Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
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
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
The High Seas
Olive Heffernan
The race to control, protect and profit from Earth's new blue frontier
The History of Ideas
David Runciman
What is the history of ideas – and how has it shaped our world today?
Shifting Sands
Judith Scheele
A radical new account of the Sahara – from pre-history to the present day
Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back
Abundance
Ezra Klein
Time to rethink liberal answers to society's biggest challenges – by ditching scarcity politics and embracing visionary action to create an abunda…
The Intersectional Environmentalist
Leah Thomas
A radical and empowering primer for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive and sustainable change
The Unaccountability Machine
Dan Davies
Part-biography, part-political thriller, The Unaccountability Machine is a rousing exposé of how management failures lead organisations to make c…
Forgotten
Raja Shehadeh
From two leading writers and thinkers on Palestine: a profound meditation on memory and what we choose to memorialise
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption
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 ru…
In the Long Run
Jonathan White
A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the climate crisis and global warfare
Your Right to Protest
Christian Weaver
The indispensable pocket guide to your right to protest, from an expert barrister
Good Chaps
Simon Kuper
From the bestselling author of Chums, a powerful analysis of how corruption shapes British politics
Democracy
Margaret Atwood
In collaboration with the Financial Times: powerful, urgent reflections on the value of democracy from eleven women writers and thought-leaders
What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?
Raja Shehadeh
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide.
Possible
Chris Goodall
The realities of a green new deal from the world's foremost expert on climate technologies