Intelligence Squared Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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No Bullsh*t Leadership
Chris HirstIn the latest episode of No Bullsh*t Leadership, @khalafroula shares her advice for those stepping into leadership positions. Listen and subscribe now: https://bit.ly/3iY45TL @chrishirst @havas @FinancialTimes @FT #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment https://t.co/SGtIS5Rc6n
Paperback, 2022
$14.00Member price:$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pride & Prejudice: Mary's Story
Jeanne Desautel FosterA look back at @DominicWest as Mr Bennett in the opening scene of Jane Austen's 'Pride & Prejudice'. https://t.co/S0K7nAb63Y
Paperback, 2010
$9.00Member price:$4.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Russia: The Political Autobiography of Gennady Zyuganov: The Political Autobiography of Gennady Zyuganov
Gennady ZyuganovCan Russia Escape Its History? Russian Novelist Mikhail Shishkin comes to Intelligence Squared to discuss his new book My Russia: War or Peace? The book is both a historical and a personal view of this troubled and conflicted country. https://t.co/JefjPkpBxw
Hardcover, 1997
$210.00Member price:$199.50 + Free shipping5% off
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith“I think that 2021 is a little bit like the 1790s when Adam Smith was writing The Wealth of Nations. A speck of capitalist dust in a desert, but what was growing was infecting feudalism. Capitalism today is overthrowing itself like feudalism overthrew itself” @yanisvaroufakis
Hardcover, 2023
$29.99Member price:$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kafkaesque: Fourteen Stories
Franz Kafka📅 Coming up next week. @raziaiqbal sits with author, Mohsin Hamid to discuss the themes in his Kafkaesque novel, 'The Last White Man'. Join us 👇 https://t.co/TA8gmhh0S1
Paperback, 2020
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Anaximander: And the Birth of Science
Carlo RovelliWhat was the philosophical basis of Anaximander's cosmological ideas? Theoretical physicist and bestselling author, Carlo Rovelli, in conversation with the award-winning historian @holland_tom to discuss his book about the Greek philosopher. https://t.co/njQEcd80J4
Paperback, 2023
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid📅 Coming up next week. @raziaiqbal sits with author, Mohsin Hamid to discuss the themes in his Kafkaesque novel, 'The Last White Man'. Join us 👇 https://t.co/TA8gmhh0S1
Paperback, 2023
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Zelensky Effect
Olga Onuch🗓️ Coming up... 🎟️ Robert Harris In Conversation With Jessie Childs 🎟️ Digital Dictators, with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maria Ressa and Gabriel Gatehouse 🎟️ The Zelensky Effect, with Dr Olga Onuch and Henry Hale Find out more: https://t.co/imXNblK8HK https://t.co/WXbtJ9F0hD
Hardcover, 2023
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel KahnemanJUST ANNOUNCED: @kahneman_daniel, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow, will be live in London for first time since 2014 On 26 May Kahneman will be in conversation with @CassSunstein and @SibOliv https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/daniel-kahneman-on-making-intelligent-decisions-in-a-chaotic-world/
Paperback, 2013
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Jonathan FreedlandTomorrow we are joined by @Freedland - journalist, broadcaster & multi-million-copy, no.1 bestselling author of The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World. Join us to hear an extraordinary adventure story. Find out more here: https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/jonathan-freedland-on-the-man-who-escaped-auschwitz-to-warn-the-world/
Paperback, 2023
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book