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A Cool Guide to Statistics and Data Science: Explore, Analyse, Discover and Decide by Leo Cremonezi (PN Books)
This interactive guide from the FT’s rankings editor and statistical journalist offers readers an opportunity to explore advanced analytics and sharpen their skills as a data scientist.
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America’s Cold War Prophet by Edward Luce (Bloomsbury/Avid Reader Press)
Luce, the FT’s US national editor, offers a comprehensive biography of former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, who played a key role in shaping US foreign policy during the cold war.
Summer Books 2025
All this week, FT writers and critics share their favourites. Some highlights are:
Monday: Business by Andrew Hill
Tuesday: Environment by Pilita Clark
Wednesday: Economics by Martin Wolf
Thursday: Fiction by Maria Crawford
Friday: Politics by Gideon Rachman
Saturday: Critics’ picks
The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis, Rescuers and Resistance, 1940-1945 by Adam LeBor (Bloomsbury)
With the support of uncovered archival material and interviews with living survivors, LeBor, the FT’s thriller critic, creates a captivating story to depict the war years in the Hungarian capital.
When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders by Edward Alden and Laurie Trautman (Oxford)
Trautman and the FT’s ex-bureau chief Alden have collaborated to analyse the impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns and the restriction of cross-border travel on future global mobility.
Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company by Patrick McGee (Simon & Schuster)
In the face of uncertainty as the US president unleashes a global tariff war, the FT’s San Francisco correspondent draws on 200 interviews with former Apple executives and engineers to convey the difficulties of Trump’s strategy, and how it has left the company in the middle of a tense geopolitical environment.
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