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Hitler and Stalin

The Tyrants and the Second World War

by Laurence Rees ...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI MIND'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw'In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original' Antony Beevor<... ... Read more

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FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOLOCAUST AND THE NAZI MIND'You have to read it' Volodymyr Zelensky'Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account' Professor Sir Ian Kershaw'In this fascinating study of two monsters, Rees is extraordinarily perceptive and original' Antony Beevor<...
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The 1619 Project

A New American Origin Story

by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, BooklistIn late August 1619, a ship ar... ... Read more

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Esquire, Marie Claire, Electric Lit, Ms. magazine, Kirkus Reviews, BooklistIn late August 1619, a ship ar...
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A People's Tragedy

The Russian Revolution - the definitive history

by Orlando Figes ...

The most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is widely hailed as the definitive account of the Russian Revolution.Orlando Figes weaves scholarship and storytelling to capture both the epic scale and personal cost of 1917. Gripping and compassionate, he draws on the diaries and ... Read more

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The most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is widely hailed as the definitive account of the Russian Revolution.Orlando Figes weaves scholarship and storytelling to capture both the epic scale and personal cost of 1917. Gripping and compassionate, he draws on the diaries and
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Made in America

The dark history that led to Donald Trump, from the award-winning political broadcaster

by Edward Stourton ...

The riveting new exploration of American history – and how it has led to the era of Donald Trump – from the award-winning political broadcaster.'A well argued and elegant answer to the question, 'how did America get to this place?'' Justin Webb, presenter of Americast'Pithy, entertaining and informative’ GuardianTrump’s second term, even more than his first, is often called ‘unprecedented’. But... ... Read more

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The riveting new exploration of American history – and how it has led to the era of Donald Trump – from the award-winning political broadcaster.'A well argued and elegant answer to the question, 'how did America get to this place?'' Justin Webb, presenter of Americast'Pithy, entertaining and informative’ GuardianTrump’s second term, even more than his first, is often called ‘unprecedented’. But...
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Power and the People

A History of British Energy

by Arthur Downing ...

The energy crisis of the early 2020s exposed the true nature of Britain's energy system: fragile, fragmented, comically complicated, and hopelessly dependent on imported fossil fuels. How did it come to this? Power and the People uncovers the hidden history of British energy from the Victorians to the present.The book tells the story of the private and publicly owned organisations that built the ... Read more

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The energy crisis of the early 2020s exposed the true nature of Britain's energy system: fragile, fragmented, comically complicated, and hopelessly dependent on imported fossil fuels. How did it come to this? Power and the People uncovers the hidden history of British energy from the Victorians to the present.The book tells the story of the private and publicly owned organisations that built the
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

'A hymn of love to the world ... A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our ... Read more

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'A hymn of love to the world ... A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise' Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveAs a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our
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Out

How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone

by Tim Shipman ...

The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman’s Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak'Magnificent… Pacy and packed with delicious details… Shipman puts you in the room… His analysis is sharp and full of insight… For those seeking a moment-by-moment insider history it will not be topped' FTHow did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister ... Read more

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The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman’s Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak'Magnificent… Pacy and packed with delicious details… Shipman puts you in the room… His analysis is sharp and full of insight… For those seeking a moment-by-moment insider history it will not be topped' FTHow did Boris Johnson supersede Theresa May to become Britain's Prime Minister
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Meat

How the Next Agricultural Revolution Will Transform Humanity's Favorite Food—and Our Future

by Bruce Friedrich ...

This packed account makes food science feel like an urgent and essential undertaking." —Publishers Weekly (Top 10 New Release in Science)“[Meat] has broad appeal.” –Nature (Included in “Best Science Picks”)“What [Friedrich] sets out to accomplish—what feels new about Meat—is to convince readers of a generational opportunity to replace like with like: plant-based and cultivated meat that matches, i ... Read more

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This packed account makes food science feel like an urgent and essential undertaking." —Publishers Weekly (Top 10 New Release in Science)“[Meat] has broad appeal.” –Nature (Included in “Best Science Picks”)“What [Friedrich] sets out to accomplish—what feels new about Meat—is to convince readers of a generational opportunity to replace like with like: plant-based and cultivated meat that matches, i
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The Solutions are Already Here

Strategies for Ecological Revolution from Below

by Peter Gelderloos ...

Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope.Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are working to realise their visions of an alternative revolutionary response to planetary ... Read more

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Are alternative energies and Green New Deals enough to deliver environmental justice? Peter Gelderloos argues that international governmental responses to the climate emergency are structurally incapable of solving the crisis. But there is hope.Across the world, grassroots networks of local communities are working to realise their visions of an alternative revolutionary response to planetary
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Airhead

The Imperfect Art of Making News

by Emily Maitlis ...

FEATURING EMILY MAITLIS' GROUNDBREAKING INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ANDREWThe news has never been more prominent - but are we getting the full story? Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest news stories and interviews of recent years'Smart, funny and brilliantly told' Elizabeth Day'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious' James O'Brien... ... Read more

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FEATURING EMILY MAITLIS' GROUNDBREAKING INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE ANDREWThe news has never been more prominent - but are we getting the full story? Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the biggest news stories and interviews of recent years'Smart, funny and brilliantly told' Elizabeth Day'Revelatory, riveting and frequently hilarious' James O'Brien...
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Free and Equal

What Would a Fair Society Look Like?

by Daniel Chandler ...

*A Waterstones, Financial Times and New Statesman Book of the Year*'A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear' Stephen Fry'The most excellent book … substantive and beautifully expressed suggestions for improving almost everything’ James O'Brien'Clear, brave, compelling' David Miliband'Inspiring ... impassioned ... full of hope' Zadie Sm... ... Read more

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*A Waterstones, Financial Times and New Statesman Book of the Year*'A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear' Stephen Fry'The most excellent book … substantive and beautifully expressed suggestions for improving almost everything’ James O'Brien'Clear, brave, compelling' David Miliband'Inspiring ... impassioned ... full of hope' Zadie Sm...
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Windswept

Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands

by Annie Worsley ...

‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE‘An instant classic of British nature-writing’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on the west coast of Scotland. It is a land ruled by great elemental forces – light, wind and water – that hold sway ... Read more

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‘Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas’ ROBERT MACFARLANE‘An instant classic of British nature-writing’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on the west coast of Scotland. It is a land ruled by great elemental forces – light, wind and water – that hold sway
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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

by Jill Lepore ...

Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2026'Superb' Philip Pullman'Revelatory' George SaundersIt presented itself as a form of futurism. But the future envisioned by the architects of the Artificial State looked, chillingly, like the very worst of the past…We live in the age of data. Over the past century, rapidly evolving technologies have transformed every aspect of our ... Read more

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Longlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2026'Superb' Philip Pullman'Revelatory' George SaundersIt presented itself as a form of futurism. But the future envisioned by the architects of the Artificial State looked, chillingly, like the very worst of the past…We live in the age of data. Over the past century, rapidly evolving technologies have transformed every aspect of our
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Raise Your Soul

A Personal History of Resistance from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author

by Yanis Varoufakis ...

An intimate portrait of Yanis Varoufakis’s political awakening, told through the history of his extraordinary family'Gripping and unforgettable. It reads like a thriller’ BRIAN ENODramatic in scope and deep in feeling, Raise Your Soul traces three generations swept up in the whirlwind of history, across a century of occupation, civil war, Cold War fracture and economic crisis, from 1924 to the ... Read more

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An intimate portrait of Yanis Varoufakis’s political awakening, told through the history of his extraordinary family'Gripping and unforgettable. It reads like a thriller’ BRIAN ENODramatic in scope and deep in feeling, Raise Your Soul traces three generations swept up in the whirlwind of history, across a century of occupation, civil war, Cold War fracture and economic crisis, from 1924 to the
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The Real Nigel Farage

A Would-Be Prime Minister On Trial

by John Sweeney ...

