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The Nerd Reich

Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy

by Gil Durán ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism – and a road map to resistance.When Silicon Valley ‘moves fast and breaks things’, the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister afoot: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.Drawing on insider political exper... ... Read more

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism – and a road map to resistance.When Silicon Valley ‘moves fast and breaks things’, the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister afoot: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.Drawing on insider political exper...
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All the Wrong Moves

The must-read, explosive insider story of the biggest mistakes in US history from the host of The Rest Is Politics US

by Anthony Scaramucci ...

The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US, Anthony Scaramucci‘Essential reading’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & RORY STEWART‘This is the Mooch at his most thoughtful and wise’ EMILY MAITLIS'Anthony Scaramucci lasted 11 short days in The White House. He makes lightweights look credible' THE WHITE HOUSE<p... ... Read more

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The explosive story of the biggest mistakes in US history – from White House insider turned host of hit podcast The Rest Is Politics: US, Anthony Scaramucci‘Essential reading’ ALASTAIR CAMPBELL & RORY STEWART‘This is the Mooch at his most thoughtful and wise’ EMILY MAITLIS'Anthony Scaramucci lasted 11 short days in The White House. He makes lightweights look credible' THE WHITE HOUSE<p...
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Regime Change

Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...

A riveting, intimate and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trump’s second presidency – a term liberated from every constraint that defined his ... Read more

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A riveting, intimate and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the past decade comes this definitive portrait of Donald Trump in the White House. Regime Change covers the first year of Trump’s second presidency – a term liberated from every constraint that defined his
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Abundance

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD: How We Build a Better Future

by Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson ...

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A must-read for progressives' BARACK OBAMA'Downing Street's current hot read' ANDREW MARR'Forceful, quick-moving, important' FINANCIAL TIMESThe threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it'... ... Read more

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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2025**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR'A must-read for progressives' BARACK OBAMA'Downing Street's current hot read' ANDREW MARR'Forceful, quick-moving, important' FINANCIAL TIMESThe threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it'...
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Landfall

The totally propulsive crime mystery suspense thriller from the award-winning author of Clade

by James Bradley ...

A "Best Climate Books of 2025" selection from Climate & Capital MediaA 2025 Book of the Year selection by The Bookshelf (ABC Radio)The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior ... Read more

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A "Best Climate Books of 2025" selection from Climate & Capital MediaA 2025 Book of the Year selection by The Bookshelf (ABC Radio)The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures and increasingly intense social division and unrest.When a child on the margins goes missing from the area of the city known as the Floodline, Senior
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How Not to Be a Political Wife

by Sarah Vine ...

‘You think you’ve married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.'How Not to Be a Political Wife is an unflinching account of life at the heart of politics, and what it's like to have politics rip the heart out of your life. It’s a story of high hopes and dirty tricks, broken friendships and divided loyalties, laughter and glamour.Recollections, as a great woman once said, may of ... Read more

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‘You think you’ve married a journalist, then, horrors, he becomes a politician.'How Not to Be a Political Wife is an unflinching account of life at the heart of politics, and what it's like to have politics rip the heart out of your life. It’s a story of high hopes and dirty tricks, broken friendships and divided loyalties, laughter and glamour.Recollections, as a great woman once said, may of
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Black Women Taught Us

An Intimate History of Black Feminism

by Jenn M. Jackson PhD ...

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.“Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar. In this book, they pay tribute to generations of Black women organizers and set forward a bold and courageous blueprint for our ... Read more

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A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.“Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar. In this book, they pay tribute to generations of Black women organizers and set forward a bold and courageous blueprint for our
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For The People

Fighting Authoritarianism, Saving Democracy

by A. C. Grayling ...

Around the world the foundations of democracy, freedom, civil liberties are being eroded – what can be done?Are we living through the end of the democratic moment? While democracy once seemed the bedrock of Western societies, the past few decades have revealed a fragile reality. Once liberal countries are turning to authoritarianism, wealthy individuals and corporations are interfering with ... Read more

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Around the world the foundations of democracy, freedom, civil liberties are being eroded – what can be done?Are we living through the end of the democratic moment? While democracy once seemed the bedrock of Western societies, the past few decades have revealed a fragile reality. Once liberal countries are turning to authoritarianism, wealthy individuals and corporations are interfering with
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Occupy

by Noam Chomsky ...

Occupy gives Noam Chomsky's thoughts on a movement which swept the world'Occupy is the first major public response to thirty years of class war.'Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. No longer occupying small tent camps, the movement now occupies the global conscience as its messages ... Read more

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Occupy gives Noam Chomsky's thoughts on a movement which swept the world'Occupy is the first major public response to thirty years of class war.'Since its appearance in Zuccotti Park, New York, in September 2011, the Occupy movement has spread to hundreds of towns and cities across the world. No longer occupying small tent camps, the movement now occupies the global conscience as its messages
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The End of Policing

by Alex S. Vitale ...

