One of the best business books I’ve read in years. Unlike most books on leadership, this one is worth your time. ― Bill Gates The story of life at the top of Disney is a thoughtful tale of surviving disruption. ― Financial Times Iger’s tenure as the leader of the world’s most lucrative dream factory has been one long CEO highlight reel.…
"This book on the Congress Radio of 1942 is a thrilling and moving account of how a daring underground operation was conceived and carried out, and of how it was busted by the colonial police. It is meticulously researched, drawing on a wide range of primary sources. [...] The book deserves a wide readership, within and beyond the academy' -…
Translated by Gitta Honegger ‘Jelinek’s work is brave, adventurous, witty, antagonistic and devastatingly right about the sorriness of human existence, and her contempt is expressed with surprising chirpiness: it’s a wild ride.’ — Guardian ‘Translated with verve by Gitta Honegger, [rein GOLD] becomes a series of monologues without paragraph breaks: a frequent discordant assault on the senses. A visceral challenge…
It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I did exactly that while immersed in Sarah Bakewell's At the Existentialist Café. The story of Sartre, Beauvoir, Camus, Heidegger et al is strange, fun and compelling reading. If it doesn't win awards, I will eat my proof copy -- Katy Guest ― The…
