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The Food Group

John J: The Humble Pie

The Humble Pie

Serve up the eighth picture book in the #1&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling Food Group series from Jory John and Pete Oswald!The Humble Pie likes to give others the spotlight. Aw, shucks!—they deserve it! But when he’s paired with his best friend, Jake the Cake, for a school project, he soon realizes that staying in the shadows isn’t always as sweet as pie. Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new pie pal discovers that letting your voice be heard always takes the cake! Jory John and Pete Oswald serve up another heaping plate of laughs and lessons with this empowering, witty, and charming addition to their #1&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling series!Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s other funny bestselling books for kids ages four to eight and anyone who wants a laugh:<ul><li>The Bad Seed</li><li>The Good Egg</li><li>The Cool Bean</li><li>The Couch Potato</li><li>The Smart Cookie</li><li>The Sour Grape</li><li>The Big Cheese</li><li>The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!</li><li>The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky!</li><li>The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets!</li><li>The Big Cheese Presents: Have Yourself a Cheesy Little Christmas</li><li>The Bad Seed Goes to the Library</li><li>The Good Egg and the Talent Show</li><li>The Cool Bean Makes a Splash</li><li>That’s What Dinosaurs Do</li></ul>

Humble Pie

An Instant New York Times Bestseller * An Instant Indie Bestseller * An Indie Next List SelectionFeeling fried? Peel yourself on the couch and meet your new pal-tato! The winning fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald, will get you and your kids moving!The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn't have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screen?Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new best spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness.Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald's funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:<ul><li>The Bad Seed</li><li>The Good Egg</li><li>The Cool Bean</li><li>The Couch Potato</li><li>The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!</li><li>The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!</li><li>The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets</li><li>That's What Dinosaurs Do</li></ul>

An Instant New York Times Bestseller&nbsp;* An Instant Indie Bestseller * An Indie Next List SelectionFeeling fried? Peel yourself on the couch and meet your new pal-tato! The winning fourth picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed, The Good Egg, and The Cool Bean, Jory John and Pete Oswald, will get you and your kids moving!The Couch Potato has everything within reach and doesn't have to move from the sunken couch cushion. But when the electricity goes out, Couch Potato is forced to peel away from the comforts of the living room and venture outside. Could fresh air and sunshine possibly be better than the views on screen?Readers of all ages will laugh along as their new best spuddy learns that balancing screen time and playtime is the root to true happiness.Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:<ul><li>The Bad Seed</li><li>The Good Egg</li><li>The Cool Bean</li><li>The Couch Potato</li><li>The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!</li><li>The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!</li><li>The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets</li><li>That’s What Dinosaurs Do</li></ul>

The Couch Potato

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The ?too-cool-for-school? third picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete OswaldEveryone knows the cool beans. They're sooooo cool.And then there's the uncool has-bean . . .Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd?until one day the cool beans show him how it's done.With equal measures of humor, wit, and charm, the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald craft another incredible picture book, reminding us that it's cooler to be kind.Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald's funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:<ul><li>The Bad Seed</li><li>The Good Egg</li><li>The Cool Bean</li><li>The Couch Potato</li><li>The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!</li><li>The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!</li><li>The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets</li><li>That's What Dinosaurs Do</li></ul>

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!The “too-cool-for-school” third picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of The Bad Seed and The Good Egg, Jory John and Pete OswaldEveryone knows the cool beans. They’re sooooo cool.And then there’s the uncool has-bean . . .Always on the sidelines, one bean unsuccessfully tries everything he can to fit in with the crowd—until one day the cool beans show him how it’s done.With equal measures of humor, wit, and charm, the #1 New York Times bestselling duo Jory John and Pete Oswald craft another incredible picture book, reminding us that it’s cooler to be kind.Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald’s funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:<ul><li>The Bad Seed</li><li>The Good Egg</li><li>The Cool Bean</li><li>The Couch Potato</li><li>The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!</li><li>The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, the Spooky!</li><li>The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets</li><li>That’s What Dinosaurs Do</li></ul>

