett, neuroscientist and author Should we ban screens? We are asking the wrong question – this is how we really keep our kids safe online. 'How much screen time is too much?' 'Could my child become addicted to their smartphone?' 'Why does every rule I set start a battle?' Children today are growing up in a world more connected than ever before, exposing them to dangers their parents didn’t even imagine and raising questions they've never considered. But in our rush to protect them, we can do more harm than good; outright bans and rules deemed ‘unfair’ can push your child away, when what they need most of all is you. Child psychotherapist and cyber trauma expert Catherine Knibbs has helped hundreds of families work together to build healthy boundaries around technology. In this science-backed guide, Knibbs sets out what the evidence really says about the risks and where your fears may be misguided, to empower you with the answers to make the right decisions for your family. You'll discover: How screens affect every stage of childhood and where the dangers actually lie The importance of keeping your child close and onside to protect them, with scripts to help you communicate positively and set reasonable boundaries Realistic advice to keep your child safe and develop a balanced relationship with technology, within and out of the home Tips on protecting neurodivergent children and understanding how tech can help them flourish Grounded in evidence and full of relatable stories and practical tools, Tech-Smart Parenting is the essential book for any parent who wants to feel informed and confident in navigating the new digital childhood.
THE WAITING WARRIOR by Frashia Nduru
Mdunguaji by Hussein Issa
Wapiganaji kumi, wakiwemo Watanzania watatu, wanaounda kikosi maalum cha jeshi la Umoja wa Mataifa kilichotumwa kulinda amani nchini Sierra Leone, wanashambuliwa na mdunguaji aliyejificha katika msitu walikokuwamo. Sita kati yao wanauawa, mmoja baada ya mwingine, kwa kudunguliwa na mdunguaji huyo hatari. Ni Mtanzania mmoja tu ndiye anayerudi nchini akiwa hai, huku akirejesha nyumbani miili ya wapiganaji wawili waliouawa na mdunguaji huko Sierra Leone, Miaka mitatu baadaye, mpiganaji aliyeshinda vita vingi vya msituni, Baddi Gobbos, anajikuta akikabiliana na vita vingine katikati ya jiji la Dar pale anapojikuta akiwindwa na wauaji asiowajua. Je, mdunguaji wa Sierra Leone kaingia Tanzania? Wakati huo huo Baddi Gobbos anajikuta akiwa mateka aliyeshindwa katika vita vigumu kuliko vyote alivyowahi kukabiliana navyo maishani mwake... vita vya mapenzi...
Takadini by Ben Hanson
Riwaya ya kipekee inayovuta hisia, ambayo inasawiri mila na desturi huku ikijikita katika karne ya 19 nchini Zimbabwe. Japokuwa ilikuwa ni mwiko kuruhusu kuwepo kwa mazeruzeru, yaani wakipokonywa maisha yao punde wazaliwapo, mwanamke mmoja jasiri anamtoroshaTakadini, mwanawe aliye zeruzeru ili kuyanusuru maisha yake.
Lakini, hata katika nchi wanayokimbilia, jamii inavutana sana, wengi wakiamini kuwa kuwepo kwa Takadini na mama yake kungewaletea mkosi. Hata hivyo, baadhi ya wazee wanatumia busara kuupoza mgogoro huo, japokuwa kwa vikwazo vingi.
Takadini, alikuwa sope yaani zeruzeru na hatimaye alipata ulemavu, akatengwa na watoto wenzake huku wengine wakimkejeli. Katikati ya unyonge na mashaka, Takadini na mama yake wanafarijika kwa mapenzi wanayopewa na Baba Chivero, mganga mashuhuri ambaye kabla hajafa anamfundisha Takadini tiba mbalimbali. Hata Takadini anapoibuka kuwa mpigaji mbira hodari, hatimaye jamii inaanza kuvutiwa naye. Akatokea msichana akampenda, wakaoana na wakapata mtoto asiye sope. Kumbe, ulemavu wake na uzeruzeru wake, havikumzuia kuyatenda yale wafanyayo binadamu wengine.
Uchororo wa Tanzanite by Wilbard Makene
Alex, afisa usalama, anapenyezwa Wizara ya Madini kufichua kinachoendelea katika upotevu tata wa mapato ya Taifa ndani ya biashara ya madini ya Tanzanite. Anaambulia taarifa kiduchu.
Kitendawili kinabaki, ni kina nani wanahusika na biashara hii haramu kimataifa?
Kutegua kitendawili, Alex anaondolewa wizarani na kutumwa kwenye misheni ya siri. Lengo ni kufichua mtandao ili hatimaye Taifa lipate kuudhibiti Uchochoro mzima wa Tanzanite. Alex anakutana na mauaji, usaliti, visasi na ukatili kutoka kwa magenge ya wahalifu ya kimataifa.
Maji Mandiga by Mohammed Hammie
Maji ni mhimili wa maisha. Si rahisi kutambua hili kwa kina na mapana stahiki katika maisha ambayo maji yanapatikana. Katika kisa hiki, mwandishi anatufungulia dirisha la kuona msururu wa tabu na visa vya kusikitisha anavyokumbana navyo mwanamke. Hili linatokea kwa kuwa anayatafuta maji penye uhaba mkubwa, mazingira duni na kukithiri kwa mila na desturi kandamizi. Kutana na mwanamke, Mandiga, upate kufahamu maisha ambayo mwanamke katika kijiji duni cha Kiafrika anapitia.
