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03/09/2024

Join bestselling author and inequality expert Danny Dorling to discuss his latest work 'Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation', in conversation with the The Guardian columnist and author, Polly Toynbee.

🗓 12th September
⏰ 7 pm BST
📍Foyles Charing Cross Road
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02/09/2024

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19/08/2024

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19/08/2024

Congratulations to Hilke Schellmann whose 'The Algorithm'—a shocking exposé of how AI controls the world of work—has just been longlisted for the Financial Times & Schroders Business Book of the Year Award 2024 👏🎆

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16/08/2024

📰💬 High praise from Rahul Bhatia for Kapil Komireddi's 'Malevolent Republic' ('a rollicking reported polemic [that] spares no one') and Christophe Jaffrelot's 'Gujarat Under ' ('an extraordinary book') in The Guardian Guardian culture.
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The world’s largest democracy comes under the microscope in these compelling works of journalism and history

16/08/2024

: A People’s History is out now📚

‘This book comes at a crucial moment in Britain’s history.’ — J***y Pitts

‘Vividly compelling’ — Fintan O'Toole

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14/08/2024

'Ramdani cuts through the self-congratulatory myths of French politics to deliver a damning picture of France under Macron.'
Jacobin magazine reviews 'Fixing France', Nabila Ramdani's stark critique of the crisis-ridden Fifth Republic.
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Nabila Ramdani cuts through the self-congratulatory myths of French politics to deliver a damning picture of France under Macron. But she doesn’t give enough credit to the left-wing forces working to transform this broken system.

13/08/2024

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From doublethink and thoughtcrime to coming face-to-face with our worst nightmares inside Room 101, few writers have had as much impact on the popular imagination as George Orwell. But what compelled the author of 'Animal Farm' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' to conjure up such dark, dystopian worlds?

In this 'Life of the Week' HistoryExtra podcast episode, historian and 'Orwell's Ghosts' author Laura Beers discusses the man who introduced the world to Big Brother – and whose surname has become one of the most resonant adjectives of our age.
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07/08/2024

📰💬 'There can be little doubt that what happened was the direct result of a long, undignified history of appeasing the and normalising tropes.'

'Multicultural Britain' author Kieran Connell reflects on the riots in today's The Irish Times 👇

History shows that attempts by previous British governments to introduce measures which appeal to far right supporters only encourages more racism

06/08/2024

Early stock of by Kieran Connell is available now.

A new history of personal and community relationships across post-imperial Britain, from 1940s Cardiff to the millennial Midlands.

‘Kieran Connell’s vividly compelling book makes an epic subject feel immediate and intimate. Written with verve and passion.’ — Fintan O'Toole

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05/08/2024

🎙💬 Listen to Laura Beers on BBC Radio Leeds discussing her new book 'Orwell's Ghosts', and what happened when Orwell went to a Leeds pub.

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Author Laura Beers explains what happened when Orwell went to a Leeds pub.

05/08/2024

📰 💬 'Bose is a great observer [and] provides fascinating insights.'
The Morning Star reviews 'Thank You Mr Crombie', Mihir Bose's reflections on migration, race and British society since the 1960s. 👏
Full review: https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/why-curry-no-longer-alien-import

05/08/2024

'Nabila Ramdani's book is a vigorous jeremiad that makes many sound arguments about the often sclerotic nature of French society.'
The Irish Times reviews 'Fixing France' 👏⭐️

The author cites the military coup mounted in Algiers on May 13th, 1958, as the source of many of the problems that beset France today

31/07/2024

⚠️EVENT ALERT⚠️

What does 'Orwellian' really mean? What would the man himself say about our current crises, and what can we learn from his ideas? Join us at Waterstones Trafalgar Square for this talk with Laura Beers and Phil Tinline to celebrate the publication of Laura's latest book, 'Orwell's Ghosts'.

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31/07/2024

'The anchovy is the Marmite of the aquatic world. Love it or hate it, neutrality isn’t an option.'

Read Pratinav Anil's delightful The Guardian review of 'A Twist in the Tail', and you will be sold on this small but mighty fish too 🎣

From ancient Roman condiment to vitamin-packed super food, how anchovies made a culinary splash

01/06/2024

🪩🎉🍸 Happy publication day to Eleanor Medhurst whose , a dazzling, 'engrossing' (Cameron Esposito), 'inspiring' (Paul Baker) journey through centuries of le***an fashion, is out today! Get lost in the glamorous world of Paris modernism, genderqueer Berlin, butch/femme bar culture and gay rights activists with this first ever history of le***an clothing 🎩👗 http://bit.ly/3Kn4bTl

14/05/2024

Early stock available now! 🏛📚

around the world are at an ethical crossroads. Can they resist pernicious corporate and political influence?
From the to the and in Abu Dhabi, by Rachel Spence uncovers a dark nexus of capital, and .

‘Uncovers the unsettling truth behind art-washing and misdeeds.’ - Geographical Magazine

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14/05/2024

, the groundbreaking illustrated history of architecture in by Diana Darke, is now available in paperback!

HistoryExtra Book of the Year
Shortlisted for the A+ C Book Award

‘Another brilliant challenge to Islamophobes everywhere, skilfully telling the counterpart of Moller’s tale, and showing how much drew on the forms and innovations of architects and mathematicians.’ — William Dalrymple in The Spectator (Book of the Year)

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14/05/2024

by Mihir Bose is ‘the of a life transformed and a nation reinvented … A beautifully written personal account of the birth of modern .’ - Clive Myrie

Reflections on , and society since the 1960s, from a journalist who made history as the ’s first non-white editor.

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09/04/2024

Early stock available now!
by Marc Millon is a ‘fascinating account of the place of in life over the centuries […] an utterly absorbing read. Enjoy it with a good glass of vino to hand!’ - Fiona Beckett, Wine Writer, The Guardian

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18/03/2024

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18/03/2024

SPRING SALE 🌱🐥🌸

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11/03/2024

Our Autumn/Winter 2024 catalogue is here! 🎉
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Learn about and Britain's next generation in the latest from Danny Dorling, read Keir Giles' wake-up call about the future of European defence in the face of aggression, and much more.

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21/02/2024

🔥🌊⚠️ TICKETS SELLING FAST
As our planet reaches dangerous climate extremes, more and more people are turning to nonviolent action to achieve political change. Can it work?

Join Chris Packham, Lynne Jones and Lucy Siegle at Conway Hall as they discuss protest, the climate crisis and Lynne's new book 'Sorry for the Inconvenience But This Is an Emergency'.

Tickets and more info: https://www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/event/this-is-a-climate-emergency/

06/02/2024

Early stock release!

: Around a Subcontinent à la Carte by Zac O’Yeah is 'a paean to India, from a man who has learned to love the country in many ways, not least through his stomach.’ Samanth Subramanian

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05/02/2024

'Not only are many of the AI hiring tools based on troubling pseudoscience, they can also discriminate.'
Hilke Schellmann talks to Zoë Corbyn in the Observer The Guardian about her new book 'The Algorithm' and how AI is invading the world of work.

One-way video interviews, CV screeners and digital monitoring are among the ways employers are using tech to save time and money on recruitment. But do they work?

24/01/2024

‘Beautifully observed, elegantly written, wry, understated and thoughtful.’ Rory Stewart

Early copies of Greg Power OBE’s : The Human Side of Politics and How It Shapes are available now!

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