The Cool Bean

Curl up and get cosy with The Faraway Inn, the YA fantasy from bestselling author of The Spellshop, Sarah Beth Durst. This gorgeous export paperback edition has deliciously covetable sprayed edges . . . When sixteen-year-old Calisa arrives at her great-aunt's bed and breakfast for the summer, she's shocked to find it run down rather than cosy. Grumpy and eccentric, Auntie Zee is determined to keep anyone from messing with her beloved inn . . . even though she clearly needs the help. To convince her great-aunt to keep her around, Calisa sets to work fixing up the inn, enlisting extra help from the groundkeeper's (handsome) son. But the longer she stays, the surer she is that there's something strange about the B&amp;B - and its residents. Something almost . . . otherworldly. The inn is hiding a magical secret - but secrets are like doors. Once Calisa opens this one, she won't be able to go back . . . 'Filled with magical mysteries, whimsical surprises, and a dash of sweet romance, The Faraway Inn is the perfect cozy read' - Axie Oh, author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

The Faraway Inn

From the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;Luckiest Girl Alive&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bright Young Women&nbsp;comes the highly anticipated, heart-pounding thriller with twists you'll NEVER see coming... 'Dark, twisty, and wildly addictive. Helpless&nbsp;is Jessica Knoll at her boldest and most unsettling' JENEVA ROSE 'A dark, twisty and addictive read that you will struggle to put down' LISA JEWELL 'Horny, tender cabin fever noir... Completely addictive' ABIGAIL DEAN Faye Heron has it all: beauty, a glittering Hollywood career and a powerhouse marriage to her producer husband. Her life is the kind most people can only dream of. When a beloved former college professor suddenly passes away, Faye is drawn back to campus, and back to Henry Spalding, the man she's spent twelve years trying to forget. Henry was her first love, her most intense love. Their love was the kind that consumed... and that Faye chose to walk away from. Their reunion should be nothing more than a polite nod to the past. Instead, it awakens something dangerous. Henry is full of apologies for how they ended. But as Faye is pulled deeper into his orbit, she begins to wonder if she's walking into something that she won't be able to escape from this time. What starts as an innocent chance to reconnect unravels into a sinister game of obsession and control, one that forces Faye to confront the truth about their past and uncover a sprawling, years-old mystery. Because Henry isn't just one of a kind. He's the kind who doesn't let go. 'A daring, sexy tension-fest with head-spinning twists' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD 'Inimitable, propulsive, and utterly addictive' LOUISE O'NEILL 'A razor-sharp thriller with a riveting cast of characters' KIA ABDULLAH Readers can't stop talking about Helpless... (5 star reader reviews *****) 'This is SO good. I am beside myself with joy that this book was great ... It is AMAZING' 'Very readable and I just had such a good time reading this' 'A raw, exposing and real book with a story built around some huge and important but hard themes' 'Jessica Knoll delivers another gripping and unsettling thriller that is both compulsively readable and emotionally confronting' 'Draws the reader in quickly, blending psychological tension with sharp social observation'

'Addictive' (Lisa Jewell) The SCORCHING new thriller from the bestselling author of Bright Young Women

Helpless

Emily Brown and her side-kick rabbit, Stanley, are back!Halloween has arrived! Emily Brown and Stanley are trying on their costumes when they hear a teeny-tiny "BOO!" from the cupboard under the sink . . . It's a ghost! And not just any ghost: the sweetest one they've ever seen.But this sweet little ghostie is sad that he's Not-Very-Spooky, and he seems to be more frightened than frightening. Can Emily and Stanley help him to be brave and discover his spook?'Will both delight fans, and give them something to reflect on. Layton's illustrations are a joy, matching the text perfectly.' - BooksellerWritten by Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. http://www.cressidacowell.co.uk/Illustrated by award winning Neal Layton, creator of Stanley's Stick and illustrator of Danny McGee Drinks The Sea, shortlisted for the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award. http://www.neallayton.co.uk/

