Numb and Number
William Hartston‘A wise, witty and insightful guide to clear thinking amid a deluge of percentages and probabilities.’ Ian StewartLike it or not, our lives are dominated by mathematics. Our daily diet of news regales …
Genre: Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
In Bed with the Blueshirts
Shane RossRRP: £14.99
The definitive inside account of the 2016-20 coalition government.Cabinet minister Shane Ross reveals the bitter internal battles fought with the old Blueshirts, the crises when the coalition came clo …
A Cry From the Far Middle
P. J. O'RourkeRRP: £8.99
P.J. O’Rourke says we’ve worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it’s no surprise because perplexed and angry is what America has always been all about. This uproarious look at the …
Open
Johan NorbergRRP: £12.99
AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity’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 s …
The Prime Ministers
Steve RichardsRRP: £12.99
‘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 …
The Shallows
Nicholas CarrRRP: £12.99
‘Boldly reactionary… What looks like feast, Carr argues, may be closer to famine’ Sunday Times’Chilling’ The EconomistIn this ground-breaking and compelling book, Nicholas Carr argues that not since …
The Great Imperial Hangover
Samir PuriRRP: £12.99
‘An exceptional account.’ Prospect’Enlightening.’ SpectatorFor 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 Curse of Bigness
Tim WuRRP: £9.99
We’re three decades into a global experiment: what happens when the major nations of the world weaken their control on the size and power of corporate giants and allow unrestricted expansion?In The Cu …
Endell Street
Wendy MooreRRP: £9.99
A 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: £10.99
In a highly competitive world, many think business success means being ruthless: maximising short-term return for shareholders, cutting overheads, crushing competition, and expanding at an exponential …
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 …
Apocalypse How?
Oliver LetwinRRP: £9.99
‘Entertaining and insightful’ — Evening Standard’One of the most important books of the year… Compelling’ Jamie Bartlett, Literary Review’Timely’ — New StatesmanAs the world becomes better connect …
Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays
Andrew KeenRRP: £14.99
The current crisis of democracy, the growing economic inequality between rich and poor, our narcissistic social media culture and the looming menace of AI all threaten us as never before. The challeng …
The New Class War
Michael LindRRP: £8.99
An Evening Standard’s Book of the Year’A tour de force.’ David GoodhartAll over the West, party systems have shattered and governments have been thrown into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims …
Infinite Powers
Steven StrogatzRRP: £10.99
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2019A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world’s foremost mathematicians.This is the captivating story of m …
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 …
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