International Current Affairs

A forensic account of year two of Gaza’s destruction – tracing how Western governments, fully aware of Israel’s actions, deepened their support under Trump’s renewed presidency.

Clear-eyed and deeply reasoned, On Democracies and Death Cults is a gripping and essential read for all who seek to understand the complexities of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and its implications for the future of democracy – and for the world itself.

Mao launched the Cultural Revolution in 1966 to purge his critics and blood a new generation of fighters. A decade later, almost two million people were dead and China’s heritage had largely been obliterated.

Russian spies. Sabotaged pipelines. Troop movements and threats to 'take Greenland'. Tensions are building at the top of the world. The Arctic stands at the crossroads of geopolitical ambition and environmental catastrophe.

An urgent, surprising and altogether persuasive read, Repeat: A Warning from History will open your eyes. . .

Is violence normal? Aren't they all evil? Does trauma cause violence? And can we change violent minds? For Dr Gwen Adshead, these are the most common questions she is asked about her work as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in secure hospitals and prisons. 

With its singular vision and unique voice, The Future of Truth is a compelling meditation on the relationship between fact and fiction – evidence and imagination – by one of today’s most fascinating and idiosyncratic thinkers.

Misogyny, conspiratorialism, surveillance, manipulation, fraud, and AI slop are drowning the internet. For the monopolists who dominate online - X, TikTok, Amazon, Meta, Apple - this is all part of the playbook.

How do you defend democracy when the rules have changed? Presidents turning into monarchs. Tech tycoons and autocrats intent on global regime change. Armies of cyber trolls. The old order is at an end. The Hour of the Predator has come.

In 1969, the luxury Hotel Inter-Continental Kabul opened its doors: a glistening white box, high on a hill, that reflected Afghanistan s hopes of becoming a modern country, connected to the world.

Lyse Doucet first checked into the Inter-Continental on Christmas Eve 1988.

By laying bare the myths and realities of our tangled economic history, Africonomics moves from Western ignorance to African knowledge.

A masterpiece of reporting, The Mission includes exclusive on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors, thirteen station chiefs, and scores of top spies who served undercover for decades and have never spoken to a journalist before.

Patriot is as dramatic as its author’s life – passionate that good and freedom will prevail. It is Alexei Navalny’s final letter to the world, a rousing call to continue his work, an unforgettably positive account of a life that will inspire every reader.

The CIA is the story of the birth of a new imperial order in the shadows. It offers the most complete account yet of how America adopted unaccountable power and secrecy both at home and abroad.

Money is power – and power beguiles. It unleashes our deepest cravings. The story of money is the story of earth’s most inventive, destructive and dangerous animal, Homo Sapiens. It is our story.  

The extraordinary and riveting story of separated Chinese twins, with one twin seized by the authorities and adopted into America, by the Samuel Johnson-winning author of Nothing to Envy.

Provocative, eye-opening and unapologetically direct, Catastrophe is a call to understand the unique suffering of the Palestinians.

AN POST BOOK AWARDS. SHORTLISTED FOR NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

The New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers and The Spymasters now turns his sharp eye towards the historic 2024 presidential race, providing the definitive, insider account of the most dramatic and significant political showdown in modern American history. 

Through the raw honesty and vulnerability of a normal 21-year-old woman trying to make her way through a human tragedy, The Eyes of Gaza is a potent reminder of the horrors of violence and a powerful testament to the human spirit.

Incels - involuntary celibates -are often cast as violent, misogynistic loners, consumed by resentment towardswomen.