Most people spend a lifetime chasing money. Few ever discover what money is really for.After four decades in the City of London, as a stockbroker, banker, leader and financial wellbeing coach, Colin Clark-Maynard has witnessed markets rise and fall, fortunes made and lost, and one truth emerge time and again:Financial success has far less to do with intelligence than behaviour.In this honest and practical guide, he shares the lessons that never appe...

TEN DARK TALES. TEN CHANCES TO GET IT WRONG.In Thailand, a rumour can be more dangerous than the truth. A debt can follow you to the grave. And sometimes the phone call you're waiting for is the one you really don't want to receive.Meet a monk with something to hide. A woman who discovers that love can be deadly. A collector who never forgets a debt. A cat with a very nasty attitude. And a group of travellers who discover that some trips should never be tak...

A guide to persuasion for people who want to change minds without manipulation or coercion.Most of us have given up on persuasion. We say our problems are too pressing, people are too polarized, and success is too dubious—and it’s true! After all, when was the last time you heard someone actually change their mind? To improve our persuasive powers, self-help books often ask us to stoop to dishonest, manipulative tricks that rarely achieve lasting results. But perha...

Fetch is an astonishingly musical tour-de-force from one of Britain's most exciting new poets, in which reverence and irreverence, religion and faithlessness, the living and the dead, nearly rhyme.

A fascinating account of the Pyrenees and their people—from prehistoric settlement to the present dayThe Pyrenees dominate the landscape between France and Spain, stretching from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. Long thought of as an impassable, unspoiled wilderness, the mountains are often seen as both a physical and cultural barrier between western Europe and the Iberian Peninsula. Yet this treacherous terrain has been inhabited and shaped by human hands for ce...

Western views of southern Somalia are dominated by perceived gaps in the overall liberal order. Classical Western liberalism emphasizes individualism, civil and political liberties, the rule of law, and state structures.Counter-insurgency warfare in former European colonial possessions since the 1960s has been a continuing challenge. Neither in Vietnam, nor in Afghanistan, nor in Iraq did Western armies “win” counter-insurgency wars in a way that left them stable, moderate, peacefu...

JackpotWhat would you do for a million?What would you do to win £1 million, and what risks would you take?Play a jackpot machine for a chance to win big. Just don't spin four X's.Jackpot takes place in 2025 London, where nine players arrive in a warehouse to play a game to win £1million. The players sleep and eat together for days and until the game is over. To play the game, players press a button on a non-standard fruit ma...

Designed to replace the popular Austin 1100/1300, the Austin Allegro would become one of the most controversial cars to be produced by British Leyland. In this well-researched book, marque expert Colin Corke looks behind the scenes to reveal the true story of this often-misunderstood car.Using previously unseen concept and styling images, the author analyses the development of the Allegro, along with the production and quality problems that were to damage its reputation. The book f...

Class 47 locomotives were introduced to British Rail from 1962 onwards and eventually reached over 500 in total. In Scotland, they were allocated to Haymarket depot, Edinburgh, and later to Inverness and Eastfield depot, north of Glasgow. They became known as a jack-of-all-trade-type locomotive and could be seen hauling anything from small freight trains to the more prestigious passenger workings. In later years they also worked between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh. These particular ...

Longlisted for the 2026 Giller Prize • A 2026 CIBA Booksellers’ List Selection • One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2026A dark fable about love and innocence and beauty in an ever darker world.There's a city on an island in the Pacific that can only be reached by ferry, a city where a mechanic named Frank opens a garage with his old friend Charlie, and in which they each marry women they love but with whom they cannot have ...

A defining and uncompromising memoir from Super Bowl quarterback and renowned civil rights activist, Colin Kaepernick.**“A candid, observant, generous chronicle of his development as an elite, suddenly dispensable NFL quarterback and also of the relentless, high-profile civil rights warrior he's become.” —**Booklist Starred ReviewOn September 1, 2016, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during “The Star Spangled Banner,” ...

TEN DARK TALES. TEN NASTY SURPRISES.Thailand. A land of smiles, sunshine and warm welcomes.But behind the smiles, things can go very, very wrong.A mysterious temple. A pet that should never be petted. A final meal with a deadly secret. An innocent drink that isn't quite so innocent. A homecoming no one expected. Accidents that may not be accidents at all.And then there are snakes…From Bangkok's busy streets to quiet villages, dark te...