David Epstein

Offers an exploration of athletic success. This book shows why some skills that we imagine are innate are not - like the bullet-fast reactions of a baseball player - and why other characteristics that we assume are entirely voluntary, like the motivation to practice, might in fact have important genetic components. Meer

The Roman Republic was governed by a small group of men who agreed far more than they disagreed on the fundamental questions facing the state. The details of their public behaviour can thus only be understood in relation to the idiosyncrasies deeply embedded in Roman political culture, one of the most important of which was that of personal hatred – ‘inimicitia’. Meer

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The Instant New York Times bestseller

‘Masterful’ – Adam Grant
'So interesting' – Pandora Sykes
‘Wonderful’ – Angela Duckworth

An essential read to become the most creative, productive, and satisfied version of yourself, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Range. Meer