Society & Essays

Paperback 352 pages Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was given three boxes of ripening apricots, fruit from a neglected tree that her mother, gradually succumbing to memory lo...

Peter Robison Paperback 336 pages The definitive expose of how Boeing put profit before passengers, leading to the devastating loss of life in the 737 MAX crashes and the downfall of an American...

Idrees Mughal Paperback 272 pages Are carbs the enemy? Am I getting enough protein? Should I worry about inflammation? Do calories count? And do any diets really work?We are constantly bombarded...

Andy Borowitz Paperback 336 pages...

Peter Burke Hardback 256 pages, 20 b-w illus. Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissance humanists viewed the Middle Ages as an era of d...

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...

Susan Sontag Hardback 208 pages On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it...

John Green Paperback 336 pages A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green Th...

Dipo Faloyin Paperback 400 pages A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive story. 'Warm, funny, biting and essential reading.' ...

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 ...

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...

Mark Leonard Paperback We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart. In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been...

Softback Johan Norberg 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 free mark...

Chris van Tulleken Paperback 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 'ag...

Yascha Mounk Paperback 368 pages One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together equally and peacefully in diverse democracies. It'...

Tim Marshall Paperback 320 pages THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete. Yes, ...

Claudia Rankine Paperback 176 pages 'Everywhere were flashes, a siren sounding and a stretched-out roar. Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. Then I just knew. 'And you are not the guy a...

Paul Auster & Spencer Ostrander Hardback 160 pages BLOODBATH NATION is about the Epidemic that is tearing apart the fabric of American society. An Epidemic caused - not by Covid - but by Guns. ...

Emily Nagoski Paperback 400 pages An essential exploration of women's sexuality that will radically transform your sex life into one filled with confidence and joy. After all the books that hav...

Andreas Malm Paperback 208 pages The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demo...

Nina Power Hardback 192 pages Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the manosphere to the #metoo backlash, from Men's Rights activists and incels to spiralling...

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...

Olivia Laing Paperback 368 pages At a moment in which basic rights are once again in danger, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation into the body and its discontents, using the life of ...

Mikki Kendall Paperback 288 pages All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. Meeting basic needs is a feminist ...