Emily Brown and the Not-Very-Spooky Halloween

Bumper Short Story Collections

A dreamy collection of short stories by the world's best-loved storyteller. Perfect for 'one more story' before bed!From midnight journeys to fairyland to toys coming to life and causing mischief, there's a perfect bedtime story for everyone in this cosy collection from Enid Blyton. Snuggle in close as you read these stories under the stars!These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stands alone and is the perfect length for reading at bedtime or in the classroom.Enid Blyton remains one of Britain's favourite children's authors and her bumper short story collections are perfect for introducing her to the latest generation of readers.Read all of Enid Blyton's bumper short story collections. New in 2026: Perfect Pet Stories Stories of Magical Spells Five-Minute Christmas Stories***Enid Blyton® and Enid Blyton's signature are registered trade marks of Hodder &amp; Stoughton Limited. No trade mark or copyrighted material may be reproduced without the express written permission of the trade mark and copyright owner.

Cosy Bedtime Stories

True stories. True Magic.Discover the untold stories of powerful women who have been labelled as witches throughout history - not the kind that ride broomsticks, but real priestesses, wise women, and healers who defied oppression.From a Haitian Vodou priestess who fought for freedom to a Japanese shaman queen who brought peace to her land, these ten remarkable figures shaped their cultures and inspired change with their magic and wisdom. Their stories have seldom been told before but this incredible illustrated collection invites readers to connect with their global histories and culture through powerful narratives.Join us in celebrating these daughters of magic - each story a spark that ignites our own power and inspires a new generation

THEY CALLED US WITCH

Exposes the anatomy of organizational harm and how to save institutions from toxic culture While we often read about corporate scandals, we are left wondering: why do organizations keep causing harm?​​​​​​​ Benjamin van Rooij and Nicholas Lord argue that to truly understand and address the impacts of dysfunctional organizations we must look beyond the senior executives and/or leaders and understand the deeper problems in the organization itself. To do so, Toxic uses dozens of in-depth case studies to connect the dots between various scandals and illustrate the deeper toxic patterns within organizations that lead to them. Each chapter recounts compelling stories of individuals caught within these toxic systems and addresses urgent societal challenges such as environmental degradation, the opioid epidemic, the harms of social media, and police abuse. Stories include: <ul><li>Boeing focusing so much on its day-to-day share price that it lost sight of ensuring the long-term safety of its 737 MAX airplanes.</li><li>Volkswagen experimenting with monkeys locked in cages breathing exhaust fumes in a desperate attempt to deny the harm of its “clean diesel” engines.</li><li>How the Oakland Police Department taught its rookies to engage in racist and abusive policing practices, resisting decades-long attempts to reform the department.</li></ul> Revealing, accessible, and engaging, Toxic, breaks down the core characteristics of toxic organizations and shows readers how to recognize and address toxicity in their everyday lives.

Exposes the anatomy of organizational harm and how to save institutions from toxic cultures While we often read about the scandals organizations cause, we are often left wondering: why do organizations keep causing harm? Benjamin van Rooij and Nicholas Lord argue that to truly understand and address the impacts of dysfunctional workplaces we must understand the economic, social, and governmental contexts. To do so, Toxic uses dozens of in-depth case studies to connect the dots between various scandals and illustrate the deeper toxic patterns within organizations that lead to them. Each chapter recounts compelling stories of individuals caught within these toxic systems and addresses urgent societal challenges such as climate change, structural abuse, and the failures of both private and public institutions. Stories include: <ul><li>The role the US Federal Aviation Authority played in Boeing’s failure to ensure the safety of its 737 MAX airplanes</li><li>Volkswagen executives installing emission cheating software in 11 million vehicles</li><li>How Monsanto suppressed critical scientific evidence of the harmful nature of some of its most important products.</li></ul> Accessible, engaging, and full of insight, Toxic, breaks down the core characteristics of toxic organizations and equips readers with tools to unearth and prevent toxicity.

