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 - each apparently... Zobraziť viac
Philosopher Travis Rieder outlines a new ethics for the age of humanmade catastrophe. We are all asking, in a hyperglobalised world hurtling towards environmental destruction: how do we determine the right actions? Do our individual efforts to avoid ... Zobraziť viac
The rise of illiberal democracies across Central and Eastern Europe represents an ongoing challenge to the democratic and liberal principles of post-Enlightenment societies. However, considerable debate remains about how to disentangle the complex... Zobraziť viac
A history of NATO, the intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states, from WW2 to the Russian invasion of Ukraine ... Zobraziť viac
A courageous, moving, and powerful memoir from a renowned feminist activist, Heroes in My Head is the incredible untold story of Judy Rebick's struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder. Heroes in My Head Heroes in My Head Zobraziť viac
This new, updated edition of Ian Haney-López's landmark Dog Whistle Politics adds a new section on the Trump election to his sweeping and definitive account of how politicians and plutocrats deploy veiled racial appeals to persuade white voters to... Zobraziť viac
In the aftermath of World War II, the victorious Allied powers turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. The Tokyo trial - the largely overlooked counterpart to Nuremberg - was an opportunity both to render ... Zobraziť viac
In three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses – and pressured offending governments to stop them. Roth has grappled with the worst of humanity, taken on the most ... Zobraziť viac
One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022Bill McKibben-award-winning author, activist, educator-is fiercely curious. "I'm curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, American faith, and American prosperity."Like so many of us,... Zobraziť viac
Winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel PrizeThe MacArthur grant–winning environmental justice activist’s riveting memoir of a life fighting for a cleaner future for America’s most vulnerableA Smithsonian Magazine Top Ten Best Science Book of 2020Catherine... Zobraziť viac
A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler,... Zobraziť viac
Shortlisted for the Speaker's Book Award • Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book“You have taken our civil rights—we want our human rights.”On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston... Zobraziť viac
Oscar Wilde presents a libertarian socialist view of the economic disparities caused by capitalism, that lead to futile acts of charity instead of definitive solutions. Wilde encourages an overhaul of the structures that allow such inequalities to... Zobraziť viac
In a world we cannot recognize, how do we find a way forward? In this world we do not understand, how do we know what to do? When so little is comprehensible, what is meaningful work? What is genuine contribution?Bestselling author Margaret Wheatley... Zobraziť viac
A manifesto exploding what we think we know about disability and arguing that disabled people are the real experts when it comes to technology and disability Zobraziť viac
“Impassioned and erudite... A captivating portrait of this Massachusetts native as a wonderfully contrary genius possessed of an uncommon moral intelligence and farsighted political wisdom.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Zobraziť viac
Developed in cooperation with the IB and supporting the 2024 subject guide, this concept-based Course Book cements critical understanding of big picture issues and solutions. Zobraziť viac
A global history of free speech, from the ancient world to today... Zobraziť viac
Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is inevitable is actually the work of powerful interests... Zobraziť viac
Explore the key milestones in the field of politics broken down clearly and simply with The Politics Book... Zobraziť viac
