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Psychoanalysis is having a resurgence in popularity—but it is not helping patients navigate the harm of modern-day capitalism. Instead, it continues to enforce oppressive structures, state power, and reactionary politics. Practicing psychoanalytic clinician Lara Sheehi creates a thrilling...

Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context. It is first of all a work of literature; the...

From the 2021 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and bestselling author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator, this is a frontline guide to understanding, defending, and rebuilding democracy in the age of AI, with 10 strategic goals broken down into 100 concrete actions citizens can take right now. The...

For readers of adrienne maree brown, Staci K. Haines, and Robin Wall Kimmerer A body-based healing model that interrogates what we’ve been wrongly taught about hierarchies of nature and the body—and pushes back against the white supremacy, colonialism, patriarchy, and capitalism embedded in...

Brought to you by Penguin. With his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition of James Baldwin. In his keenly anticipated new book, The Message, he explores...

The late, legendary performer and activist’s candid reflections on American race relations and social movements, based on previously unpublished conversations with the award-winning historian Harry Belafonte was more than a bestselling folk singer and Hollywood’s first Black matinée idol...

For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society “A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi...

An inspiring biography of the remarkable naturalist, explorer and revolutionary, by the bestselling author of The Invention of Nature George Forster was a man out of time: he journeyed to the far reaches of the known world and challenged the worldviews of eighteenth-century Europe with radical...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Piers Morgan welcomes the return of a common-sense world They claimed it was a movement that would change society forever. Instead, it's been buried six feet under by common sense. For a decade, “woke” infected every corner of our lives. Cancel culture ran riot. Men...

Brought to you by Penguin. We all feel it: something is seriously wrong. Our attention—that essential ability to give our minds and senses to the world—is being trapped, gutted, and sold out from under us by an industry of immense technological and financial power. The heedless exploitation...

From the acclaimed author of In Defence of Witches, a powerful exploration of self-blame, why women are prone to it, and what we can do about it. Many of us battle a relentless inner critic that whispers to us we are unworthy or inadequate. In How to Resist Guilt, a powerful manifesto about...

For fans of Everything Is F*cked and Against Purity: Living Ethically in Compromised Times, a book about facing the multiple crises of modernity--and hospicing modernity--with maturity, humility, and integrity. This book is not easy: it contains no quick-fix plan for a better, brighter tomorrow...

The first definitive biography of revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson—an iconic and trailblazing figure in LGBTQIA+ history—unveiling her life, profound impact, and enduring legacy. “Thank God the revolution has begun, honey.” Legend has it that after Marsha P. Johnson threw the...

From a social critic and journalist, a poignant book that encourages publicly grieving of what we've lost in order to move towards a hopeful future. “Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffe’s From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change...

In this unique book offering personal, spiritual, and historical reflections—some never shared before—His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people for nearly seventy-five years. The Dalai Lama has had to contend with the People’s...

An empowering guide to creative renewal and change, rooted in the belief that crafting can return us to our shared humanity and ignite a quiet revolution shaped by our own two hands. “This radiant handbook is hope made doable.” —Mari Andrew, New York Times bestselling author and...

THE MUST-READ MEMOIR FROM THE BELOVED FEMINIST ICON The definitive final memoir from the late feminist icon Gloria Steinem - a candid, powerful and inspiring account of her path to becoming one of the world’s most influential voices. Before she was an iconic feminist leader, Gloria Steinem was...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A ridiculously in-depth guide to finding a fulfilling, AI-proof career "This career guide is among the most thoughtful and grounded I've seen."—Cal Newport, New York Times bestselling author of Slow Productivity “Original and helpful.”—The Economist You have about...

Paul Skalnik was a prolific and ruthless conman and abuser. For more than three decades, he passed himself off as a Vietnam veteran, a college football star, a high-rolling oilman, a criminal defence attorney, an undercover FBI agent and a terminally ill cancer patient. From 1977 to 2015 he was...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 'Ece Temelkuran is a brilliant thinker' Omar El Akkad ‘Her most ambitious and dazzling book yet’ Brian Eno ‘Perhaps the most urgent and necessary book of our times’ Michael Morpurgo Dear stranger. Are you home? Do you feel at home? For...