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The wealthy and powerful few have dominated the masses throughout most of human history. This is starkly visible now more than ever – today, the gulf between oligarchs and the average citizen is larger than any gap that existed during European serfdom or the slave society of Imperial Rome. We have arrived at the most blatant version of oligarchy that most modern states have endured, with politicians bought and paid for across the political spectrum. The strange thing is: we aren’t in open revolt against this system. In fact, we keep voting to prop it up. Why? In ‘The Blind Spot’, political scientist Jeffrey A. Winters delivers an urgent, incisive account of how we reached this era of in-your-face oligarchy, exposing how modern democracy was developed to protect the interests of the ultra-rich.
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The story the powerful hoped would disappear. Written by the world’s bestselling storyteller James Patterson, this is the original and definitive account of how Jeffrey Epstein built his fortune, abused his power, and evaded justice for years – hiding in plain sight among the global elite. Drawing on original police interviews, court documents and victims’ testimonies, the book traces the earliest investigations, Epstein’s guilty plea and the shockingly lenient sentence that allowed his crimes to continue. ‘Filthy Rich’ is also a chilling examination of how power protects itself – and how institutions failed those most vulnerable.
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For millennia, women’s raised voices have been heard as unruly, uncivilized, dangerous. Women singing were cast as sirens: mythical creatures who lured sailors to their death. In ‘Vocal Break’, Lauren Elkin seamlessly blends memoir, feminist manifesto and cultural history to explore a plurality of female singing voices – and how women have used them to defy convention, genre, capitalism, racism and sexism.
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With the threat of invasion from Hitler’s forces looming large in 1940, British men of all ages and backgrounds assembled under the banner of the Home Guard. At its height, this voluntary force, much later nicknamed ‘Dad’s Army’, was made up of almost two million volunteers prepared to defend every corner of the kingdom. Numerous notable figures were involved including George Orwell, A.A. Milne, and C.S. Lewis; many women took part too, including in the Women’s Home Defence Force, which was formed in 1941. Sunday Times bestselling author Sinclair McKay tells the remarkable story of these courageous, highly trained and often pioneering men and women through original archival research, vivid storytelling and insights into the beloved television comedy that has shaped the national memory of the Home Guard.
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Audacious building projects have been moulding history for millennia. These awe-inspiring undertakings are testament to the dizzying scale of human ambition and imagination, every megastructure a marker in the long story of human progress. Today’s world is no different. In Mega Builds, YouTube sensation Fred Mills charts the story of how ten colossal megaprojects are reshaping our modern world. Nations and corporations are competing in an extraordinary bid to reset the boundaries of what might be possible for humanity. This is science fiction made real. And Fred gives us a front row seat to a fascinating, fact-packed guided tour around the world, shining a spotlight on the incredible feats of engineering that serve as new chapters in the story of what’s to come.
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‘Burn this!’ Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty begin this way? What did they have to hide? Alike in so many ways, political, passionate, argumentative and deeply intelligent. It’s no surprise that once Frances and Betty became sisters-in-law, they became close friends. There was just one problem. Frances was in love with Betty’s husband. Their unconventional solution they found was an ‘experiment in living’, a ménage à quatre. Setting up homes on the same street, they shared everything: money, meals, governesses, and husbands. When Susan Pedersen discovered their amazing cache of letters, she was spellbound. Her book follows their extraordinary friendship as both women seized every freedom afforded to them, leaving their drawing rooms for the streets and the soapbox, joining the fight for the women’s vote. This is the untold story of two women who carved a path together through an elite male world.
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Eat meat, but eat less and eat better – that, if any, is this book’s philosophy.
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THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER
A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times
‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES
‘A damning cannonball of truth through the York ramparts’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Surely has a claim to the title of book of the year, for its seismic impact’ JANINE GIBSON, FINANCIAL TIMES
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The new cookbook from award-winning writer Ella Risbridger.
Home cooking but make it gorgeous. Make it the thing that improves your day. Make it beautiful, useful and delicious. Make your life just, like, 10% better.
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Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad
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‘Deeply moving and necessary’ ANNE ENRIGHT
‘A must-read’ iPAPER
‘Original and heart-warming’ LINDSEY HILSUM
‘Remarkable … the perfect antidote to our times’ CHRISTINA LAMB
From the Orwell Prize-winning author of My Fourth Time, We Drowned comes a powerful account of human resilience, capturing our capacity for love and connection against all odds.
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A Waterstones Best History Book 2025
A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025
‘Learned, entertaining and highly approachable’ BOB MORTIMER
‘A treat’ ALICE LOXTON
‘Five stars from me…’ AL MURRAY
An unmissable collaboration between two comedy legends – an irresistible, family-friendly deep dive into the murky lives of the British monarchy.
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LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026
The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.
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In this work, Geoff Dyer reflects on his childhood and what it means to come of age in England in the 60s and 70s, in a country shaped by the aftermath of the Second World War but accelerating towards change. He was born in Cheltenham in the late fifties, the only child of a dinner lady and a planning engineer. Raised in a working-class area, Geoff and his mates found much joy recreating battles with their beloved Tommy guns, kicking a beachball around until its untimely death, and collecting anything and everything they could find; football cards, conkers and Action Man figures. When Geoff passes his 11-plus exams he gets in to a Cheltenham Grammar School, a school which drastically changes the trajectory of his life.
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While ordinary citizens pay around half of their income in tax, billionaires pay often close to zero income tax – because they earn almost all their income through companies. The solution is the 2% ‘Zucman tax’: a minimum tax on the ultra-rich themselves, advocated by economist and global expert on the taxation of wealth Gabriel Zucman. We need to tax billionaires, and this book shows us why now is the moment.
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