Social Sciences

Planet on Fire: A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown

After Covid-19 and in the face of ecological disaster, how can the Left win a world fit for Life?...

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€12.90

A History of Delusions: The Glass King, a Substitute Husband and a Walking Corpse

The King of France – thinking he was made of glass – was terrified he might shatter…and he wasn’...

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The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help Others

Ordinary people can perform acts of astonishing selflessness, sometimes even putting their lives on...

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Partial Truths: How Fractions Distort Our Thinking

A fast-food chain once tried to compete with McDonald’s quarter-pounder by introducing a third-pound...

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The Parent Trap: How to Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis

How parents have been set up to fail, and why helping them succeed is the key to achieving a fair an...

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Just Hierarchy: Why Social Hierarchies Matter in China and the Rest of the World

All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hi...

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The BBC: A People's History

A monumental work of popular history, making the case that the Beeb is as much of a National Treasur...

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€31.50

Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World...

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Journey of the Mind: How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

Two neuroscientists trace a sweeping new vision of consciousness across eighteen increasingly intell...

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Oil Leaders: An Insider’s Account of Four Decades of Saudi Arabia and OPEC's Global Energy Policy

Oil is an unusual commodity in that individual decisions can have an outsized effect on the market....

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€33.00

Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto

China Miéville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political d...

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€24.70

Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes

A coruscating portrait of Britain’s greatest imperialist The modern Churchill cult is out of...

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€32.50

How Confidence Works: The New Science of Self-Belief, Why Some People Learn It and Others Don't

* Confidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance* Confidence acts like a mini-a...

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€19.50

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil

'Brilliant and disturbing' Stephen Spender, New York Review of BooksThe classic work on 'the banalit...

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€14.30

Greece and the New Balkans: Themes and Histories

The Oxford academic and foreign correspondent James Pettifer has been an international authority on...

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€16.90

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