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Hans Rosling
Factfulness
'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases.' BARACK OBAMA
The international bestseller, inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world, and make you realise things are better than you thought.
Prisoners of Geography: Our World Explained in 12 Simple Maps
Tim Marshall
Younger readers will look at maps in a whole new way as they begin making the connections between geography, power and politics.
An eye-opening book, which uses maps to explain how geography has shaped the history of our world. Discover how the choices of world leaders are swayed by mountains, rivers and seas - and why geography means that history is always repeating itself.
You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes
Chris Hadfield
In You Are Here, celebrated astronaut Chris Hadfield gives us the really big picture: this is our home, as seen from space.
Through photographs Hadfield unveils a fresh and insightful look at our planet. He sees astonishing detail and importance in these images. His in-depth knowledge of geology, geography and meteorology allows him to reveal the photos' mysteries.
Mike Berners-Lee
There Is No Planet B
Feeding the world, climate change, biodiversity, antibiotics, plastics, pandemics - the list of concerns seems endless. But what is most pressing, and what should we do first?
Crunching numbers to plot a course of action that is full of hope, practical, and enjoyable. This is the big-picture perspective on the environmental and economic challenges of our day, laid out in one place, and traced through to the underlying roots.
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