Every day we're bombarded with methods, mantras and life hacks that promise us wellness and prosperity - while time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. The average full-time worker will spend 80,000 hours at their job: are you... Zobraziť viac
What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? ... Zobraziť viac
Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the law; out of Abbasid Baghdad came algebra and modern... Zobraziť viac
Without money laundering, few crimes of acquisition would be worth the trouble. South America's drug cartels would be stuffed without it, as would Nigerian kleptocrats, Afghan terrorists, American tax evaders and a whole bestiary of human (and animal)... Zobraziť viac
What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future. Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared... Zobraziť viac
The threat to liberal democracy isn't just autocrats - it's a lack of effective action by so-called progressives. We have the means to build an equitable world without hunger, fuelled by clean energy. Instead, we have a politics driven by scarcity,... Zobraziť viac
A panoramic study of strategy throughout world civilization, from Ancient Greece through to the nuclear age. Selected as a "Financial Times" Best Book of 2013, it is now published in a new 2nd edition. 'Arguably the best book ever written on strategy (... Zobraziť viac
Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psyche Zobraziť viac
The incredible first memoir by System Of A Down frontman Serj TankianWith nearly 40 million record sales, three albums topping the Billboard charts, a Grammy win and a legion of fans, System Of A Down are one of the biggest metal bands on the planet.... Zobraziť viac
Tony Blair learnt the precepts of governing the hard way: by leading a country for over ten years. In that time he came to understand that there are certain key characteristics of successful government that he wished he had known about when... Zobraziť viac
Authoritative and myth-busting, this is the one book you need to read to understand why we've been wrong about migration - perfect for fans of Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography... Zobraziť viac
Before the First World War, enthusiasm for a borderless world reached its height. International travel, migration, trade and progressive projects on matters ranging from women's rights to world peace reached a crescendo... Zobraziť viac
A freshly updated version of the definitive book on human rights law, now with a new chapter on war crimes in Ukraine... Zobraziť viac
What if a tiny, shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room? In Them Jon Ronson sets out to find this room, with the help of the extremists - Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen - that believe in it... Zobraziť viac
An original and provocative exploration of the relationship between contemporary art, politics, and activism... Zobraziť viac
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 the modern world - from climate collapse and pandemics to recession and world war... Zobraziť viac
Getting to grips with the overlapping geopolitical, economic, and political crises faced by Western democratic societies in the 2020s... Zobraziť viac
When we avoid taking a decision, what happens to it? In The Unaccountability Machine, Dan Davies examines why markets, institutions and even governments systematically generate outcomes that everyone involved claims not to want. He casts new light on... Zobraziť viac
A deluxe 75th anniversary cloth-bound edition of the most iconic British novel of the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sandra Newman, author of Julia and exclusive archival materialGeorge Orwell's dystopian vision of a government that will do... Zobraziť viac
No one in Czech politics or culture could match the international stature of Václav Havel at the time of his death in 2011. In the years since his passing, his legacy has only grown, as developments in the Czech Republic... Zobraziť viac
