Secondhand Current Affairs Books

Revised and updated to cover the withdrawal of troops from Iraq, and the Arab Spring. The departure of the last US troops from Iraq at the end of 2011 left...

As the world turns its attention to the reconstruction of Afghanistan and Iraq following recent conflicts in these countries, the issue of post-conflict peacebuilding takes centre stage. This collection presents...

The sixth volume in this high-impact series captures 2012 in over 330 powerful photos. The book is organized into four sections representing the four quarters of the year. The images...

The classic image of the American nation - a melting pot in which differences of race, wealth, religion, and nationality are submerged in democracy - is being replaced by an...

'A triumph. Frankly is the most insightful and stylishly open memoir by a politician since Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father'Andrew O'Hagan'Nicola Sturgeon tells her remarkable story with great skill...

Foreign Policy, Most Anticipated Books of 2024A stunning investigation and indictment of the elements in United States' foreign lobbying industry and the threat they pose to democracy.For years, one group...

Crossing the road, we look both ways. Riding a bicycle at night, we use lights. So why is our attitude towards online security so relaxed? Edward Lucas reveals the ways...

A book of the year for the Times, the Sunday Times, the Independent, the Guardian and the Daily Mail'Charming . . . heartbreaking, sometimes both funny and unsettling, and always...

The ascension of Vladimir Putin - a former lieutenant colonel of the KGB - to the presidency of Russia in 1999 was a strong signal that the country was headed...

Insane Mode is the astounding story of the most revolutionary car company since Ford, revealing how, under Elon Musk's leadership, it is bringing to an end the era of gasoline-powered...

Responsible for the collapse of empires ranging from the Ottoman to the Soviet, self-determination has been one of the key factors in the history of the entire twentieth century. Surprisingly,...

Examines every aspect of government, attending a political convention, the presidential election and inauguration, Congress, the Supreme Court and a small town meeting in New Hampshire. He examines the budget,...

American constitutionalism rests on premise of popular sovereignty, but questions remain about how the "people" and their rights and powers fit into the constitutional design. This text examines a number...

`The future of the world is in your hands'I know that might seem a bit steep considering you've got that Year Ten coursework to sort out and the lesson observation...

In the decades since the end of the Second World War, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is the way the...

Oneof the world's greatest contemporary thinkers and author of The Better Angels of Our Nature (described by Bill Gates as 'the most inspiring book I have ever read') shows how...

The Burden of Power is the fourth volume of Alastair Campbell's diaries, and perhaps the most eagerly awaited given the ground it covers. It begins on September 11, 2001, a...

With new, updated material, P. J. O'Rourke covers the whole election process from the pig pile of presidential candidates circa June 2015, through his come-to-Satan moment with Hillary and the...

Indigenous societies throughout Latin America are facing difficult choices. After centuries of colonization, the ongoing struggle to preserve communal knowledge, rituals, language, traditions, and teaching and learning practices has taken...

"A modern conservative classic." - Sean Hannity "Men in Black couldn't be more timely or important....a tremendously important and compelling book." - Rush Limbaugh "One of the finest books on...

Facebook. Twitter. Second Life. "Smart" phones. Robot pets. Robot lovers. Thirty years ago we asked what we would use computers for. Now the question is what we don't use them...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016In The New Threat renowned expert and prize-winning reporter Jason Burke provides the clearest and most comprehensive guide to Islamic militancy today.From Syria to Somalia,...

Welcome to the White House.At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories...

Drawing on hundreds of interviews with key administration officials, their deputies, and other first-hand sources, Woodward takes listeners deep into the national security state and shows how Obama debates, decides,...

'This book couldn't be more needed right now!' Nigella Lawson'Ruby has a uniquely vibrant and clever way of thinking' Elizabeth Day 'The antidote to all Covid angst' Kathy Lette___________________________Bestselling author...

In 1991 journalist and former geologist Peter Hadfield predicted that a major earthquake would hit one of Japan's most industrial areas in the 1990s, the prelude to an era of...

A fascinating inside account of the attempt to prosecute former US president Donald Trump. Mark Pomerantz was a retired lawyer living a calm suburban life when he accepted an offer...

In this short, elegant essay, Ivan Rogers, the UK's former ambassador to the EU, draws up nine lessons for Brexit that we, as a soon-to-be `third country', need to learn...