Reviewed in the LRB – Vol. 47 No. 23
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The life and ideas of one of the twentieth century’s leading political thinkersWalter Lippmann (1889–1974) was among the most influential and wide-ranging political writers in modern America. As both a journalist and political…
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The explosive story of the tech giant Nvidia - the producer of the only chip anyone involved in AI wants - and its charismatic, uncompromising, complicated CEO, Jensen Huang**WINNER OF THE FT SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR…
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A deeply reported business history of the chip-designer Nvidia—from its founding in 1993 to its recent emergence as one of the most valuable corporations in the world—explaining how the company’s culture, overseen by…
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An eye-opening account of the tech arms race shaping out planet, from an award-winning journalist and AI insider to the world of Sam Altman and OpenAILonglisted for the 2025 Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the YearA…
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The astonishing, behind-the-scenes story of the race to perfect the greatest invention in human history, artificial intelligence, and the men, women and companies that seek to profit from it all.Winner of the Financial…
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Flush with hundreds of illustrations, this book revisits the histories of chemistry, medicine, ideas, and culture through the lens of alchemy The craft of alchemy has intrigued and mystified people since antiquity. Many early cultures…
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A complete portrait of French philosopher Gaston Bachelard, who plumbed both science and imagination.This is the first English biography of Gaston Bachelard, a philosopher who bridged the worlds of science and imagination. Raised in rural…
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In 1980, Jonathan Dimbleby and Don McCullin wrote a seminal book on the plight of the Palestinian people from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 onwards. It chronicled their struggles and their dreams of a homeland.Through…
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An immersive reconstruction of the life of the most feared and powerful man of the sixteenth century, from the author of The Lion House'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire . . . History at its most gripping' Daily…
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A major reassessment of one of Britain’s most important monarchsA Financial Times History Book of the Year 2025A Times Best Book of the Year 2025A History Today Best Book of the Year 2025A Royal…
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A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain’s First King, James Stuart'James comes alive in full flamboyance … Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry of a tumultuous reign' SUNDAY…
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During the 1660s, Samuel Pepys kept a secret diary full of intimate details and political scandal. Had the contents been revealed, they could have destroyed his marriage, ended his career, and seen him arrested. This engaging book explores…
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A private eye is catapulted on to a riotous and continent-hopping journey that proves difficult to escape – the new novel from Thomas PynchonMilwaukee 1932, the Great Depression going full blast, repeal of Prohibition just around the…
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