How Organizations Go Bad

Toxic

Iris and Luna

What's better than a unicorn? A baby unicorn!What's better than a puppy? A magical puppy!Join Iris and Luna at Abracadabra School as they train to be magical baby animal keepers, in this super-cute new chapter book series illustrated with two colour artwork, perfect for fans of unicorns, rainbows and magic baby animals!Iris and Luna are like night and day. Iris likes rainbows, and Luna likes storms. However, they both have something in common: their love for animals That's why their specialty at Abracadabra School is caring for magical creatures. As they meet their new classmates and start their lessons, they wonder which special baby animal best friend they will be matched with (Iris hopes for a baby unicorn, while Luna loves kittens!)In their second adventure, the magical baby animals keepers and other students from the Abracadabra School face a tough potions competition. Who will win the prize? Plus, some newborn wolf cubs seem to have gotten lost in the woods, but something smells fishy... and it wasn't Hugo's skunk! Iris, Luna, and the rest of the magical baby animal keepers will have to investigate what happened. Will you join them to find out?Join Iris and Luna and their magical companions on a big new adventure in this first-reading series, perfect for KS1 readers, kids age 5-7 and fans of Isadora Moon, Unicornia, Unicorn Academy and Gabby's Dollhouse!What will you find in this book?*A new adventure illustrated in two colours for early readers who are beginning to read on their own and who love magic and animals.*Entertaining, fun, and easy-to-read and understand text.*A story full of humour, friendship, adventure, mysteries to solve... and lots of magical baby animals!*Beautiful and fun illustrations on every page.*Potions galore!Join Iris and Luna on all their magical adventures:Book 1 - Iris and Luna: A School Full of MagicBook 2 - Iris and Luna: Potions Galore!Book 3 - Iris and Luna: Super Sweet BirthdayBook 4 - Iris and Luna:The Creatures of the Forest

Iris and Luna: Potions Galore!

Two of the world's leading researchers on behavior and decision-making join forces to equip readers with the knowledge, tools, and techniques to live our best, most human lives in an age of machines. “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous.” —E.O WilsonOur choices and experience of the world are increasingly shaped by powerful interests and godlike technology. Somebody else is deciding what ‘good’ choices look like—and often that means good for them, not for you. From the social media apps hijacking your attention and algorithms quietly curating your reality, to the markets profiting from confusion and AI systems slowly eroding your thinking: your choices are shaped by people who understand your psychology better than you do, and use that knowledge for their own ends. Against this backdrop, it is easy to feel diminished and 'done to'.This book is about fighting back—individually and collectively—and becoming the best of ourselves. Becoming super-humans. Drawing on over 1,000 experiments run across more than 70 countries, Halpern and Costa show how you can boost your own agency and decision-making, how we can upgrade our systems and institutions so that it is easier for everyone to choose well, and how we can shape AI so that it amplifies human capability rather than replacing it.Super-Human ultimately asks us to make the biggest choice of all: in an age when machines can think, decide and even feel on our behalf—what kind of humans do we want to be? <ul><li>Human. Reclaiming agency and becoming a better decision-maker (Chapters 1-3). Understanding how human attention and sense-making works, so that we can self-guide, rather than be hacked by others - and more effectively turn our intentions into action.</li><li>Supra-human. Building systems that support us to choose well together. (Chapters 4-7). Humans are social creatures, who think aloud and together. It's a feature not a fault. Social networks, markets and institutions strongly enable us to achieve things we could never do alone, but also operate as ‘supra-human’ influences on our behavior. Yet individually and collectively we have power to channel and shape them too - more power than we realize</li><li>Super-human. Shaping the technology that will shape us. (Chapter 8) AI could be the ultimate ‘bicycle of the mind’, but it can also become a crutch rather than a coach. It poses opportunity and challenge - to boost our capabilities to superhuman levels, or to become our inadvertent master.</li><li>Future-human. What kind of humans do we ultimately want to be? (Conclusion) Our minds today have been shaped by the technologies and institutions of our ancestors, in ways they could not have anticipated. We can make choices that will alter our minds and those that follow: what shall we choose?</li></ul>

