Non-fiction
REJECTION THERAPY
Annabelle Roberts
What’s stopping you from asking for that promotion? From taking a chance and asking out your brother’s cute friend? From making that connection on LinkedIn, or pitching your services to a potential cl…
Older but Better, but Older
Caroline de Maigret Sophie Mas
From the bestselling authors of How to be Parisian comes what smart, savvy, fabulous women think, feel, and advise on life and love as they hit forty. Older but Better, but Older has the playful wit a…
Create Your Own Midlife Crisis
Marie Phillips
We’re all grown-ups. We’ve all had desperate moments. Midway through our lives, we wonder how we ended up here – and whether there’s a way out. There must have been a crucial turning point but there’s…
The Moves that Matter
Jonathan Rowson
Long known as a cut-throat metaphor for warfare or business, this ancient game of strategy and self-discipline is revealed to be a singularly resonant metaphor for the challenges, thrills and set-back…
Red River Girl
Joanna Jolly
In August 2014, the body of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine was found on the banks of the Red River in Winnipeg. The murder had made headlines throughout Canada. This was not just because of the horrific na…
The Power of Women
Denis Mukwege
In his Nobel acceptance speech, Dr. Mukwege dedicated the prize to “all victims of sexual violence across the world. Taking action is a choice. Taking action means saying ‘no’ to indifference.” Dr. Mu…
DUCHAMP IN NEW YORK
Ruth Brandon
A glittering short book about what happened when Marcel Duchamp, creator of the most influential artwork of the twentieth century, moved to New York City to sit out the First World War. Marcel Duchamp…
The Light that Failed
Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes
Born in Bulgaria, now based in Vienna, fluent in English and Russian, with deep connections all over the world, Ivan Krastev has been described by Timothy Snyder as “one of the great European minds of…
The Vicious Triangle
IYAD EL-BAGHDADI
This short book (60,000 words) presents a brilliant description of the Middle East: where it is now, how it got there and what its options are for the future. It vividly describes — and traces the con…
How to Fight Anti-Semitism
Bari Weiss
On October 27, 2018, eleven Jews were gunned down as they prayed at their synagogue in Pittsburgh. It was the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. For most Americans, the massacre at Tree of…