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“Why Study Languages?” special offer

Why Study Languages? by Gabrielle Hogan-Brun is the fourth title in our Why Study series, joining books on history, mathematics and geography. To order a copy of the book with free UK postage and packing and a 10% discount off … Continue reading

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Why Study Geography?

Considering studying geography at university? Wondering whether a geography degree will get you a good job, and what you might earn? Want to know what it’s actually like to study geography … Continue reading

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Facing Up to Climate Reality: Honesty, Disaster and Hope, edited by John Foster

We are used to hearing that the climate crisis is serious, but still tractable if we start acting on it soon. The reality is different. Continue reading

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Rethinking Drug Courts: International  Experiences of  a  US  Policy  Export

What are drug courts? Do they work? Why are they so popular? Should countries be expanding them or rolling them back? Continue reading

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Guide to the Criminal Prisons of Nineteenth-Century England

How many prisons were there in nineteenth-century England? Where were they located? Who ran them? Where can I find out more about them? Continue reading

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China, Trade and Power: Why the West’s Economic Engagement Has Failed

From a Western point of view, the policy of economic engagement with China has failed. How did Western, market-orientated, … Continue reading

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Digital Transformation at Scale: Why the Strategy Is Delivery

This book 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 organisations pivot to this new way of working, and what lessons others can learn from their experience. Continue reading

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Driverless Cars: On A Road to Nowhere

Wolmar’s entertaining polemic sets out the many technical, legal and moral problems that obstruct the path to a driverless future, and debunks many of the myths around that future’s purported benefits. Continue reading

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The Weaponization of Trade: The Great Unbalancing of Politics and Economics

Trade is being weaponized – and this isn’t good. As politicians on both sides of the Atlantic raise the stakes, trade is increasingly a tool of coercion to achieve … Continue reading

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Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere (pre-publication offer)

Thank you for your interest in Christian Wolmar’s Driverless Cars: On a Road to Nowhere, which will be published by London Publishing Partnership on 18 January 2018. You can order a copy of the book in advance of publication for … Continue reading

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