Political activism / Political engagement

The report addresses the urgent and growing threat of terrorist travel by Americans to Syria and Iraq.

A New York Times bestseller!

Bestselling author, James Earl Rays defense attorney, and, later, lawyer for the King family William Pepper reveals who actually killed MLK.

In 2011, a series of anti-government uprisings shook the Middle East and North Africa in what would become known as the Arab Spring.

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For most of human history the rules of power were clear: power was something to be seized, and then jealously guarded.

In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement.

We are inclined to see terrorist attacks as an aberration, a violent incursion into our lives that bears no intrinsic relation to the fundamental features of modern societies.

What is it that leaves us shell shocked in the face of the massacres carried out in New York on 9/11 or in Paris on 13 November 2015?

Libya is teetering on the edge of collapse, having become a new haven for terrorist organizations and an epicenter of the refugee crisis.

What is civil disobedience?

On 13 November 2015, Paris suffered the second wave of brutal terrorist attacks in a year, leaving 130 dead and many more seriously injured.

Never before has such damning evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity been revealed in the midst of a conflict.

In recent years, there has been substantial progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights in the United States.

Since 2012, hundreds of men and women have left Western countries to join jihadist groups fighting in Syria.

From Paris to San Bernardino, Barcelona to Manchester, home-grown terrorism is among the most urgent challenges confronting Western nations.

In the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater shares of real-world power.

Lobbying and political interest groups occupy an ambivalent place in advanced democracies.

After the Cold War, Africa earned the dubious distinction of being the world's most bloody continent.

The use of nonviolent action is on the rise.

Will tomorrow's wars be dominated by autonomous drones, land robots and warriors wired into a cybernetic network which can read their thoughts?

In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015, millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion, expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic: libert , galit , fraternit .

Take a stand, support the causes you believe in, and spark positive change in the worldthe revolution is happening now, and through simple, everyday actions, you can be a part of it.

Ein Buch, das Fragen stellt, die wir uns kaum noch zu stellen wagen: Warum scheint das Denken in einer Zeit, die von Wissen und Technologie dominiert wird, in einen Stillstand zu verfallen?

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront.

*Updated with a new introduction* Journalist Rebecca Traister's New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is ';a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do when wielded efficientlyand collectively' (Vanity Fair).

In an inspiring story of valor and the making of a hero, Florent Grobergwho grew up in France and emigrated to the USbecomes the first immigrant in forty years to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor after he tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

Demokratie in Gefahr – und was wir dagegen tun können"Arne Semsrott zeigt in diesem leider furchtbar nötigen Buch, was von rechts auf uns zu kommen könnte und was man dagegen unternehmen kann.

As the morning sunlight crept over the limestone walls of Jerusalems old city, two young Americans flagged down a bus and got on.

The first woman ever elected to the U.

United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but theres so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax.

As the morning sunlight crept over the limestone walls of Jerusalems old city, two young Americans flagged down a bus and got on.

A ';powerful' (The Wall Street Journal) biography of Thaddeus Stevensone of the 19th century's greatest statesmenencompassing his decades-long fight against slavery and his postwar struggle to bring racial justice to America.

The controversial first-hand account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skiesSharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was senior Sea Harrier adviser to the Command, flew over sixty missions and was awarded DSC.

'A profound memoir' Daily Telegraph'As revealing as the writing of Oliver Sacks' Mark CousinsOutside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal and highly acclaimed exploration of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of international relief.

'Both heart-rending and gorgeous.

Ohne den Krieg von 1870/71 gäbe es keinen deutschen Nationalstaat.

'A warts-and-all memoir of an ex-cop from probationer days on.

'Nathan Law's agonising account of China's ruthless takeover of Hong Kong provides a terrible insight into Beijing's ambitions - the world needs to read this.

'For there is always lightIf only we're brave enough to be it.

AS HEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCSAS SEEN ON THE CHANGEMAKERS, a Paramount+ docuseries profiling activists fighting for changeA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR'A riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.

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Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown'A remarkable achievement' SpectatorIn the summer of 1705, a masked woman knocked on the door of a London printer's workshop.

THE UNTOLD STORY OF BRITAIN'S MOST SECRETIVE SPECIAL FORCES UNITJune 1942.

With an introduction by Kamila Shamsie Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe gripping true story of the undercover agent risking his life to fight terrorismTheir aim was to kill as many people as possible.

Welcome to the Post-Truth era a time in which the art of the lie is shaking the very foundations of democracy and the world as we know it.

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***WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION***'Meticulous and gripping - a thriller that disturbs for revelations about a singular act of murder, and the national security state which we call home' Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetA groundbreaking examination of a terrifying murder and its aftermath by the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake.

From the creator of hit podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen______________________________'Thoughtful and intelligent' Observer'Inside the anti-political revolt that gave us Brexit and Trump' Evening Standard'Fascinating.