Social and ethical issues

A Book of the Year for The Economist and the Observer Our world seems to be collapsing.

Spider shows Wolfgang that by just seeing things a little differently he can feel happy again, knowing that true love never ends.

A major revision of the animal rights bible, referencing changes from the last 10 years including the rise of social media.

A transformative exploration of the development of science fiction as a central driving force of humanity’s evolution.

A global history of human attempts to achieve immortality, from ancient times to the present.

Preparing For A World That Doesn't Exist - Yet is about an emerging Second Enlightenment and the capacities you will need to achieve success in this new, fast-evolving world.

Veganism is a journey, and A Vegan Ethic explores veganism as an infinite model of social justice.

The Rise of the New British Anti-Sex Movement.

Sex, bureaucracy and money; the death of the university.

This Eden is a smart modern-day adventure reminiscent of both the cyber noir novels of William Gibson and the golden age of espionage fiction.

'A tenderly evoked and compelling read.

Als klassisch interdisziplinäres Thema wird Migration und Integration in den unterschiedlichsten wissenschaftlichen Fächern erforscht.

'This refreshing, unusual book needs to exist.

In nearly every realm of daily life there is an invisible velvet rope that divides how we live.

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2021FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NON-FICTION 2021A New York Times Top Book of 2020 Chosen as a Guardian Book of 2020 A BBC Culture Best Books of 2020 Nominated for Good Reads Books of 2020 One of Time's Must-Read Books of 2020 'Unputdownable .

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR'I can't stop talking about this book' Jamie Klingler, co-founder #ReclaimTheseStreets'What a gem.

'Mary Gaitskill is willing to think about the problematic with complexity and humanity, and without taking sides or engaging in all the fashionable moral hectoring that passes for serious thought these days.

As heard on BBC Radio 4'Likeable and highly readable .

The searing, must-read feminist essay from the author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing'Fearless .

THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S TOP BOOKS OF THE YEARShortlisted for The Orwell Prize 2020Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award 2019 'Easily the most important book to be published this century.

Technology moves fast - so where will it have taken us by 2050?

We often think identity is personal.

Thought the science of the future was all hoverboards and space travel?

A rediscovered modern classic: a life-affirming account of one man's journey into blindness'A gift to the whole of humanity' Cathy RentzenbrinkDays before the birth of his first son, writer and academic John M.

Our bodies all have stories to tell - and who better to tell them than fifteen of the world's finest writers?

'A thoughtful exploration of humanity .

'Fascinating .

The First World is a parasite, subsisting on life imported from the Third World, and exporting death in return.

This book presents a unique and empowering evolutionary vision of wisdom and the human mind, to guide us in creating a positive future.

Sport Fitness Culture focuses on the influences of culture and society on human movement, such as sport, physical activity, and fitness.

A major source for the BBC drama The ReckoningWinner of the 2015 Gordon Burn Prize and the 2015 CWA Non-Fiction DaggerShortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the James Tait Black PrizeDan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death.

¿Qué sucede cuando cuestionamos los enunciados que construyen el diálogo amoroso?

The best thing in life to hold onto is each other.

How do we protect literary freedom while preventing the harm done by literary hate speech?

An investigation of how animals are exploited for entertainment, apparel, research, military weapons, sport, art, religion, food, and more.

Plunder, pollution, profiteering: how centuries of wars over London s drinking water turned a leading global metropolis into a Parched City.

Through the reclamation of a left-wing identity, disparate groups of Cuban musicians seek a collective Cubanness ‘outside of the Revolution’.

A pioneering collection describing and dramatizing the Nepalese diaspora - the displacement and exile of the Nepali-speaking world*SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE*A disfigured servant girl plans to flee Nepal; a Kalimpong shopkeeper faces an impossible dilemma; a Hindu religious festival in Darjeeling brings with it a sacrifice; a Nepali-Bhutanese refugee pins her hopes on the West; a Gurkha's daughter tries to comprehend her father's complaints; two young Nepali-speaking immigrants meet in Manhattan.

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In the freezing winter of 2011, in what was a watershed moment, 100,000 took to Moscows streets to protest Putins landslide election victory amid widespread allegations of corruption and vote-rigging.

When Sheelu was arrested for stealing from a powerful politician in the notoriously crooked region of Uttar Pradesh, she was sure that she would be forced to accept a prison sentence, not least because she had alleged that she had been assaulted by a man in the politician's household.

WINNER OF THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD YOUNG NOVELIST'S AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE, THE COMMONWEALTH WRITERS' PRIZE AND NEW SOUTH WALES' PREMIER LITERARY AWARDS On the day that Obinna's village is savagely attacked by the rebel army and his father murdered, he witnesses violence beyond his imagination.