Mutative Media is a sweeping examination of how communication technologies have contributed to changes in people’s thoughts and actions, and thus in the power structures of societies, in the past, at present, and in four alternative futures.We start by surveying what is generally known about the emergence of human language and speech that has enabled humans to extend their organizing abilities beyond that of other hominids. We then review research on the emergence of signs...

NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS'Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's bloody career... a life littered with corpses' THE TIMES'An extraordinarily prescient and fascinating book' NIHAL ARTHANAYAKEA gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe. In Killer in the Kremli...

North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. It is Orwell’s 1984 made reality.The regime controls the flow of information to its citizens, pouring relentless propaganda through omnipresent loud speakers. Free speech is an illusion: one word out of line and the gulag awaits. State spies are everywhere, ready to punish disloyalty and the slightest sign of discontent.You must bow to Kim Il Sung, the Eternal Leader and to his son, Gen...

Nigel Farage is the most consequential politician of our age. It is possible that he will become the UK's prime minister after the next general election. But who is he?Farage's life has been one hell of a romp. The man who delivered Brexit makes the political weather like no one else. He talks saloon-bar English to voters, shows courage, and cracks good jokes, sometimes at his own expense. He has survived a car accident and a plane crash, and has come thro...

Imaginez un château écossais à l’architecture incroyable…Imaginez-le perdu, oublié, enfoui sous un amas de ronces comparable à celui de la Belle au bois dormant…Imaginez enfin qu’il ait été le plus grand hôpital psychiatrique du pays…Bien sûr, ça n’existe pas. Vous croyez ?… Bienvenue à Lennox Castle !« Durant cette enquête, j’allais perdre ma capacité à répondre à une question pourtant simple : qui est fou, et qui ne l’est pas ? »Inspecteur-chef Swe...

Brought to you by Penguin.Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol.Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2...

'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, TelegraphIn this revised and updated paperback edition, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind the headlines to investigate what really happened to Alexei Navalny in the freezing Polar Wolf penal colony in a remote part of Siberia in February 2024. This ...

John Sweeney tells stories power and money don't want told. As a war reporter he took crazy risks from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and everywhere else in between. In former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone and Gaza, he lost friends: killed in the firing line of duty. Years later, the BBC got rid of him when had a go at another cult, the one run by Tommy Robinson. Freelance, he headed to Ukraine, staying in the capital for the whole of the Battle of Kyiv.Staying Alive is the autobiogra...

Sein Name war für den russischen Präsidenten tabu, bis Putin sich des verhassten Kontrahenten zuletzt doch entledigte: Alexej Nawalny, Putins gefährlichster Gegner. John Sweeney, der seit Jahrzehnten als Investigativjournalist zu den Abgründen der russischen Politik recherchiert und berichtet, kannte Nawalny persönlich. Nun liefert er eine packende Biografie über den Oppositionsführer und Hoffnungsträger, seine Stärken und Schwächen, die Attacken, denen er ausgesetzt war – und offenbart di...

Sélection spéciale Quinzaine du livre Polar : ce titre est à -50% du 26 août au 9 septembre 2025. Profitez-en vite !Sur Unst, l’île la plus au nord des Shetland qui inspira Stevenson pour son roman « L’île au trésor », on vit au rythme paisible des troupeaux de moutons qui déambulent librement sur une lande où il ne pousse aucun arbre.Pourtant, en dépit de cette quiétude apparente, deux hommes viennent d’être assassinés, poignardés en plein cœur…Lor...

Un filet de pêche remplit de mystère... L'inspectrice Lucy Fourstripes parviendra-t-elle à résoudre cette énigme ?« Nous avons trouvé ce que nous n’aurions jamais dû trouver. Cet ultime filet était maudit. Nous aurions mieux fait de l’abandonner au fond de la mer. » Le pêcheur du Morne Brabant n’imaginait pas à quel point il disait vrai…À Maurice, l’inspectrice Lucy Fourstripes mène l’enquête. Elle va découvrir qu’au paradis, les ombres, comme les serpents, ...

Brought to you by Penguin.Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were stationed at the frontline at Mariupol.Pinned down at a Mariupol steelworks, after a month-long siege and running out of supplies, Aiden was part of the mass surrender of over a thousand Ukrainian troops, in April 2...