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This Land: The Struggle for the Left

This Land: The Struggle for the Left

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#1 Bestselling author of Chavs and The Establishment returns with an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes next We live in an age of upheaval....
Democracy Rules

Democracy Rules

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One of our most essential political thinkers offers a vital account of democracy in the twenty-first century After the acrimony of Brexit, the shock of Trump, and the continued pull...
How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance

How to Stop Fascism: History, Ideology, Resistance

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How can we stop the spread of fascism? The bestselling author of PostCapitalism offers a guide to resisting the far right The far right is on the rise across the...
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom

The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on Hope and Freedom

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A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose...
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022

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A groundbreaking history of the people at the centre of Europe, from the Second World War to today In 1945, Germany lay in ruins, morally and materially. The German people...
The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

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The legendary oracle of technological change explains how AI will transform our species beyond recognition within two decades By the end of this decade, AI will exceed human levels of...
Scaffolding

Scaffolding

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The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse 'The Susan Sontag of her generation' Deborah Levy The story of two couples who live in...
The Trading Game: A Confession

The Trading Game: A Confession

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The high-wire true story of the millionaire trader, who won the finance game and then blew it wide open 'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the...
Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World

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The celebrated CNN journalist and leading global commentator examines how COVID-19 will fundamentally reshape our world Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its...
The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first Century, Fifth Edition

The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-first

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The definitive history, now revised and updated with a new final chapter covering Russia's role in the world in 2020 Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror...
The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present, Third Edition

The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great

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The crucial book for understanding modern China, now updated to include the rule of Xi Jinping In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to...
Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

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The definitive story of the Great Financial Crisis and how it continues to haunt our lives In September 2008 the Great Financial Crisis, triggered by the collapse of Lehman brothers,...
Confessions

Confessions

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'I was at a time in my life where I got to thinking more about people's choices - how everything would be different if just the slightest decision changed...' It...
Table For Two

Table For Two

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From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF A...
Funny Story

Funny Story

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Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday...
The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

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The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business...
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020

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A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINE From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie,...
Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

Greece: Biography of a Modern Nation

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A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us...
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First

Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the

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The epic history of consumption, and the goods that have transformed our lives over the past 600 years In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history...
Becoming

Becoming

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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwide Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self,...
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon

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From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the high-octane story of the enigmatic figure at the heart of one of the 21st century's most spectacular...
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

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A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities and histories in violent collision Milad is five years old and excited for his school...
Pandora's Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies That Broke Television

Pandora's Box: The Greed, Lust, and Lies That Broke Television

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From the author of the 'stone-cold classic' Easy Riders, Raging Bulls comes a blockbuster follow-up- the inside story of television's epic transformation The revolution has been televized. From The Sopranos...
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire

The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good

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A critical look at how Bill Gates uses his wealth and power through the Gates Foundation to advance his own agenda and erode democratic institutions in the process. You know...
Be Useful: Seven tools for life

Be Useful: Seven tools for life

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Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof *Featuring new bonus material Arnold Schwarzenegger's 77 Lessons...
Night Sky with Exit Wounds

Night Sky with Exit Wounds

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Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection A Guardian / Daily Telegraph Book of the Year PBS Summer...
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became Putin's no. 1 enemy

Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became

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The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...
Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

Bending Adversity: Japan and the Art of Survival

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A both definitive and highly enjoyable book on how modern Japan works - now fully updated to 2020 and the new 'Reiwa' Era Despite years of stagnation, Japan remains one...
The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It

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We can all treat history with more respect. If we do, we might find that the cure for the Russia Anxiety is within reach ... Russia is an exceptional country,...
Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel,

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'Excellent ... A detailed, even-handed account of the world's most intractable and damaging political dispute' Sunday Times Ever since the Ottoman Empire was defeated and British colonial rule began in...
Funny Story

Funny Story

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Set over one sizzling summer, FUNNY STORY is a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the...
Paris Echo

Paris Echo

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Superb' OBSERVER 'Cunningly crafted' FINANCIAL TIMES 'Faulks is doing what he does best' SUNDAY TIMES In the depths of the archive, Hannah dances with the ghosts...
Enter Ghost

Enter Ghost

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A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine A woman reeling from a disastrous love affair finds love and hope in Shakespeare...
Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present

Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present

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What would a fair and equal society actually look like? The world-renowned economist and bestselling author presents his radical and subversive answer 'A landmark work' Brian Eno Imagine a world...
Because of You

Because of You

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PRE-ORDER THE EAGERLY AWAITED, LIFE-AFFIRMING AND HEART-WARMING NEW NOVEL FROM NUMBER-ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DAWN FRENCH After five long years of waiting for a new novel, Dawn's millions of fans will...
Hello Beautiful

Hello Beautiful

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Four sisters. Two sides of a fault line. Can love make a broken family whole? Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls bring loving chaos to their close-knit Italian...
Happy Place

Happy Place

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The new chemistry-filled 'second chance love' romcom from Tiktok sensation, New York and Sunday Times bestselling author of Book Lovers Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go...
The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

The Last Devil To Die: The Thursday Murder Club 4

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THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has...
You and Me on Vacation

You and Me on Vacation

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'The hottest book of the summer' JOSIE SILVER TWO FRIENDS. TEN SUMMER TRIPS. THEIR LAST CHANCE TO FALL IN LOVE. 12 SUMMERS AGO- Poppy and Alex meet. They hate each...
The Paper Palace

The Paper Palace

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A magnificent literary debut about the myriad loves that make up a life Before anyone else is awake, on a perfect August morning, Elle Bishop heads out for a swim...
The Searcher: The mesmerising new mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Searcher: The mesmerising new mystery from the Sunday Times

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A DISAPPEARANCE. A SMALL TOWN. A QUESTION THAT NEEDS ANSWERING... Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a remote Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the...
Beach Read

Beach Read

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TWO WRITERS, ONE HOLIDAY. A ROMCOM WAITING TO HAPPEN... He doesn't believe in happy endings. She's lost her faith that they exist. But could they find one together? January is...
Ghosts

Ghosts

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The bestselling razor-sharp debut novel by the author of Everything I Know About Love He said 'I love you'. And then he disappeared. Things that are going right for Nina...
Agent Running in the Field: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

Agent Running in the Field: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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The greatest chronicler of the age turns his incisive gaze to the tumultuous present in this superb new thriller. Nat, a veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, thinks his years...
We Were Eight Years in Power: 'One of the foremost essayists on race in the West' Nikesh Shukla, author of The Good Immigrant

We Were Eight Years in Power: 'One of the foremost essayists on race

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From Obama to Trump, from black lives matter to the rise of the alt-right - THE definitive state-of-the-nation analysis of modern America From 2008-2016, the leader of the free world...
Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy

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A comprehensive account of the simmering discontents that threaten the future of humankind - from world-leading public intellectual Noam Chomsky What kind of world are we leaving to our grandchildren?...
The Monk of Mokha

The Monk of Mokha

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From San Francisco to Yemen, the gripping true story of a young American immigrant and his quest to resurrect the ancient art of Yemeni coffee - while escaping a terrifying...
Agency: Sequel to The Peripheral, now a major new TV series with Amazon Prime

Agency: Sequel to The Peripheral, now a major new TV series with

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TRUMP LOST. BRITAIN REMAINED. WAKE UP TO ANOTHER REALITY. They call Verity 'the app-whisperer', and she's just been hired by a shadowy start-up to evaluate a pair-of-glasses-cum-digital-assistant called Eunice. Only...