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A CHIP SHOP IN POZNAN - MY UNLIKELY YEAR IN POLAND
Ben Aitken
- Icon Books
- 2 Juillet 2020
- 9781785786266
Does for Poland what i>The Year of Living Danishly/i> did for Denmark.div>br> /div> div>Incredibly topical in the year of Brexit.
/div> div>br> /div> div>From a young, up-and-coming travel writer./div> div>br> /div> div>Watch Ben''s author video herehttp://bit.ly/ChipShopinPoznan/div> div>br> /div> div>br> /div> -
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BECOMING BULLETPROOF - LIFE LESSONS FROM A SECRET SERVICE AGENT
Evy Poumpouras
- Icon Books
- 4 Février 2021
- 9781785786853
Ul > li dir="ltr" >p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Insights and advice from a former Secret Service Agent on how to live a more fearless life./p> /li> li dir="ltr" >p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Sits between Ant Middleton, Brene Brown and Susan Jeffers'' Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway./p> /li> li dir="ltr" >p dir="ltr" role="presentation">b >''Part memoir, part hugely entertaining self-help manual for these tough times''/b>Roger Alton,i >Daily Mail/i>/p> /li> /ul> div>i>br> /i>/div> ul > li dir="ltr" >p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Icon''s biggest lockdown hit/p> /li> /ul>
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A brilliant biography in the vein of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize-winning The Pike Full of the colour and verve of 19th-century Paris Already the recipient of a Biographer''s Club Prize and a Society of Authors grant
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THE BABEL MESSAGE - A LOVE LETTER TO LANGUAGE
Keith Kahn-Harris
- Icon Books
- 6 Octobre 2022
- 9781785788956
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Timely and important tour d''horizon of the current state of human bio-enhancement Sure to get huge press coverage For anyone fascinated by TV''s Black Mirror or the hit film Ex-Machina
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- The perfect book-lover''s book - for fans of i>The Novel Cure, The Bookshop Book, The Year of Reading Dangerously/i> ori> Browse/i> div>br> /div> div>- Covers love letters and break-up letters to a brilliantly eccentric collection of books from i>The Goldfinch/i> to i>50 Shades of Grey/i>/div> div>br> /div> div>- Beautiful gift-book package /div>
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B>''Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!'' Angela Saini, author of i>Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science/i>/b>div>b>br> /b>/div> div>b>The popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are?/b>/div> div>br> /div> div>Popular science master Brian Clegg''s new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you.
From the atomic level, through life and energy to genetics and personality, it explores how the billions of particles which make up you - your DNA, your skin, your memories - have come to be./div> div>br> /div> div>It starts with the present-day reader and follows a number of trails to discover their origins: how the atoms in your body were created and how they got to you in space and time, the sources of things you consume, how the living cells of your body developed, where your massive brain and consciousness originated, how human beings evolved and, ultimately, what your personal genetic history reveals./div>
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WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - THE SCIENCE OF WHAT MAKES YOU YOU
Brian Clegg
- Icon Books
- 7 Janvier 2021
- 9781785786600
B>''Gets right to the heart of what makes us what we are. Read it!'' Angela Saini, author of i>Inferior and Superior: The Return of Race Science/i>/b>div>b>br> /b>/div> div>b>The popular science equivalent of Who Do You Think You Are?/b>/div> div>br> /div> div>Popular science master Brian Clegg''s new book is an entertaining tour through the science of what makes you you.
From the atomic level, through life and energy to genetics and personality, it explores how the billions of particles which make up you - your DNA, your skin, your memories - have come to be./div> div>br> /div> div>It starts with the present-day reader and follows a number of trails to discover their origins: how the atoms in your body were created and how they got to you in space and time, the sources of things you consume, how the living cells of your body developed, where your massive brain and consciousness originated, how human beings evolved and, ultimately, what your personal genetic history reveals./div>
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Sex discrimination is supposedly a distant memory. This title dispels the pseudo-scientific claims about the differences between the sexes. It shows how old myths, dressed up in the scientific finery, help perpetuate the status quo. It reveals the mind's plasticity, and shows the influence of culture on identity.
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P>Beautifully produced, elegant slim B-format paperback./p> p>''One of the finest and most prolific writers of popular science around.'' em>Spectator/em>/p> p>em>Six Impossible Things/em> was shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2019./p>
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The authors'' Queer and Gender have now sold 55k copies between them worldwide Beautifully produced inside and out Takes an open-minded approach with the same clear, progressive aim as in Queer: A Graphic History and Gender: A Graphic Guide Perennial news and media interest in stories of sex and sexuality, from revelations of sexual abuse to increased visibility of homosexuality, bisexuality and diverse relationship models
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Tackles the complicated world of cryptocurrency in an accessible and concise manner- straight into B PB.
Written by experts in the field- Simon Dingle is a founder of cryptocurrency platform Luno.
Publicity Targets: Telegraph and Mail business pages, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, investment media, You and Yours, Share Radio, GQ and Mr Porter.
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The 16th title in Icon''s Hot Science series, exploring the cutting-edge of science and technology.
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P>Essential reading ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar./p> p>Similar in approach to Barbara Demick''s em>Nothing to Envy/em> or em>The Shortest History of Germany/em>./p> p>Publicity Targets: features - Times/Telegraph; reviews - Mail, Mail on Sunday; New Statesman, Talk Sport, Hawksbee and Jacobs./p>
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P>For readers of Catherine Belton''s em>Putin''s People/em>, em>MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed Bin Salman/em> by Ben Hubbard or Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg''s em>Hidden Hand/em>./p> p>From an expert in the field- Kerry Brown is a Professor of Chinese Studies and has written over ten books on modern Chinese politics, history and language./p>
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HURRICANE LIZARDS AND PLASTIC SQUID - HOW THE NATURAL WORLD IS ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Thor Hanson
- Icon Books
- 2 Février 2023
- 9781785789786
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THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWN - BOOKSHOPS AND THE DELIGHT OF NOT GETTING WHAT YOU WANTED
Mark Forsyth
- Icon Books
- 4 Septembre 2014
- 9781848317840
THE Independent Booksellers Week ''collectable'' booklet for 2014 - following from those by Julian Barnes and Ann Patchett in previous years Supported by a range of marketing activity from Icon and the Booksellers Association, and wide-ranging publicity Available everywhere from September
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The Year of Living Danishly returns with a brand new chapter, exploring the changes that have taken place in Denmark over the past six years. Touches on everything from immigration to COVID-19.
An updated, complete and more balanced portrayal of living danishly.
100,000 copies sold of the B-format edition.
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Incredibly powerful and glittering writing on some of the best-known female performers in rock and pop Perfect for fans of books by Viv Albertine, Kim Gordon, Tracey Thorn or John Carder Bush''s forthcoming Kate Bush biography From a star array of often young up-and-coming authors with impeccable literary connections and credentials