Current Affairs, Politics & Economics
From Jonathan Sumption’s The Challenges of Democracy and Daron Acemoglu’s What Happened to Liberal Democracy?, to Paris Marx’s Hyperscale and Eleanor Drage’s What If We Got AI Right?, our Current Affairs books cover geopolitics, the rule of law and the generative technology shaping our world. Essential for readers interested in international politics, journalism and technology.
Invisible Lines
Maxim Samson
A geographer's exploration of the world's unseen boundaries from the Malaria Belt to Tornado Alley
Ravenous
Henry Dimbleby
Henry Dimbleby's Sunday Times bestselling manifesto on how to change the food system
A Home of One's Own
Hashi Mohamed
As cities expand and rents rise, what does it really mean to have a home?
We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I
Raja Shehadeh
A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights
Tenants
Vicky Spratt
The urgent story of this country's biggest crisis, told through the lives of those it most affects
Geography Is Destiny
Ian Morris
The story of Britain, from its first moments as an island to its possible future
Speaking and Being
Kübra Gümüsay
What happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse
The Intersectional Environmentalist
Leah Thomas
A radical and empowering primer for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive and sustainable change
How To Live With Each Other
Farhan Samanani
An anthropologist looks at our modern world – and shows how we can build a better, more connected one
Liberalism and Its Discontents
Francis Fukuyama
An acclaimed defence of liberalism by the renowned political philosopher
Butler to the World
Oliver Bullough
The Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the scandalous reality of Britain's new position in the world
The Economist Guide to Commodities 2nd edition
Caroline Bain
The latest comprehensive overview of the forces at work in the world of commodities.
The Digital Silk Road
Jonathan E. Hillman
An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks
Confronting Leviathan
David Runciman
A primer on political theory from bestselling author and host of Talking Politics David Runciman
Spike
Jeremy Farrar
First book on Covid-19 by a scientist on SAGE, assessing how the government 'followed the science'
Mountain Tales
Saumya Roy
A city struggling with the cost of its appetites. A rubbish mountain eighteen stories high. And the people who call it home.
All In It Together
Alwyn Turner
A biting and original history which places culture front and centre to explain how our country went to pieces