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Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.

'A visionary look at how quality food should replace money as the new world currency' Tim Spector'Hugely ambitious and beautifully written.

Danny is back with more hilarious true-life stories of hopeless modern manhoodA husband and now a new father, Danny Wallace is a man who struggles to understand the unspoken rules of society.

'If you read the papers, you'd think that the only girls to get hooked are from dysfunctional families.

For millennia, nature's biggest and fiercest predators have tormented mankind.

'In the same way as there's a partner for every person, there's a place.

Much has been written about the work of William Blake and some of the religious beliefs that influenced him, but there is a secret history which, until now, has been kept deep beneath the surface in the mystical underground of England in the eighteenth-century.

Classical civilisation, Martin Bernal argues, has deep roots in Afro-Asiatic cultures.

'David Oluwale's story has a raw power.

Everywhere you look, for heaven's sake, there are ladies.

Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family.

Leaving Dirty Jersey is the compellingly crafted tale of James Salant's descent into crystal meth addiction.

Following on from his bestselling study of violence, The Football Factory, John King considers Britain's other obsession - sex.

In 1984, Catherine Laylle, a Frenchwomen living in London, met and married a German medical student, Dieter.

'Lucy Inglis has done a wonderful job bringing together a wide range of sources to tell the history of the most exciting and dangerous plants in the world.

Startlingly erotic and immensely powerful, Garth Greenwell's What Belongs to You tells an unforgettable story about the ways our pasts and cultures, our scars and shames can shape who we are and determine how we love.

'It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty' - Oliver SacksAn Unquiet Mind is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed.

As a single 51-year-old woman, Elizabeth McDonnell had given up hope of ever becoming a mother.

"e;Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book.

WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR Why does an international footballer with the world at his feet decide to take his own life?

The day Koren turned fourteen she tasted alcohol for the first time.

The Lives Less Ordinary series brings you the most exciting, adventurous and entertaining true-life writing that is out there, for men who are time-poor but want the best.

'I hated the thought of his child growing inside me.

Richard Wright's memoir of his childhood as a young black boy in the American south of the 1920s and 30s is a stark depiction of African-American life and a powerful exploration of racial tension.

Bigger Thomas has grown up in Chicago s slums, reckless, angry and adrift.

Twenty-eight women, ranging from Anita Roddick and Prue Leith to less well-known names, write their own personal stories which are accompanied by Elizabeth Handy's black and white photographs and an introductory essay by Charles Handy.

*Chosen as a Book of the Year by The Times, History Today and the Sunday Telegraph* Wonderfully entertaining, comprehensive and astute.

Since its launch in 2006, WikiLeaks has rapidly grown into the most powerful and influential whistleblowing organisation ever.

Globalisation has created a whole new working class - and they are reliving stories that were first played out a century ago.

Bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the dramatic true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.

**WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2014**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSometimes your child - the most familiar person of all - is radically different from you.

Toys - from teddy bears to Barbie dolls to train sets - define our image of childhood innocence.

Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia.

In 1912, in Storyville, the notorious red-light district of New Orleans, a photographer named E.

Kathryn Casey is one of the best true crime writers today.

THE UNLEASHED POWER OF THE ATOM HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING SAVE OUR MODES OF THINKING, AND WE THUS DRIFT TOWARD UNPARALLELED CATASTROPHE.

Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Development Disorder is an essential guide for parents with autistic children who hope to better understand and intervene with the disorder.

From the acclaimed author of Bowling Alone comes the story of people who are reweaving the social fabric across America by building local communities and revitalizing our civic spirit.

You have two choices: Be attacked by a wolverine or go on a date If you're smart, you chose wolverine.

Sleeping with a monsterAt first, Linda Bergstrom's marriage to her husband James was idyllic.

Do Cats Hear with Their Feet?

From the bestselling authors of The Nine Questions People Ask About Judaism, a compelling discussion of the dangerous rise in antisemitism during the twenty-first century.

In this provocative new book, award-winning political journalist Will Bunch unravels the story of how a right-wing cabal hijacked the mixed legacy of Ronald Reagan, a personally popular but hugely divisive 1980s president, and turned him into a bronze icon to revive their fading ideology.

Making peace in the long-troubled Middle East is likely to be one of the top priorities of the next American president.

From the distinguished educator, international crusader for humanitarian causes, and widow of the Nobel Peace Prize-winner President Anwar Sadat comes a foolproof plan for peace in the Middle East.

In this ambitious work of political narrative, Robert Draper takes us inside the Bush White House and delivers an intimate portrait of a tumultuous decade and a beleaguered administration.

When Edward P.

With no-holds-barred candor, Donald Trump's new National Security Adviser and former ambassador to the United Nations takes us behind the scenes at the UN and the US State Department and reveals why his efforts to defend American interests and reform the UN resulted in controversy.

Finding Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, had long been the U.

The cult of the free market has dominated economic policy-talk since the Reagan revolution of nearly thirty years ago.