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This groundbreaking work deconstructs the age-old legends surrounding the ‘Holy Land’ of Israel—and the prejudices that continue to suffocate it. W...

A comprehensive, tour-de-force analysis of the birth of slavery, racism, and white supremacy in the American South—and how it shaped our modern wor...

The Invention of the White Race is a groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America. When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619...

The Invention of the White Race is a groundbreaking analysis of the birth of racism in America. When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619...

When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no “white” people there. Nor, according to colonial records, would there be for ano...

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, Martin Luther King outlined a dream of an America where people would not be judged by the color of th...

As the British state begins to unravel, and as journalists compete to pronounce on the death of Britain, a schoolboy from suburban Surrey who lives...

Over the last two decades, pornography has become not only one of the most spectacularly profitable industries in the West but also, in its own way...

A VITAL COLLECTION FROM A KEY BATTLEGROUND IN THE ABOLITION STRUGGLE: THE COUNTY JAILNearly every county and major city in the United States has a ...

A deeply personal exploration of family, empire, art and identity - from the author of Potential HistoryCan we return to worlds destroyed by coloni...

The toppling of Hosni Mubarak marked the beginning of a revolutionary restructuring of Egypt’s political and social order. Jeannie Sowers and Chris...

A bomb, an anarchist’s ‘accidental death’, the murder of a police commissar, and the confession of a former member of Lotta Continua led to seven d...

Reportage from the frontline of the crisis in the Middle East from a leading Israeli journalistGideon Levy is one of the most respected critics of ...

An electrifying investigation of the White House’ lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden—from a Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as “the great...

An electrifying investigation of the White House’ lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden—from a Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as “the great...

An electrifying investigation of the White House’ lies about the assassination of Osama bin Laden—from a Pulitzer Prize winner hailed as “the great...

Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economyAdam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand t...

Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economyAdam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand t...

Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economyAdam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand t...

A literary fiction about climate disaster and a scientist imploding on a journey to the AntarcticZeno Hintermeier is a scientist working as a trave...

The story of an unexpected heroThe Last Communard offers a brilliant, striking portrait of revolutionary Europe through a remarkable personal story...

Foucault’s personal and political experimentation, its ambiguous legacy, and the rise of neoliberal politicsPart intellectual history, part critica...

Foucault’s personal and political experimentation, its ambiguous legacy, and the rise of neoliberal politicsPart intellectual history, part critica...

Why centrist politics in France is bound to failThis book analyses the French political crisis, which has entered its most acute phase in more than...