Me and White Supremacy - How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
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Category: Current Affairs
'White supremacy is a violent system of oppression that harms Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. And if you are a person who holds white privilege, then you are complicit in upholding that harm, whether you realise it or not. This is not my opinion. This is fact. And if you are person who holds whi ...Show more
Loud and Proud by Tea Uglow
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Category: Current Affairs
Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community that have changed our world, and the conversation. "Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start." --Jason Collins, first openly gay athlete in US pro sportsA sister volume to So Here I Am ...Show more
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World by Bradley Hope, Tom Wright
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Category: Current Affairs
Named a Best Book of 2018 by the Financial Times and Fortune, this "thrilling" (Bill Gates) New York Times bestseller exposes how a "modern Gatsby" swindled over $5 billion with the aid of Goldman Sachs in "the heist of the century" (Axios).Now a #1 international bestseller, BILLION DOLLAR WHALEis "an e ...Show more
A Postcard from the Future by Ben Hamer
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Category: Current Affairs
We’re experiencing change at the fastest rate in human history, but it’s also the slowest that we’ll experience for the rest of our lives. The reality is that the world is moving faster than we’re evolutionarily equipped to deal with, which can be pretty overwhelming, particularly off the back of a glob ...Show more
Justice and Hope: Essays, Lectures and Other Writings by Raimond Gaita
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Category: Current Affairs
The collected writings of Raimond Gaita 'From where will we draw the moral energy to stay true to justice?' For more than three decades the incomparable voice of Raimond Gaita has been summoning us to new conversations that deepen our understanding of what matters most to human life and awaken the sen ...Show more
Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy by Tim Harford
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Category: Current Affairs
Based on the series produced for the BBC World Service A Financial Times and Bloomberg Business Week Book of the Year Who thought up paper money? How did the contraceptive pill change the face of the legal profession? Why was the horse collar as important for human progress as the steam engine? How di ...Show more
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
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Category: Current Affairs
Around the world in Britain, the United States, Asia and the Middle East, there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed and catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image. They are the shock doctors. Thrilling and revelatory, "The Shock Doctrine" cracks open the ...Show more
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
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Category: Current Affairs
'A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person thinks about the world around him' Michael Lewis In this brilliant and original book, Malcolm Gladwell explains and analyses the 'tipping point', that magic moment when ideas, trends and social behaviour c ...Show more
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream by Patrick Radden Keefe
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Category: Current Affairs
In this thrilling panorama of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain investigates a secret world run by a surprising criminal: a charismatic middle-aged grandmother, who from a tiny noodle shop in New York's Chinatown, managed a multimillion-dollar business smuggling people.
Asia's Reckoning by Richard McGregor
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Category: Current Affairs
'Stunningly good' Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 2017A Financial Times Best Book of 2017'A shrewd and knowing book.' Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal'A compelling and impressive read.' The Economist'Skillfully crafted and well-argued.' Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times ...Show more
Vulture Capitalism: Corproate crimes, backdoor bailouts, and the death of freedom by Grace Blakeley
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Category: Current Affairs
All over the world, democracy is in crisis. Liberal political systems are straining under the pressure imposed by authoritarian strong men undermining institutions, the rule of law and the international system that governs relations between countries. Obvious examples include Donald Trump and Boris John ...Show more
Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge by Bri Lee
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Category: Current Affairs
In 2018 Bri Lee's brilliant young friend Damian is named a Rhodes Scholar, an apex of academic achievement. When she goes to visit him and takes a tour of Oxford and Rhodes House, she begins questioning her belief in a system she has previously revered, as she learns the truth behind what Virginia Woolf ...Show more