'Funny, angry, urgent. Ghodsee is going to start a revolution' Daisy Buchanan, author of The SisterhoodA witty, fiercely intelligent exploration of why capitalism is rigged against wome...
From prescription medicines and alcohol to cocaine and cannabis, the use of drugs has reached an unprecedented high. We have always sought to alter our moods and relieve pain, so why today are some...
The director of the Design Museum defines the greatest artefact of all time: the cityWe live in a world that is now predominantly urban. So how do we define the city as it evolves in the twenty-fir...
So often in life, we get stuck in a cycle of response. We put out fires. We deal with emergencies. We stay downstream, handling one problem after another, but we never make our way upstream to fix ...
If you could reinvent the internet now, what would it look like?'A superb and timely book showing how we can face up to the tsunami of big data that threatens to engulf us all' Stephen Fry
Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structur...
How do we preserve what makes us human in an age of uncertainty? Are we now just consumers shaped by market forces? A sequence of DNA? A collection of base instincts? Or will we soon be supplanted ...
A landmark account of our journey from the dawn of human existence to the present - with vital lessons for our future.What are the keys to human progress? In the last two hundred years,...
As featured on CNN’s Amanpour & Company and BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week with Andrew MarrOne of the Financial Times’ best books of 2021In this compelling jou...
Surveying the various challenges in the world today, from mass migration and geopolitical tensions to terrorism, the explosion of rightist populism and the emergence of new radical politics - all o...
‘Brings cooling clarity to the heat of today’s culture wars’ Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire‘Allows us to not only interrogate our own views, ...
Social media has changed our aspirations and the way we see ourselves. It has created a new layer of perfectionist pressure in every aspect of our lives, but equally enabled us to share resources, ...
The definitive story of COVID-19 and how global politics shape our health - from a world-leading expert and the pandemic's go-to science communicatorProfessor Devi Sridhar has risen to ...
The concept of the metaverse has recently exploded in the public consciousness. But its contours remain elusive. Is it merely an immersive virtual reality playground, one which Meta and other compa...
Since 2005, YouTube has exploded, giving a platform to unique and valuable voices, but also to propaganda, misinformation and illicit videos. The algorithm which determines whether a channel lives ...
We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we?Two science professors give us the tools to dismantle misinformation and think clearly in a world of fake news and bad data
A brand new way to understand and remember 100 of the most important concepts in the history of political thought.Understanding the history and significance of today's political climate...
PRIDE is a photography book capturing the parades and protests in the gay community, with publication set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which took place on June 28, ...
In June 1969, police raided New York gay bar the Stonewall Inn. Pride charts the events of that night, the days and nights of rioting that followed, the ensuing organization of local members of the...
A fast-paced, highly readable history of one of the defining companies of our time. If you're interested in Snapchat, or just plain mystified by it, you must read this book' -- Brad Stone