The angel makers
£10.99A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023
A Waterstones Best True Crime Book
Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all?
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The showman
£22.00‘This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made’ ANNE APPLEBAUM
‘This is the Zelensky book we’ve been waiting for’ CATHERINE BELTON
‘An elegant account of the invasion’s first year as seen by those in the very eye of the storm’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
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The Bill Gates problem
£25.00‘The Bill Gates Problem’ offers readers a provocative and timely counter-narrative about one of the world’s most widely recognized individuals – a true global celebrity with international reach. But more than that, this book speaks to a vital political question around economic inequality and the erosion of democratic institutions – why should the super-rich be able to transform their wealth into political power, and just how far can they go?
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A memoir of my former self
£25.00As well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. This strand of her writing was an integral part of how she thought of herself. ‘A Memoir of My Former Self’ collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Mantel’s subjects are wide-ranging. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life flopping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels – revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England – and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia.
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A day in the life of Abed Salama
£25.00In this work, Nathan Thrall tells a gripping, intimate story of one heartbreaking day in Palestine that reveals lives, loves, enmities, and histories in violent collision.
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The Times cricket grounds of the world
£25.00From the history-steeped ‘home of cricket’ at Lord’s, to the mecca of Indian cricket at Eden Gardens, this encompassing guide ranges across five continents to bring you the best cricket venues the world has to offer.
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The fall
£25.00Meet the Murdochs and the disastrously dysfunctional family of Fox News. Until recently, they formed the most powerful media and political force in America. Now their empire is cracking up and crashing down. Drawing on years of unprecedented access to the Murdoch family and key players, Michael Wolff plunges us behind the scenes of an empire of influence, and the result is astonishing and unforgettable. Here is Rupert Murdoch, the ninety-two-year-old billionaire – concerned about his legacy, but more concerned about profits. Here are his contentious children, jockeying to take over when the old man is gone. Here is star anchor Tucker Carlson considering a run for the presidency while his bosses have other plans for him. Sean Hannity, the richest man in television, has his own plans: to put Trump back in office.
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Lunch with the FT
£14.99‘Lunch with the Financial Times’ has been a permanent fixture in the Financial Times for almost 25 years, featuring presidents, film stars, musical icons and business leaders from around the world. The column is now as well-established institution which has reinvigorated the art of conversation in the convivial, intimate environment of a long boozy lunch. On its 25th anniversary, this book showcases the most entertaining, incisive and fascinating interviews from the past five years including those with Edward Snowden, Bernie Ecclestone, Hilary Mantel, Sheryl Sandberg, Richard Branson, Rebecca Solnit, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Jordan Peterson, Nigel Farage, Woody Harrelson, Sepp Blatter, (pre-election) Donald Trump and Zoella, illustrated in full colour with James Ferguson’s famous portraits.
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The making of the modern Middle East
£10.99Jeremy Bowen’s highly acclaimed account of the region he has reported on for more than thirty years – the Middle East.
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What went wrong with Brexit
£14.99Brexit divided Britain. For many it wasn’t simply about economics, it was about ‘taking back control’, about some non-specific idea of sovereignty. But six years later the real effects of Brexit are being clearly seen. And questions need to be asked as to whether it lived up to any of the promises made, and to count the real cost of leaving the EU. The reality is that the ‘Global Britain’ we have been promised has not been delivered. Brexit has damaged the prospect for UK trade and inward investment into the UK. Trade with the EU is now 10% more expensive than it was before Brexit. By the end of the decade average wages for UK workers will be 470 worse than they would have been had we not left. And the political fallout continues. What has really happened? What are the options going forward? These are the questions Peter Foster answers in ‘What Went Wrong with Brexit’.
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