How do we conduct a meaningful conversation? This latest book by ‘The Power of Habit’ author struggles to provide inspiration
How would one of the 20th century’s most important philosophers handle the challenges of today? A new biography offers intriguing answers
Alexander Christie-Miller’s encounters with communities near the city walls evoke a rich heritage in danger of being swept away
Tricia Romano’s gripping oral history The Freaks Came Out to Write captures the alchemy of Greenwich Village’s counterculture newspaper at its best
The secrets of supercycles; how to build a thriving tech ecosystem; and a deep dive into mining for rare earth metals
Philip Ball demotes the role of the double helix molecule, arguing that biology is far messier and marvellous than many scientists suspected
A frightening and exhilarating historical fly-through of the democratic experiment
In ‘Disillusioned’, Benjamin Herold follows five families coping with the wreckage created by outer city development
Art and science align in Lavinia Greenlaw’s thought-provoking essay collection about the power and limitations of our senses
From yoga to mindfulness, Christopher Harding’s rich history looks at the spiritual connections that have long influenced American and European culture
Former war correspondent Lara Pawson’s lightly fictionalised memoir tells vivid, unflinching stories of 20th-century conflict channelled via an inventory of the home
A riveting account tracks a snakes-and-ladders path, from tough beginnings in Communist Hungary to paving the way for Covid vaccines
Sathnam Sanghera embarks on a globetrotting quest for nuance and honesty about the UK’s imperial past
An entertaining historical survey explores marriage and relationships of all kinds among Austen and her Regency contemporaries
Clair Wills’s story of a family discovery is compelling not just on a personal level but as a vignette of recent Irish history
In a new book, a social scientist offers a witty and sceptical view of our obsession with greenery in urban spaces
The anti-colonial militant is a major figure for activists, but controversy over his calls for revolutionary violence remains
Colin Mayer advocates the power of business — but calls out what is wrong, and how profit could benefit people and the planet
Psychologist Vincent Deary explains what takes place during a breakdown and the essentials for recovery
A revelatory history of the 1950s youth cult challenges convention, but skirts some difficult truths
Four books look at the forging of a new Ukrainian national identity in the furnace of war — and a glimmer of light in the Russian exiles who have fled their homeland
Rather than rejecting monogamy outright, this thoughtful foray into free love asks if polyamory can enrich a couple’s relationship
An English eccentric’s account of life as a perennial traveller and perpetual outsider
Gary Bass’s grand account of the postwar trial of Japan’s leaders shows politics and public opinion matter more than legalities
Marcy Norton takes a fascinating look at how animals were treated as thinking, feeling beings in many pre-colonial societies
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