Current Affairs
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Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls
Tim Marshall
Read more ▸ Order ▸Which side of the fence are you on? Every story has two sides, and so...
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The Ends of the World
Peter Brannen
Read more ▸ Order ▸Five times our world has stood on the brink of Armageddon. It’s been scorched, frozen,...
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Lion and Lamb
Mihir Bose
Read more ▸ Order ▸The British like to see themselves as tolerant and believers in fair play. Yet, often...
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The Future is History
Masha Gessen
Read more ▸ Order ▸In ‘The Future is History’ Masha Gessen follows the lives of four Russians, born as...
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The Square and the Tower
Niall Ferguson
Read more ▸ Order ▸Most history is about the people at the top of the towers of power. But...
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We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Read more ▸ Order ▸A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of ‘Americanah’ and...
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Why We Can’t Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read more ▸ Order ▸This is the momentous story of the Civil Rights movement, told by one of its...
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge
Read more ▸ Order ▸The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the...
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Tell Me How it Ends
Valeria Luiselli
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
An essential read that will change your perception of immigration. The stories of unaccompanied...
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Women & Power: A Manifesto
Mary Beard
Read more ▸ Order ▸‘Why the popular resonance of ‘mansplaining’ (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by...
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Big Data
Brian Clegg
Read more ▸ Order ▸Staff Pick
A brief and vivid explanation of a topic that is increasingly underpinning our lives...
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The Good Immigrant
Nikesh Shukla
Read more ▸ Order ▸How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every...
