Politics & Economics
Going Home
Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh reflects on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah
The Velvet Rope Economy
Nelson Schwartz
A new and gripping investigation into the rise of the virtual velvet rope economy
15 Minutes of Power
Peter Riddell
Peter Riddell explores what it means to be a minister in the British Government
How Are We Going to Explain This?
Jelmer Mommers
An international bestseller, the first climate book that doesn't leave the reader depressed: realistic and hopeful, witty and clarifying
Mindf*ck
Christopher Wylie
From whistleblower Christopher Wylie, the definitive story of the Brexit coup, the making of Bannon's America, and an ongoing crime against democ…
The Buried
Peter Hessler
An intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change
Active Measures
Thomas Rid
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contempor…
Why We're Polarized
Ezra Klein
Polarisation is often invoked as proof that our societies are broken but what if it's really the system working as intended?
Where Power Stops
David Runciman
David Runciman grapples with how character defines and limits the holders of the highest offices in the UK and America
Trials of the State
Jonathan Sumption
Judges are meant to interpret laws but, increasingly, they make them.
Windows of Opportunity
David Sainsbury
A new theory of economic growth, putting individual firms' investment decisions in the central role
The World in Conflict
John Andrews
From a top Economist journalist, an all-new guide to the world's conflicts – recent, current and future
The Lies That Bind
Kwame Anthony Appiah
From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarized world are r…
The Signs Were There
Tim Steer
The stories, scandals and crucial insights behind stock market disasters – and how to avoid them
Identity
Francis Fukuyama
The divisive impacts of identity politics laid bare by the bestselling author of The Origins of Political Order and The End of History
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Shoshana Zuboff
THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSurveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every…
Moneyland
Oliver Bullough
From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the worl…
Firefighting
Ben S. Bernanke
This is a rigorous account of the worst financial crisis since 1929 from the three primary architects of the American response-from why it happened to…
How Democracy Ends
David Runciman
All political systems come to an end, even democracies – David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come nex…