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'A rare writer with the courage to tell Britain some home truths about itself and where it's headed. A much needed book'. - Ian Dunt'What Britain needs at the moment...

'This book uncovers the inner workings of one of the most powerful companies in the world: how it came to exert a poisonous, secretive influence on public life in Britain,...

Polls show that over fifty per cent of us don't believe racism exists. In a world made for White people, The Science of Racism uses clear scientific research to expose...

Ten years after the publication of The Business of Books, his groundbreaking critique of conglomeration in the book industry, Andre Schiffrin turns his attention to the broader crisis in the...

'A document of real optimism.' GuardianAn indispensable account of the Women, Life, Freedom uprising as it unfolded in real timeOn Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is...

'Explosive' Guardian'Explosive' The Times'Explosive' Daily Mail'Explosive' Politico'Explosive' New York TimesJoe Biden his family and his senior aides were convinced that only he could beat Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential...

In Mesmerization, Gee Thomson deconstructs contemporary culture in a new and exciting way. From faith to fashion, psycho-babble to cyber-sex, the book examines the viral nature of 'memes', those ubiquitous...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2014SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2015'Nick Davies is Britain's...

Why have Jews been the object of the most enduring and universal hatred in history? Why is the Jewish state the most hated country in the world today? Drawing on...

People use online social forums for all sorts of reasons, including political conversations, regardless of the site's main purpose. But what leads some of these people to take their online...

Maurizio Lazzarato's War and Money explores the connections between capitalist expansion, international economic conflict, and war, via an analysis of the imperialism of the American dollar. He examines why contemporary...

THE NEXT BIG IDEA BOOK CLUB'S 'MUST READ' PICKA BBC FOOD PROGRAMME'S 'FOOD BOOK OF 2025' 'Scholarly, literate and deeply moving, this isn't just a good read, it's an essential...

*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum; David Suchet's...

Edward Singh was a college dropout who threatened the security of some of the most secret and powerful computer systems in the western world. Posing as a student at the...

Conspirituality takes a deep dive into the troubling phenomenon of influencers who have curdled New Age spirituality and wellness with the politics of paranoia-peddling vaccine misinformation, tales of child trafficking,...

***THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***In Peter Beinart's view, one story dominates Jewish communal life: that of persecution and victimhood. It is a story that erases much of the nuance...

`Razor sharp research ... shows why every US citizen should be quaking in their boots' Metro, Books of the Year `Bill Hicks with a press pass' The ListAward-winning guerrilla journalist...

In 1979 two events occurred that would shape the next 25 years. In Britain, an era of weary consensualist politics was displaced by the arrival of Margaret Thatcher, whose ambition...

Could we ever see Vladimir Putin in the dock for his crimes? What about a Western ally like Benjamin Netanyahu? Putting a country's leader on trial once seemed unthinkable. But...

Clearing the Air is a thought-provoking and expansive study of the smoking ban, presenting a behind-the-scenes account of how the ban was implemented amid a climate of warring interests and...

'A terrifying story of profit before patients, and a chilling glimpse of what can happen when private companies are allowed to take charge of healthcare.' Gavin FrancisSix decades ago, researchers...

Imagine a world where all the news you see is defined by your salary, where you live, and who your friends are. Imagine a world where you never discover new...

Understanding Social Media provides a critical and timely conceptual toolbox for navigating the evolution and practices of social media. Taking an interdisciplinary and intercultural approach, this book provides a clear...

We're constantly being told that popular culture is just mindless entertainment - but, as Steven Johnson shows in Everything Bad is Good for You, it's actually making us more intelligent....

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR'Engaging and visceral ... Reads like a thriller' Financial Times'Riveting and often deeply disturbing ... A punch to the stomach' Sunday Times'Ebner has done some...

Unspeak is language as a weapon. Every day, we are bombarded with those apparently simple words or phrases that actually conceal darker meanings. Climate change is less threatening than Global...

Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? Richard Branson, at his brilliant and motivating best, reveals how with his exciting...

As Ben Fountain sees it, the United States is facing its third existential crisis. The first was the struggle over slavery, culminating in the Civil War. The second was the...

"Every single American needs to read Michael Knowles's Speechless. I don't mean 'read it eventually.' I mean: stop what you're doing and pick up this book." -CANDACE OWENS "The most...

The author of How Was It for You? is a sex worker. Let's call her 'Eve'. Eve is someone's partner. Someone's mother. And she has worked across the sex industry...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'The most important book of the decade' MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0'A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 'A devastating indictment' SUNDAY TIMES 'An important book, a superb piece of reporting' OBSERVER 'With great narrative verve, and a sober and subtle...

The book that inspired the movie Collapse.The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global economy, and our...