IQ2 Podcast Books
Books highlighted here are featured on the Intelligence Squared podcast.
Intelligence Squared is a media company that organizes live debates and other cultural events around the world. Founded in 2002 it is headquartered in London and has affiliates in the US, Australia, and Hong Kong. The debates are held in the traditional Oxford style in front of a live audience. IQ2 features books that inform, inspire & enlighten.
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant
$36.99 AUD
Category: Mind Body Spirit | Reading Level: near fine
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. We live in a world that's obsessed with talent. We celebrate gifted students in school, natural athletes in sports, and child prodigies in music. But admiring people who sta ...Show more
Nights of Plague by Orhan Pamuk
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Release
A new book by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Part detective story, part historical epic - a bold and brilliant novel that imagines a plague taking over a fictional island in the Ottoman Empire. It is April 1900, in the Levant, on the imaginary island of Mingeria-the twenty-ninth state of ...Show more
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf
$26.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
A magnificent reckoning of how and why the marriage between democracy and capitalism is coming undone all over the world, and what can be done to save it We are living in an age when economic failings have shaken faith in global capitalism. Political failings have undermined trust in liberal democracy ...Show more
Emotion by Design: Creative Leadership Lessons from a Life at Nike by Greg Hoffman
$35.00 AUD
Category: Business & Economics
A revelatory way to unlock the creativity of any team, from Nike's former Chief Marketing Officer From 'Just Do It' to the Swoosh logo, everything Nike creates is designed to connect with its customers' deepest emotions. Now, Nike's former CMO explains how any company can harness its creativity to forge ...Show more
Rooted: Stories of Life, Land and a Farming Revolution by Sarah Langford
$35.00 AUD
Category: Culture & History
A fascinating personal account of a revolution in British farmingSarah Langford had left her country roots behind to live and work in the city as a barrister. But when she found herself moving to the countryside, back to an agricultural life she had left behind, she saw farmers dealing with very differe ...Show more
The Inequality of Wealth: Why it Matters and How to Fix it by Liam Byrne
$44.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics
The super-rich have never had it so good. But millions of us can't afford a home, an education or a pension. And unless we change course soon, the future will be worse. Much worse. Yet, it doesn't have to be like this. In this bold new book, former Treasury Minister, Liam Byrne, explains the fast-accele ...Show more
Abyss - The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
$34.99 AUD
Category: Culture & History | Reading Level: very good
From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union. During those weeks, the world gazed into the abyss of potential annihilation. One of its most ...Show more
Food for Life by Tim Spector
$35.00 AUD
Category: Health | Reading Level: very good
From the bestselling author of Spoon-Fed and The Diet Myth, a comprehensive guide to the new science of nutrition, drawing on Tim Spector's cutting-edge research.Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat has never seemed so complicated. In his new book, Tim Spector creat ...Show more
The Persuaders - Winning Hearts and Minds in a Divided Age by Anand Giridharadas
$37.99 AUD
Category: Current Topics | Reading Level: very good
The lifeblood of any free society is persuasion- changing other people's minds to enable real change. But America is suffering a crisis of faith in persuasion that is putting its democracy and the planet itself at risk. People increasingly write each other off instead of seeking to win each other over. ...Show more
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World by Anthony Sattin
$32.99 AUD
Category: IQ2 Podcast Books
The remarkable story of how nomads have fostered and refreshed civilization throughout our history. Moving across millennia, Nomads explores the transformative and often bloody relationship between settled and mobile societies. Often overlooked in history, the story of the umbilical connections between ...Show more
The Complete Guide to Memory: The Science of Strengthening Your Mind by Richard Restak
$24.99 AUD
Category: New Release
In this book, renowned neurologist and bestselling author Dr Richard Restak distils the wisdom of an entire career into this one-stop guide to the science of memory. Drawing on scientific history, case studies, famous anecdotes and more, he offers tips and tricks for anyone who wants to strengthen their ...Show more
Willowman by Inga Simpson
$32.99 AUD
Category: New Release
'Inga Simpson brings all her craft and sensitivity to a story that has never been told, and now that she has done it, it feels like this was a story that was needing to be told. With her art, Inga joins the likes of Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy in the vanguard of cricket's exciting new rev ...Show more