How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
By: David Omand
3.67
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
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1. Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
By: Richard P. Rumelt
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Unknown Binding
Clears out the mumbo jumbo and muddled thinking underlying too many strategies and provides a clear… read more
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2. Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction
By: Philip E. Tetlock , Dan Gardner
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Bestseller An EconomistBest Book of 2015 "The most important book on decision maki… read more
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3. Against the Odds: An Autobiography
By: James Dyson
3.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
The maverick inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner recounts how he succeeded against the odds to b… read more
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4. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't
By: Nate Silver
3.75
Format: None pages,
Nate Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 elec… read more
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5. The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the Transition to the Information Age
By: James Dale Davidson , William Rees-Mogg
4.05
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two renowned investment advisors and authors of the bestseller The Great Reckoningbring to light bo… read more
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6. Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
By: Brian Klaas
4.13
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
Want to know what chaos theory can teach us about human events? In the perspective-altering traditi… read more
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7. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
8. Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
By: Herman Pontzer
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost researchers in human metabolism reveals surprising new science behind food and … read more
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"..incompetent people are so annoying: their very incompetence blinds them to how incompetent they are." (or as Darwin said, "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge") - both o…"-Herman Pontzer, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy
9. Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us
By: Brian Klaas
4.17
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A look at what power is, who gets it, and what happens when they do, based on over 500 interviews w… read more
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10. How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn't
By: Ian Dunt
4.45
Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition
THE NO.2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWhy do some prime ministers manage to get things done, while others… read more
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11. Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History Of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, And Assassins
By: Annie Jacobsen
4.30
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored ass… read more
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12. Life Time
By: Russell Foster
3.96
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **GIVE THEM THE GIFT OF A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP WITH THIS GUIDE TO THE … read more
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"What makes a good scientist is the speed at which preconceptions are abandoned in the face of new knowledge"-Russell Foster, Life Time
"In the 4th century BC, Plato argued that we are able to see because light emitted from the eye and that this light seizes objects with it's rays. This was the "extramission" theory of vision, and as …"-Russell Foster, Life Time
13. Limitless: The Autobiography
By: Tim Peake
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Unknown Binding
The thrilling autobiography of the astronaut who inspired a generation The #1 bestselling author… read more
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14. Family Politics
By: John O'Farrell
3.72
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
All across Britain, a generation of grown-up children are graduating from university, moving back i… read more
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15. Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well
By: Amy C. Edmondson
3.95
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A revolutionary guide that will transform your relationship with failure, from the pioneering resea… read more
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16. We Are Bellingcat: Global Crime, Online Sleuths, and the Bold Future of News
By: Eliot Higgins
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The page-turning inside account of the organization solving international mysteries and wielding th… read more
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17. Invention and Innovation: A Brief History of Hype and Failure
By: Vaclav Smil
3.87
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times -bestselling author, a new volume on the history of human ingenuity—and its… read more
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18. Chums: How A Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over The UK
By: Simon Kuper
3.98
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, David Cameron, George Osborne, Theresa May, Dominic Cummings, Daniel H… read more
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19. Spoon-Fed: Why Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About Food is Wrong
By: Tim Spector
4.04
Format: 288 pages, ebook
In the course of research, Tim Spector has been shocked to discover how little scientific evidence … read more
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20. How to Get Paid for What You Know: Turning Your Knowledge, Passion, and Experience into an Online Income Stream in Your Spare Time
By: Graham Cochrane
4.26
Format: 203 pages, Kindle Edition
You may not know it, but you are sitting on a goldmine. Your knowledge, passions, and skills can… read more
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21. Killer in the Kremlin: The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror
By: John Sweeney
4.24
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, e… read more
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22. The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
By: Niall Ferguson
3.65
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers and field marshals. … read more
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23. The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson
By: Nadine Dorries
3.09
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The explosive behind-the-scenes account of the plot to bring down Boris Johnson YOU THINK YOU LIVE … read more
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24. How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence
By: David Omand
3.67
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
From the former director of GCHQ, learn the methodology used by the British intelligence agencies t… read more
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25. The Dealmaker: Lessons from a Life in Private Equity
By: Guy Hands
3.91
Format: None pages, ebook
An inside account of the multi-billion pound world of private equity and a masterclass on the art o… read more
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26. Pegasus: How a Spy in Your Pocket Threatens the End of Privacy, Dignity, and Democracy
By: Laurent Richard
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Featuring an introduction by Rachel Maddow, Pegasus: How a Spy in Our Pocket Threatens the End of P… read more
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27. Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare
By: Thomas Rid
4.15
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
This revelatory and dramatic history of disinformation traces the rise of secret organized deceptio… read more
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28. The Hidden Half: How the World Conceals its Secrets
By: Michael Blastland
3.69
Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition
Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is 'The Hidden Half' - t… read more
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29. Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs
By: Seth Alexander Thevoz
3.74
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the … read more
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30. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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31. In the Thick of It
By: Alan Duncan
3.61
Format: 594 pages, Kindle Edition
As Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan was once described as Boris Johnson’s ‘poop… read more
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