A Nation of Shopkeepers explores the unstoppable rise of the petite-bourgeoisie, one of the most powerful, but underexplored, classes in modern society.The petite-bourgeoisie — the insecure class between the working class and the bourgeoisie — is hugely significant within global politics. Yet it remains something of a mystery.Initially identified as a powerful political force by theorists like Marx and Poulantzas, the petit-bourgeoisie was expected...

This book argues for a new Welsh Way, one that is truly radical and transformational. A call for a political engagement that will create real opportunity for change. Neoliberalism has firmly taken hold in Wales. The 'clear red water' is darkening. The wounds of poverty, inequality, and disengagement, far from being healed, have worsened. Child poverty has reached epidemic levels: the worst in the UK. Educational attainment remains stubbornly low, particularly in deprived communities. Priso...

Find everyday calmness and inner peace with simple and effective daily mindfulness meditations and exercises.Mindfulness, meditations are incredible ways to cultivate awareness and help you accept your life and what you have, here and now! This guide makes it easy and more accessible with last evidence-based findings about psychology and mindfulness, and the exercises proposed are aimed to bring calmness and compassion into your day-to-day life.From finding...

More than a sports story—Dan’s Way: Growth, Gaffes and Handling Hate is an engaging playbook for surviving the relentless social snakepit of high school.Much more than just another sports book, Dan’s Way is a free-flowing narrative that bridges the author’s childhood roots in West New York, New Jersey, to his teenage years in Fremont, California. While Dan's remarkable athletic successes provide the backlighting for this story, th...

     This is the story of the toughest sentencing law in America as chronicled by those who were intimately involved in the fight to see it enacted, and who believe in it passionately.      It is the story of one family’s heartbreak, of behind-the-scenes political maneuvering by consistently soft-on-crime, liberal politicians in an effort to eviscerate the law, and it’s the story of the ultimate victory by the majority of Californians who, in...

'A powerfully disruptive book for disrupted times ... If you're looking for transformative ideas, this book is for you.' KATE RAWORTH, economist and author of Doughnut EconomicsA Financial Times Book of the Year______________________________________Our planet is in trouble. But how can we reverse the current crisis and create a sustainable future? The answer is: DEGROWTH....

'My favourite kind of historical fiction ... So beautifully atmospheric ... I loved this book and can't wait to read more from Glennis Virgo' - Frances Quinn, author of That Bonesetter WomanBologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsBologna, 1575. A talented seamstress. A powerful merchant. A fierce battle of wills....

A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARWhen everyday life becomes a state of emergency, how can yesterday’s words suffice?‘We were so happy and didn’t know it…’A thirty-three-year-old writer lives in a quiet European suburb with his wife and his dog. His parents have bought an apartment nearby. On weekends they go out for brunch, cook and see friends. Life is good; it is normal. Then the invaders come.The Language of War

The Times – Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the YearAn entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics – and the pivotal moments that got us where we are now. From Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime Ministers We Never Had.Every few weeks in British politics, a columnist will reach for the word ‘unprecedented’ as a cabinet minister resigns or yet anothe...

Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language.Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS?What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER?Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk?What do bears ha...

A thrilling narrative investigation into the National Socialist Underground (NSU)—a German terror organization that targeted immigrants—and how a government failed to stop it.Not long after the Berlin Wall fell, three teenagers became friends in the East German town of Jena. It was a time of excitement, but also of deep uncertainty: some four million East Germans found themselves out of work. The friends began attending far-right r...

“Immersive . . . bracingly ambitious . . . rewinds the story of life on Earth—from the mammoth steppe of the last Ice Age to the dawn of multicellular creatures over 500 million years ago.”—The EconomistLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “One of those rare books that’s both deeply informative and daringly imaginative.”—Elizabeth Kolbert, author of Under a White SkyONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The ...