TITLES

ABORYM

Both provocative and immersive, this illustrated chronicle reveals why Aborym has stunned and scandalized listeners for decades.

POLITIK UND ÄSTHETIK (POLITICS AND AESTHETICS)

Investigating new forms of emancipatory politics arising from current art practices and social movements, this short book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art, aesthetics, philosophy and political theory.

DIE FORM DER REFORM (THE FORM OF REFORM)

Church reform is urgent: if unchanged, it won't survive. Some demand people change ("New Evangelization"); others say the Church must change—neither has succeeded. True reform means returning to Christ’s essence: "Naked follow the naked Christ" (Jerome).

BEYOND FREEDOM AND DIGNITY

In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B. F. Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society.

A SPY IN THE FAMILY

A Spy In The Family, by investigative journalists Paul Henderson and David Gardner, reveals the incredible untold story of the mother who lost her son twice. This is the first book to reveal the full, astonishing story of 'Vaclav Jelinek', aka Erwin van Haarlem.

APOCALYPSE NEXT

This book analyses the potential for catastrophes - from nuclear war and climate change to further pandemics, the misuse of Artificial Intelligence and more - that could jeopardise our planet and its people.

All Gomorrahs Are The Same

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Award 2022
One of Brittle Paper's 50 Most Notable African Books of 2021
An epic tale narrated through the eyes of three women

CHEMICALLY IMBALANCED

For decades now the public has been told that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance and that antidepressants work by targeting this mechanism. Millions of people have decided to take antidepressants based on this information.

ZERO SUM

From communism to capitalism to collapse, the highs and lows of doing business in post-Soviet Russia.

OCCUPATION

A disturbing account of how Russia is seeking to remake occupied Ukraine in its own image, once and for all.

WHO WILL DEFEND EUROPE?

Russia is intent on attacking beyond Ukraine. Can Europe defend itself?

LITHIUM

How a little-known mineral will affect our jobs and daily lives as much as, if not more than, AI or Big Data have done.

HOW WOKE WON

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.

CELIA, MISOKA, I

A meditation on the meaning of life in an increasingly global world, from acclaimed Chinese-Canadian author Xue Yiwei.

BUDAPEST HAND

"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

TO OVERTHROW THE WORLD

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.

SPICE

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.

Invisible Strings

Longlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Fiction Award 2022

A SPOILED AND SELF-ABSORBED MAMOKGETHI PULE’S LIFE IS BROUGHT TO AN ABRUPT HALT BY AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY.

All Gomorrahs Are The Same

Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Literary Award 2022

One of Brittle Paper's 50 Most Notable African Books of 2021

An epic tale narrated through the eyes of three women

Murder Most Foul

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...