Concise, actionable advice in plain English from a healthcare attorney to help you save big on healthcare by being a proactive, engaged "E-Patient".  This book will educate and empower you to price-shop treatments, spot expensive billing overcharges and errors, win insurance appeals, negotiate medical bills down and take back control of your healthcare. As a bonus, the book includes sample letters and worksheets to help in your patient advocacy for yourself or l...

90 Prozent der Kirchenmitglieder nehmen nicht am Gemeindeleben Teil. Sie zahlen nur für den Rest. Kann das wirklich die Idee einer Kirche sein? Wer zahlt, schafft an. Heißt es. Nur in der Kirche nicht. Ein Fakt, der Kirche ad absurdum führt. Von dieser Diagnose ausgehend zieht Bestsellerautor Erik Flügge zusammen mit David Holte, der selbst aus der Kirche ausgetreten ist, messerscharf Konsequenzen. Er zeigt, weshalb Kirche so zum Scheitern verurteilt ist, was sie ändern muss und wie sie da...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Wisdom of Bees by Michael O'Malley, read by David Holt.'It seemed to me that the bees were working on the very same kinds of problems we are trying to solve. How can large, diverse groups work together harmoniously and productively? Perhaps we could take what the bees do so well and apply it to our institutions.'When Michael O'Malley first took up beekeeping he thought it would be a nice hobby ...

From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John Lennon: The Life and Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation—a rare and “absorbing biography” (Wall Street Journal) of George Harrison, the most misunderstood and mysterious Beatle, based on decades-long research and unparalleled access to inside sources.Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in ...

‘Extensive and intelligent . . . a guide to the nature of British intellectual curiosity’ SpectatorThe reign of Queen Elizabeth I ushered in an unprecedented age of exploration and discovery. Over 500 years that saw ‘the greatest expansion of ideas and knowledge the world has ever seen’, a small island nation, for centuries a cultural backwater, asserted itself as a world power.Breathtaking in scope, embracing literature, science, art, religion, ph...

'Brilliant . . . A great book' Rod Liddle'Utterly shocking. Blunt wasn't just an arch-traitor. He was a callous mass-murderer. A war criminal no less. And it's hard to say which is the greater sucker punch - Blunt's dark treachery, or the British establishment's cover up of his crimes. It is high time the truth was revealed. Blofeld's book does just that. Bravo' Damien Lewis'This thrilling book, as twisty as a Le C...

Karen Armstrong meets Pico Iyer in this sweeping history of Christianity that visits a dozen places of worship on every inhabited continent to tell their often wild stories and examine their sometimes difficult legacies.Christianity is the largest religion in the US with upwards of 200 million people, and its churches often possess an allure and beauty that fascinate even the most committed atheist. What fascinates Fergus Butler-Gallie is that each place of worship...

A New Yorker best book of 2025'brilliantly inventive'. - Tom Holland'learned, highly informative and readable'. - Literary Review'thoughtful, humane and open-minded'. - Kirkus Reviews'A brilliant book'. - Library Journal*'*witty writing'. - The Times'Hugely accomplished and endlessly readable'. -

From the author of the million-copy selling Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation and the bestselling John Lennon: The Life comes a revealing portrait of George Harrison, the most undervalued and mysterious Beatle.Despite being hailed as one of the best guitarists of his era, George Harrison, particularly in his early decades, battled feelings of inferiority. He was often the butt of jokes from his bandmates owing to his lower-class background a...

As the celebrated author of Akenfield, Ronald Blythe, turns 100 this year, Next to Nature brings together a seasonal collection from the very best of a lifetime of writing.Ronald Blythe lives at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home is Bottengoms Farm, a sturdy yeoman's house once owned by the artist John Nash. From here, Blythe has spent almost hal...

Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was createdThe Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts—including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis, and the violent challenges posed by Iraq's competing sects—are rooted in the region's political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed by the Allies...

The definitive biography of the famous Elizabethan-era dramatist and poet—and an investigation into his murder.Shakespeare's contemporary, Christopher Marlowe revolutionized English drama and poetry, transforming the Elizabethan stage into a place of astonishing creativity. The outline of Marlowe's life, work, and violent death are known, but few of the details that explain why his writing and ideas made him such a provocateur in the Elizabethan era have been avail...