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Herzl: Theodor Herzl and the Foundation of the Jewish State
The first biography in more than a generation of the father of modern political Zionism and in effect the state of Israel. Drawing extensively on his diaries as well as...
Discretionary Time: A New Measure of Freedom
A healthy work-life balance has become increasingly important to people trying to cope with the pressures of contemporary society. This trend highlights the fallacy of assessing well-being in terms of...
Politics, Economy and Society in Contemporary China
This advanced text focuses on a set of key themes and issues of particular relevance and topicality in understanding contemporary Chinese politics, economy and society. Following an overview of the...
Reading Leo Strauss: Politics, Philosophy, Judaism
Interest in Leo Strauss is greater now than at any time since his death, mostly because of the purported link between his thought and the political movement known as neoconservatism....
In Praise of Intransigence: The Perils of Flexibility
Flexibility is usually seen as a virtue in today's world. Even the dictionary seems to dislike those who stick too hard to their own positions. The thesaurus links "intransigence" to...
The Political Mind: A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and
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A groundbreaking scientific examination of the way our brains understand politics from a New York Times bestselling author One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff...
Chosen?: Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
aEUROoeThe conflict is only aEURO~seemingly' beyond solution, because all historical-political problems have solutions, if there is enough courage, honesty, and steadfastness.aEURO In Chosen? , Walter Brueggemann explores the situation in...
The Puzzle Palace: Inside America's Most Secret Intelligence
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In this remarkable tour de force of investigative reporting, James Bamford exposes the inner workings of America's largest, most secretive, and arguably most intrusive intelligence agency. The NSA has long...
Get It Together: Troubling Tales from the Liberal Fringe
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Can the political be way too personal What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country...
The Brief Against Obama: The Rise, Fall and Epic Fail of The Hope and
Voters can do nothing until they have the facts - the hard, cold, true facts and that is what Hugh Hewitt provides in THE BRIEF AGAINST OBAMA: The Rise, Fall...
Today Hong Kong, Tomorrow the World: What China's Crackdown Reveals
A gripping history of China's deteriorating relationship with Hong Kong, and its implications for the rest of the world. For 150 years as a British colony, Hong Kong was a...
Ring of Spies: How MI5 and the FBI Brought Down the Nazis in America
Speedy cars and faster women, British secret agents and Nazi spies, stolen American blueprints hidden in violin cases and specially adapted umbrellas. This is the story of the Nazi spy...
Blair
Rejecting the constraints of formal biography, Anthony Seldon has produced a profile of the Prime Minister that rewrites the bibliography of Blair studies. Focusing on the interplay between the key...
The Forging of the Modern State: Early Industrial Britain, 1783-1870
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In this history of Britain, Eric Evans surveys every aspect of the period in which the country was transformed into the world's first industrial power. It was an era of...
Political Ideologies: An Introduction
This substantially revised third edition of this text on political ideologies takes full account of the impact of the post-Cold War world order, the challenge of postmodernism, the advance of...
Caste: The International Bestseller
From one of America's most celebrated writers, the moving, eye-opening bestseller about power, history and what lies hidden under the surface of ordinary lives 'The hierarchy of caste is not...
50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to...
Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies
*Winner of the European Award for Investigative And Judicial Journalism 2021* *Winner of the Premio Alessandro Leogrande Award for Investigative Journalism 2022* *Winner of the Premio Angelo Vassallo Award 2022*...
The Daily Show (the Book): An Oral History as Told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff and Guests
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A Long View From the Left: From the CPA to the ALP, a lifetime of fighting for Australian workers' rights: 2020
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The File: A Personal History
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Challenge
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Corrupted Science: Fraud, Ideology and Politics in Science
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Freud and the Non-European
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Scandal at Dolphin Square: A Notorious History
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Voyage to the Heart of Europe 1953-2009
A History of the Christian-Democratic Group and the Group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament With an introduction by Hans-Gert Poettering and a foreword by Joseph Daul,...
The Death Drive: Why Societies Self-Destruct
Sigmund Freud's death drive remains among the most controversial concepts in psychoanalysis, something which post-Freudians never could reach consensus on. Over time, it fell into oblivion. Recent developments, however, have...
The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to
'Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar 'Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that...
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39
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Menzies Era: A Reappraisal of Government, Politics and Policy
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Hitler's Cross: The Revealing Story of How the Cross of Christ Was Used as a Symbol of the Nazi Agenda
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Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan
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Palaces of Power: The Birth and Evolution of London's Clubland
The first book to chart the extraordinary story of St James's in London, the home to the city's iconic clubland and a host of famous institutions. The core of what...
Identity: Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for
Currently in Bill Gates's bookbag and FT Books of 2018 Increasingly, the demands of identity direct the world's politics. Nation, religion, sect, race, ethnicity, gender: these categories have overtaken broader,...
Takeover
From the internationally acclaimed author of Hitler's Private Library , a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler assumed power, when the Nazi leader teetered between triumph...
How to Be a Megalomaniac
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Revolution 2.0
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What We Need to Do Now: For a Zero Carbon Future
The UK has declared a 'climate emergency' and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2050. So how do we get there? Drawing on actions, policies and technologies already emerging around...
The Rise of the Outsiders: How Mainstream Politics Lost its Way
Politics in the West has become unpredictable and tumultuous. In recent years, voters have deserted the political centre like never before. Whether it's Trump, Brexit, Le Pen, Tsipras, or even...
Earthshot: How to Save Our Planet
The Earthshot concept is simple: Urgency + Optimism = Action . We have ten years to turn the tide on the environmental crisis, but we need the world's best solutions...
The Right to Rule: Thirteen Years, Five Prime Ministers and the
A DAILY TELEGRAPH TOP 50 BOOK OF THE YEAR AND POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR A GUARDIAN BEST POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'BRILLIANT' ANDREW MARR 'HAD ME OPEN-MOUTHED WITH...
Fortress London: Why we need to save the country from its capital
A vividly written and timely polemic tackling the burning injustices shaping British society today. 'Intelligently written and powerfully argued.' Paul Mason 'Witty, scathing, and entertaining.' Danny Dorling Journalist Sam Bright...
For the Good of the World: Why Our Planet's Crises Need Global Agreement Now
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Daring to Hope: The Diaries and Letters of Violet Bonham Carter, 1946-1969
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South Atlantic Requiem: A gripping Falklands War espionage thriller by a former special forces officer
A brilliant, eye-opening espionage thriller by a former special forces officer 'now at the forefront of spy writing' 'The thinking person's John le Carre' Tribune 'Edward Wilson seems poised to...
Without Compromise: The Brave Journalism that First Exposed Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the American Epidemic of Corruption
Wayne Barrett was a reporter for the Village Voice for close to 40 years, and was the first to report on the inside deals, backroom favors, and outright scams that...
Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10
'I lap up everything John Crace writes gratefully: I love his cleverness, his wit, and his heart' Nigella Lawson From the ingeniously quick-witted John Crace comes a satirical memoir from...