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
The History of Ideas
David Runciman
What is the history of ideas – and how has it shaped our world today?
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.
The High Seas
Olive Heffernan
The race to control, protect and profit from Earth's new blue frontier
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…
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption
Possible
Chris Goodall
The realities of a green new deal from the world's foremost expert on climate technologies
In the Long Run
Jonathan White
A revealing history of the future as a political idea, from the Enlightenment to the current climate crisis
Invisible Lines
Maxim Samson
A geographer's exploration of the world's unseen boundaries – the divisions we make, find or feel
Ravenous
Henry Dimbleby
The food system no longer serves us: it's killing us. Here's why we should be hungry for change
How to Invest
Peter Stanyer
A new guide to personal investment for the era of cryptocurrencies and personal trading platforms
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
Ritual
Dimitris Xygalatas
A radical anthropologist takes readers on a journey through the shadow-side of human civilisation