Books

Transport for Humans: Are We Nearly There Yet?

£14.99
ByPete Dyson, Rory Sutherland

This book maps out how to design better transport. Engineers measure success by speed and efficiency – but these are not the way that passengers think about a good trip. We choose how to travel, influenced not only by speed and time but by habit, status, comfort, variety – and many other factors that engineering equations don’t capture at all.

How to Get Ahead in HR

ByKay Maddox-Daines

The book introduces and promotes HR as a profession. It explains the options for gaining professional qualifications, and readers will acquire the tools to prepare job applications and perform effectively at interviews. They will also understand how to stay updated in order to take advantage of future job opportunities.

Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery

£14.99
ByAndrew Greenway, Ben Terrett, Mike Bracken, Tom Loosemore

This revised, expanded second edition of Digital Transformation at Scale is a guide to building a digital institution. It explains how a growing band of reformers in businesses and governments around the world have helped their organizations pivot to this new way of working, and what lessons others can learn from their experience.

Why Study Languages?

£12.99
ByGabrielle Hogan-Brun

Considering studying languages at university? Wondering whether a language degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it’s actually like to study a language at degree level? This book tells you what you need to know.

Economics: A Complete Guide for Business

£19.99
ByAnthony J. Evans

First published as ‘Markets for Managers’, this book has proved to be a popular way for non-economists to understand and apply the key tools of economics in a business setting. Written in an engaging and informal way, whether you are a busy executive or simply an interested amateur this is your essential go-to guide.

Why Study Mathematics?

£12.99
ByVicky Neale

This book, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of mathematics at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. It will enthuse the reader about thes subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.

Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere? (revised edition)

£9.99
ByChristian Wolmar

Christian Wolmar argues that autonomous cars are the wrong solution to the wrong problem. Even if the many technical difficulties that stand in the way of achieving a driverless future can be surmounted, autonomous cars are not the best way to address the problems of congestion and pollution caused by our long obsession with the private car.

Why Study Geography?

£12.99
ByAlan Parkinson

This book, aimed at students, parents and teachers, explains in practical terms the range and scope of Geography at university level and where it can lead in terms of careers or further study. It will both enthuse the reader about this vital subject and answer the crucial questions that a college prospectus does not.

Raising the Roof: How to Solve the United Kingdom’s Housing Crisis

£12.50
ByJacob Rees-Mogg, Radomir Tylecote

Raising the Roof addresses the UK’s housing crisis, and one of the most centralised planning systems in the democratic world. The IEA’s 2018 Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize sought free-market solutions to this complex and divisive problem, including cutting and devolving tax, and reforms to allow cities to both densify and beautify.

How Many Light Bulbs Does it Take to Change the World?

£10.00
ByMatt Ridley

Did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb? According to Matt Ridley, many others can lay claim to this breakthrough moment – it was bound to emerge sooner or later. Ridley contends that innovation is the most important unsolved problem in all of human society, and is too little understood and valued.

Ayn Rand: An Introduction

£12.50
ByEamonn Butler

Ayn Rand: An Introduction illuminates Rand’s importance, detailing her understanding of reality and human nature, and explores the ongoing fascination with and debates about her conclusions on knowledge, morality, politics, economics, government, public issues, aesthetics and literature.

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