I imprint: 1291 books
by Lucy Küng
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
News organisations are struggling with technology transitions and fearful for their future. Yet some organisations are succeeding. Why are organisations such as Vice and BuzzFeed investing in journalism and why are pedigree journalists joining them? Why are news organisations making journalists redundant...
The Silk Road - China and the Karakorum Highway
A Travel Companion
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome, the Silk Road was, for 1,500 years, a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world. Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged: exotic goods, art, knowledge,...
CEO, China
The Rise of Xi Jinping
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed. Under the guise of a corruption crackdown, which...
Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul
Identity and Trauma Among Balkan Immigrants
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Since the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-8, approximately two and a half million Muslims living in the Balkans have been forced from their homes. Some fled following World War II, and travelled east by train to Istanbul with no more than a suitcase. And yet 50 years later, one of their migrant associations...
Blue Labour
Forging a New Politics
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
Following Labour's defeat at the polls in 2015, and at time when the Party is attempting to redefine its meaning, values and even identity, there is an urgent need for new thinking. Most people agree that a fresh start is required. But in which direction should Labour turn? A crucial conversation...
With Respect, Minister
A View from Inside Whitehall
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
How have the workings of the British civil service changed over the past forty years? In this new memoir, Sir Brian Unwin discloses his veritable wealth of experience behind the scenes of British government. His reflections chart a course from his education at Oxford and Yale, through to a seven year...
The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey
Urban Poverty, Grassroots Activism and Islamic Fundamentalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
Turkey, officially a secular state, voted in an Islamist party in 2002, 2007 and 2011. How far does this reflect the trend which has seen the rise of political Islam across the Middle East? Does this indicate a growing tendency in the direction of Islamisation amongst the Turkish population? If not,...
The Socialist Way
Social Democracy in Contemporary Britain
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
In 2010, the Labour Party of Great Britain suffered its worst General Election defeat since the 1930s (with one exception), bringing to an end thirteen years of New Labour government. Since then, the debate over both the legacy of New Labour and the future direction of the party has been widespread,...
Putin and the Oligarch
The Khodorkovsky-Yukos Affair
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
The arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the head of the Yukos oil company, in October 2003, was a key turning point in modern Russian history. From being one of the world's richest and most powerful men, Khodorkovsky became Putin's prisoner. After two controversial trials, attracting widespread international...
Foreign Policy in Iran and Saudi Arabia
Economics and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2014
Saudi Arabia, with its US alliance and abundance of oil dollars, has a very different economic story to that of Iran, which despite enormous natural gas reserves, has been hit hard by economic, trade, scientific and military sanctions since its 1979 revolution. Robert Mason looks at the effect that...
Local Journalism
The Decline of Newspapers and the Rise of Digital Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
For more than a century, local journalism has been taken almost for granted. But the twenty-first century has brought major challenges. The newspaper industry that has historically provided most local coverage is in decline and it is not yet clear whether digital media will sustain new forms of local...
Arctic Governance: Volume 1
Law and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the territorial boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the 21st century the Arctic continent is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result...
Energy and US Foreign Policy
The Quest for Resource Security After the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2012
The US consumes a quarter of the world's oil, two thirds of which must be imported - a proportion which is growing every year. The quest for this precious natural resource can be seen as the defining principle of American diplomacy, an imperative which has shaped and redefined the practice of politics,...
Selling Ronald Reagan
The Emergence of a President
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2015
How did Ronald Reagan go from being a washed-up Hollywood actor to the most powerful man in America?
Running as a 'celebrity' candidate for the governorship of California in 1966, Ronald Reagan's hard-line republican campaign was faltering amongst the student riots in Berkeley and sixties counter-culture....