Days of Reading | Penguin Great IdeasThroughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. In these inspiring essays

That we just need to climb up the corporate ladder

"The trilogy as a whole should become standard reading in the fields of both South East Asian history and Islamic history

where he had spent a troubled childhood

Someone Else’s Empire looks at the infrastructure of a US world order re-energised by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

pathos and hijinks

And Muslims faced it when ISIS revived sex slavery

" this prescient volume contains Martin Heidegger's groundbreaking investigation into the pervasive "enframing" character of our understanding of ourselves and the world

If we are to avoid catastrophic climate change then now

is tasked with hosting a distinguished old family friend and his new wife

competing desires at the heart of our existence - desires that we copy from others

the book highlights how they continue to exist nevertheless

This material was collated and published in 2011 as The Pale King