Arts, Language & Literature
Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back
No Ordinary Deaths
Molly Conisbee
A vibrant, compelling social history of death, dying, and how our ends shape our lives and societies
50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work
Jonathan Besser
How to know your black swans from your blue ocean
The Illegals
Shaun Walker
A pacy, character-driven history of the KGB's deepest cover spies in the West, a system that took decades to unravel
Ask This Book a Question
Vicki Tan
A self-help guide that gamifies self-exploration and decision making, from a tech design master of engagement.
Out of this World and into the Next
Adriana Marais
A theoretical physicist's grand tour of how life emerged on earth and how human civilization will begin expanding beyond our home planet
What We Value
Emily Falk
A neuroscientist reveals the mechanisms behind decision-making – and how to make more fulfilling, impactful choices in our work and lives
Inner Sense
Caroline Williams
A pathbreaking exploration of interoception, the 'inner sense' governing our mental health, physical wellbeing and stress management
Proof
Adam Kucharski
How do we know what's true? The bestselling author of The Rules of Contagion mines two millennia of knowledge to find out
Abundance
Ezra Klein
Time to rethink liberal answers to society's biggest challenges – by ditching scarcity politics and embracing visionary action to create an abund…
Forgotten
Raja Shehadeh
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
Holy Places
Kathryn Hurlock
An exploration of pilgrimage, through nineteen breath-taking sites across the globe
Tiny Experiments
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
A transformative guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity and life itself from a neuroscientist and entrepreneur
What You're Made For
Ryan Holiday
Lessons in adversity and leadership from a pioneering basketball coach and bestselling philosopher
The Art of Counselling
Rollo May
An indispensable guide for anyone engaged in counselling, or interested in understanding the inner workings of personality.
The Challenges of Democracy
Jonathan Sumption
A provocative series of essays from the former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author
Chain of Fire
Peter Hart
The gripping story of the siege of Khartoum and Britain's extraordinarily bloody 1882 campaign in Egypt and Sudan
The Meteorites
Helen Gordon
How celestial bodies impact life on earth – from the acclaimed author of Notes from Deep Time
Vietdamned
Clive Webb
The untold story of the writers and philosophers who took on the United States government for its war in Vietnam