Politics/Current Affairs

Soon to be a major motion picture, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan "An instant classic of investigative journalism...‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era." — Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the untold story ...

Why free speech is the lifeblood of colleges and universitiesFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, with critics on and off campus challenging the value of open inquiry and freewheeling intellectual debate. Too often speakers are shouted down, professors are threatened, and classes are disrupted. In Speak Freely, Keith

The very purpose of history is to gather up what is about to be lost for ever.

A moving and informative graphic guide to Holocaust.

In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the community – and the 50 years since in which activists and ordinary people have dedicated their lives ...

'A gripping story filled with remarkable revelations.' Tom Bower, author of Revenge

The people, ideals and events that have shaped a nation - in comic book form

With twenty-six dazzling, interwoven pieces - one for each letter of the alphabet - Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert creates an alternately hopeful and alarming manifesto on the climate crisis.

'Clever, mischievous and humane, this is literary journalism in the proud tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski and Joseph Roth'Amos Elon, author of A Blood-Dimmed Tide

If we care about inequality, we have to talk about private schools

Michael Loewy highlights the cultural, "spiritual," and ethical dimensions of Marxist thought largely neglected by most of the existing literature.

How to do good - a collection of extraordinary personal stories from thought leaders, celebrities, statesmen and women, Nobel prize winners, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists and others driving and inspiring positive change. Contributors include: Melinda Gates, President Jimmy Carter, Forest Whitaker, ...

A penetrating, on-the-ground account of the recent turmoil and uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa

Mihir Bose was born in January 1947. Eight months later - and seventy years ago in August- India became a modern, free nation. The country he knew growing up in the 1960s has undergone vast and radical change. India today exports food, sends space probes to Mars, and all too often Indian businesses rescue their ailing competitors in the west.

This book examines the history of Labour's civil wars and the underlying causes of the party's schisms, from the first split of 1931, engineered by Ramsay MacDonald, to the ongoing battle for the future between the incumbent, Keir Starmer, and those who fundamentally altered the party's course under his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn.

The former head of the UK's Diplomatic Service considers what the future of Britain's foreign policy should look like.

A British diplomat shares lessons on leadership gained over his expansive career.

A deep reflections on the nature of trust in the context of public life.

Americans are taught to believe that upward mobility is possible for anyone who is willing to work hard, regardless of their social status, yet it is often those from affluent backgrounds who land the best jobs. Pedigree takes readers behind the closed doors of top-tier investment banks, consulting firms, and law firms to reveal the truth about who

Written specifically to cover the A2 component of the GCE Government and Politics A level, this text is a comprehensive introduction to the political ideas and movements that have shaped the modern world. It includes such student-friendly features as chapter summaries and key points to consider.