Non-fiction

Paris Tokyo Kyoto Paris

Vahram Muratyan

They first meet in Tokyo. An ongoing conversation starts that day in an izakaya, where he’ll come to understand useful Japanese customs and how-tos, she learns a thing or two about wine and cheese pai…

The Rise and Fall of Whistleblowers

Frederik Obermaier Bastian Obermayer

From behind the scenes, a unique investigation into the crucial role that whistleblowers play –from Russian doping to Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Cambridge Analytica and more– and the huge challe…

THERE’S NO LIMIT TO WHAT YOU CAMUS

Marie Robert

How can you stay patient with your hyperactive kids? Find a way to work with your tyrannical boss? Survive embarrassing yourself in public? How can you get over your shyness, your fear of taking risks…

Blockchain

Stephen P. Williams

Blockchain technology is rolling through our culture, with no sign of stopping. Though most associate blockchain with bitcoin, blockchain is expanding from its roots in cryptocurrency to radically tra…

An Impeccable Spy

Owen Matthews

Richard Sorge was a Soviet spy during the Second World War who worked, apparently without fear, as an undercover German journalist in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. After a string of intelligence co…

Socrates in Love

Armand D'Angour

An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers Socrates: the philosopher whose quest…

How to Speak Whale

Tom Mustill

A video clip of the event went viral, and Tom found himself inundated with theories about what happened and other bizarre whale stories. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had b…

Making Evil

Julia Shaw

We talk about evil a lot, and yet we don’t really talk about it at all – discussing the concept of evil is still largely a taboo. Every day we hear of the latest human atrocities, and superficially en…

Prey

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

In Prey, Ayaan Hirsi Ali weaves together personal testimonies and hard facts to show how the Western world is experiencing a significant setback in women’s rights. Underscoring the role of religion, d…