**AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END AND OLD GOD'S TIME'A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning' OBSERVERAn immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.**I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things . . . were gone forever.Against the rapidly shifting landscape ...

America was built upon the enduring tension between strong leadership and constitutional restraint. What happens when this balance is challenged?Drawing upon a lifetime of experience in combat aviation, national security strategy, crisis leadership, education reform, and public service, John Barry's Power & Peril takes readers on a sweeping journey through the recurring struggles that have shaped both the American presidency and the nation itself. From the...

Four experts with the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University provide the essential—and now newly updated—guide to becoming a more effective crisis leader while equipping yourself with the tools for everyday transformative leadershipToday, every leader must be ready to lead through a crisis. In You’re It, the faculty from the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University draws on their expansive field research ...

Chaotic, reckless and 100% unfiltered: this is the hilarious world according to hugely popular social media star, TV star and podcaster GK Barry.Before we jump in, I should probably tell you what this book isn’t. It’s not an autobiography (I’m still too fresh out the womb) or self-development guide (er, be real). Neither does it contain a magic formula that’s going to give you the solution to surviving every plot twist life decides to throw at you. None of...

'An extraordinary story, vividly told with great pace and insight' DAVID MCCULLAGH'A compelling narrative for this incredible tale of fortitude and bravery' RONAN MCGREEVYCatalpa recounts one of the most daring and improbable rescue missions in Irish history, the dramatic escape of six Fenian prisoners from Fremantle Prison in Australia – on the farthest edge of the British Empire – and their journey onwards to America on a whaling...

With its narrative of emotionless alien duplicates replacing average folk, Don Siegel's 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers was the first post-war horror film to locate the monstrous in the everyday, thus marking it as a pivotal moment in American horror film history four years before Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Barry Keith Grant's compelling study traces Invasion's journey from 'B' movie thriller to an acknowledged classic of American cinema. Grant unpacks the film's enga...

Entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta was going to rescue the Australian, UK, European and US steel industries—and save the planet with green steel. He did none of these things, but he did get very rich. This is the extraordinary story, told for the first time.Sanjeev Gupta is a fast-talking billionaire with all the trappings of success. He boasts world-class charm, a huge appetite for risk, and a remarkable ability to inspire belief. The media christens him the 'Saviour of S...

Step beyond the ordinary and enter a world of ghosts, strange encounters, hidden secrets, and unexplained phenomena. The Book of Shadows Vol. 1 is a collection of classic and atmospheric stories by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Robert W. Chambers, H. G. Wells, Beatrix Potter, Edith Nesbit, Barry Pain, E. F. Benson, D. H. Lawrence, and Thomas Burke. Bringing together a diverse group of writers, this anthology explores the darker and stranger side of classic literature. Within its pages are stor...

Leadership looks impressive from the outside, but from the inside, it can feel isolating, relentless, and heavy. Senior leaders carry responsibilities no one else fully understands—decisions without peers, criticism without context, and pressure that follows them long after the workday ends. Necessary Burdens draws on decades of real-world leadership from two preeminent names in leadership and psychology, exploring unseen realities that come with authority: loneliness, identity st...

Legendary alpinist Barry Blanchard returns to the thin places where weather, will, and luck decide everything—and the consequences echo for years.Vicariously thrilling for armchair—and actual—alpinists. –Kirkus ReviewsBlanchard, in his inimitable, heart-pounding, and brutally honest style, continues reminiscing about the life he introduced readers to inThe Calling (Patagonia, 2017).In these years, he travels from A...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2023THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTWICE WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEARA FINANCIAL TIMES, TIMES, AND IRISH TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A masterpiece' Sunday Times'Stunning' LIZ NUGENT'Extraordinary' Irish Times

Change can begin right now. Learn to bring about dynamic personal growth and find courage, inspiration, success, and happiness with the empowering bestseller from psychotherapist Barry Michels and psychiatrist Phil Stutz.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘My life has gotten immeasurably better as a result of working with Stutz’ Jonah Hill, Academy Award nominated actorCan you imagine what your life would be like if you could tap in...