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  1. What I Saw in America

    Chesterton, G. K.
    Saga Egmont

    In 1921, the great essayist G. K. Chesterton embarked on a lecture tour of America. Stepping from the boat in New York, Chesterton was still grieving the loss of his brother, yet s...

  2. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters

    Wollstonecraft, Mary
    Saga Egmont

    A feminist reflection on female conduct, ‘Thoughts on the Education of Daughters’ offers advice on moral and intellect for young women and girls. First published by the British fe...

  3. Travel to Transform : Awaken the Global Citizen in You and Thrive in the Modern World

    Fung, Freeman
    Freeman Fung 2022

    Guidebooks are for tourists and self-help books are for internal journeys. But what about the personal growth that comes from travelling? Where are the guides for navigating cultur...

  4. Social Policies as Crime Control

    Hjalmarsson, Randi
    SNS Förlag

    Policy makers around the world can reduce crime through two types of complementary polices criminal justice policies (e.g. police and sanctions) and social policies (e.g. education...

  5. So Help Me God

    Pence, Mike
    Simon & Schuster 2022

    The New York Times bestselling autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence. Loyalty is a Vice President's first duty; but there is a greater one—to God and the Constitution....

  6. Overreach : The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine

    Matthews, Owen
    HarperCollins Publishers 2022

    Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investiga...

  7. Gender, Materiality, and Politics : Essays on the making of power

    Nilsson Hammar, Anna; Nyström, Daniel; Almbjär, Martin
    Nordic Academic Press

    Kan en silkeshandske vara en symbol för makt? I denna tänkvärda volym samlas en grupp namnkunniga historiker för att ge perspektiv på överlappande frågor kring genus, materialitet...

  8. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Wollstonecraft, Mary
    Saga Egmont

    One of the earliest works of feminist philosophy, ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Woman’ argues that women should receive a rational education. A response to the educational and po...

  9. Chokepoint Capitalism

    Giblin, Rebecca; Doctorow, Cory
    Cordoc-Co LLC 2022

    A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corpo...

  10. Indigenous Continent : The Epic Contest for North America

    Hämäläinen, Pekka
    Liveright 2022

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times Book Review • 100 Notable Books of 2022 Best Books of 2022 — New Yorker, Kirkus Reviews Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...

  11. Woman and Labour

    Schreiner, Olive
    Saga Egmont

    ‘Woman and Labour’ (1911) was written by South African writer and intellectual, Olive Schreiner, best known for her novels ‘From Man to Man or Perhaps Only’ (1926) and ‘Undine’ (19...

  12. Why is the Negro Lynched?

    Douglass, Frederick
    Saga Egmont

    Written just a year before his death, ‘Why is the Negro Lynched?’ is one of Douglass’ most moving and passionate speeches. Still sadly-pertinent today, his skill as a wordsmith is...

  13. Danger Zone : The Coming Conflict with China

    Beckley, Michael; Brands, Hal
    W. W. Norton & Company 2022

    A provocative and urgent analysis of the U.S.–China rivalry. It has become conventional wisdom that America and China are running a "superpower marathon" that may last a century. Y...

  14. Dying to Know: Is There Life After Death?

    Langley, Josh
    Saga Egmont

    Determined to find out what happens when we die, Josh Langley takes readers on an extraordinary journey to uncover the secrets to the age-old question pondered by all of humanity....

  15. Killer in the Kremlin : The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror

    Sweeney, John
    Transworld 2022

    THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - NOW UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS 'This swashbuckling book is a furious attack on the Russian president. Killer in the Kremlin traces Putin's...

  16. Concerning Children

    Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
    Saga Egmont

    ´Concerning Children´, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, was first published in 1900 and focuses on how society can be improved through better nurturing of the younger generations. Rem...

  17. The Home

    Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
    Saga Egmont

    Often referred to as a ‘sociological study’, ´The Home: Its Work and Influence´ – written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and published in 1903 – is an examination of the traditional h...

  18. India-Pakistan: The History of Unsolved Conflicts: Volume I

    Blinkenberg, Lars
    Saga Egmont

    When the British withdrew from India in 1947, two new states were created, India and Pakistan. Ever since there has been near permanent conflict between the two, breaking out in to...

  19. The New Teaching of History

    Wells, H. G.
    Saga Egmont

    ‘The New Teaching of History’ represents a collection of essays written by Wells to address criticism of his seminal work ‘The Outline of History’, in which he covered the entire h...

  20. Washington and the Riddle of Peace

    Wells, H. G.
    Saga Egmont

    After the horrors of World War One, the world was ready for peace. So, in 1921, nine countries came together for a summit in Washington DC to talk disarmament. One visitor to the...