What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock”. Ben Hecht
Economics
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs: Unabridged edition
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein
What on Earth is Going On?: A Crash Course in Current Affairs
“Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.” Gertrude Stein
Londongrad: From Russia with Cash; The Inside Story of the Oligarchs
The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich – told for the first time ever. A dazzling tale of incredible wealth, ferocious disputes, beautiful women, private jets, mega-yachts, the world’s best footballers – and chauffeur-driven Range Rovers with tinted windows.
It’s Our Turn to Eat
A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.
Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England
Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour’s 10 year love affair with the Right
Waiting for the Etonians: Reports from the Sickbed of Liberal England
Selected writings from one of the most important commentators of our generation covering the wreckage of Labour’s 10 year love affair with the Right
What Does China Think?
An invigorating book about the debates raging within China. We all know about the fast pace of change in this country. This book brings us the ideas being fought over in the country itself – from democracy to the idea of a ‘peaceful rise’. It challenges all of our assumptions about China.
Bring Home the Revolution: The Case for a British Republic
On a switchback ride through the USA, riding pillion with America’s founding fathers, Jonathan Freedland searches out the qualities that made America the land at the end of his childhood rainbow, the place his grandfather and he conspired to run off to because of its open promise and unbounded potential.
Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century
Those who believe Europe to be weak and ineffectual are wrong. Turning conventional wisdom on its head Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century sets out a vision for a century in which Europe will dominate, not America. This is the book that will make your mind up about Europe.
IOU: The Debt Threat and Why We Must Defuse It
We are bombarded with images of poverty, terrorism, war and collapsing states. Do we ever question what the root cause of these problems might be? Noreena Hertz, one of the world’s leading experts on economic globalization, tackles Third World Debt as a problem which must be resolved if we are ever to see global stability.
Diamond: The History of a Cold-Blooded Love Affair
The history of man’s love affair with a completely useless gem.
The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots’ Invention of the Modern World
‘Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively, provocative and positive history it deserves.’ Irvine Welsh, Guardian
A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions, beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most powerful culture in the world.
Twenty-one Dog Years: Doing Time at Amazon.com
A Michael Moore for the Dot.com generation, ‘21 Dog Years’ is Mike Daisey’s wickedly funny story of life in the New Economy trenches.
Sonic Boom: Napster, P2P and the Battle for the Future of Music
The first book to tell the inside story of the battle for control over the future of music and how technology is ripping up the traditional rules of business.
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management
Picking up where Liar’s Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer’s desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners.