World
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Party of One: The Rise of XI Jinping and China’s Superpower Future
$22.00 Add to cartFrom one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tact… [more below]
- Author: Wong, Chun Han
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1982185740
- Language: English
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Italy Reborn: From Fascism to Democracy
$35.99 Add to cartThe rebirth of Italy after the Second World War is one of the most impressive political transformations in modern European history. In 1945, post-fascist Italy was devastated by war, and its reputatio
- Author: Gilbert, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 0393867080
- Language: English
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The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
$20.00 Add to cartThe New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice – A spellbinding work of history that reads like a Cold War spy thriller–about the U.S.-sanctioned plot to assassinate the democratically elected leader… [more below]
- Author: Reid, Stuart A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1984899147
- Language: English
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The Troublemaker: How Jimmy Lai Became a Billionaire, Hong Kong’s Greatest Dissident, and China’s Most Feared Critic
$28.99 Add to cartThe “extraordinary life story” (Publishers Weekly) of the billionaire businessman Jimmy Lai, a leading Hong Kong democracy activist fighting for freedom of speech who became China’s most famous politi… [more below]
- Author: Clifford, Mark L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1668027690
- Language: English
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El Fin del Homo Sovieticus
$32.95 Read moreWith the sole help of a tape recorder and a pen, Svetlana Aleksievich strives to keep alive the memory of the tragedy that was the USSR, to tell the micro-stories of a great utopia. Communism proposed… [more below]
- Author: Aleksievich, Svetlana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 8416011842
- Language: Spanish
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The State of Israel vs. the Jews
$19.99 Add to cartA PopMatters Best Book of the Year
A perceptive study of how Israel’s actions, which run counter to the traditional historical values of Judaism, are putting Jewish people worldwide in an increasingly- Author: Cypel, Sylvain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1635425344
- Language: English
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Ghassan Kanafani: Selected Political Writings
$25.95 Add to cart“No other author has been as profoundly formative for me as Kanafani” Mohammed El-Kurd, poet, writer and journalist, author of Rifqa
“I cannot think of a better collection to guide anyone seeking a mor
- Author: Kanafani, Ghassan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0745349374
- Language: English
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Lost Decade: The Us Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power
$29.99 Add to cartLost Decade is an essential guide for understanding the historic shift to Asia-centric geopolitics and its implications for America’s present and future.
Across the political spectrum, there is wide a- Author: Blackwill, Robert D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0197677940
- Language: English
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The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
$35.00 Read moreThe story of a family in modern China with a history of deceit, betrayal and political intrigue, and the communist party’s long shadow over them, from the Cultural Revolution to today.
Following the l- Author: Xue, Xinran
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 139940668X
- Language: English
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Midnight in Moscow: A Memoir from the Front Lines of Russia’s War Against the West
$32.50 Add to cart2025 Winner of The Fletcher School’s Best Book on U.S.-Russian Relations One of The Cipher Brief’s “Best National Security Reads for 2024”
A memoir of service by the American ambassador who was on the- Author: Sullivan, John J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0316571091
- Language: English
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Other Rivers: A Chinese Education
$32.00 Add to cartAn intimate and revelatory account of two generations of students in China’s heartland, by an author who has observed the country’s tumultuous changes over the past quarter century
More than two decad- Author: Hessler, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593655338
- Language: English
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What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?
$15.99 Add to cartA poignant, incisive meditation on Israel’s longstanding rejection of peace, and what the war on Gaza means for Palestinian and Israeli futures.
When apartheid in South Africa ended in 1994, dismantle- Author: Shehadeh, Raja
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 1635425352
- Language: English
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Ten Years to Save the West
$32.99 Read moreCan the West Be Saved? Liz Truss, the former Conservative prime minister of Great Britain, fears that’s an open question.
During her ten years at the highest levels of the British government, she ofte- Author: Truss, Liz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1684515513
- Language: English
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The Wannabe Fascists: A Guide to Understanding the Greatest Threat to Democracy
$24.95 Add to cartMeet today’s almost fascists and learn the warning signs to intercept them on the road from populism to dictatorship.
With The Wannabe Fascists, historian Federico Finchelstein offers a precise expla- Author: Finchelstein, Federico
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0520392493
- Language: English
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Vida Y Muerte del Cartel de Medell?n / Life and Death of the Medellin Cartel
$19.95 Add to cartEl incre?ble relato en primera persona de Carlos Lehder sobre su vida como narcotraficante y sobre la creaci?n y la evoluci?n del cartel de Medell?n.
Por m?s de treinta a?os se han tejido todo tipo d- Author: Lehder, Carlos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 6287669152
- Language: Spanish
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
$27.00 Add to cartA NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR – A revolutionary new history that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development–and demise–of civilizations across time
Global warming is one- Author: Frankopan, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 944
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0593082133
- Language: English
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Empireworld: How British Imperialism Shaped the Globe
$35.00 Read moreBestselling author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera explores the global legacy of the British Empire, and the ways it continues to influence economics, politics, and culture around the world.
2.6 bill- Author: Sanghera, Sathnam
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1541704975
- Language: English
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Why War?
$27.99 Add to cartRichard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whe
- Author: Overy, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1324021748
- Language: English
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In the Name of My Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan
$18.99 Add to cartIn this compelling and insightful work, Ahmad Massoud reflects on the struggle for freedom and democracy in Afghanistan.
As the leader of the National Resistance Front, Ahmad Massoud articulates a vis- Author: Massoud, Ahmad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1645720969
- Language: English
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Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline
$35.00 Add to cart“A treasure trove of myths and terror… Atmospheric as hell… Immersive.”-The Times
Based on the podcast with over one hundred million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a rang… [more below]
- Author: Cooper, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1335013415
- Language: English
