Society & Essays

Peter Robison Paperback 336 pages The definitive expose of how Boeing put profit before passengers, leading to the devastating loss of life in t

Paperback 352 pages What does it mean to be out walking in the world? From pilgrimages to protest marches, mountaineering to meandering, this mode

Paperback 352 pages Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was given three boxes of ripening apricots, fruit from a neglected tree

Peter Burke Hardback 256 pages, 20 b-w illus. Throughout history, every age has thought of itself as more knowledgeable than the last. Renaissan

Idrees Mughal Paperback 272 pages Are carbs the enemy? Am I getting enough protein? Should I worry about inflammation? Do calories count? And do

Andy Borowitz Paperback 336 pages

Julia Shaw Paperback 272 pages Bi: The Hidden Culture, History and Science of Bisexuality explores all that we know about the world's largest sex

Susan Sontag Hardback 208 pages On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her wor

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 i

Dipo Faloyin Paperback 400 pages A bright portrait of modern Africa that pushes back against harmful stereotypes to tell a more comprehensive st

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.

Olivia Laing Paperback 368 pages At a moment in which basic rights are once again in danger, Olivia Laing conducts an ambitious investigation int

Charles Duhigg Paperback Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They a

Softback Johan Norberg A vital exploration of capitalism and the benefits it brings to global society. Marx and Engels were right when they

Chris van Tulleken Paperback An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food. It's no

Yascha Mounk Paperback 368 pages One of our most important political thinkers looks to the greatest challenge of our time: how to live together

Tim Marshall Paperback 320 pages THE INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; All leaders are constrained by geography. Their choices are limi

Claudia Rankine Paperback 176 pages 'Everywhere were flashes, a siren sounding and a stretched-out roar. Get on the ground. Get on the ground no

Paul Auster & Spencer Ostrander Hardback 160 pages BLOODBATH NATION is about the Epidemic that is tearing apart the fabric of American society.

Emily Nagoski Paperback 400 pages An essential exploration of women's sexuality that will radically transform your sex life into one filled wit

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 stre

Nina Power Hardback 192 pages Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the manosphere to the #metoo backlash, fr

Henry Kissinger Hardback 528 pages Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the worl

Mark Leonard Paperback We thought connecting the world would bring lasting peace. Instead, it is driving us apart. In the three decades since