How Not to Save the World
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The Return of the Great Powers
£25.00From the dawn of the modern era to the end of the Cold War, global history was defined by rivalries between great powers. In the West, this meant the struggle for supremacy in Europe and the Americas, while in the East, it encompassed those vying for control over the successor states to Genghis Khan’s empire. Between 1989 and the year 2000, great power rivalry temporarily gave way to globalization, with liberal democracy on the march and national chauvinism seemingly in retreat. But events of the past decade have made one thing abundantly clear: the great powers are back. In this work, renowned historian Brendan Simms offers a history of the rise, fall, and return of the great powers in our time. He shows that over the past ten years or so, the major global actors have already resumed making decisions based on geopolitical rather than global economic considerations.
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Three Revolutions
£12.99From the streets of Petrograd during the heady autumn of 1917 to Mao’s stunning victory in October 1949, and Fidel’s triumphant arrival in Havana, in January 1959, the history of the twentieth century was transformed in dramatic and profound ways by the Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions. Here, the stories of these epoch-defining events are told together.
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All We Say
£25.00At a time when what it means to be an American is a matter of intense debate and division, Ben Rhodes – author and former presidential speechwriter – offers rare insight into the gap between who we say we are, and who we want to be. He offers a vital account of 15 speeches and orators – from Benjamin Franklin to Barack Obama – that tells the story of the United States as a battle over what it means to be an American.
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The Last Titans
£12.99A compelling dual biography of Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.
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Moneymania
£22.00An illuminating and often hilarious exposé of the dubious world of the people whose job is to tell us that the world of money can be predicted with almost scientific accuracy – when the truth is that it fails again and again. And that from the Greeks onwards, Economics has long been driven by vested interests, reckless predictions and at times a staggering lack of common sense. The Rebel Accountant strips away the complexities and gives us the lowdown on why everything you thought about the world of Economics is not only wrong, but is has been responsible for some of the greatest fails of all time. This is MONEYMANIA.
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Uncommon Ground
£10.99‘A curious-minded and subtle intervention in the politics of the countryside’ Sunday Times
'Galbraith spent three years investigating the truth about rural Britain and how we treat it. Uncommon Ground is the brilliant result' Daily Telegraph
'Very funny. Acutely observed. An attempt to look beyond the usual clichés of country life' Observer
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Broken Republik
£10.99The compelling story of Germany’s decline – where it all went wrong and how it could bounce back.
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The Beginning Comes After the End
£14.99From one of the most significant thinkers of our day, ‘The Beginning Comes After the End’ is an optimistic call to arms for our turbulent times, which maps the extraordinary revolution in politics, thinking and human rights that we are living through.
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Statecraft
£22.00In an era of instability and global competition, Statecraft offers a vital guide to understanding how states succeed, no matter their size.
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Anywhere but Here
£10.99From a brilliant investigative journalist – formerly a Home Office insider – comes a searing, nuanced, powerful exposé of Britain’s broken asylum system.
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Members Behaving Badly
£22.00Members Behaving Badly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary RoguesÂ
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Patriarchy Inc
£12.99‘Patriarchy Inc.’ offers perceptive and much-needed insight into persistent inequalities in who does what and who gets what, dispels the false visions of gender equality that distract us, and charts a path towards effective, common-sense reforms that will make workplaces and society fairer and freer for everyone.
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Generation Desperation
£20.00In 2020, Alexander Hurst was 29 years old and broke, living as a writer in a cramped Paris flat-share. There were murmurs that a global pandemic was coming. Financial stability seemed unattainable, so far removed from his reality – the reality of the generation who came of age during the 2008 financial crisis. On a whim, he poured his meagre savings into highly risky options trading. Within a year this small set of stocks was worth $1.2 million. It was more money than Alexander – and his family – could ever have conceived of, set to turn his life on its head. And then, soon after, it was gone. He had lost it all. In exploring Alexander’s remarkable rise and fall from wealth, ‘Generation Desperation’ grapples with the vital questions of our age: what do class and status mean in a late-stage capitalist society?
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Chokepoints
£10.99The epic story of how America turned the world economy into a weapon, upending decades of globalization to take on a new authoritarian axis-Russia, China, and Iran.
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Baltic
£12.99The Baltic’s time has come. It is not only critical to Europe’s security and increasingly a centre of political and military power in its own right; it is a reservoir of ideas and experiences that could shape the continent’s future. The Baltic offers by far the most successful examples of the reintegration of Europe’s old capitalist and communist blocs. It abounds in pioneering environmental initiatives, ranging from the world’s first geological ‘forever’ storage facility for nuclear waste in Finland to its first ‘zero waste’ community, on the Danish island of Bornholm. Brutalised by the twentieth century, the rebounding economies of Poland, Finland and Estonia are case studies in the mobilisation of social resources and the transformative power of technology. This book explores the history, their culture, their peculiarities and national dilemmas of all nine Baltic countries.