Blogs in July 2019

Sex Power Money 18th July 2019

Following her hit book Animal, Sara Pascoe decides to confront her fear of the male libido, and turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans, delving into such questions as: Why don’t people care about the...

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How to Be an Anti-Racist 18th July 2019

In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we...

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Our Man in New York 12th July 2019

From the bestselling author of M, this is the fascinating and lively history of a propaganda campaign like no other: the covert operation to manipulate American public opinion and bring the USA into the Second World War. William Stephenson...

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Around the World in 80 Novels 5th July 2019

A global journey inspired by writers from every continent Whether you’re a regular globe-trotter or an armchair traveller, these 80 works conjure up the spirit of place for locations on every continent. Sometimes the setting of a novel is...

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Lord of All the Dead 17th June 2019

Lord of All the Dead is a courageous journey into Javier Cercas’ family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war. The author revisits Ibahernando, his parents’ village in southern Spain, to research the life of...

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