2025
Coco Chanel: The Legend and The Life
December
The story of Chanel begins with an abandoned child, as lost as a girl in a dark fairytale. Unveiling remarkable new details about Gabrielle Chanel's early years in a convent orphanage, and her flight into unconventional adulthood, Picardie explores what lies beneath the glossy surface of a mythic fashion icon. An authoritative account, based on personal observations and interviews with Chanel's last surviving friends, employees and relatives, it also unravels her coded language and symbols, and traces the influence of her formative years on her legendary style.
Survival Of The City
November
From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world - how we adjust to this new reality and what lessons can we learn from the past? In this urgently relevant book, leading experts Edward Glaeser and David Cutler examine the history and future of the global city. They argue the biggest threats are those we have created ourselves - inequalities in housing, health, work and education - and that we need to address these as a matter of urgency if our cities are to continue to thrive and drive economic growth and prosperity.
The Woman I
Wanted To Be
October
Diane Von Furstenberg reflects with signature candour on her life as she reveals its three phases: living The American Dream as a fashion tycoon in the '70s, re-emerging after several setbacks as The Comeback Kid in the '90s, and The New Era, as she works to cement her professional and philanthropic efforts into a lasting legacy. The Woman I Wanted to Be is a bold and honest portrait of a woman who was determined to carve an identity of her own and, having achieved that goal, is empowering others to do the same.
Limitless
September
Dedication and patience are crucial to leading a successful organisation. But the greatest and most enduring companies of our modern age have something else too: leaders who look beyond the confines of business convention and into a different future; leaders who see opportunity where others see obstacles. Limitless is a celebration of these leaders who didn't just grow their profits, but expanded the horizons of their customers and our culture. From Henry Ford and Margaret Rudkin to Steve Jobs and Coco Chanel, their stories hold wisdom for today's entrepreneurs and tomorrow's leaders.
Velocity
August
How can you succeed when the only certainty is change?
Velocity presents seven new laws for businesses and individuals in a world that is dominated by rapid change and digital technology. Written as a conversation between the authors - Ajaz Ahmed, from AKQA, and Stefan Olander, from Nike - Velocity identifies seven key truths that individuals and businesses should adopt to thrive. Fast paced, useful, provocative and highly motivating, Velocity will arm you with actionable ideas to define your future.
Sonny Boy
July
The memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions - the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference.
Radio Free Afghanistan
June
The deeply moving and surprising story of the attempt to build a truly independent radio and television company in contemporary Afghanistan, Saad Mohseni, chairman and CEO of Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company, charts a twenty-year effort to bring a free press to his country after years of Taliban rule, and how that effort persists even after the Taliban's return to power in 2021. Mohseni's position at Moby affords him unique insights into this extraordinary yet troubled country, the youngest in the world outside of Sub-Saharan Africa, and his powerful account captures there spirit and resilience of the Afghan people.
Joe Louis : The Rise and Fall of the Brown Bomber
May
Joe Louis was one of boxing's all-time greats. Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world for 11 years and nine months, the 'Brown Bomber' put his title on the line no less than 25 times. His classic fights with Max Baer, Max Schmeling, James J. Braddock, Billy Conn and many others are part of boxing lore. Often coming from behind to retain his prized title, his fights ended in a blaze of glory. In 1937 he became the first black boxer to win the championship since Jack Johnson's reign ended 22 years earlier. Louis was a more popular champion than the arrogant Johnson.
The Murder of
Sonny Liston
April
On 5 January 1971 former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was found dead at his Las Vegas home. Liston's death, labelled an overdose, has long hung over Las Vegas and the boxing world, leaving unanswered questions about his ties to mob kingpins, drug lords, billionaire hoteliers and powerful promoters. Against the backdrop of a pivotal era in the history of Las Vegas in which the mob turned a sleepy desert oasis into a gambling paradise, The Murder of Sonny Liston is both a riveting murder hunt and a stunning portrait of the glittering high-rises along the strip.
Ali : A Life
March
In Jonathan Eig's ground-breaking and definitive biography, we get a comprehensive portrait of one of the most significant personalities of the second half of the twentieth century. We are not only taken inside the ring for some of the most famous bouts in boxing history, we also learn about his personal life, his finances, his faith and the moments when the first signs of his physical decline began to show. Ali was a symbol of freedom and courage, a hero to many, but this is also a very personal story of a warrior who was brought down by his own stubborn refusal to quit.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr
February
The mild-mannered, inquisitive child and student who rebelled against segregation; the dedicated young minister who constantly questioned the depths of his faith and the limits of his wisdom and the reflective, world-famous leader who was fired by a vision of equality for people everywhere. Relevant and insightful, this autobiography offer King's seldom discussed views on some of the world's greatest and most controversial figures. This book brings to life a remarkable man whose thoughts and actions still inspire our desires, hopes and dreams.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
January
Malcolm X's blazing, legendary autobiography, completed shortly before his assassination in 1965, depicts a remarkable life: a child born into rage and despair, who turned to street-hustling and cocaine in the Harlem ghetto, followed by prison, where he converted to Islam and honed the energy and brilliance that made him one of the most important political figures of his time - and an icon in ours. It also charts the spiritual journey that took him beyond militancy, and led to his murder, in a powerful story of transformation, redemption and betrayal.