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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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We the People

A History of the US Constitution

by Jill Lepore ...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY 2026ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 2025THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAROn the 250th anniversa... ... Read more

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY 2026ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION 2025THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAROn the 250th anniversa...
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Blockers

Rebels in the Deep State

by Michael Lewis ...

A wild ride through the destruction of the American government - and the unsung heroes who tried to stop it - by the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big ShortIn early 2025, an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. Armed with laptops and sleeping bags, a raft of prejudices and a bulletproof sense of mission instilled in them by their new boss, Elon Musk, the tech bro acolytes of ... Read more

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A wild ride through the destruction of the American government - and the unsung heroes who tried to stop it - by the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big ShortIn early 2025, an army of young men invaded the offices of US government. Armed with laptops and sleeping bags, a raft of prejudices and a bulletproof sense of mission instilled in them by their new boss, Elon Musk, the tech bro acolytes of
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Who Paid The Piper?

The CIA And The Cultural Cold War

by Frances Stonor Saunders ...

During the Cold War, the battle for ideological and economic supremacy was fought on every front. At the heart of the US's campaign to inoculate the world against Communism and advance its own liberal democratic ideals was the CIA's Congress of Cultural Freedom - an organisation that was as clandestine as it was powerful. Drawing on declassified documents and exclusive interviews, this book ... Read more

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During the Cold War, the battle for ideological and economic supremacy was fought on every front. At the heart of the US's campaign to inoculate the world against Communism and advance its own liberal democratic ideals was the CIA's Congress of Cultural Freedom - an organisation that was as clandestine as it was powerful. Drawing on declassified documents and exclusive interviews, this book
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Understanding Capitalism

by Richard D. Wolff ...

Series Book 1 - Democracy at Work
“Why does capitalism fail us?” Richard D. Wolff walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant takedown of an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.Understanding Capitalism explores the different definitions of what capitalism is and is not, and dissolves the many myths that, Wolff argues, are designed to confuse and disorient us. Wolff doesn’t simply ... Read more

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“Why does capitalism fail us?” Richard D. Wolff walks readers through this pressing question in a brilliant takedown of an economic system that benefits the few at the great expense of the many.Understanding Capitalism explores the different definitions of what capitalism is and is not, and dissolves the many myths that, Wolff argues, are designed to confuse and disorient us. Wolff doesn’t simply
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House of Trump, House of Putin

The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia

by Craig Unger ...

THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A bombshell.' Daily Mail'Damning, terrifying and enraging.' The SpectatorHouse of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.It is a ch... ... Read more

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THE EXPLOSIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A bombshell.' Daily Mail'Damning, terrifying and enraging.' The SpectatorHouse of Trump, House of Putin offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.It is a ch...
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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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Citizen Clem

A Biography of Attlee

by John Bew ...

**WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING****WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY***Book of the year: The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Evening Standard*'Outstanding . . . We still live in the society that was shaped by Clement Attlee' Robert Harris, Sunday Times'The best book in the ... ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING****WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY***Book of the year: The Times, Sunday Times, New Statesman, Spectator, Evening Standard*'Outstanding . . . We still live in the society that was shaped by Clement Attlee' Robert Harris, Sunday Times'The best book in the ...
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Stasi

The Untold Story Of The East German Secret Police

by John O. Koehler ...

In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. Koehler ... Read more

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In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of citizens, proved to be one of the most powerful secret police and espionage services in the world. Koehler
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On Treason

Alberta Separatism, Foreign Interference, and Canada's Survival in a Revolutionary Age

by Patrick Lennox ...

Series Book 12 - Field Notes
**“What is happening here in Alberta is an aberration. It does not resemble, in any fashion, democratic politics as normal in Canada. For the last ten years Canadians have watched these forces play out in the United States. But now these same forces have arrived here, within our own country. They are threatening to tear us asunder at the precise moment when we are most vulnerable, at the precise ... Read more

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**“What is happening here in Alberta is an aberration. It does not resemble, in any fashion, democratic politics as normal in Canada. For the last ten years Canadians have watched these forces play out in the United States. But now these same forces have arrived here, within our own country. They are threatening to tear us asunder at the precise moment when we are most vulnerable, at the precise
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What If We Stopped Pretending?

by Jonathan Franzen ...

