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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence is a brew of anger and frustration that has fuelled populist protest, with the triumph of Brexit and election of Donald Trump. Michael J. Sandel argues that to overcome the polarized politics of our time, we must rethink the attitudes toward success and failure that have accompanied globalisation and rising inequality. Sandel highlights the hubris a meritocracy generates among the winners and the harsh judgement it imposes on those left behind. He offers an alternative way of thinking about success - more attentive to the role of luck in human affairs, more conducive to an ethic of humility, and more hospitable to a politics of the common good.

Varoufakis has written one of the greatest political memoirs of all time [and] one of the most accurate and detailed descriptions of modern power ever written Guardian

In March 2015, the Supreme Court of Italy exonerated Amanda Knox, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Waiting To Be Heard. In the afterward of this newly issued paperback edition, Amanda updates readers on her life since 2011, introduces those who supported her during her lengthy legal battle, and shares her plans to assist others wrongfully convicted. In November 2007, 20-year-old Amanda, studying in Perugia, Italy, became embroiled in a media frenzy following the murder of her friend and roommate, Meredith Kercher. After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted of murder in 2009 and spent four years in an Italian prison. In 2011, a new court, reviewing the prosecution’s DNA evidence, found her innocent, allowing her to return to Seattle. However, her legal troubles resurfaced in March 2013 when Italy’s highest court annulled her acquittal, leading to a retrial where she was again found guilty and sentenced to 28½ years in prison in January 2014. This decision was ultimately overturned by the Italian Supreme Court. In Waiting to Be Heard, Amanda recounts her harrowing experience of being imprisoned in a foreign country for a crime she did not commit, emphasizing the vital support from her family and friends. The memoir is a heartfelt coming-of-age narrative, now featuring a new afterword detailing the final twists in her fight for freedom and her aspirations for the future.

Wat is nu ook alweer het verschil tussen soennieten en sjiieten? Waarom telt het christendom zoveel subgroepen? Wat houden de oude spirituele tradities van de Yoruba en de Aboriginals precies in? Wat zijn de basisbeginselen van taoïsme en confucianisme? En waarom is Scientology zo populair? Van animisme tot zoroastrisme, van de Buddhavacan tot de Koran: Religie in 30 seconden ontrafelt de 50 invloedrijkste religies, culten en sekten in minder dan een halve minuut. Niet alleen de bekende wereldgodsdiensten passeren daarbij de revue, maar ook nieuwe 'religies' als Falun Gong, hare krisjna en de rastafaribeweging. Russell Re Manning studeerde theologie en filosofie aan de universiteit van Oxford en doceert godsdienstfilosofie in Cambridge. Eerder publiceerde hij onder meer The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology