Society & Essays

Olivia Laing Hardback 336 pages A garden contains secrets, we all know that: buried elements that might put on strange growth or germinate in unexpected places. The garden that I chose had walls...

Sarah Bartlett Hardback 272 pages This enchanting little book is for the 'occult curious'. For anyone interested in crystals - because they are pretty or just might calm the spirit. Discover not...

Kai-Fu Lee , Chen Qiufan Paperback 480 pages How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years?AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within tw...

Vaclav Smil Paperback 336 Pages We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental ...

Hein de Haas Paperback Global migration is not at an all-time high. Climate change will not lead to mass migration. Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, not workers. Border restrict...

Patricia Evangelista Hardback 448 pages My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't...

Anne Stevenson-Yang Paperback 151 pages The extraordinary story of China's spectacular but ultimately short-lived attempt to transform its society through Western-style capitalism. Drawing on fo...

Paperback 352 pages What does it mean to be out walking in the world? From pilgrimages to protest marches, mountaineering to meandering, this modern classic weaves together numerous histories to t...

SoftbackCaroline Criado Perez Imagine a world where... *Your phone is too big for your hand *Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body *In a car accident you are 47% more likely to ...

Roger E Backhouse Paperback 496 pages The definitive guide to the history of economic thought, fully revised twenty years after first publicationRoger Backhouse's definitive guide takes the st...

Julia Shaw Paperback 272 pages Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality explores all that we know about the world's largest sexual minority. It is a personal journey that starts...

Henry Kissinger Hardback 528 pages Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger in this compell...

Johan Norberg Paperback 352 pages A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society. Marx and Engels were right when they observed in The Communist Manifesto that fr...

Maggie Nelson Hardback 352 pages Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes ...

G.T. Karber Paperback 384 pages Our tireless detective is ready to unwind on a long-awaited vacation ... until a series of fiendishmurders require his particular expertise in this third instalmen...

Alice Vincent Paperback 304 pages Women have always gardened, but our stories have been buried with our work. Alice Vincent is on a quest to change that: to understand what encourages women to g...

Annie Jacobsen Paperback There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. It could start in as little as 26 minut...

Annie Lord Softback 400 pages Dark, fierce and raw, Notes on Heartbreak is a love story told in reverse... Reeling from a broken heart, Annie Lord revisits the past - from the moment she first ...

Angela Gallop Paperback 272 pages CRIME [Noun]: An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by lawForensic science is one of the most important aspects of any criminal in...

William Magnuson Paperback 357 pages We have long been suspicious of corporations recklessly pursuing profit and amassing wealth and power. But the story of the corporation didn't have to be l...

Paperback Chris van Tulleken An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food. It's not you, it's the food. We have entered a new 'age of ea...

Hardback Nels Abbey What does the founding of the Sugarhill Gang teach us about business development? What can we learn about management and leadership from Jay-Z's decades-long dominance? What do...

Amy Key Paperback 240 pages When poet Amy Key was growing up, she looked forward to a life shaped by romance, fuelled by desire, longing and the conventional markers of success that come when yo...

Anthony Bourdain Paperback 384 pages After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all - and he meant all. From his...