Will the onset of new technologies mean massive job losses across the world? Does AI present a threat or an opportunity? Is humanity approaching an era of new freedoms, where all manual work is automated, allowing creativity and new experiences to flourish. In this extraordinary and often mind-blowing new book, futurologist Keith Woolcock explores what the 21st century is likely to bring. Fiercely intelligent and tightly argued, he looks back at the history of ideas as a guide to what might be just round the corner, in a world where information is at the centre of everything.

Will the onset of new technologies mean massive job losses across the world? Does AI present a threat or an opportunity? Is humanity approaching an era of new freedoms, where all manual work is automated, allowing creativity and new experiences to flourish. In this extraordinary and often mind-blowing new book, futurologist Keith Woolcock explores what the 21st century is likely to bring. Fiercely intelligent and tightly argued, he looks back at the history of ideas as a guide to what might be just round the corner, in a world where information is at the centre of everything.

In the quest for beauty there has only ever been one authority - Vogue. The magazine's pursuit of perfection has chronicled the changing face of beauty at its seductive best; its photographs and illustrations represent the power of the transformation of self, the creative statement made with a brush of make-up, the seduction implied in a gloss of lipstick. Having created a world where the female form rules supreme, Vogue is the fairy godmother to beauty's fable and Vogue Beauty celebrates the fashion and form that has shaped our viewpoint: clothed or naked; dramatically enhanced or naturally simplistic; the face, the mask, the luxury, the allure of the aesthetic. Capturing the scent of glamour alongside the romance of woman, Vogue Beauty is as classic as a stick of red lipstick.

Author of the best-selling AGINCOURT, Juliet Barker now tells the equally remarkable, but largely forgotten, story of the dramatic years when England ruled France at the point of a sword.Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France. Supremely evocative and brilliantly told, this is narrative history at its most colourful and compelling - the true story of those who fought for an English kingdom of France.

A practical and down-to-earth money audiobook, written by two expert and high-profile authors, which helps you tackle debt, learn to budget, and make positive changes to the way you spend money.

Beck Hardin returns to his Texas hometown - and his estranged father - after the death of his wife leaves him with two children to raise. The town is still reeling from the murder of sixteen-year-old Heidi, whose father - Beck's old college friend - asks Beck to help him find Heidi's killer before the statute of limitations runs out. Meanwhile, Beck is pushed into becoming town Judge, and he makes some powerful enemies amongst the rich white landowners when he refuses to condone their treatment of the Mexican workers of the town. As events escalate, the landowners carefully plot their revenge...

The hilarious and poignant new novel from Christine Simon