Society & Essays

Elizabeth Flock Hardback 304 pages In this profoundly moving book, Emmy-winning journalist Elizabeth Flock explores the stories of three women living in deeply patriarchal places with destructiv...

Sloane Crosley Paperback 208 pages For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the ...

Ghaith Abdul-Ahad Paperback 480 pages From Orwell Prize winning journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad comes a searing and nuanced biography of a lost IraqThis is the story of a people who once lived un...

Softback 208 pages Meet the most powerful leader in the world. Chinese premier Xi Jinping graces our television screens and news headlines on a regular basis. But even after a decade in power, h...

Tim Marshall Hardback 80 pages Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2019 / Shortlisted for Children's Travel Book of the Year, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2020; How did the USA...

Kyle Chayka Paperback 304 pages The early promise of a free Internet is long gone. Now, rather than allowing us a meaningful relationship with a range of content of our choosing, algorithms have...

Bernie Sanders Paperback 320 pages t's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on the 1% and speaks blunt truths about a system that is fuelled by...

David Shrier Paperback 240 pages In Basic AI, leading futurist David L. Shrier delves deep into the rapidly advancing world of artificial intelligence, delivering fascinating insights and explori...

Akshat Rathi Paperback 260 pages Our age will be defined by the climate emergency. But contrary to the doomist narrative that's taken hold, the world has already begun deploying the solutions ne...

Georgina Sturge Paperback 288 pages [An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our dail...

Manon Garcia Hardback 272 pages "From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly ...

Tim Schwab Paperback You know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world. But there's another side ...

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...

Naomi Klein Paperback 400 pages What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who...

Barry Meier Paperback 240 pages EVERY CATASTROPHE HAS A BEGINNING. FOR THE OPIOID CRISIS IN AMERICA, THE SEED WAS A DRUG CALLED OXYCONTIN. First hailed as a miracle drug for severe pain in the...

Oded Galor Paperback 304 pages This breakthrough scientific masterwork - and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - reveals the underlying forces that have shaped human history and will secure our future......

Polly Barton Paperback 368 pages How do we talk about porn? Why it is that when we do talk about porn, we tend to retreat into the abstract? How do we have meaningful conversations about it with ...

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...

Sally Hayden Paperback 512 pages The Western world has turned its back on refugees, fuelling one of the most devastating human rights disasters in history. In August 2018, Sally Hayden received a...

Amy Bloom Paperback 240 pages A poignant love letter to Bloom's husband and a passionate outpouring of grief, In Love reaffirms the power and value of human relationships. In January 2020, Amy B...

Mona Chollet Paperback 304 pages Renowned journalist Mona Chollet recasts the witch as a powerful role model: an emblem of strength, free to exist beyond the narrow limits society imposes on wome...

Michelle Obama Hardback 336 pages Her life. Her learnings. Her toolkit to live boldly. How do we build enduring and honest relationships? How can we discover strength and community inside our ...

Geoff White Paperback 288 pages Meet the Lazarus Group, a shadowy cabal of hackers accused of working on behalf of the North Korean state. It's claimed that they form one of the most dangerous cr...

Paperback 320 pages Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening - George OrwellInspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell is said to have planted in his cottage in...