'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How ... Read more

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'It is extraordinary how little proper journalistic scrutiny Farage has received. This book is timely and essential reading from a veteran reporter and troublemaker'Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist and co-founder of The Nerve'An encyclopedic account of Nigel Farage's singular awfulness. And a forensic analysis of how he hides it from voters'James O'Brien, LBC presenter and author of How
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Object-Oriented Ontology

A New Theory of Everything

by Graham Harman ...

Series series Pelican Books
What is reality, really?Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive?How does this change the way we understand the world?We humans tend to believe that things are only real in as much as we perceive them, an idea reinforced by modern philosophy, which privileges us as special, radically different in kind from all other objects. But as Graham Harman, one of the ... Read more

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What is reality, really?Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive?How does this change the way we understand the world?We humans tend to believe that things are only real in as much as we perceive them, an idea reinforced by modern philosophy, which privileges us as special, radically different in kind from all other objects. But as Graham Harman, one of the
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Ultra-Processed People

The Definitive #1 Bestseller You Need to Understand Ultra-Processed Food

by Chris van Tulleken ...

NOW WITH TWO BONUS CHAPTERS INCLUDING AN FAQTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT</... ... Read more

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NOW WITH TWO BONUS CHAPTERS INCLUDING AN FAQTHE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFORTNUM & MASON'S DEBUT FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT</...
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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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Democracy Rules

by Jan-Werner Müller ...

'Lively. . . This is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll . . . A book that encourages thinking, observation and discernment' New York TimesOne of our most essential political thinkers offers a vital account of democracy in the twenty-first centuryEveryone knows that democracy is in trouble, but do we know what democracy ... Read more

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'Lively. . . This is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll . . . A book that encourages thinking, observation and discernment' New York TimesOne of our most essential political thinkers offers a vital account of democracy in the twenty-first centuryEveryone knows that democracy is in trouble, but do we know what democracy
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The Transformation of British Welfare Policy

Politics, Discourse, and Public Opinion

by Tom O'Grady ...

Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty, homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European countries experiencing similar economic and social trends, who have not enacted such dramatic cuts and reforms. Until recently, however, the changes proved very popular with the public, who increasingly hated the welfare system ... Read more

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Since 2010 the UK has enacted radical welfare reforms that have led to greater poverty, homelessness, indebtedness, and foodbank use. It has diverged from other European countries experiencing similar economic and social trends, who have not enacted such dramatic cuts and reforms. Until recently, however, the changes proved very popular with the public, who increasingly hated the welfare system
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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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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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The Society of the Spectacle

by Guy Debord ...

Translated by Fredy Perlman, Ken Knabb ...

Series series Critical Editions
'The Debordian analysis of modern life resonates more deeply and darkly than perhaps even its creator thought possible...' - The New Yorker'Never before has Debord's work seemed quite as relevant as it does now' - The Guardian'Guy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.' - Michael LöwyFirst published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society, The ... Read more

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'The Debordian analysis of modern life resonates more deeply and darkly than perhaps even its creator thought possible...' - The New Yorker'Never before has Debord's work seemed quite as relevant as it does now' - The Guardian'Guy Debord is a time bomb, and a difficult one to defuse.' - Michael LöwyFirst published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique of contemporary society, The
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The Road to Wigan Pier

by George Orwell ...

Series series Arcturus Essential Orwell
'We are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody is secure, in which it is almost impossible to be honest and to remain alive.'In 1936, at the behest of his publisher, George Orwell set out for Wigan to observe what life was really like in some of the most deprived areas of Britain's industrial heartlands. The result was a revealing and unflinching portrait of the working ... Read more

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'We are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody is secure, in which it is almost impossible to be honest and to remain alive.'In 1936, at the behest of his publisher, George Orwell set out for Wigan to observe what life was really like in some of the most deprived areas of Britain's industrial heartlands. The result was a revealing and unflinching portrait of the working
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