Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (free download), ‘Politics and the English Language’ is widely considered Orwell’s most important essay on style. Style, for Orwell, was never simply a question of aesthetics; it was always inextricably linked to politics...
Has China Won? : The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy by Kishore Mahbubani (free download), The defining geopolitical contest of the twenty-first century is between China and the US. But is it avoidable? And if it happens, is the outcome already...
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli (free download), As a young Florentine envoy to the courts of France and the Italian principalities, Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) was able to observe firsthand the lives of people strongly united under one powerful ruler. His fascination...
The Culture Map : Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures by Erin Meyer (Free Download), Whether you work in a home office or abroad, business success in our ever more globalized and virtual world requires the...
How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee (Free Download), Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked. Only three survivors remain, one of them a tiny child. In a neighbouring village, seventeen-year-old Wang Di is...
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (Free Download), A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s grand masterwork. Based on the...
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes (Free Download), The Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty tour of Belle Epoque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel...
Thirteen : The serial killer isn’t on trial. He’s on the jury by Steve Cavanagh (Free Download), ‘Books this ingenious don’t come along very often.’ Michael Connelly. ‘THIRTEEN is my favourite read of the year.’ Sarah Pinborough ‘Outstanding.’ Lee Child. ‘Smart...
Do the Birds Still Sing in Hell? : A powerful true story of love and survival by Horace Greasley (Free Download), An incredible tale of one man’s adversity and defiance, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Horace Greasley escaped over...
