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Christmas 2023: Politics

Selected by the Bookshop


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A powerful examination of how property shaped the modern world - and why it now threatens the freedoms and stability it was meant to sustain.Property carries a great promise: that it will make you rich and set you free. But it is also a…

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WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024A wild ride into the uncanny mirror world of our polarised culture, from the international bestselling author of The Shock Doctrine*WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**THE…

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Have you ever relied on the kindness of strangers? What brings people together to find hope and solidarity? What do we owe each other as citizens and comrades?Questions of care, intimacy, education, meaningful work, and social engagement…

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This book is phenomenal ... It's about as good as journalism gets ...The highest praise I can give If We Burn is to say that it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world. - ROB DELANEY Bevins's…

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Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for…

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“We came to Britain in search of better opportunities or to get some of the wealth which had been misappropriated from the Caribbean, but what in reality did we find?”Speak Out brings together the writings of Brixton Black…

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A gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities and histories in violent collisionWINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD…

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'A latter-day Canterbury Tales ... Serious Money has a serious mission' The Times'Eye-opening ... part guide, part indictment of a yawning wealth gap' Misha Glenny, Financial TimesLondon is a plutocrat's paradise, with…

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A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast ​The Rest Is Politics‘Beautifully written’ - GUARDIAN'An instant…

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The #1 bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world‘What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. The dark,…

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Authoritative and myth-busting, this is the one book you need to read to understand why we’ve been wrong about migration'An important book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions' The Telegraph'This…

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021What will you sacrifice for the truth?Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens…

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The most provocative philosopher of our times returns with a rousing and counterintuitive analysis of our global predicamentWe hear all the time that it's five minutes to global doomsday, so now is our last chance to avert disaster. But…

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