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Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice (SIGNED)
An FT Best Book of the Year'Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan - brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible - he...
The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States (SIGNED)
'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one...
Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain / Essential (SIGNED)
Gordon Brown: 'A path-breaking book by two dynamic leaders, whose ideas on the future deserve all our attention.'Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024'Picked...
Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to
"One of America's most experienced and exemplary journalists has written an unsparing analysis of the dreadful consequences -- for journalism and the nation -- of 'how the news lost a...
Track Record: Me, Music, and the War on Blackness: THE REVOLUTIONARY
The ground-breaking memoir by acclaimed rapper and podcast host, George the PoetBorn to Ugandan parents on the St Raphael's Estate in Neasden, north-west London, George has always been an ambitious...
The Discreet Hero
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Hammer And Tickle: A History Of Communism Told Through Communist Jokes
Q: Why, despite all the shortages, was the toilet paper in East Germany always 2-ply? A: Because they had to send a copy of everything they did to Moscow.Communist jokes...
Cavell, Companionship, and Christian Theology
In recent decades, theologians and philosophers of religion have engaged in a vigorous debate concerning the status and nature of ecclesiology. Throughout this debate, they have found resources for their...
Napoleon in Defeat and Captivity 1815-1821
The book tells the fascinating, compelling and tragic tale of Napoleon Bonaparte from his defeat at Waterloo, through the period of his abdication in Paris to his capture by the...
Emperor of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson's Foreign Policy
A dramatic reevaluation of Thomas Jefferson's thinking on foreign policy and his record as a statesman This book, the first in decades to closely examine Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy, offers...
The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American
A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American...
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
No room better defines American power and its role in the world than the White House Situation Room. And yet, none is more shrouded in secrecy and mystery. Created under...
Crosshairs
The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up...
The Intelligent Woman's Guide: To Socialism, Capitalism, Sovietism and
As a Fabian and lifelong socialist, Shaw believed that economic inequality was a poison destroying every aspect of our lives. Family affections and relations between the sexes were perverted by...
The Downing Street Guide to Party Etiquette: The funniest political
Partygate? More like party GREAT!While the UK locked down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Boris Johnson's Number Ten played host to a series of boozy shindigs. Now, for the...
Good Chaps: How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions -
'At a time when democracy feels threatened, Simon Kuper is fighting hard for a better vision of politics - he is brutally honest about our problems but never loses hope...
What Unites Us
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Faultlines: Race, Work and the Politics of Changing Australia
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Hugh Stretton: Selected Writings
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Irregular Safari
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Gandhi Before India
The first volume of the definitive biography of Gandhi, one of the most remarkable figures of the 20th century, from the great historian Ramachandra Guha The life of Mohandas Gandhi...
The Reith Papers
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Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning: 1977, Baseball, Politics, and the Battle for the Soul of a City
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Citizens' Bargain
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Kamala's Way
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman elected Vice President of the United States-and in a history-making turn of events the Democrats' 2024 Presidential nominee-charting how the daughter of...
The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk
An admiring portrait of the pioneering entrepreneur from the former CNBC host and Forbes editor. One of the most influential figures of our time, Elon Musk is the most talked...
I Have A Bream
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Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, the iconic PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds fresh light on the formative...
Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than
The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now And why are the results so badOur...
At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
An Instant New York Times Bestseller!A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster's turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.At War with Ourselves is the story...
Unleashed
THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSONA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES'ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE' ED BALLS'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL Boris Johnson has...
Maximinus Thrax
Maximinus was a half-barbarian strongman 'of frightening appearance and colossal size' who could smash stones with his bare hands and pull fully laden wagons unaided. Such feats impressed the emperor...
The Harvest of War: Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis: The Epic
The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian Empire. This is the story of the three epic battles--Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis--that...
Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth
* Shortlisted for the Academy of British Cover Design Awards, 2015* Greece's recent political turmoil captured the imagination of the left across Europe. Elected in January 2015 under the leadership...
Nationalism and the Cinema in France: Political Mythologies and Film
It is often taken for granted that French cinema is intimately connected to the nation's sense of identity and self-confidence. But what do we really know about that relationship? What...
Kropotkin: The Politics of Community
The nineteenth century witnessed the growth of anarchist literature, which advocated a society based on voluntary cooperation without government authority. Although his classical writings on mutual aid and the philosophy...
The New Face of Political Cinema: Commitment in French Film since 1995
Since 1995 there has been a widespread return of commitment to French cinema taking it to a level unmatched since the heady days following 1968. But this new wave of...
Orwell: A Man Of Our Time
Orwell: A Man of Our Time offers a vivid portrait of the man behind the writings, and places him and his work at the centre of the current political landscape....
Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created
"This is history told the old-fashioned way. The book is only as long as it needs to be, the adroit narrative full of heroes (Smith, Roosevelt, big-city Democratic bosses) and...
The 1989 Coup d'Etat in Paraguay: The End of a Long Dictatorship,
The year 1989 was crucial for Paraguay. After a long period of 35 years of dictatorship, General Alfredo Stroessner was finally overthrown by a violent coup d'etat. In a sort...
Ricardian Politics
Few deny that the work of economists has often embodied or stimulated significant contributions to political thought. Smith, Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman are good examples. However, the work of the...
In Praise of the Common: A Conversation on Philosophy and Politics
A publishing event - the history and evolution of Antonio Negri's philosophical and political thought. A leading Marxist political philosopher and intellectual firebrand, Antonio Negri has inspired anti-empire movements around...
American Future, The A History
In November 2008 the United States will elect a new President. But the imminent collapse of twenty years of Republican conservativism means the country is already conducting an intense self-examination...
Citizens, Democracy, and Markets Around the Pacific Rim: Congruence
East Asia is one of the most dynamic areas of political change in the world today-what role do citizens play in these processes of change? Drawing upon a unique set...
The Story of Russia
"This is the essential backstory, the history book that you need if you want to understand modern Russia and its wars with Ukraine, with its neighbors, with America, and with...
No Tradesmen and No Women: The Origins of the British Civil Service
Is our civil service fit for purpose? Michael Coolican takes John Reid's damning statement about the Home Office as his point of departure for a comprehensive overview and evaluation of...
Contesting the Australian Way: States, Markets and Civil Society
Since the 1980s public policy has been perceived as being in a crisis of uncertainty. Many argue that consolidating the market imperative in both economic and social policy is the...