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The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
The Dialogues of Socrates
Author: Plato Format: Paperback Number of Pages: Socrates' most dedicated student, Plato, offers a detailed and eye-opening account of the Socratic belief in one's own responsibility through Socrates' dialogue with...
Thomas Cromwell: A Revolutionary Life
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Author: Diarmaid MacCulloch Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 752 The long-awaited biography of the genius who masterminded Henry VIII's bloody revolution in the English government, which reveals at last Cromwell's...
Atlas of Imagined Cities: Who lives where in TV, books, games and movies?
Author: Matt Brown Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 Explore the fictional topography of the most inspiring world cities - including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo -...
Bad Data: How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers
Author: Georgina Sturge Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford '[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data...
Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie -- And Why Trump Is Worse
Author: Eric Alterman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 If there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that he lies. But he's by no means the first president...
A Brief History of the Private Life of Elizabeth II, Updated Edition
Author: Michael Paterson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the...
Democracy Hacked: Political Turmoil and Information Warfare in the Digital Age
Author: Martin Moore Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Democracies are being gamed. Authoritarian governments, elite populists, and freextremists are exploiting our digital information infrastructure and the vulnerabilities in our...
Republic of Wrath: How American Politics Turned Tribal, From George Washington to Donald Trump
Author: James A. Morone Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 American politics seems to be in an unprecedented uproar. But in this revelatory work of political history, James A. Morone...
The Case against Free Speech: The First Amendment, Fascism, and the Future of Dissent
Author: P. E. Moskowitz Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 There's a critical debate taking place in this country over one of the most fundamental pillars of our democracy: free...
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent
Author: Richard Wrangham Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 It may not always seem so, but day-to-day interactions between individual humans are extraordinarily peaceful. That is not to say that...
The Book of Fun: An Illustrated History of Having a Good Time
Author: Russ Frushtick Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 In The Book of Fun, Polygon co-founder Russ Frushtick divulges the hidden backstories and fascinating facts about your favorite video games,...
The Sadeian Woman: Virago 50th Anniversary Edition
Author: Angela Carter Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 'The tone is one of intellectual relish . . . rational . . . refined . . . witty' NEW STATESMAN...
A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice - Sports Book Award Special Commendation
Author: Hana Walker-Brown Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A footballer dies of dementia, younger than he should. A teenage rugby player plays on through multiple blows - and never...
Outrage Machine: How Tech Amplifies Discontent, Disrupts Democracy - and What We Can Do About It
Author: Tobias Rose-Stockwell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Foreword by Jonathan Haidt, author of THE RIGHTEOUS MIND An invaluable guide to understanding the technology that captures our attention with...
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
Author: Greg Jenner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian 'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of...
Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
Author: Talia Lavin Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 *** "One of the marvels of this furious book is how insolent and funny Lavin is; she refuses to soft-pedal the...
The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
Author: Hugh Ryan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But...
Possible: How We Survive (and Thrive) In An Age Of Conflict
Author: William Ury Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 The author of the world's best-selling book on negotiation draws on his nearly fifty years of experience and knowledge grappling with...
Be Who You Want: Unlocking the Science of Personality Change
Author: Christian Jarrett Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Winner of the 2022 Book Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Today, more than ever, we are aware...
Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud
Author: Tom Mueller Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 'Powerful...His extensively reported tales of individual whistleblowers and their often cruel fates are compelling...They reveal what it can mean to live...
Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind
Author: Johan Norberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Humanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and...
Hags: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023*
Author: Victoria Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO PRIZE 2023 'A book that could not be more necessary' Observer 'Eloquent, clever and devastating' The Times...
Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World
Author: Jaclyn Friedman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 From two leading, agenda-setting feminist editors, BELIEVE ME brings readers into the current landscape of the anti-sexual violence movement--and outlines how...
Price Wars: How Chaotic Markets Are Creating a Chaotic World
Author: Rupert Russell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 War in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, the West's cost of living crisis - the eruptions of 2022 were all too...
In the Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea
Author: Jonathan White Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Democracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. But the biggest issues facing...
Take Back Your Family: From the Tyrants of Burnout, Busyness, Individualism, and the Nuclear Ideal
Author: Jefferson Bethke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 New York Times bestselling author Jefferson Bethke delivers a powerful critique of the Western notion of the nuclear family and calls...
Oh, What a Lovely Century: One man's marvellous adventures in love, World War Two, and high society
Author: Roderic Fenwick Owen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'A completely extraordinary autobiography. One that reads like the most outlandish, beguiling fiction but that is - amazingly - all...
Once Upon a Time We Ate Animals: The Future of Food
Author: Roanne van Voorst Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 Combining the ethical clarity of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals with the disquieting vision of Alan Weissman's bestseller The World...
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness
Author: Nathalie Olah Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 TATE BOOK OF THE MONTH 2023 A timely critique of consumer culture which captures this image-obsessed moment in history, perfect for...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly...
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent
Author: Richard Wrangham Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 'A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from our primate cousins, historical...