Christmas 2024: Politics

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The Extraordinary Life of a Revolutionary JournalistRadical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye. To Graham Greene, he…

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Drawn from more than two decades of pathbreaking writing, the iconic and bestselling David Graeber's most important essays and interviews.'David Graeber has always been an inspiration to me. Reading him fills me with both hope and joy...…

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A timely and controversial examination of thirty years of diplomatic misunderstandings, roads not taken and mutual suspicion that resulted in the terrible tragedy of Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine.On February 2022, Russia launched a…

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A wide-ranging exploration of art as a form of political activism'A fascinating, passionate and political case for art's world-changing power, by a fizzingly good writer' - Robert Macfarlane'A rich and broad overview of socially…

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A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation's leading political voices.A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the nation's leading…

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From the multi-million copy bestselling author Demon Copperhead: a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 – now available for the first time in the UK.‘[Kingsolver] means to save us…

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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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An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle, Edward Said and the power of narrative*FROM THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF ENTER GHOST*'Recognising the Stranger combines intellectual…

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A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as partners on the road to peace instead of genocide.When the state of Israel was formed in 1948, it precipitated the Nakba or 'disaster': the…

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What is the history of ideas - and how has it shaped our world today?In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it.What can…

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One of Britain's leading policy experts explores the dysfunction at the heart of the British state.***The top 5 Sunday Times bestseller***'Excellent... persuasive... convincing' – THE TIMES'Funny, whipsmart and…

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A tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistanceEvery week it seems there is a fresh scandal involving abhorrent, racist, misogynist behaviour by police officers. Yet these are the very people women are supposed to approach…

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A radical case for motherhood as a political state, and what liberated mothering could be'Intellectually luminous and deeply affecting, Mother State is a remarkable, revelatory and life-changing book, and an indispensable tool and…

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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…