The democratic experiment of 1918-1933, from defeat in WW1 to the rise of the Nazis. Jähner's description of living through this chaotic period is almost as thrilling as Hitchcock.
The remarkable diplomatic mission (Harriman for the US, Archibald Clark Kerr for Britain) that braced Stalin against the Germans and brought him into WW2 as an ally.
While the author's grandfather (Walter Runciman) tried to mediate between the new Czech Republic and the Sudeten Germans, her grandmother publicly favoured the Germans. This is a fascinating... 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
From the earliest printing to C21st zines: a very engaging account. The author is Prof of Eng Lit at Balliol when not noodling about with like-minded eggheads and a Model 4 letter press.
This fascinating account of a forgotten moment in history is part family memoir, part the telling of a Texan offshoot of the early Zionist movement, when 10,000 Jews set sail for Galveston b... read more
This complex man exposed horrors in the Congo and Amazon, winning renown and a knighthood. But his support for Irish Independence led to his execution for high treason.
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
The only woman to reach London from Warsaw during WW2, she was later parachuted back into Poland where she was deeply involved in the Uprising; she then disappeared into the Soviet prison sy... read more
VM was the author of The Map of Knowledge, a compelling account of the survival of the ancient classics in the Muslim world, and their re-emergence in the West. Now she turns her attention t... read more
With Chartists, Diggers and Levellers among her cast, the revered Green MP for Brighton offers an inclusive account of Englishness that differs radically from that purveyed by the Right.
Recounts the author's quest for Adele Hugo, who followed the object of her (unrequited) love, a British soldier, to the Caribbean, and then returned to live out the rest of her days in a Fre... read more