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A GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 ROYAL SOCIETY INSIGHT INVESTMENT SCIENCE BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 FINANCIAL TIMES AND McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEARAn urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a passionately argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerment.'Passionate and timely . . . in a world where so many of us stick to criticising the status quo, it's heartening to read someone willing to offer viable solutions.'CAROLINE CRIADO-PEREZ, OBSERVER (author of Invisible Women )'A compelling and actionable case for unleashing women's economic power.'MELINDA GATESThe Cost of Sexism is an urgent analysis of global gender inequality and a fervently argued case for change by a pioneer in the movement for women's economic empowerment. Drawing on decades of statistical evidence, original research and global on-the-ground experience, Linda Scott outlines a revolutionary, actionable plan to remove economic barriers against women, and in the process combat humankind's most pressing problems.'One of the most objective, data-led, rigorously scientific and morally persuasive books of the year.'GUARDIAN (Books of the Year)'Shocking.' ADAM RUTHERFORD, BBC INSIDE SCIENCE'Scholarly and impassioned.' FINANCIAL TIMES'Essential.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Powerful.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW***The Cost of Sexism was previously published in 2020 in hardback under the title The Double X Economy .

A SUNDAY TIMES, NEW STATESMAN & IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA perspective-shattering work into the minds of violent criminals that reveals profound consequences for human nature and society at large.Serial homicide. Stalking. Arson. Gang crime. Who are the people behind these acts of terrible violence? What are their stories? And what is it like to sit opposite them?Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychologists. She has spent over thirty years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons for violent offenders. Whatever her patient's crime - serial homicide, stalking, arson - she helps them to better know their minds. Case by case, she takes the reader into the treatment room and reveals the complex and vulnerable humans behind these acts of terrible violence. These are stories of cruelty and despair, but also change and hope. The Devil You Know speaks to our shared humanity and makes the case for compassion over condemnation, empathy over fear.

Drawn from the popular Guardian column these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days.Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow’), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts ('you’ll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice'), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn’t enjoying. Parkinson’s everyday exaltations – selected from her immensely successful Guardian column – will utterly delight.

Rosie Raccoon was up to no goodout and about in a grand neighbourhood.It seems Rosie is up to no good as she breaks into the houses of Bear, Flamingo and Snake, but when Officer Skunk catches her in the act all she has taken is junk! But Rosie has a plan to recycle these treasures and make something new . . .With a topical environmental theme, Lou's fantastic rhyming text and Julia's adorable illustrations this picture book will be irresistible to young readers.

The Woman in the Purple Skirt is being watched. Someone is following her, always perched just out of sight, monitoring which buses she takes; what she eats; whom she speaks to. But this invisible observer isn't a stalker - it's much more complicated than that.

Guides readers on the path to financial freedom, discussing how to not only weather but gain from fluctuations in the stock market, how to get more out of a 401k, and how to avoid paying hidden fees.