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  1. The Book of Secrets : A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

    Xue, Xinran
    Bloomsbury Publishing 2024

    The story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party's long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to to...

  2. Digital Empires : The Global Battle to Regulate Technology

    Bradford, Anu
    Oxford University Press 2023

    Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers?the United States, China, and the European Union?is intensifying. All thre...

  3. The Global Coup d'Etat

    Nordangård, Jacob
    Pharos Media Productions

    Most people probably associate the phrase ‘coup d’etat’ with a sudden, violent takeover, with tanks around government buildings, takeover of media channels, purges of dissidents, a...

  4. First and Last Things

    Wells, H. G.
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The world of fact is not what it appears to be’. Acclaimed author H.G. Wells ponders some of life’s biggest questions in this transgressive and unique work. Taking us on a journe...

  5. The Hambantota Connection : Constructing Landscapes, Contesting Modernity

    Hamilton, Kerstin; Lindberg, Jonas; Palmås, Karl
    Glänta produktion

    As China re-emerges as a superpower and Western hegemony wanes, the Indian Ocean has become a geopolitical nexus. In the centre of this new map lies Hambantota, a fishing village o...

  6. The Road to Wigan Pier

    Orwell, George
    Oppian

    George Orwell journeyed deep into the heart of working-class Northern England to report on the living and working conditions of the region's coal miners. The result was "The Road t...

  7. Down and Out in Paris and London

    Orwell, George
    Oppian

    George Orwell lived among the poor and destitute in two of Europe's great cities: Paris and London. The result was ""Down and Out in Paris and London," a vivid and unforgettable ac...

  8. Homage to Catalonia

    Orwell, George
    Oppian

    In the midst of the Spanish Civil War, George Orwell joined the fight against fascism as a volunteer in the International Brigades. His experiences on the front lines, and the poli...

  9. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism

    Sanders, Bernie; Nichols, John
    Crown 2023

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blue...

  10. Cobalt Red : How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

    Kara, Siddharth
    St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023

    The revelatory New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller, shortlisted for the Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year Award. An unflinching investigation reveals the...

  11. Herbert Armstrong - Poisoner

    Wallace, Edgar
    Saga Egmont

    Major Herbert Rowse Armstrong has the dubious honour of being the only UK solicitor to be executed for murder. ‘Herbert Armstrong – Poisoner’ details the courtroom proceedings fol...

  12. John Brown

    Douglass, Frederick
    Saga Egmont

    Written to honour the life of the eponymous abolitionist and activist, ‘John Brown’ is the transcript of a speech delivered by Douglass in 1860. While some saw Brown as a radical...

  13. Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays

    Stevenson, Robert Louis
    Saga Egmont

    ‘Across the Plains’ is a vibrant collection of travel and exploration pieces from Stevenson’s life. ‘Across the Plains’ itself recounts Stevenson’s journey from Glasgow to New York...

  14. A Footnote to History - Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa

    Stevenson, Robert Louis
    Saga Egmont

    ‘A Footnote to History’ is an account of Colonial abuse in Samoa, the scramble by the US, Germany and Britain so swallow up land with little regard for the native Samoans. Stevenso...

  15. Abolition Fanaticism in New York

    Douglass, Frederick
    Saga Egmont

    ‘Abolition Fanaticism in New York’ is a speech written by Douglass and delivered in 1847. Proving that the pen can be mightier than the sword, Douglass deftly used his linguistic a...

  16. Sophus Boas - A Danish Priest in the Third Reich

    Boas, Sophus
    Saga Egmont

    "It was my good fortune, that the prisons in Germany were still controlled by the Ministry of Justice and not by Heinrich Himmler's Gestapo! It was also a stroke of luck that the s...

  17. The Secret of the Moat Farm

    Wallace, Edgar
    Saga Egmont

    Known across the UK as ‘The Moat Farm Murder,’ ‘The Secret of Moat Farm’ sees Wallace as his investigative-journalist best. At the age of 28, the author was sent to cover the devel...

  18. The Prince

    Machiavel, Nicolas
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The Prince’ (1513) is by the Italian philosopher, politician, and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, and is regarded as his most important and influential work. Intended as a guide for...

  19. Rockefeller - Controlling the Game

    Nordangård, Jacob
    Pharos Media Productions

    This is a thrilling and paradoxical story of how the family that made the world dependent on oil, has funded environmental and climate research since the 1950s, helped shape climat...

  20. What's Wrong with the World

    Chesterton, G. K.
    Saga Egmont

    In this collection of essays, G. K. Chesterton matches his wits against some of the greatest issues of the 20th century. Imperialism, politics, education, and feminism are put to...