Nala the Koala

Penny Min Ferguson (Illustrator)Penguin Random House Australia

Nala the koala has lost her home. She searches far and wide, but some places are too sandy, some are too scary and some are just too small! Where have all the trees gone?A sweet story that gently touches on displacement, finding your home and preserving precious environments.All royalties from sales of ...

Emotional: The New Thinking about Feelings

Leonard Mlodinow

We've been told we need to master our emotions and think rationally to succeed. But cutting-edge science shows that feelings are every bit as important to our success as thinkingYou make hundreds of decisions every day, from what to eat for breakfast to how to influence people, and not one of them could...

The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

Adrian Wooldridge

The Times (UK) book of the year! Meritocracy: the idea that people should be advanced according to their talents rather than their birth. While this initially seemed like a novel concept, by the end of the twentieth century it had become the world's ruling ideology. How did this happen, and why is merit...