Gideon Levy is one of the most respected critics of Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. He is the outspoken award-winning journalist who has been writing on the conflict for decades. In The Killing of Gaza, he brings together his on-the-ground perspectives of the events leading up to the 7th October and the ensuing devastation of Gaza. His clear-eyed analysis is a vital aperture into current events but he also brings essential historical and political conte...

****AN ECONOMIST AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Essential and definitive'** CATHERINE BELTON, author of PUTIN'S PEOPLEWe are in a new era.From Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro to Erdogan, Xi and Modi, self-styled strongmen have become a central feature of global politics. At home, they claim to be standing up for ordinary people against 'globalist' elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiment of their nation...

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday TimesFrom Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbán, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the world.**The first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to its key actors, from the award-winning journalist and author of Easternization....

[Menage and More: Erotic Western Menage a Trois Romance M/F/M mention of heroine's past involvement in F/F activities] Elysia is a young woman trapped in servitude to a man she loathes because of her fathers debts. Desperate for freedom when she meets Sean and Jake two of the Old Wests most dashing rogues she decides to risk everything and ask them for help. Elysia only wants freedom but what she never counted on is the seductive charm of the men who take it upon themselves to secure her f...

“A skillful blend of pop-culture references, acidic humor, and emotional moments. It will take its rightful place . . . alongside Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary, Anna Maxted’s Getting Over It, and Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It.”—Library Journal (starred review)Alice has been married to her husband, William, for twenty years. Though she can still remember the first time they met like it was yesterday, thes...

Prisoners of Geography meets Bill Bryson: a funny, fascinating, beautifully illustrated – and timely – history of countries that, for myriad and often ludicrous reasons, no longer exist.‘Countries are just daft stories we tell each other. They’re all equally implausible once you get up close’Countries die. Sometimes it’s murder, sometimes it’s by accident, and sometimes it’s because they were so ludicrous they didn’t deserve to exist in th...

Can a young widow, long without the pleasures of a man, find true love…with two men?Though still only twenty-one, Olympia Whyte has been a widow for nearly two years.Just now returning to her social activities among London's haut monde, Olympia has an unplanned sexual encounter with a man whose face she never sees…setting off a series of events that leave her breathless and trembling in the arms of two men!Colby Beldon, the Duke of Tasley, is a notorious ra...

Sultan is the official biography of Wasim Akram, the "sultan of swing", one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket.For twenty years, Wasim Akram let his cricket do the talking – his electrifying left-arm pace, his explosive left-handed striking, his leadership and his inspiration. For another twenty years he kept his own counsel about those days, full of drama, controversy and even mystery, in a country, Pakistan, that to outsiders is a con...

****NAMED NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017""**From the winner of the 2016 Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize for Commentator of the Year, a provocative analysis of how a new era of global instability has begun, as the flow of wealth and power turns from West to East.**Easternization is the defining trend of our age — the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over t...

Who Needs a Friend,When You Have a Familiar?Animals have been our companions since the dawn of time, but in science fiction and fantasy, often that bond is taken one magical—or technological—step further. In FAMILIARS we asked authors to put their own unique spin on this idea, resulting in this collection of fifteen stories that explore the range of familiar bonds—from cats to caterpillars, squids to squirrels, and everything in between. With settings from fantasy to scienc...

[Menage and More: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, exhibitionism, light consensual BDSM, HFN] When Boston-borne Ariel McDonahue took the clerking job at a law firm in North Dakota, it was only supposed to be for a couple months. What she never counted on was Jacob Wilson, Sam Carson, and Willy Blue Cloud. They are two gorgeous-as-sin cowboys and one Indian, and they are determined to make her theirs...forever. Jacob, Sam, and Blue each have a sizeable ranch in Williston, Nor...

[Menage Amour: Erotic Cowboy Menage Romance, M/F/M/M/M, light bondage, HEA] When Katie Sellers moved from San Francisco to Elk's Crossing, North Dakota, she was leaving behind an abusive relationship, and not looking for anything more exciting than simply a new beginning. What Katie never realized was that small-town cowboys can lead to big-time romance and sizzling sensuality. Despite the cowboy boots and powerfully broad shoulders, there's a polished charm to Aaron McGowan that the ladie...