The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics. It also made The End of Policing a bestseller and Alex Vitale, its author, a leading figure in the urgent public discussion over police and racial justice.As the writer ... Read more

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The massive uprising following the police killing of George Floyd in the summer of 2020--by some estimates the largest protests in US history--thrust the argument to defund the police to the forefront of international politics. It also made The End of Policing a bestseller and Alex Vitale, its author, a leading figure in the urgent public discussion over police and racial justice.As the writer
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香港不屈：不能被磨滅的城市

Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

by 林慕蓮 ...

Translated by 廖珮杏 ...

Series series 中國觀察
「誰」有權述說香港的歷史？「誰」能夠決定香港的未來？港英政府？中共政權？還是每位「真係好撚鍾意香港」的人們？讓中國懼怕的事物，就是記憶的力量，我們必須想辦法不斷記得，此時此刻在我們的城市所發生的一切……**　　★《紐約時報》2022年度選書****　　★《重返天安門》作者林慕蓮最新力作****　　★ 全球獨家唯一中文版作者新序**　　「我在開始寫這本書的時候，關心的其實不是現在，而是過去。我想要重塑香港的歷史，讓香港人自己講述他們自己的故事，而不是繼續由殖民統治者代替他們敘述。當時我並沒有料到，中國共產黨會如此迅速地試圖改寫現在，它不僅強行改變視角，甚至還扭曲焦點。中共這些作為讓人迷失方向，我在這本書記錄下來的每一個當下時刻，反客為主成了重中之重。」──林慕蓮，中文版序... ... Read more

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「誰」有權述說香港的歷史？「誰」能夠決定香港的未來？港英政府？中共政權？還是每位「真係好撚鍾意香港」的人們？讓中國懼怕的事物，就是記憶的力量，我們必須想辦法不斷記得，此時此刻在我們的城市所發生的一切……**　　★《紐約時報》2022年度選書****　　★《重返天安門》作者林慕蓮最新力作****　　★ 全球獨家唯一中文版作者新序**　　「我在開始寫這本書的時候，關心的其實不是現在，而是過去。我想要重塑香港的歷史，讓香港人自己講述他們自己的故事，而不是繼續由殖民統治者代替他們敘述。當時我並沒有料到，中國共產黨會如此迅速地試圖改寫現在，它不僅強行改變視角，甚至還扭曲焦點。中共這些作為讓人迷失方向，我在這本書記錄下來的每一個當下時刻，反客為主成了重中之重。」──林慕蓮，中文版序...
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The New Dark Ages

The Instant Sunday Times bestseller about the End of Reading and the Dawn of a Post-Literate Society

by James Marriott ...

** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER **'Without question the most important book of the year' MARINA HYDE'Superb' TOM HOLLANDReading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason.Now, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally.The golden chain of... ... Read more

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** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER **'Without question the most important book of the year' MARINA HYDE'Superb' TOM HOLLANDReading built the modern world. It helped create democracy, science and reason.Now, books are dying, and people everywhere are losing the ability to read deeply or think rationally.The golden chain of...
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How Migration Really Works

A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics

by Hein de Haas ...

A VITALLY IMPORTANT BOOK CHALLENGING THE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION.'A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . an important book' The Telegraph‘A careful, balanced, and convincing take . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration’ Ian Morris, author of Why The West Rules – For Now------------------------------ ... Read more

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A VITALLY IMPORTANT BOOK CHALLENGING THE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION.'A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . an important book' The Telegraph‘A careful, balanced, and convincing take . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration’ Ian Morris, author of Why The West Rules – For Now------------------------------
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Global Justice

Three Essays on Liberation and Socialism

by Ernesto Che Guevara ...

Series series The Che Guevara Library
Three speeches on corporate globalism and imperialism by one of the most widely known guerilla fighters, political theorists, and organizers, Che Guevara.In this collection of three speeches, Ernesto Che Guevara offers a revolutionary view of a world in which human solidarity and understanding replace imperialist aggression and exploitation.First, in a sharp speech given in Algeria on February 24, ... Read more

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Three speeches on corporate globalism and imperialism by one of the most widely known guerilla fighters, political theorists, and organizers, Che Guevara.In this collection of three speeches, Ernesto Che Guevara offers a revolutionary view of a world in which human solidarity and understanding replace imperialist aggression and exploitation.First, in a sharp speech given in Algeria on February 24,
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Hyperpolitics

Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences

by Anton Jäger ...

What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher's London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton J�ger traces how pub�lic life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency - while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been hollowed out.Hyperpolitics revisits the ... Read more

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What happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher's London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton J�ger traces how pub�lic life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency - while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been hollowed out.Hyperpolitics revisits the
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Enshittification

Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What To Do About It

by Cory Doctorow ...

*** Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 ***Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook. The process is what leading tech critic Cory Doctorow has dubbed 'enshittification'. First, the ... Read more

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*** Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2025 ***Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook. The process is what leading tech critic Cory Doctorow has dubbed 'enshittification'. First, the
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Unmasked

Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy

by Andy Ngo ...

In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics.When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack ... Read more

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In this #1 national bestseller, a journalist who's been attacked by Antifa writes a deeply researched and reported account of the group's history and tactics.When Andy Ngo was attacked in the streets by Antifa in the summer of 2019, most people assumed it was an isolated incident. But those who'd been following Ngo's reporting in outlets like the New York Post and Quillette knew that the attack
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The Communist Manifesto

by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels ...

Series series Starbooks Classics Collection
The Communist ManifestoFriedrich ENGELS (1820 - 1895) and Karl MARX (1818 - 1883)The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European Powers were universally afraid of the nascent movement, and were condemning as "communist," people or activities that did not actually conform to what the Communists believed. This ... Read more

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The Communist ManifestoFriedrich ENGELS (1820 - 1895) and Karl MARX (1818 - 1883)The Communist Manifesto was conceived as an outline of the basic beliefs of the Communist movement. The authors believed that the European Powers were universally afraid of the nascent movement, and were condemning as "communist," people or activities that did not actually conform to what the Communists believed. This
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Why Should You Recycle? | Book of Why for Kids Grade 3 | Children's Earth Sciences Books

by Baby Professor ...

Recycling is a very important job all children should know. This book will walk you through the easy but very important task of recycling. It will lay down all the facts associated to the task, as well as how you’re helping Mother Earth by segregating your trash well. Grab a copy and start reading today. ... Read more

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Recycling is a very important job all children should know. This book will walk you through the easy but very important task of recycling. It will lay down all the facts associated to the task, as well as how you’re helping Mother Earth by segregating your trash well. Grab a copy and start reading today.
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Drug Policy

by Alison Ritter ...

Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book provides a detailed understanding of the complex and highly contested nature of drug policy, drug policy making, and the theoretical perspectives that inform the study of drug policy. It draws on four different ... Read more

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Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book provides a detailed understanding of the complex and highly contested nature of drug policy, drug policy making, and the theoretical perspectives that inform the study of drug policy. It draws on four different
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The Last Justice

by Alex Finlay ...

Why did he survive?An assassin guns down the justices as they are hearing a case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna, the government's top lawyer, is appointed to the multi agency commission investigating the murders. As Congress draws battle lines over who will replace the slain justices, the commission follows clue after clue, each one pointing to an unlikely suspect: ... Read more

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Why did he survive?An assassin guns down the justices as they are hearing a case in the U.S. Supreme Court. Solicitor General Jefferson McKenna, the government's top lawyer, is appointed to the multi agency commission investigating the murders. As Congress draws battle lines over who will replace the slain justices, the commission follows clue after clue, each one pointing to an unlikely suspect:
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Fear and Fury

The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage

by Heather Ann Thompson ...

**A NEW YORK TIMESBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would unveil simmering racial resentments and would lead, in unexpected ways, to a fractured future and a new era of rage and violence. ... Read more

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**A NEW YORK TIMESBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • In this masterful, groundbreaking work, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Heather Ann Thompson shines surprising new light on an infamous 1984 New York subway shooting that would unveil simmering racial resentments and would lead, in unexpected ways, to a fractured future and a new era of rage and violence.
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A Tragic Legacy

How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency

by Glenn Greenwald ...

What will be the legacy of President George Walker Bush? In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation. What began on shaky, uncertain ground and was bolstered and propelled by tragedy, has ultimately faltered and failed on the back of the dichotomous worldview—good versus evil—that once served it so well. In A Tragic Legacy, ... Read more

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What will be the legacy of President George Walker Bush? In this fascinating, timely book, Glenn Greenwald examines the Bush presidency and its long-term effect on the nation. What began on shaky, uncertain ground and was bolstered and propelled by tragedy, has ultimately faltered and failed on the back of the dichotomous worldview—good versus evil—that once served it so well. In A Tragic Legacy,
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Plots and Prayers

Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

by Niki Savva ...

Series Book 2 - The Road to Ruin Trilogy
In an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory.On 21 August 2018, 35 Liberal MPs cast their vote against Malcolm Turnbull, effectively signalling the end ... Read more

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In an enthralling sequel to her bestselling The Road to Ruin, Niki Savva reveals the inside story of a bungled coup that overthrew the Liberal prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and installed a surprise successor, Scott Morrison, who went on to take the party to a miraculous electoral victory.On 21 August 2018, 35 Liberal MPs cast their vote against Malcolm Turnbull, effectively signalling the end
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