
TITLES

HOW WOKE WON
Current Issues, Economy & Politics
Genre:
Joanna Williams
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Publisher:
The London Publishing Partnership
Where did woke come from? And whose interests does it serve? This is a book about how a once fringe set of ideas took our elites by storm, and why this is bad news. The book argues that we have much more in common than the woke would have us believe – and that it is time to come together to forge a freer, more democratic and truly egalitarian future.
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BUDAPEST HAND
Thriller & Noir
Genre:
David Brierley
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Publisher:
Safe House Books
"Has the rancid strength of a distillation of the best of Le Carré and Deighton: an authentic winner."
- Sunday Times
"Brierley’s style is first class, and his evocation of external bleakness...is superb."
- The Jerusalem Post
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TO OVERTHROW THE WORLD
History
Genre:
Sean McMeekin
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Publisher:
Basic
From an award-winning historian, a new global history of Communism.
In 'To Overthrow the World,' the author explores the transformation of Communism from a seductive ideal to a ruling doctrine, revealing the roots of statist tyranny in Karl Marx's writings and the unexpected revival of Communism post-1991. The book highlights the violence, economic devastation, and surveillance under Communist rule, and traces its evolution into a philosophy maximizing state power and wealth. It also examines the global export of the 'China model' impacting academia, culture, media, sports, business, and government, challenging our understanding of Communism's evolution.
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SPICE
History
Genre:
Roger Crowley
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Publisher:
Yale U.P.
Spice is the story of six crucial decades, 1511-1571, from the Portuguese conquest of Malacca to the founding of Manila – a defining moment, when the world ‘went global’. It is a narrative of epic sweep that now defines every aspect of our lives, and the relationship with the great empires of the East.
It is big history in the fullest sense of the word.
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Murder Most Foul
Thriller & Noir
Genre:
Guy Jenkin
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Publisher:
Legend Press
Murder Most Foul is a dark, witty and fast-paced novel, from one of Britain’s best-loved screenwriters.
It’s 1593, Elizabeth I is Queen and everyone is terrified of the worst outbreak of plague in a generation. Shakespeare has only written six plays and is lagging behind his friend Christopher Marlowe, London’s leading playwright...
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JUNK DNA
Science
Genre:
Nessa Carey
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Publisher:
Columbia University Press
For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the genome that contain codes for the production of proteins. Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose. But researchers have recently discovered variations and modulations in this junk DNA that are involved with a number of intractable diseases. Our increasing knowledge of junk DNA has led to innovative research and treatment approaches that may finally ameliorate some of these conditions.
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HOME OF THE AMERICAN CIRCUS
Literary & General
Genre:
Allison Larkin
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Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
“Told with compassion, humor, and honesty, Allison Larkin’s stunning Home of the American Circus is a poignant tale of estrangement, redefining family, reckoning with the past, and healing through challenging but ultimately empowering circumstances. Readers will fall in love with Larkin’s cast of vivid characters and won’t want to say goodbye at the end of the book.”
~Cassandra Dunn, author of The Art of Adapting
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AVRAI I MIEI OCCHI (YOU WILL HAVE MY EYES)
Thriller & Noir, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
Genre:
Nicoletta Vallorani
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Publisher:
Zona 42
In a crumbling, dystopian Milan, investigator Nigredo is hired to uncover the truth behind the dumping of mutilated female clones.
Haunted by a past as a terrorist and shadowed by Olivia, a telepath who sees through his eyes, he navigates a city built on exclusion and decay.
As bodies pile up, the investigation becomes a journey through misogyny, dehumanization, and political rot.
Avrai i miei occhi is a feminist noir that turns dystopia into an act of radical seeing.
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BLOCKCHAIN AND THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Economy & Politics
Genre:
Fred Steinmetz, Lennart Ante & Ingo Fiedler
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Publisher:
Agenda Publishing
Blockchain technology has the potential to disrupt digital interaction across our economy and society. As the internet has changed our lives, the potential for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to do the same is considerable. Fred Steinmetz, Lennart Ante and Ingo Fiedler assess this rapidly developing technology and its imminent economic and societal impact.
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