Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
Staying True to You
Dr. Patricia Faison Hewlin
A unique roadmap to finding freedom from the pressures of expectation in modern working life
You Deserve To Be Rich
Rashad Bilal
Two internationally recognised founders. One revolutionary playbook for achieving financial freedom – wherever you come from.
What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
Daron Acemoglu
A new theory of liberal democracy from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Why Nations Fail
Corrupted Kingdom
Robert Barrington
An incisive study of the corruption that is rife across British society, from the UK's foremost expert on the subject
What If We Got AI Right?
Eleanor Drage
An expert's guide to taking control of AI, and building a future that works for all
The World in Turmoil
John Andrews
John Andrews explores our troubled world in this successor to The World in Conflict, which sold over 30,000 copies
Hinterlands
Hannah Lucinda Smith
A timely eyewitness account of the overlooked territories where the new Cold War is playing out
How to Invest
Peter Stanyer
A new guide to personal investment for the era of cryptocurrencies and personal trading platforms
The Invention of Good and Evil
Hanno Sauer
A grand, sweeping history of the evolution of morality across the entire existence of humankind
From Life Itself
Suzy Hansen
The Pulitzer finalist tells the fascinating story of the rise of an authoritarian Turkey under Erdogan through the microcosm of life in a local Istanb…
Talking Classics
Mary Beard
The world's most acclaimed classicist on whether and why the Classics still matter
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
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
The Challenges of Democracy
Jonathan Sumption
A provocative series of essays from the former Supreme Court judge and Sunday Times-bestselling author
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
Economics: The Economist Guide
Philip Coggan
The definitive Economist guide to the world of economics
Invisible Lines
Maxim Samson
A geographer's exploration of the world's unseen boundaries – the divisions we make, find or feel
The Green Ages
Annette Kehnel
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living
The New Breadline
Jean-Martin Bauer
A ground-breaking analysis of the world's hunger crisis and its solutions, from the World Food Programme's Country Director in Haiti