Climate Change and the Nation State - The Nationalist Case by Anatol Lieven
Category: Politics
In the past two centuries we have experienced wave after wave of overwhelming change. Entire continents have been resettled; there are billions more of us; the jobs done by countless people would be unrecognizable to their predecessors; scientific change has transformed us all in confusing, terrible and ...Show more
On Nationalism by Eric Hobsbawm
Category: Politics
I remain in the curious position of disliking, distrusting, disapproving and fearing nationalism wherever it exists . . . but recognising its enormous force, which must be harnessed for progress if possible. In the last two decades the uses of the term 'nationalism' has increased steeply with the risi ...Show more
Border Wars - Inside Trump's Assault on Immigration by Julie Hirschfeld Davis; Michael D. Shear
Category: Politics
Two New York Times Washington correspondents provide a detailed, "fact-based account of what precipitated some of this administration's more brazen assaults on immigration" (The Washington Post) filled with never-before-told stories of this key issue of Donald Trump's presidency. No issue matters more t ...Show more
Where Power Stops - The Making and Unmaking of Presidents and Prime Ministers by David Runciman
Category: Politics
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Theresa May, and Donald Trump: each had different motivations, methods, and paths, but they all sought the highest office. And yet when they reached their goal, they often found that the power they had imagin ...Show more
Poetry Pie by Roger McGough
Category: Politics
There are over 50 poems in this hugely enjoyable poetry collection with themes ranging from food and animals to school and ghouls. As always, Roger Mcgough's poems are full of wit and wisdom, with word play, puns and sharp observations on all aspects of life. He's even included his own unique line drawi ...Show more
A Wary Embrace: What the China-Russia Relationship Means for the World by Bobo Lo
Category: Politics | Series: Lowy Institute Paper
With Western countries consumed by domestic problems, will it be Russia and China who now define the rules of global politics? From Syria to the South China Sea, each has become much more assertive, and their partnership has emerged from relative obscurity to acquire a new prominence in world affairs. Y ...Show more
Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House by Cliff Sims
Category: Politics
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sims's vivid portrait of Trump shrewdly balances admiration with misgivings, and his intricate, engrossing accounts of White House vendettas and power plays have a good mix of immersion and perspective. The result is one of the best of the recent flood of Trump te ...Show more
The Zero Marginal Cost Society - The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism by Jeremy Rifkin; George Witte (Editor)
Category: Politics
In The Zero Marginal Cost Society, New York Times bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin describes how the emerging Internet of Things is speeding us to an era of nearly free goods and services, precipitating the meteoric rise of a global Collaborative Commons and the eclipse of capitalism. Rifkin uncovers a ...Show more
Donald Trump in 100 Facts by Monti Ruth Ann
Category: Politics | Series: In 100 Facts Ser.
Funny, frightening, or a typhoon blowing through the lordly corridors of Washington, depending on your interpretations, no one can fail to be interested in the Trump phenomenon. In 100 incontrovertible facts we get closer to the man and the brand. Even seasoned Trump watchers will find things they never ...Show more
Generation HK: Seeking Identity in China's Shadow: Penguin Specials by Benjamin Bland
Category: Politics | Series: Penguin Specials: the Hong Kong Ser.
Teenage activists turned politicians, multi-millionaire super tutors and artists fighting censorship - these are the stories of Generation HK. From radically different backgrounds yet with a common legacy, having grown up in post-handover Hong Kong, these young people have little attachment to the era o ...Show more
Syrian Dust: Reporting from the Heart of the War by Francesca Borri
Category: Politics
August 21, 2013: a chemical weapons attack on the suburbs of Damascus reminds the world of the existence of the Syrian war. Hundreds of journalists from every corner of the world rush to the frontier only to leave disappointed when Obama decides not to bomb. They leave behind 200,000 estimated victims, ...Show more
Requiem for the American Dream: The Principles of Concentrated Weath and Power by Noam Chomsky
Category: Politics
Requiem for the American Dream is a work of some 70,000 words based on four years of interviews with Noam Chomsky on the subject of income equality. Chomsky considers these to be his final, long-form documentary interviews. It is a book that makes Chomsky's breadth and depth accessible, and at the same ...Show more