A rare inside account of innovation at the sharp end of global technology.Tracking a Cambridge startup's real-life journey to bring a breakthrough electronic component to the world's smartphones, Tony Golding reveals how innovation really happens. From early promise and hard-won credibility to securing a coveted place inside handsets produced by China's national tech champion, Down to the Wire provides an inside look at high-stakes entrepreneurship. But, j...

Welcome to your cozy era! Find comfort and joy this season with this guide to thriving during the colder weather.- Tap into the #cozycore trend with this beautiful, aesthetic guide to winter self-care.- Contains wellness rituals, seasonal activities and affirmations to help you embrace the change in seasons.- The perfect gift for your cozymaxxing friends or those who need a boost in the winter months....

This book uncovers how foreign oil firms, particularly the Creole Petroleum Corporation, embedded themselves deeply in Venezuelan society between 1936 and 1976 by embracing an ambitious and unusually expansive model of corporate social responsibility. Drawing from archival research and five richly contextualized chapters, the book explains how multinational companies navigated labor unrest, rising economic nationalism, Cold War politics, and the turbulent path to nationali...

William Golding’s profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human natureA Penguin ClassicAt the dawn of the next World War, a plane crash strands a group of schoolboys on a remote island. There are no grownups. No rules. Freedom is celebrated. But when strange, distant noises and visions of a beast begin to haunt the boys, their fragile order unravels, and all hopes of rescue fade.Since 1954, William Goldi...

What if the voice you once tried to hide became the very thing that helped you heal?In Fearless Voice: Healing the Shame Behind the Stutter, Marcia Golding shares her deeply personal journey of living with a stutter, carrying the weight of silence, and learning to love the voice she once tried to hide.For years, Marcia believed her voice had to be fluent to be accepted, respected, or understood. Speaking brought fear, shame, judgment, and self-doubt. But through se...

Offering gentle self-care tips and inspirational quotes and affirmations, this little book will support first-time mothers on their new membership to the mum clubDo you know a new mum or mum-to-be? If so, show them that you're thinking about them by gifting them this heart-warming companion.Motherhood is a joyous and life-changing experience, but it also comes with many challenges. This book is here to remind the new mum in your life that they're doing a gr...

For fans of Liz Moore, Chris Whitaker, and Tana French'Beauty and menace glint in this gripping, character-driven mystery.' Alex Clark, author of DovecombeWelcome to The Spit, hidden away from the mainland, where everyone knows everyone and secrets have no place to hide.Theo was born on the island but has always felt different to the other children. His mother, originally from the mainland, has tried to make peace with her ...

ONE OF THE BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT CHANGED OUR WORLD''Exciting, relevant and thought provoking.' STEPHEN KING'One of my favourite books.' SUZANNE COLLINS'Exemplary.' IAN MCEWANWith an Introduction by Executive Producer Joel Wilson, Director Marc Munden and Writer Jack Thorne'There aren't any grown-ups anywhere.'A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolb...

**NOW A NETFLIX SERIESWilliam Golding’s profound tale of stranded youth, survival, and the shadowy depths of human nature, with an afterword by Lois Lowry“Lord of the Flies is one of my favorite books. I still read it every couple of years.”—Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games trilogy**At the dawn of the next World War, a plane crash strands a group of schoolboys on a remote island. There are no grownups. No rules. Freedom is celebrated. Bu...

A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive, and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.First published in 1954,...

William Golding’s unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to Penguin Classics in a stunning Graphic Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois LowryAs provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding’s compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has be...

Newly remastered with additional sound design to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Lord of the Flies.A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primi...