Two of the world's leading researchers on behavior and decision-making join forces to equip readers with the knowledge, tools, and techniques to live our best, most human lives in an age of machines. “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous.” —E.O WilsonOur choices and experience of the world are increasingly shaped by powerful interests and godlike technology. Somebody else is deciding what ‘good’ choices look like—and often that means good for them, not for you. From the social media apps hijacking your attention and algorithms quietly curating your reality, to the markets profiting from confusion and AI systems slowly eroding your thinking: your choices are shaped by people who understand your psychology better than you do, and use that knowledge for their own ends. Against this backdrop, it is easy to feel diminished and 'done to'.This book is about fighting back—individually and collectively—and becoming the best of ourselves. Becoming superhumans. Drawing on over 1,000 experiments run across more than 70 countries, Halpern and Costa show how you can boost your own agency and decision-making, how we can upgrade our systems and institutions so that it is easier for everyone to choose well, and how we can shape AI so that it amplifies human capability rather than replacing it.Superhuman ultimately asks us to make the biggest choice of all: in an age when machines can think, decide and even feel on our behalf—what kind of humans do we want to be? <ul><li>Human. Reclaiming agency and becoming a better decision-maker (Chapters 1-3). Understanding how human attention and sense-making works, so that we can self-guide, rather than be hacked by others - and more effectively turn our intentions into action.</li><li>Supra-human. Building systems that support us to choose well together. (Chapters 4-7). Humans are social creatures, who think aloud and together. It's a feature not a fault. Social networks, markets and institutions strongly enable us to achieve things we could never do alone, but also operate as ‘supra-human’ influences on our behavior. Yet individually and collectively we have power to channel and shape them too - more power than we realize</li><li>Super-human. Shaping the technology that will shape us. (Chapter 8) AI could be the ultimate ‘bicycle of the mind’, but it can also become a crutch rather than a coach. It poses opportunity and challenge - to boost our capabilities to superhuman levels, or to become our inadvertent master.</li><li>Future-human. What kind of humans do we ultimately want to be? (Conclusion) Our minds today have been shaped by the technologies and institutions of our ancestors, in ways they could not have anticipated. We can make choices that will alter our minds and those that follow: what shall we choose?</li></ul>

Reclaiming Our Power to Choose and Shape the Future

Super-Human

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are you’ve never noticed them. Every time you click on a recommended video, rate an Uber driver, run a Google search, or invest in your 401k, you may think you’re the one calling the shots—but in reality, you’re limited to making the choices that a corporation wants you to make. Today, structured decision-making governs our lives to such an extent that we hardly see it at all. But who designs these choices, and whose interests do they serve? In Choose Your Own Captivity, historian Eli Cook introduces readers to the choice architects who first built these boxes and trapped us inside—from the maze-building eugenicist who invented the multiple-choice test to the marketing gurus who sold off our supermarket shelves to a few ultra-processed food giants. In less than a generation, architects like these have transformed a handful of online platforms into the richest businesses in the world. And by determining our options, controlling our actions, and even shaping our identities, they have laid the groundwork&nbsp;for the winner-takes-all game of digital capitalism that dominates us today. In a society built around the promise of free choice and personal responsibility, Cook argues, these hidden architects might just have the greatest power of all. A propulsive and vivid history, Choose Your Own Captivity opens readers’ eyes to the immense power of the choice box—and how to escape it.

How Corporations Built Our Choices and Sold Our Freedom

Choose Your Captivity

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series

What lies underneath digital platforms—their invisible architecture and governance that determine everything visible. Every time you unlock your phone, stream a show, or start your car, you’re entering a world shaped by thousands of engineering decisions you’ll never see. Most platform conversations fixate on their visible canopy—business models, user experience, competitive strategy—the “leaves,” in a sense. Platforms by Amrit Tiwana excavates their roots. The book begins with a simple DNA test that separates authentic from faux platforms, then traces the forces turning tractors, pacemakers, and elevators into platforms. Using the platform trinity, the author explores principles behind why platforms behave so differently, why superior technology doesn’t always win, and why—unlike products that reach a final form—platforms never stop evolving. From there the book explains platforms’ two hidden root systems: The first system, architecture, shows how Lego-like “modular” design, frozen interfaces, and prefab building blocks let thousands of outsiders contribute pieces that snap into colossal systems. The second system, governance, describes where architecture confronts human behavior. Elegant architecture flails with poor governance, so both demand discipline.

