Current Affairs

How Africa Works
Joe Studwell
A radical reassessment of one of the most pervading myths of our time: that the African continent is uniquely ill-suited to economic development

We Survived the Night
Julian Brave NoiseCat
An unforgettable father-son story and portrait of Indigenous North America, announcing a major new talent

World Cup Fever
Simon Kuper
The story of how football transformed the world, told through nine World Cups – by one of our most talented football writers

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Shoshana Zuboff
The tale of two global orders, surveillance capitalism and democracy, locked in a zero-sum death match over who will rule the digital century
No King In Israel
Anshel Pfeffer
How Israel's democracy fractured, and what has happened to its founding principles since 1948

Economics: The Economist Guide
Philip Coggan
The definitive Economist guide to the world of economics

Earth Shapers
Maxim Samson
How humans harnessed the geographical landscape and wrote ourselves onto our surroundings

Slow Down or Die
Timothée Parrique
One of France's bestselling economists issues an inspiring call-to-arms to embrace a greener, more sustainable future

Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back

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

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

The Challenges of Democracy
Jonathan Sumption
A provocative series of essays from the former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author

Vietdamned
Clive Webb
The untold story of the writers and philosophers who took on the United States government for its war in Vietnam

The Gambling Animal
Glenn W. Harrison
Humanity's unique relationship with risk has driven us to defy the evolutionary odds. But as the stakes keep mounting, how long before our luck r…

You Deserve To Be Rich: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Rashad Bilal
Two internationally recognised founders. One revolutionary playbook for achieving financial freedom – wherever you come from.

The Invention of Good and Evil
Hanno Sauer
A grand, sweeping history of the evolution of morality across the entire existence of humankind

Your Right to Protest
Christian Weaver
The indispensable pocket guide to your right to protest, from an expert barrister

The Green Ages
Annette Kehnel
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living