Society & social sciences

MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A compelling book' Evening Standard 'Essential' Sunday Times 'His soldier's di...

Capitalism now dominates the globe, both in economics and ideology, shapes every aspect of our world and influences everything from laws, wars and ...

On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Chr...

In The Equality Illusion, 'the most influential young feminist in the country' (Guardian) and UK Feminista founder Kat Banyard argues passionately ...

A controversial account of the Churchill years by a bestselling historian.'The best sort of history - revealing, gossipy and acidulous' OBSERVER

Max Arthur, bestselling author of FORGOTTEN VOICES: THE GREAT WAR, presents this moving collection of first-hand accounts of life in the Royal Air ...

Review 'Ideal for first-time parents... The content covers across ten comprehensive topics, each specific to your child's age, and aided by case s...

Product Description Tibet has come to be synonymous with spirituality. It seems that the many hardships endured by the Tibetans – oppressive a...

The four pieces that make up this work are taken from Muldoon's Oxford Clarendon Lectures of 1998. Together, they take the form of an A-Z, or abece...

A colorful look at how modern presidents play sports, have used sports to play politics, and what our fan-in-chief can often tell us about our nati...

The Messenger tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two men looking to change the world – a repentant jihadist and an idealistic journa...

Two people are firefighters and do the same job. When one is asked what they do for a living, their response is met with: 'That's amazing, you are ...

'Needle-sharp analysis from the front line' Ian Rankin 'Utterly compelling' Henry Marsh 'Wonderful ... A heartbreaking chronicle of the NHS's nea...

War in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, the West's cost of living crisis - the eruptions of 2022 were all too predictable. In Price Wars, Rupert Ru...

Your teen brain is amazing! These fun and easy "brain hacks" will help you make the most of your growing mind, deal with ALL the feelings, build fr...

If you've always wanted to know how societies function - and why sometimes they don't - this beginner's guide to sociology has got the essential th...

This is the most important moment in your career. Branding guru Catherine Kaputa will show you how to get it right. In today's job market, competi...

Take charge of your emotions, take charge of your life! Now fully revised and updated, this workbook offers proven-effective dialectical behavior t...

'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford '[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a p...

*** 'Brave and vividly evoked, should haunt Kier Starmer et al.' - The Telegraph 'Where Did I Go Right? is sharp, considered, insightful, and hel...

In this collection of illuminating, incisive and thought-provoking essays, Eric Hobsbawm examines every aspect of the issues that have inspired the...

Review One of the best commentators on defence and diplomacy . . . always a reliably authoritative presence . . . Concise and cogently argued, Urb...

Merging cognitive science with educational agenda, Gardner makes an eloquent case for restructuring our schools by showing just how ill-suited our ...

Review A joy to read: penetrating, questioning and witty. ― Sunday Times His genius is the way in which he voices all those things we knew instin...

About the Author Hanif Kureishi was born and brought up in Kent. He read philosophy at King's College, London. In 1981 he won the George Devine Aw...

This is a book about silences. And land. Renowned anthropologist and film-maker Hugh Brody weaves a dazzling tapestry of personal memory and dista...

DON'T HURRY, BE HAPPY. Almost everyone complains about the hectic pace of their lives. These days, our culture teaches that faster is better. But i...

What do you remember from your school days? Analysing poems that didn't make sense? The dreaded set texts? The Super Tutor celebrates the love of l...

This accessible and much-needed resource sets out advice on how to develop character and encourage wellbeing in pupils aged 5-11. Schools are incr...

Review Well-written, thoughtful and exhaustively researched, his volume will come to be regarded as one of the most important contributions to pol...

About the Author Dr Sanna Balsari-Palsule is a behavioural scientist and expert in the psychology of personality. An associate at Judge Business S...

Product Description The Victorians called him 'Bobby' after Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary who created the Metropolitan Police in 1829. The g...

'A frankly brilliant book' The Guardian 'This book will make you think differently about our world' - FT 'An extraordinarily engrossing and wide...

Aside for the secretaries of state, those lofty roles at the Home Office, MOD, Exchequer, and Foreign office, the ministers of the UK are a cast of...

Review Byrne's book is about scientific parenting, and it is very welcome indeed ... At its best it is an overview of what we know about child dev...

Review Urgent and timely . . . A vital strength of this slim, elegant book is that it is crystalline in its definitions, even while acknowledging ...

Review Fascinating, insightful and gripping, The Rule of Laws provides a comprehensive exploration of the history underpinning our modern legal sy...

Bestselling author, former British diplomat and expert on Russia Rodric Braithwaite's gripping account of the intense rivalry between Russia and th...

Review Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an important, courageous book -- Melanie Reid ― The Times Bindel . . . has written a R...

'A map for how feminism can move forward inclusively' (GRAZIA), featuring essays by writers including Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanis...

Review At last, a scrupulously honest insight into private boarding education in Britain - ranging from the abuse to which it subjects the child, ...

'A PROBING EXPLORATION OF THE CREATIVE AND IMAGINATIVE POSSIBILITIES OF INACTIVITY' FINANCIAL TIMES 'To do nothing at all is the most difficult th...