Distils the ideas of half a dozen C20th conservative (small 'c') intellectuals. The imperfection of the Westminster parliamentary model, and democratic systems at large, was one of the few t... read more
Boreal forests in Europa, Asia and North America account for a third of the world's trees and are essential for life on this planet. Less than 12% is protected... Large format, with stunning... read more
Matar's photographs at sites of lethal police violence in the US and her fastidious research make for a quietly devastating critique. The formality of her images and the directness of her g... read more
The authors spend large parts of the year in Svalbard; their focus is the highly adapted wildlife of the Arctic and the effect of climate change on their environment. Fabulous photographs.
As the ultra-conservative director of the FBI for nearly 50 years, Hoover is arguably more responsible for the emergence of the US far right than anyone else. Who was he? What happened?
Many readers will remember Daniel Yergin's brilliant history of oil Prize, but that was 30 years ago and things look pretty different now. Here is the backdrop to Marriott & Macalister's sup... read more
First vol of the unexpurgated diaries, with the second due in the autumn. (A selection was published in 1967 but there was a 60-year embargo on the full text.)
As an account of concepts of freedom, this book might perhaps be placed in a History or Philosophy section. We hope you will take its inclusion under Current Affairs as a gesture of hope!
Joseph Seligman arrived in the US with $100 sewn into the lining of his clothes; the Lehman brothers followed; then Marcus Goldman and the 'forty-eighters' fleeing European anti-semitism. A ... read more
The Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times argues that although the relationship between capitalism and democracy is now fraught with problems, separating them would be calamitou... read more
An ambitious book that traces the collapse of empires and their ramifications in contemporary Eurasian geopolitics - in particular Iran, China, Turkey and Russia.
Cumbrian farms from the Lake District to the Solway Marches: magnificent photography and compelling conversations about contemporary agricultural issues.
A collection of essays by the late traveller and acute observer of nature: "The central project of my adult life as a writer is to know and love what we have been given, and to urge others t... read more
CE is a lively companion, adventurous and hungry, as she takes us from the Caspian Sea to the Fergana Valley in eastern Uzbekistan. This is not a traditional cookbook and the recipes play se... read more
Addressing the heart of neoliberalism, JS considers the freedoms of corporations in relation to those of individuals.... And offers some alternatives to prevailing systems.
A dazzling critical history of games and game theory, ancient and modern, by a neuroscientist who, alongside stints at MIT, Berkeley and UCL, claims to have 'spent her childhood being repeat... read more
Stevenson was once the youngest trader in the city and Citibank's most profitable, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars a day. Then he gave it up. A remarkable memoir - funny, excoriating an... read more
How, whether made on tally sticks or via electronic portal, systems of debt and credit have been a driving force in the development of states from Pisa in the C12th to the Bolshevik Revoluti... read more
The vast Byzantine walls are a powerful image for the conflict between history and the present that squeezes modern Turkey. Structured around encounters with people during his walks, this is... read more
The repeated confusion of the author's name with that of Naomi Wolf became ever more disturbing as 'Other Naomi' slid deeper into alt-right conspiracy theories during the pandemic. Klein fol... read more
Our former Prime Minister considers Hillsborough, Grenfell and many parliamentary scandals, arguing that time and again those in power have served their own interests or those of the organi... read more
Recently outed as 'Deep Miaow', we understand that Larry, the Downing Street cat, has been an important source helping Gimson with his researches. Clearly a descendant of Tobermory.
Tree-poaching and the ownership of wildnernesses from Sherwood to the Amazon: a well-researched study of the black market for timber and its wider implications.
Argues that the West's strategy with China has failed: trade and contact with the West have left it more aggressive, repressive and threatening than ever.
Founded by mavericks in 1922, it evolved through the war, the invention of television and subsequent massive cultural changes. Whatever its problems, it is an extraordinary institution, and ... read more
The Dutch historian and journalist on the first two decades of the C21st and the forces that have rocked the European project. How could the dream of unity, peace, prosperity and co-operatio... read more