Thought-provoking treatise on the soft power of opprobrium, and its important role in achieving social cohesion in an ever more individualised culture... timely and urgent

Intelligent and provocative... The prospect of shame is a powerful social corrective

Thoughtful and measured

Shaming is society's natural stabilizer and organic risk-management mechanism, and one that is ignored in modernity, particularly in the virtual world. Worse: it has been largely ignored by researchers before Jennifer Jacquet, whose book gives us an insightful treatment of a vital topic

This is a wonderful, important and timely book. It shows us that the glue that really holds society together is not laws and diktats but honour and shame

Mlodinow vividly traces the revolutions in thought and culture that define our civilization and, as a bonus, presents a stimulating overview of the history and majestic sweep of modern science

An enjoyable and readable introduction to the history of western science, beginning with the first stone tools and ending in the era of quantum physics. Mlodinow takes us on a tour of some of the high points of scientific discovery from Egyptian and Mesopotamian mathematics, to Pythagoras and Aristotle, to the classical era of Galileo and Newton, and finally to the strange worlds of Einsteinian relativity and the uncertainty principle, which taught us how to study worlds beyond the reach of our everyday senses

Michael Lewis is perhaps my favourite writer full stop ... he engages both heart and brain like no other author, and he tells the story of Tversky and Kahneman beautifully

Gripping ... There is war, heroism, genius, love, loss, discovery, enduring loyalty and friendship. It is epic stuff ... Michael Lewis is one of the best non-fiction writers of our time. The writing has wit, passion and scientific credibility

Michael Lewis could spin gold out of any topic he chose ... his best work ... vivid, original and hard to forget

[A] rich and practical paean to nonconformity.

Originals succeeds by marrying sound research and insightful anecdotes to a breezy narrative style

Part of the fun of Grant’s book is that he redeems behaviors we typically regard with puritan disdain. . . . Thought-provoking.

One of the most original thinkers of our time.

Solomon is an attentive and inquisitive anatomist of the ways that art is made within a society.

Solomon has an outsider’s eagle eye. A dazzling volume.

[A] wonderful collection of essays… Dip in and out, and you will be richly rewarded over and again.

This is a book to open the eyes and broaden the mind.

As always, Solomon gets into the far corners of things, including people’s minds… He’s also very sharp on South Africa, China, Libya, Romania, and Brexit Britain, among others. He’s an expert on turmoil.