Crisis of Conscience
Tom MuellerRRP: £11.99
‘Powerful…His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling…They reveal what it can mean to live in an age of fraud.’ Washington Post’Tom Muell …
Genre: Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
Numb and Number
William HartstonLike it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales us with statistical forecasts, opinion polls, risk assessments, inflation figures, weather and climate prediction …
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In Bed with the Blueshirts
Shane RossRRP: £14.99
Autopia
Jon BentleyRRP: £9.99
Cars are one of the most significant human creations. They changed our cities. They changed our lives. They changed everything. But in the next thirty years, this technology will itself change enormou …
Money
Jacob GoldsteinHumans invented money from nothing, so why can’t we live without it? And why does no one understand what it really is? In this lively tour through the centuries, Jacob Goldstein charts the story of th …
Open
Johan NorbergHumanity’s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange – whether it’s goods, ideas or people – has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and cultur …
The Prime Ministers
Steve RichardsRRP: £9.99
‘Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.’ John Humphrys’A pure pleasure to read.’ Polly Toynbee’Extraordinary.’ Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK’s role in th …
Why the Germans Do it Better
John KampfnerEmerging from a collection of disparate city states 150 years ago, no other country has had as turbulent a history as Germany or enjoyed so much prosperity in such a short time frame. Today, as much o …
The Myths We Live By
Peter CaveRRP: £9.99
In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we’d …
The Great Imperial Hangover
Samir Puri‘An excellent read.’ — Robert D. KaplanFor the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling through history. The Great Imperial …
How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs
Elizabeth F. ThompsonWhen Europe’s Great War engulfed the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalists rose in revolt against their Turkish rulers and allied with the British on the promise of an independent Arab state. In October 1 …
The Curse of Bigness
Tim Wu‘Timely and important.’ — Joseph E. Stiglitz ‘Tim Wu helps shape an urgent new global conversation.’ — Shoshana ZuboffWe’re three decades into a global experiment: what happens when the major nation …
Endell Street
Wendy MooreA BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKWhen the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora M …
Good Company
Julietta DexterRRP: £14.99
‘What a joy! Inspiring and powerful.’ — Ruby WaxIn a highly competitive world, many think business success means being ruthless: maximising short-term return for shareholders, cutting overheads, crus …
Shot Down
Marianne van VelzenRRP: £14.99
On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above Ukraine. Aboard were 298 people, 38 of whom were Australians. No one survived.Subsequently it was shown that the airliner was alm …
The Hidden Half
Michael BlastlandRRP: £9.99
Why does one smoker die of lung cancer but another live to 100? The answer is ‘The Hidden Half’ – those random, unknowable variables that mess up our attempts to comprehend the world.We humans are ver …
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