Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Scientific American, and The EconomistThe riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who made “the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity at the cost of human life” (The New York Times, Editors’ Choice)—from the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives.In the summe...

As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain Gilbert Roberts and a group of ten Wrens (members of ...

The “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected foreign agents on the Isle of Man, alongside a renowned group of refugee musicians, intellectuals, artists, and—possibly—genuine spies.Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo’s roundups in Berlin by way of a peril...

Zum ersten Mal erzählt: das Schicksal deutscher Künstler in Churchills InternierungslagernSimon Parkin beleuchtet ein bisher unbekanntes Kapitel des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Im Mai 1940 ließ Winston Churchill alle männlichen Deutschen und Österreicher zwischen 16 und 60 Jahren ohne Gerichtsverfahren als »feindliche Ausländer« internieren. Die Flüchtlinge waren den Nazis gerade entkommen und wurden nun von Churchill auf die Isle of Man zwischen Irland und England verbannt. Das Hutchinson...

Matamos el tiempo con los videojuegos pero ¿qué pasa cuando los videojuegos nos matan a nosotros? La pregunta da mucho de sí, y Simon Parkin intenta responderla sin olvidar que, para algunos, EVE Online, Grand Theft Auto y League of Legends tienen poderes salvíficos. Jugamos por muchos motivos, y Muerte por videojuego es, a su manera, una teoría estética y política del diseño, la programación y ese aparente contrasentido que es la vida en los mundos virtuales. Un estado de la cuestión y el...

Zum ersten Mal erzählt: das Schicksal deutscher Künstler in Churchills InternierungslagernIm Mai 1940 ließ Winston Churchill alle männlichen Deutschen und Österreicher zwischen 16 und 60 Jahren als »feindliche Ausländer« internieren. Die Flüchtlinge waren den Nazis gerade entkommen und wurden nun auf die Isle of Man zwischen Irland und England verbannt. Das Hutchinson Camp wurde daraufhin zu einem kreativen Zentrum, in dem einige der begabtesten Denker, Schriftsteller, Musiker und ...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Scientific American, and The EconomistThe riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who made “the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity at the cost of human life” (The New York Times, Editors’ Choice)—from the award-winning author of The Island of Extraordinary Captives.In the summe...

The “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected foreign agents on the Isle of Man, alongside a renowned group of refugee musicians, intellectuals, artists, and—possibly—genuine spies.Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo’s roundups in Berlin by way of a peril...

Hiring Right is for anyone who interviews and hires for their organization – Hiring Managers, Business Leaders, HR Professionals and Recruiters. What you learn by reading Hiring Right will make it easier to hire great talent. This book presents a model for finding, engaging, closing, and retaining the top candidates and high performers in your market. In a world where many organizations emptily proclaim that people are their greatest asset, this book speaks to the new way...

As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic.By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised by Captain Gilbert Roberts and a group of ten Wrens (members of ...

From award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor Simon Parkin comes the untold true story of the courtroom battle to determine who really invented the video game—and who would profit most from its billion-dollar future.New York, 1988. A lawsuit between Nintendo and US television manufacturer Magnavox is playing out in federal court, unearthing decades of invention, betrayal, and buried history from the pioneering days of video games.The tri...

From award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor Simon Parkin comes the untold true story of the courtroom battle to determine who really invented the video game—and who would profit most from its billion-dollar future.New York, 1988. A lawsuit between Nintendo and US television manufacturer Magnavox is playing out in federal court, unearthing decades of invention, betrayal, and buried history from the pioneering days of video games.The tri...