What lies underneath digital platforms—their invisible architecture and governance that determine everything visible. Every time you unlock your phone, stream a show, or start your car, you’re entering a world shaped by thousands of engineering decisions you’ll never see. Most platform conversations fixate on their visible canopy—business models, user experience, competitive strategy—the “leaves,” in a sense. Platforms by Amrit Tiwana excavates their roots. The book begins with a simple DNA test that separates authentic from faux platforms, then traces the forces turning tractors, pacemakers, and elevators into platforms. Using the platform trinity, the author explores principles behind why platforms behave so differently, why superior technology doesn’t always win, and why—unlike products that reach a final form—platforms never stop evolving. From there the book explains platforms’ two hidden root systems: The first system, architecture, shows how Lego-like “modular” design, frozen interfaces, and prefab building blocks let thousands of outsiders contribute pieces that snap into colossal systems. The second system, governance, describes where architecture confronts human behavior. Elegant architecture flails with poor governance, so both demand discipline.

Platforms

The stunning new short novel from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island 'An ageless study of loss, betrayal and survival' - The Guardian 'With just a few economic brushstrokes he tells the kind of profound tale of family connection and dislocation that other writers would struggle to tell in 500 pages' - The i Miquel and his father are living an uneasy life together in his mother's house in the Pyrenees, the house she had been returning to on the day she died. A new bridge, connecting the two valleys, is almost complete, which will end the valley's isolation and create an easier route to smuggle contraband deep into the mountains. Where Miquel's father imagines opportunity, Miquel foresees disaster and an exposure to a modern way of living for which his father is desperately unprepared. Colm Tóibín's exhilarating short novel contains vast inner and outer worlds within its pages. With meticulous precision and an unerring eye Tóibín captures lives caught between the past and the present, and the journey of a young man seeking connection, haunted by loss. PRAISE FOR COLM TÓIBÍN 'A writer at the height of his considerable powers' - The Guardian 'A giant amongst storytellers' - The Telegraph 'One of our finest contemporary writers' - New Yorker

The Bridge

A collection of eye-opening natural experiments, showing how economists uncover cause-and-effect relationships and reveal insights about our world. Does having a daughter change how a congressperson votes? How did a nineteenth-century doctor help discover germs? Is it better to go first or second in a penalty shootout? Why don’t diplomats pay their parking tickets? Do leaders really matter? These are all questions economists ask. Some of these questions are serious, others less consequential. But all are interesting—and can be answered by way of the natural experiment. A natural experiment is an event in the real world that neatly divides people into a treatment and control group—and it is one of the greatest tools in the economist’s toolkit. In Daughters, Diplomats, and Death, Patrick Gourley discusses why and how economists have leveraged this powerful method to answer questions that were long thought unanswerable. In the vein of Freakonomics, Nudge, and The Tipping Point, the book takes the reader on a lively and engaging tour of some of the most fascinating natural experiments, explaining how they work, how they help social scientists answer questions, and what conclusions they reached. The experiments illuminate a wide range of timely issues in health, education, reproductive issues, and the environment, lending rich and much-needed nuance to the complex debates that shape today’s headlines.

A collection of eye-opening natural experiments, showing how economists uncover cause-and-effect relationships and reveal insights about our world. Does having a daughter change how a congressperson votes? How did a nineteenth-century doctor help discover germs? Is it better to go first or second in a penalty shootout? Why don’t diplomats pay their parking tickets? Do leaders really matter? These are all questions economists ask. Some of these questions are serious, others less consequential. But all are interesting—and can be answered by way of the natural experiment. A natural experiment is an event in the real world that neatly divides people into a treatment and control group—and it is one of the greatest tools in the economist’s toolkit. In Daughters, Diplomats, and Death, Patrick Gourley discusses why and how economists have leveraged this powerful method to answer questions that were long thought unanswerable. In the vein of Freakonomics, Nudge, and The Tipping Point, the book takes the reader on a lively and engaging tour of some of the most fascinating natural experiments, explaining how they work, how they help social scientists answer questions, and what conclusions they reached. The experiments illuminate a wide range of timely issues in health, education, reproductive issues, and the environment, lending rich and much-needed nuance to the complex debates that shape today’s headlines.

How Economists Use Natural Experiments to Decipher Our World

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