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While incarcerated at the end of the tumultuous 1960s—a decade he helped to define—Bobby Seale wrote his first memoir, Seize the Time, originally published by Random House in 1970. Bobby Seale—Chairman of the Black Panther Party, defendant in the Chicago conspiracy case, and one of the New...

‘A searing feat of grace and tenderness’ OCEAN VUONG, author of The Emperor of Gladness The extraordinary memoir of grief and belonging from Dylan Thomas Prize-winning poet, Kayo Chingonyi. Did leaving begin the hold that writing would have over my life as I wrote into this most expansive of...

To give voice to the historic election of President Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, this anthology of essays, poetry, and creative non-fiction documents the conversation on President Obama's campaign within the African American community, and the dialogue after his...

An eye-opening exploration of the man at the center of a movement poised to reshape the fabric of American society. JD Vance has rapidly risen to power and become the most likely individual to succeed Donald Trump as leader of the MAGA movement. Yet his core political beliefs remain opaque; in...

A strategic plan for the fight against the new Jim Crow and a passionate call to get involved. From attacks on voting and civil rights to the wholesale defunding of Black institutions, Black America is facing a massive, generational attack that amounts to Jim Crow 2.0. Roland Martin argues that...

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In this extraordinary book from a former senator and New York Times bestselling author, Ben Sasse offers deep reflections on faith, family and what it means to “redeem the time." In December 2025, the 54-year-old otherwise healthy former university president, senator and professor made a...

The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history. Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million...

Karl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, economic, and social thought for 150 years. Considering Marx's life and impact, renowned philosopher Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought...

On a warm October night in 1905, a respected banker stepped out of his office and into the darkness. Hours later, he would take his own life, leaving behind a handwritten confession and its most devastating line: "Andrews has worked my ruin." By morning, his bank had collapsed, taking the life...

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery...

Le témoignage coup de poing d'un ministre hors norme : premier avocat pénaliste à devenir garde des Sceaux, Éric Dupond-Moretti se livre sans concession sur ses quatre années passées place Vendôme. 4 ans, 2 mois et 17 jours : c'est le temps qu'a passé Éric Dupond-Moretti place Vendôme...

In his irreverent and uncompromising bestseller … And What Do You Do?, former Minister of State and Privy Counsellor Norman Baker laid bare what the British royal family didn't want us to know, namely its extravagant use of public money and general bad behaviour. This sensational sequel goes...

Elizabeth the Queen begins as the young Elizabeth I ascends the throne in the wake of her sister Mary's disastrous reign - both a woman and a queen, Elizabeth's story is an extraordinary phenomenon in a patriarchal age. From Elizabeth's intriguing, long-standing affair with Robert Dudley, Earl...

Discover the transformative power of wisdom, courage, and compassion in Enlightened Leadership by Tshering Tobgay, Bhutan's esteemed Prime Minister and TED Talks sensation. Through Bhutan's unique approach to climate change, its peaceful transition to democracy and its administration based on...

From Muldoon to Luxon, untold stories from the House of Parliament Barry Soper has spent close to five decades questioning New Zealand's prime ministers. From the imposing, larger-than-life characters of Rob Muldoon and David Lange, to the golden age of Helen Clark and John Key, and the...

From historian Hayley Nolan comes the explosive narrative of an audacious young girl who conned her way to the center of King Henry VIII’s divorce scandal and went head-to-head with Anne Boleyn. This gripping new analysis tells of how Elizabeth Barton, a poverty-stricken housemaid-turned-nun...

The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone...

When Jason Evans was four years old, his father, Jonathan, died after being infected with HIV and Hepatitis C through contaminated Factor VIII blood products supplied by the NHS, as part of what later became known as the infected blood scandal. As an adult, Jason began searching for answers, using Freedom of Information requests, archival research, media pressure, legal action and grassroots campaigning to help expose one of the greatest scandals in British history. A Son Never Forgets is the story of one son's refusal to accept the official version of events.

Une réflexion générale sur le féminisme, avec, comme fil rouge : le refus absolu de la résignation. " Comment devient-on féministe ? Existe-t-il un parcours type, une expérience, un enseignement qui métamorphose une femme ordinaire, "tranquille' (aurait dit ma mère), en une révoltée...