[Praise for Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine]: 'Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial'

Packed with thinking dynamite ... a book to be read everywhere

There are few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books

Lucid, calm, impeccably researched, gorgeously readable

It’s beautiful to look at, charming to read and will strike a chord with dog owners.

For any dog-loving child, this book would be bedtime balm.

The perfect stocking filler for any dog lovers, who will recognise his or her own dog somewhere in these hilarious entries.

The exuberant Plum adores swimming, croissants and long walks and will charm dog lovers young and old with her escapades.

Charming.

Carr argues, very convincingly, that automation is eroding our memory while simultaneously creating a complacency within us that will diminish our ability to gain new skills … I had always wondered if it were possible Google Maps was ruining my sense of direction. Now I am certain of it

Fascinating … With digital technology today we are roughly at the stage we were with the car in the 1950s – dazzled by its possibilities and unwilling to think seriously about its costs … [this] nuanced account … is very good

Who is it serving, this technology, asks Carr. Us? Or the companies that make billions from it? Billions that have shown no evidence of trickling down … It’s hard not to read the chapter on lethal autonomous robots – technology that already exists – without thinking of the perpetual warfare of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four

An eye-opening exposé of how automation is altering our ability to solve problems, forge memories and acquire skills

A powerful and compelling book.

[A] full and frank account

[A] wonderful book