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Long considered the ‘boring’ corner of finance, bonds are anything but. They are bigger than the stock market and rival even the global banking system in influence. But they are also misunderstood – treated as mere debt, when in fact their impact is radically different. From medieval Venice to modern Wall Street, Robin Wigglesworth uncovers the a sweeping, unveiling story of the bond market. With clarity and wit, this is a people’s history of finance: rich in drama, full of colourful characters, and bursting with insights. Bonds have funded everything from the Crusades to climate tech, Netflix series to AI data centres. Pooling capital from citizens and merchants at an unmatched scale, they have been the hidden force behind some of humanity’s highest achievements and greatest calamities. This isn’t just a book about the past. It’s a guide to the future of the finance, and a love letter to the engine that keeps it running.
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In the shattered aftermath of Cambodia’s civil war, temples that had stood for centuries were found ransacked, sacred sculptures hacked from pedestals, towering statues of Hindu gods and priceless relics of the Khmer Empire vanished. At the centre of this vast plunder, British expat Douglas Latchford, whose decades-long obsession fuelled one of the most audacious cultural thefts of modern times. From the Killing Fields to the marble galleries of New York and London and the private collections of the rich and famous, this book unravels a story of power, greed and corruption, and questions what you take from a nation when you steal its past. Drawing on years of investigation and exclusive access to the stories’ key players, Matthew Campbell reveals how the treasures of one of the world’s greatest civilizations were stolen, sold, and finally found.
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We used to go to work to learn to do the job. Now learning IS the job. Whatever your career, staying relevant and adaptable is essential to your success. And your unexpected role model for learning at work? A lobster. In ‘Learn Like a Lobster’, Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis explore the unexpected parallels between lobsters and lifelong learning.