Gamba la Nyoka by Euphrase Kezilahabi
Gamba la Nyoka ni riwaya inayosawiri mapambano kati ya dola na wananchi wa hali ya chini waliogomea utekelezaji wa mifumo ya uzalishaji mali iliyowalazimisha kuondoka katika maisha na maeneo waliyoyafahamu baada ya ukombozi. Mwandishi anaangazia namna dola ilivyotumia mabavu kupambana na wakulima wa kawaida ambao hawakukubaliana na uamuzi wa kuwahamisha kutoka katika makazi yao ya jadi na kuwapeleka katika vijiji "vilivyopangwa." Ni riwaya inayoangazia pupa za kisiasa katika kufanya uamuzi, na athari zake kwa watu wa kawaida. Unjozi wa mawanio ya kujenga mfumo mpya vijijini unaoneshwa, na hali kadhalika vikoa vya upinzani, baadhi vikiwa ndani ya makanisa na baadhi ndani ya serikali yenyewe. Mbali na uhalisia huo, riwaya inaeleza pia falsafa ya mwandishi kuhusu maisha na ubaho, kuhusu dini, imani na Mungu, na kuhusu mabadiliko na mageuzi duniani.
Mzingile by Euphrase Kezilahabi
Mzingile ni novela (riwaya fupi) ya kifalsafa na kibaadausasa iliyochapishwa kwa mara ya kwanza mwaka 1991. Riwaya hii ni pacha ya ile ya Nagona (1990). Riwaya hii inasawiri chimbuko, maendeleo, maangamizi na kuzaliwa upya kwa dunia kutokana na fujo za wanadamu.
Kakulu, mhusika kiini wa novela hii, anasemekana kuwa alizaliwa kiajabuajabu, na umbo lake na maisha yake kwa jumla yalikuwa ni ya kushangaza na kutatanisha, yakihusishwa na matukio ya ajabu na uwezo usio wa kawaida aliosadikiwa kuwa nao. Hatimaye Kakulu anajitenga na jamii na kwenda kuishi peke yake juu ya kilima, lakini watu hawamwachi kwa amani kama anavyotaka, bali wanaendelea kumfuata na kumsujudia na kumhusisha na mambo ambayo yeye anasema hahusiki nayo. Hata baada ya karne nyingi bado watu wanamwamini na kumsujudia. Kwa njia hii kisasili cha Kakulu kinaundwa na uvumi unageuka kuwa ukweli. Unapotokea msiba unaodhaniwa kumhusu, anatumwa mjumbe (Msimulizi) kwenda kumtafuta Kakulu kumwarifu juu ya msiba huo. Safari hiyo ya karne nyingi inageuka kuwa msako wa utambuzi na ufunuo, na kuishia katika amagedoni inayoifuta dunia kongwe na kuasisi dunia mpya iliyo nje ya duara la Kakulu.
Hii ni hadithi ya kifalsafa inayosaili simulizi kuu zinazotawala duniani, ikiwamo ile ya kuumbwa, kuanguka na kukombolewa kwa dunia. Riwaya hii inatuchochea kuyatazama kwa jicho jipya yale tuliyozoea kuyafikiria kuwa kweli isiyosailika, zikiwamo imani za dini, siasa na sayansi. Ni hadithi inayoifikisha riwaya ya Kiswahili katika kiwango cha juu cha tafakuri na sanaa. Inafaa kusomwa na kila binadamu anayejali asili na hatima ya ulimwengu huu na watu wake.
Kichwamaji by Euphrase Kezilahabi
Kichwamaji ni riwaya inayosawiri tabaka la vibwanyenye wasomi na warasimu, ambao elimu yao ya kimagharibi imewapumbaza na kuwakengeusha, hivyo kuwa mbali na jamii zao. Elimu hii inakuwa ni chanzo cha mgogoro mkubwa baina ya kizazi cha vijana na kizazi cha wazee. Matokeo ya ukengeufu huu ni kuangamia si tu kwa vijana wenyewe bali hata kizazi chao.
Simu ya Kifo by Faraji Katalambulla
Mzee Jacob anafariki ghafla akiwa nyumbani kwake. Uchunguzi unabajnisha kuwa amefariki kwa kuvuta sigara yenye sumu. Siku chache baadaye, binti yake, Mary anapigwa risasi. Msururu wa vifo unaendelea kutokea mbali ya kuwa inspekta Wingo anajitahidi kufuatilia kwa karibu kuweza kubaini chanzo na mhusika wa mauaji haya. Mbaya zaidi, kila kifo kinapotokea, FAMBO anampigia inspekta Wingo simu na kumtaarifu kuwa punde si punde fulani atafariki.
Je, inspekta Wingo anaweza kutegua kitendawili na kuzuia kifo kinachotazamiwa kutokea? Na je, FAMBO ni nani hadi afahamu yajayo? Na je, anahusika katika mauaji haya?
FRAMED: John Grisham’s Astonish...
John Grisham, the master of the legal thriller, teams up with Jim McCloskey, who has dedicated his life to exonerating innocent people, to uncover stories that shine an astonishing light on miscarriages of justice. All the cases in this book are simply extraordinary. And all are true.
Joe Bryan suffered the unbearable tragedy of his wife's murder, only to be tried and found guilty of the crime himself - despite being 120 miles away at the time it was committed.
Clarence Brandley spent nine years on Death Row, coming to within six days of execution, before new evidence cleared him of all charges.
And in the case of the Norfolk Four, police and prosecutors continued to arrest innocent people until not one but four men were behind bars.
Impeccably researched and told with page-turning conviction, in Framed, these cases are finally laid bare.
Most importantly, they show how truth can prevail and how freedom can be won when all seems lost.