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Books To Make You Think Twice
Happiness: Lessons from a New ScienceHappiness: Lessons from a New Science by Richard Layard
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £1.50
A positive guide to what genuinely makes us happy
The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for LivingThe Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living by Dalai Lama XIV Bstan-'dzin-rgya-mtsho
Buy used from: £19.49
So much humour and wisdom all from one man!
The Fake Factor: Why we love brands but buy fakesThe Fake Factor: Why we love brands but buy fakes by Sarah McCartney
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £2.49
Well, I think it's pretty good...it'll change the way you shop
IrrationalityIrrationality by Stuart Sutherland
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £3.51
Thank goodness this book is back in print! Essential reading if you want to understand how we all make bad decisions.
Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991Age of Extremes : The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991 by E.J. Hobsbawm
Buy new: £9.27 / Used from: £2.97
For a recent history of how we got to exactly where we are now, it's unbeatable.
Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate FreedomLight on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace and Ultimate Freedom by B.K.S. Iyengar
Buy used from: £2.90
A personal view of life by the acknowledged living master of yoga
Infinite JestInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Buy used from: £2.87
Definitely the longest, possibly the most challenging, probably the most mind boggling novel I'll ever read.
Untold StoriesUntold Stories by Alan Bennett
Buy new: £6.57 / Used from: £0.01
Bennett never puts a single word out of place. A truly beautiful book.
Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics)Vanity Fair (Penguin Classics) by William Thackeray
Buy new: £6.02 / Used from: £0.37
Times change, but human beings stay the same.
What Not to WearWhat Not to Wear by Trinny Woodall
Buy used from: £0.01
The original, best and unbeaten book of good sense about clothes.