White Boy Running
Christopher HopeRRP: £9.99
In the run up to the 1987 election Christopher Hope returned to his native South Africa after a twelve-year absence. The nature of that year’s whites-only election and the bitter defeat of the liberal …
Genre: Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
Meltdown
Christopher ClearfieldRRP: £14.99
‘Endlessly fascinating, brimming with insight, and more fun than a book about failure has any right to be.’ – Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit A groundbreaking exploration of how complexit …
No!
Charlan NemethRRP: £12.99
We like to get along, at home or in the workplace. We don’t want to hurt people or offend. Therefore, it is no surprise that numerous famous psychological experiments have proven that we don’t tend to …
How to Fix the Future
Andrew KeenRRP: £9.99
Internet entrepreneur Andrew Keen was among the earliest to write about the dangers that the Internet poses to our culture and society. His 2007 book The Cult of the Amateur was critical in helping ad …
On Time On Target
James D. MurphyRRP: £14.99
At Mach 1.5, encased in 20 tonnes of metal, fighter pilots don’t have much time to think. They prepare on the ground to take on anything in the air, then get their job done.Former fighter pilots Jim M …
Red Star Over China
Edgar SnowRRP: £14.99
The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao’s life, as well as a history of the famous Long March …
Sufficiency Thinking
Harald BergsteinerRRP: £16.99
Our world is under pressure, with growing inequalities in wealth and access to food and clean water. We depend too heavily on polluting fuels and diminishing natural resources. Traditional cultural pr …
The Collapse of Globalism
John Ralston SaulRRP: £10.99
Globalization is dead. Nation states are resurgent, international trade has enriched the few rather than the promised many, and democratic values are on the retreat. The shining-eyed optimism of more …
The Secret Cold War
John BlaxlandRRP: £18.99
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn’t end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to pl …
Railways and The Raj
Christian WolmarRRP: £12.99
The epic story of the British construction of the railways in India, as told by Britain’s bestselling transport historian.’Christian Wolmar is Britain’s foremost railway historian.’ The Times ‘Our lea …
Africa: A Modern History
Guy ArnoldRRP: £22.00
A magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent; by 1 …
Mail Men
Adrian AddisonRRP: £8.99
Mail Men is the gripping, unofficial story of an institution that has become the self-proclaimed voice of middle England, and the adversary of liberals everywhere. Journalist Adrian Addison investigat …
The Lies of the Land
Adam MacqueenRRP: £12.99
Trust in our politicians is at an all-time low. We’re in a “post-truth” era, where feelings trump facts, and where brazen rhetoric beats honesty. But do politicians lie more than they used to? And do …
The Power and the Story
John LloydRRP: £12.99
In this sweeping global survey, one of Britain’s most distinguished journalists and media commentators analyses for the first time the state of journalism worldwide as it enters the post-truth age.In …
Miss Muriel Matters
Robert WainwrightRRP: £9.99
In 1908 Muriel Matters, known as ‘that daring Australian girl’, chained herself to an iron grille in the House of Commons to demand votes for women, thus becoming the first woman to make a speech in t …
Adapt
Amina KhanRRP: £12.99
Nature’s creations are more sophisticated and elegant than anything humans have created. Geckos can run upside down along ceilings. Termite mounds can stay cool in the desert without air conditioning. …
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