The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.‘If you care about the planet, and about the people and animals who live on it, there are two ways to think about this. You can keep on hoping that catastrophe is preventable, and feel ever more frustrated or enraged by the world’s inaction. Or you can accept that disaster is coming, and begin to rethink ... Read more

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The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.‘If you care about the planet, and about the people and animals who live on it, there are two ways to think about this. You can keep on hoping that catastrophe is preventable, and feel ever more frustrated or enraged by the world’s inaction. Or you can accept that disaster is coming, and begin to rethink
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Autocracy, Inc

The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

by Anne Applebaum ...

**A Sunday Times Bestseller****An Economist Best Book of the Year**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic worldAll of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad ... Read more

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**A Sunday Times Bestseller****An Economist Best Book of the Year**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic worldAll of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad
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A Companion To Marx's Capital

The Complete Edition

by David Harvey ...

In recent years, we have witnessed a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the origins of our current predicament. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's most foremost Marx scholars.Based on his recent lectures, this current volume - finally bringing together his guides to Volumes I, II and much of III of Das ... Read more

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In recent years, we have witnessed a surge of interest in Marx's work in the effort to understand the origins of our current predicament. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's most foremost Marx scholars.Based on his recent lectures, this current volume - finally bringing together his guides to Volumes I, II and much of III of Das
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World Order

Reflections on the Character of Nations and the Course of History

by Henry Kissinger ...

As Henry Kissinger observes in this magisterial book, there has never been a true world order. For most of history, civilizations have defined their own concepts of order, each one envisioning its distinct principles as universally relevant. Now, as international affairs take place on a global basis, these historic concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high ... Read more

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As Henry Kissinger observes in this magisterial book, there has never been a true world order. For most of history, civilizations have defined their own concepts of order, each one envisioning its distinct principles as universally relevant. Now, as international affairs take place on a global basis, these historic concepts of world order are meeting. Every region participates in questions of high
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Understanding Socialism

by Richard D. Wolff ...

Series Book 3 - Democracy at Work
Socialism is a yearning for justice, community, and the greater realization of human potential. Cornel West calls it “the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is, was, and should be.”Understanding Socialism is a plainspoken text that disarms false narratives, confronts past failures, and offers a path to a fresh and modern understanding of socialism, by outlining what ... Read more

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Socialism is a yearning for justice, community, and the greater realization of human potential. Cornel West calls it “the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is, was, and should be.”Understanding Socialism is a plainspoken text that disarms false narratives, confronts past failures, and offers a path to a fresh and modern understanding of socialism, by outlining what
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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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Understanding Marxism

by Richard D. Wolff ...

Series Book 2 - Democracy at Work
Richard D. Wolff masterfully explains why Karl Marx’s analysis of class struggle is fundamental to a proper understanding of capitalism and explores how to build a more sustainable democratic society.Class struggle is everywhere, and it influences everything and everyone in our society. Marx is the person who first explained this struggle systematically. For Marx, capitalism signified not the end ... Read more

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Richard D. Wolff masterfully explains why Karl Marx’s analysis of class struggle is fundamental to a proper understanding of capitalism and explores how to build a more sustainable democratic society.Class struggle is everywhere, and it influences everything and everyone in our society. Marx is the person who first explained this struggle systematically. For Marx, capitalism signified not the end
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Capital

Volume I

by Karl Marx ...

Translated by Ben Fowkes ...

Series Book 1 - Capital
'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, GuardianOne of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis. ... Read more

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'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, GuardianOne of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it generates. Living in exile in England, where this work was largely written, Marx drew on a wide-ranging knowledge of its society to support his analysis.
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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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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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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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Regime Change

The phenomenal bestseller making global headlines

by Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A flabbergasting feat of political reporting . . . A news bomb on every page’ Tina Brown, Observer*‘*A blockbuster’ Guardian‘Gobsmacking’ Daily Mail‘Eye-popping’ Economist<... ... Read more

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER‘A flabbergasting feat of political reporting . . . A news bomb on every page’ Tina Brown, Observer*‘*A blockbuster’ Guardian‘Gobsmacking’ Daily Mail‘Eye-popping’ Economist<...
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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 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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