Politics & Economics
Europe's Decline and Fall
Richard Youngs
Europe has lost its influence on world affairs – this expert assessment shows that urgent action is needed
Iran: the Looming Crisis
Emanuele Ottolenghi
An important contribution to the debate about Europe's approach to Iran … well-informed, perceptive and sobering. I hope our leaders will read w…
Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
Chris Goodall
A good story for once: introducing the innovators and innovations that will tackle climate change head-on
The Economist Book of Isms
John Andrews
Wonderfully illuminating and witty guide to every ism you could ever want explained
FIASCO
Frank Partnoy
Huge bestseller about the cut-throat trading world returns with gripping new material.
Infectious Greed
Frank Partnoy
'Sparkling … a breathtaking chronicle of greed and stupidity on an operatic scale … a compelling portrait of corruption on the scale of the la…
Empires of Oil
Duncan Clarke
…a triumph and will be read by many beyond the energy sector. Erudite, convincing and grounded in Clarke's experience of life in the oil-produci…
Africa: Crude Continent
Duncan Clarke
One of the world's leading strategists on global oil exploration turns his critical eye to Africa's oil prize, to produce this definitive acco…
The Dragon and the Elephant
David Smith
By 2050 the world's three biggest economies will be China, India and the United States. The Economics Editor of the Sunday Times examines the impl…
The Impoverishment of Nations
Leigh Skene
Early in 2007 Leigh Skene warned of the danger of a meltdown in global markets. Now, while governments spend furiously to rescue the global economy, h…
Hello Everybody!
Joris Luyendijk
A powerful and moving wake-up call to the dangers of media maniplulation
A View From The Foothills
Chris Mullin
'The most wickedly indiscreet and elegant political memoirs since Alan Clark' Mail on Sunday
The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets
Benoit B. Mandelbrot
Benoit Mandelbrot, father of fractal geometry, revolutionised our understanding of the models of modern financial theory. This new edition includes ma…
Asian Godfathers
Joe Studwell
The men who control the economies of S.E. Asia are unimaginably rich and powerful. They gamble at golf for US$2 million a hole. This is – for the firs…
State Building
Francis Fukuyama
A hugely important book – Francis Fukuyama explains the concept of state-building
Orange Book
David Laws
Leading Liberal Democrats re-examine traditional Liberal ideas and come up with fresh – and surprising – ideas for the LibDem revival. In this stimula…
An End to Poverty?
Gareth Stedman-Jones
[Stedman Jones] produces an argument that is not only powerful in its own right but should act as a stimulus and inspiration to others.
The Descent of Woman
Elaine Morgan
According to the Book of Genesis, God first created man. This justified treating women as inferior. Until this book.Elaine Morgan argues for equal rol…
The Future Of Multi-Ethnic Britain
The Parekh Report
Britain has made some progress towards reducing racist violence and racial discrimination, but it still has a long way to go before it can claim to be…
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
Wilhelm Reich
The only authorised edition of this classic text, newly translated from the original German