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‘More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tinglingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, but it is all true’ Stephen Fry‘Mind-blowing..Browder's battle for justice is at times terrifying, at times deeply touching’ Catherine Beltonâ...

An engrossing portrait of #1 bestseller Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraordinary history of his family and the tumultuous twentieth century in EuropeA captivating portrait of number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis's political awakening, told through the extraord...

'If you've got the political bug - you will love this book. If you don't, this book will give it to you.'KATE JENKINS, Chair Australian Sports CommissionConversations with the chiefs of staff to world leaders ranging from Jacinda Ardern, Kamala Harris and John Howard to Nelson Mandela, Tony Blair an...

An urgent call to action from one of Europe’s most well-regarded political thinkers and a field guide to spotting the insidious patterns and mechanisms of the populist wave sweeping the globe – with a new foreword to the 2024 editionHow to Lose a Country is a warning to the world that populism a...

'A brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples' Francis Fukuyama'Edward Wong is about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find' Barbara DemickIn 1962, Edward Wong's father, disillusioned with Communism, fled China for Hong Kong and later the USA. From t...

In this urgent book, we learn why a small island in the East China Sea will be central to the world's futureAn urgent, indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters - for China, the West and everyone's future.When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao's Communists won...

Britain's best-selling historian writes the first definitive account of the famous televised SAS storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took 26 hostages, ...

The gripping history of Taiwan, from the flood myths of indigenous legend to its Asian Tiger economic miracle — and the renewed threat of invasion by China.Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ‘ball of mud’, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger than that of Sweden, in a land area sm...

From one of our foremost public intellectuals, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and moral and geopolitical ramificationsMemory of the Holocaust, the ultimate atrocity of Europe's civil wars and the paradigmatic genocide, has shaped the Western political and mor...

A short anatomy of neoliberalism that shatters its founding myths and points the way to an alternative systemThis book is dynamite' - Caroline Lucas - 'Fantastic' - Mark RuffaloWe live under an ideology that preys on every aspect of our lives- our education and our jobs; our healthcare and our leisu...

Who works for the government and why does their work matter? An urgent and absorbing journey into a hidden world from an all-star team of writers and storytellersThe government is a vast, complex system that citizens pay for, rebel against, rely upon, dismiss, and celebrate. It's also our shared res...

A hard-hitting and robust analysis of the war in Gaza - and the world's response - from one of the most highly respected intellectuals of the left.Is the destruction of Gaza only a consequence of the October 7, 2023 attack, or is it also the outcome of a long process of dispossession and eradication...

The first political history of the Second World War, of building the Grand Alliance to defeat Hitler, by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Appeasing HitlerA landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Appeasing HitlerAfter the f...

''This disturbing book is timely, relevant and important'' Sir Ian KershawFrom the bestselling author of THE HOLOCAUST, a groundbreaking narrative history of the motivation and mentality behind the Nazis and their supporters.How could the Nazis have committed the crimes they did? Why did commandants...

A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justiceFrom the ‘War on Terror’ to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything Dear ...

A deeply moving and revelatory reading experience, the essays collected in form a searing account of Mauritius at a crucial moment in its history.Unceasing in its critiques of racist, patriarchal abuses of power, in its unpicking of the ills at the core of contemporary Mauritian society and their ro...

looks at the past, present and future to offer crucial insights into one of the major factors that determines world history – because if you don’t know geography, you’ll never have the full picture.Originally published in 2015, this completely revised and updated edition brings it up to date w...

A revelatory exploration of how today's rightwing authoritarianism emerged not in opposition to neoliberalism, but from within itAfter the end of the Cold War, neoliberalism, with its belief in the virtues of markets and competition, seemed to have triumphed. Communism had been defeated - and Friedr...

A Quaker scientist discusses problems of peace, freedom and justice in an era of expanding world population and technical development.

Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the spectacular collapse of the Soviet Union?In this comprehensive guide to the most widespread conflict in contemporary history, Vladislav Zubok ...

From the bestselling author of Chernobyl comes a sweeping history of the geopolitics behind the nuclear arms race, from the first atomic bomb to todayOn 16 July 1945, the Nuclear Age began with the explosion of the first atomic bomb and the words of J. Robert Oppenheimer- 'Now I am become Death, the...

An urgent and masterly exploration of freedom - by the acclaimed, bestselling author of On TyrannyA brilliant exploration of freedom - what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival - by the acclaimed, bestselling author of On Tyranny.Freedom is the great Western ...

A bold, revisionist study which challenges modern misconceptions about the creation of power and the operations of war, from a Professor of Strategic StudiesWar and power are two of the most-widely discussed issues in all of human history, and yet they are, time and again, misunderstood - often disa...

For the first time, and with surprising and revealing insights, Kamala Harris tells the story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer.You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United...