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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
A groundbreaking text of educational philosophy and social reform, now in Penguin Modern Classics This seminal text argues that the perceived passivity of the poor is the direct result of...
The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 'I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book' Sathnam Sanghera'By...
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare
A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO'Important and ambitious' OBSERVERThis...
Only Here, Only Now: Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2025
'This isn't just a great first novel; it's a great novel. And Cora, the mad, chaotic, wise, funny narrator, is one of the great characters' RODDY DOYLE 'It's not every...
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West's colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived...
Who Owns This Sentence?: A History of Copyrights and Wrongs
'Fascinating' Telegraph'Thorough and engaging' Washington Post'Lively, opinionated, and ultra-timely' New Yorker'[A] robust and readable polemic history' Financial Times'A fascinating new look at the patchwork chaos called copyright ... Not just...
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
'Impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial, and scary as hell' John le Carre Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power...
Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
'Insightful and breathtaking . . . Explains some of our species' greatest successes and failures.' Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens Why are humans everywhere prone to believe in ghosts?...
Because of You: The bestselling Richard & Judy book club pick
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Talking to My Daughter: The Sunday Times Bestseller
The number-one bestselling, world renowned economist writes a series of letters to his daughter to explain what economics is and why it is so dangerous. **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** Yanis...
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
'Required reading.' - Cosmopolitan'This should be read as a sacred text. Here, you will bear witness to a perpetual salvation song.' - Jason ReynoldsRemember that moment when you first encountered...
When I Dare to Be Powerful
Women so empowered are dangerous Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of...
Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Andrea Elliott, comes the unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty and racism in an unequal America. 'A classic to...
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Man Against the Sea (Collins Modern
The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The...
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Man Against the Sea (Collins Modern
The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The...
My Left Foot
My Left Foot is Christy Brown's inspirational story of his early life, his battle against the restraints of cerebral palsy and his determination to learn to read, write, and paint,...
The New Age of Sexism: How the AI Revolution is Reinventing Misogyny
'Laura Bates explains how they built the future - and forgot to put women in it' CAITLIN MORAN 'Fascinating and essential... I urge you to read every syllable' JO BRAND...
Notes of a Native Son
A breakthrough work of social and cultural criticism from one of the foremost intellectuals of his era Written during the 1940s and early 1950s, when Baldwin was only in his...
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
A vital exploration of gender politics from a highly influential philosopher who has been described as 'the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century' Male entitlement takes many forms. To...
Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There is No Future?
The 'most dangerous philosopher in the West' returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicament We hear all the time that we're moments from doomsday. Around us,...
Orwell and the Dispossessed
An expansive collection of George Orwell's writing on the down and out The vivid, impassioned writings collected together in this powerful volume chronicle Orwell's first-hand experiences of life among the...
Why We're Getting Poorer: A Realist's Guide to the Economy and How We
An insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us. 'A fascinating examination of the failures of modern economics, and how these failures are harming us...
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
This searing, heartbreaking book tells the story of poverty today, and the people who live it Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her...
Drought Country: The Dry Times That Have Shaped Australia
Droughts have lurked behind Australia's major nation-shaping moments from European settlement at Port Jackson to Federation. They have caused catastrophic damage to Aboriginal, colonial and modern societies and, of course,...
Equality: The history of an elusive idea
Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don't understand it? As...