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An Unexpected MP
Confessions of a Political Gossip
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Some people enter politics because they want to make the world a better place. Then there are those with welldeserved inferiority complexes who want status, power and position. Few believe me, but I entered the House of Commons purely by accident.' High virtue in high office? Not a chance, says Jerry...
by Nick de Bois
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Shortlisted for the Political Books Awards ‘Best Parliamentary Memoir 2018’
You are not an executive who can make and enforce decisions. You are a legislator who votes on making laws.
You are not a counsellor, a housing officer, benefits clerk, bank or trading standards officer,...
Becoming British
UK Citizenship Examined
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
From Syrian asylum seekers to super-rich foreign investors, immigration is one of the most controversial issues facing Britain today. Politicians kick the subject from one election to the next with energetic but ineffectual promises to 'crack down', while newspaper editors plaster it across front...
The Sun Tyrant
A Nightmare Called North Korea
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
When Londoner JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed.
Shown by two minders what the regime wants them to see during their nine-day trip, the group is astounded when witnessing people bowing to their leaders'...
The Eye of the Storm
The View from the Centre of a Political Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
MPs' expenses in 2009. Phone hacking in 2011. 'Plebgate' in 2012. If a good speech or a ground-breaking new policy fails to get people talking, you can be sure a juicy scandal will do the trick. Our instantaneous news culture of social networks, blogs and Twitter feeds means politicians now, more...
Labour And The Gulag
Russia and the Seduction of the British Left
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
The Labour Party welcomed the Russian Revolution in 1917: it paved the way for the birth of a socialist superpower and ushered in a new era in Soviet governance. Labour excused the Bolshevik excesses and prepared for its own revolution in Britain.
In 1929, Stalin deported hundreds of thousands...
by John Sutherland
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Intergenerational conflict is a perennial feature of society and capitalism. One side has the youth, the other side has the lion’s share of the wealth, and the good things wealth can bring.
In the last few years that friction has reached to dangerous heights. Call it war. And, like all war,...
Beyond the Balfour Declaration
The 100-Year Quest for Israeli–Palestinian Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Preface By The 5th Earl Of Balfour
2017 marks one hundred years since the Balfour Declaration, the landmark letter that expressed the British government's support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. A century later, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians rages on, without prospect...
Rather His Own Man
In Court with Tyrants, Tarts and Troublemakers
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Geoffrey Robertson led students in the ’60s to demand an end to racism and censorship. He went on to become a top human rights advocate, saving the lives of many death-row inmates, freeing dissidents and taking on tyrants in a career marked by courage, determination and a fierce independence.
In...
Imprisoned in India
Corruption and Extortion in the World’s Largest Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2016
James Tooley has been described as a 21st-century Indiana Jones, travelling to remote parts of the developing world to track something that many regarded as mythical: private schools serving the poor. It was in the Indian city of Hyderabad that Tooley first discovered these schools, and wrote about...
Forewarned
A Sceptic's Guide to Prediction
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Whether it’s an unforeseen financial crash, a shock election result or an expected barbecue season that sees record rainfall, forecasts have impacts on us all. But do forecasters tell you all that they know or what they really believe?
When is your gut feeling likely to be better than a computer’s...
Running Out of Tears
The Moving Personal Stories of ChildLine's Children Over 25 Years
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
In October 1986 ChildLine - the first national helpline for children in the world - was launched. With it came a revolution in child protection. For the first time abused children had someone they could ask for help. The launch of ChildLine was broadcast on BBC TV on October 30th. Watching in her...
Inside the Danger Zones
Travels to Arresting Places
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, Inside the Danger Zones is the story ofPaul Moorcraft'swork during the major wars of the last three decades. As a freelance war correspondent and military analyst for many of the top TV networks, Moorcraft has parachuted into countless war zones and worked at...
AIDS
Don't Die of Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
Eighteen million people around the world live with HIV but do not know they are infected. Endangering both themselves and countless others, they represent a public health challenge that affects not only Africa but every part of the world, including Europe and the United States. We stand at a tipping...