Moneyland - Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back (Bullough Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

Moneyland - Why Thieves And Crooks Now Rule The World And How To Take It Back (Bullough Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the

Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World (Bullough Oliver)(Paperback)

The most eye-opening book that you'll read all year... A must read for anyone who wants to understand how the real world of wealth works. --Inc. From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan, something has gone wrong. Kleptocracies, governments run by

Breaking News - The Remaking of Journalism and Why It Matters Now (Rusbridger Alan)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful and profound study of the news - how we read it, who controls it and why it matters - from former Guardian Editor-in-Chief Alan

Hallucinations (Sacks Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

Oliver Sacks takes us through the world of hallucinations and explains how our brains can deceive

Winter Is Coming - Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped (Kasparov Garry)(Paperback / softback)

The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to

Leaderless Revolution - How Ordinary People will Take Power and Change Politics in the 21st Century (Ross Carne)(Paperback / softback)

A provocative and original book about the world today: the problems it faces, how it works and how ordinary citizens can retake control of its

No More Rubbish Excuses - How to reduce your waste and why you must do it now (Dorey Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Gdp: A Brief But Affectionate History - Revised and Expanded Edition (Coyle Diane)(Paperback)

How GDP came to rule our lives--and why it needs to change Why did the size of the U.S. economy increase by 3 percent on one day in mid-2013--or Ghana's balloon by 60 percent overnight in 2010? Why did the U.K. financial industry show its fastest expansion ever at the end of 2008--just as the

Plastic Planet - How Plastic Came to Rule the World (and What You Can Do to Change It) (Amson-Bradshaw Georgia)(Paperback / softback)

A powerful look at the plastic pollution

Future History of the Arctic - How Climate, Resources and Geopolitics are Reshaping the North and Why it Matters to the World (Emmerson Charles)(Paperback / softback)

Long at the margins of global affairs, the Arctic now finds itself at the frontline of issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century. This title weaves together the history of the region with reportage and reflection, revealing a vast and complex area, loaded with

What is Consent? Why is it Important? And Other Big Questions (Necati Yas)(Paperback / softback)

A detailed look at the concept of consent, how it works, and why it

Tom Gates: DogZombies Rule (For now...) (Pichon Liz)(Paperback / softback)

Here's my EXCELLENT PLAN to make DogZombies the BEST band in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD! How hard can it be? I'm going to: 1. Write more songs. (Not about teachers.) 2. Make a SPECTACULAR music video. (Easy.) 3. Get some sleep. (Tricky when you're being kept awake by LOUD NOISES.) 4. Annoy Delia

The Serengeti Rules: The Quest to Discover How Life Works and Why It Matters - With a New Q&A with the Author (Carroll Sean B.)(Paperback)

Now the subject of an Emmy Award-winning film the New York Times calls 'spellbinding' How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream?

Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve (Morris Ian)(Paperback)

The best-selling author of Why the West Rules--for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the

Private Government: How Employers Rule Our Lives (and Why We Don't Talk about It) (Anderson Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Why our workplaces are authoritarian private governments-and why we can't see it One in four American workers says their workplace is a 'dictatorship.' Yet that number almost certainly would be higher if we recognized employers for what they are-private governments with sweeping authoritarian power

Why The West Rules - For Now - The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the Future (Morris Ian)(Paperback / softback)

Why does the West rule? This title answers this provocative question, drawing on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science

Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do about It (Young Kevin A.)(Paperback)

Understanding the power of the corporations and how to take the struggle directly to them It's no secret that 'the 1%' - the business elite that commands the largest corporations and the connected network of public and private institutions- exercise enormous control over U.S. government. While this

How Does It Work? (Karavis Sylvia)(Paperback)

How does a yo-yo climb back up its string? Why does a boomerang come back to you? And how does a kaleidoscope work? These and other mind-bending questions are answered in this explanation text about how toys

Pain: What It Is, Why It Happens and How to Cope

Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this area. Pain is a universal human experience, but we understand very little about the mechanics

Science of Hate - How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it (Williams Matthew)(Paperback / softback)

Why do people hate? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book. 'This should be on the curriculum. A must read.' DR JULIE SMITH 'A key text for how we live now.'

Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West (Giles Keir)(Paperback)

From Moscow, the world looks different. It is through understanding how Russia sees the world--and its place in it--that the West can best meet the Russian challenge.Russia and the West are like neighbors who never seem able to understand each other. A major reason, this book argues, is that

Autonomy - The Quest to Build the Driverless Car and How it Will Reshape Our World (Burns Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

Economics Rules - Why Economics Works, When It Fails, and How To Tell The Difference (Rodrik Dani (Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard University))(Paperback / softback)

JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters (Douglass James W.)(Paperback)

The acclaimed book Oliver Stone called 'the best account I have read of this tragedy and its significance,' JFK and the Unspeakable details not just how the conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy was carried out, but WHY it was done...and why it still matters today. At the height of