De Tweede Wereldoorlog omvat ruim 900 zwart-witfoto's die een duidelijk beeld geven van de gewelddadige gebeurtenissen tussen 1939 en 1945 tijdens het grootste mondiale conflict aller tijden.  Meer

De belangen van de economie lijken vaak direct tegengesteld aan die van het milieu en de mensen. Maar zo hoeft het niet te zijn, betogen David Boyle en Andrew Simms in 'The New Economics'.  Meer

David Boyle guides us through the next big thing in Western living – the determined rejection of the fake, the virtual, the spun and the mass-produced, in the search for authenticity.  Meer

If you thought being middle-class meant your own home, something set aside for the kids and a comfortable retirement – think again.  Meer

Tells the tale of one of the most peculiar incidents of medieval history, and the background to the real Blondel and his fellow troubadours. This title also talks about the courts of love, the Holy Grail, emergence of gothic cathedrals like Notre Dame and Chartres, and the moment of tolerance in the West when Europe shared a language, and more.  Meer

Never before have we attempted to measure as much as we do today. Why are we so obsessed with numbers? What can they really tell us?  Meer

It is time we escaped the tentacles of Tickbox. Boyle suggests a series of ways out - starting with recognising the danger and calling it out for what it is - a massive failure, corroding our lives and our ability, as human beings, to act on the world.  Meer

Since money was invented, there has been a debate about better ways of creating it and better rules to govern how it works - until the last generation, when it began to seem that the money system had been handed down by God and remained unchanged ever since.  Meer

Since money was invented, there has been a debate about better ways of creating it and better rules to govern how it works - until the last generation, when it began to seem that the money system had been handed down by God and remained unchanged ever since.  Meer

Despite some of the most sophisticated computer systems known to mankind, modern life can be infuriating – and it's getting worse. But there is a growing suspicion that, despite all the investment in IT and organization we have seen, we live with the same old problems we always have done.  Meer