The Finish
Mark BowdenRRP: £14.99
In his most important and commercial book since Black Hawk Down, Mark Bowden draws on unprecedented access to the figures involved to produce the definitive account of the assassination of Osama bin L …
Genre: Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
A Splendid Exchange
William L BernsteinRRP: £20.00
A Splendid Exchange tells the epic story of global commerce, from its prehistoric origins to the myriad crises confronting it today. It travels from the sugar rush that brought the British to Jamaica …
Infernal Triangle
Paul McGeoughRRP: £12.99
It’s been more than ten years since Al-Qaeda demolished the World Trade Center in New York on 11 September 2001. One of the most pivotal events in the last fifty years, it was a dramatic moment in whi …
The Art of Perception
Robert LeafRRP: £16.99
Robert Leaf is the father of modern international public relations. The Art of Perception is the memoir of a life lived behind the scenes of the invisible business of perception management.
Some Remarks
Neal StephensonRRP: £9.99
In this definitive collection of Stephenson’s writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century – mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history …
Blogging and Tweeting Without Getting Sued
Mark PearsonRRP: £8.99
Every time you blog or tweet you may be subject to the laws of more than 200 jurisdictions. As more than a few bloggers or tweeters have discovered, you can be sued in your own country, or arrested in …
Risk Intelligence
Dylan EvansRRP: £9.99
There is a special kind of intelligence for dealing with risk and uncertainty. It doesn’t correlate with IQ and most psychologists fail to spot it because it is found in such a disparate, rag-tag grou …
Barack Obama
David MaranissRRP: £35.00
In Barack Obama, David Maraniss has written a sweeping narrative which reveals the real story of Obama’s beginnings: child of a black man from Luoland and a white woman born in Kansas. He charts the f …
Facts are Subversive
Timothy Garton AshRRP: £25.00
‘Timothy Garton Ash holds a mirror that magnifies… He writes masterfully and with compassion’ – Neal Ascherson, ObserverFor more than thirty years, Timothy Garton Ash has traveled among truth teller …
From Fatwa to Jihad
Kenan MalikRRP: £12.99
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Books 2010The Number 1 international bestseller updated and reissued.Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses hel …
The Union Jack
Nick GroomRRP: £11.99
Known the world over as a symbol of the United Kingdom, the Union Jack is an intricate construction based on the crosses of St George, St Andrew and St Patrick. Nick Groom traces its long and fascinat …
The Great Railway Revolution
Christian WolmarRRP: £25.00
Quite simply, the greatest transport story ever told and the first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation.
Back from the Brink
Alistair DarlingRRP: £14.99
Back from the Brink is a gripping and immediate account of the British government’s handling of an unprecedented global financial catastrophe. Alistair Darling’s knowledge and understanding make this …
Everything is Obvious
Duncan J. WattsRRP: £14.99
Sociologist Duncan Watts explains in this provocative book that the explanations that we give for the outcomes that we observe in life – explanations that seem obvious once we know the answer – are le …
Worm
Mark BowdenRRP: £8.99
‘Masterful journalism, one of the best books about the dark side of the web… turns complex ideas into an action thriller and whodunnit.’ The Times
The Master Switch
Tim WuRRP: £27.00
The Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephone to satellite television, has crested on a …
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