Head, Hand, Heart

David Goodhart

Goodhart is part of a new wave of thinkers − like Jonathan Haidt, Ivan Krastev and Richard Reeves — who have emerged following the political shocks of recent years, and who defy easy Left vs. Right ca…

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Survive. Drive. Win.

Nick Fry

This is the story of how the team was saved from disintegration when Honda pulled out of Formula One; the management buyout for £1.00; and its subsequent sale to Mercedes for £140 million. As CEO, Nic…

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Janet Flanner

Michèle Fitoussi

Janet Flanner’s story is intimately linked to that of the The New Yorker for which she was the Paris correspondent for over half a century. A feminist, lesbian, pacifist, seductress and leading figure…

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The Billionaire Raj

James Crabtree

The Billionaire Raj tells the story of the twenty-five years since India opened its economy to the world. It argues that like America before it, it is mid-way through a battle to define how its societ…

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Milk of Paradise

Lucy Inglis

Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl:  humankind has been in thrall to the ‘Milk of Paradise’ for millennia.  The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief…

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The Digital Ape

Nigel Shadbolt Roger Hampson

This book, written by one of the world’s pre-eminent web scientists, is an authoritative assessment of what is happening to the human race in the twenty-first century. It shows that we are living thro…

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The French Revolution

Stephen Clarke

In 1789 almost no one wanted to oust King Louis XVI, let alone guillotine him. People wanted democratic reform within a monarchy, and initially that was what they got. But as power-hungry populists us…

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Giving

Alexandre Mars

Alexandre Mars, one of the New York Observer’s top 20 philanthropists under 40, takes us to the heart of a new revolution: the revolution of sharing. Alexandre Mars is not a typical entrepreneur. His…

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The Road to Somewhere

David Goodhart

Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely  experiencing the same feeling that many British people h…

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The Hidden Powers of the Liver

Prof. Gabriel Perlemuter

What’s large, reddish-brown, and absolutely necessary for human survival? The liver. It is the only organ to fully regenerate, and thus the most resilient player in the human body. A healthy liver is…

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