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What Went Wrong, Gordon Brown?
By Colin Hughes
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Published 06-Jan-2006
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Gordon Brown is one of the most influential politicians. Within his own party, he often seemed an unchallengeable power. This book answers the question: how did Gordon Brown let the New Labour supremacy slip so swiftly away?
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Climate Files
By Fred Pearce
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Published 16-Jun-2006
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It is the biggest scandal to hit global warming science in years. In November 2009 it emerged that thousands of documents and emails had been stolen from one of the top climate science centres in the world. The author tells the real inside story of the events leading up to the stealing of those fateful emails.
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End of the Party
By Andrew Rawnsley
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Published 01-Mar-2010
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Takes up the New Labour story from the day of its second election victory in 2001. This title includes inside accounts of the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and portraits of the main players. It also presents an account of the rise and fall of New Labour.
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Protestor's Handbook
By Bibi Van Der Zee
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Published 31-Mar-2006
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Are you angry with bankers and politicians for screwing up the economy? Are you concerned about global warming? Are you desperate to make your voice heard, but don't know where to start? This book shows exactly how to plan, launch and fund a campaign. It offers a step-by-step guidance on the way to put pressure on politicians and businesses.
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Red Tory
By Phillip Blond
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Published 02-Apr-2010
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Red Toryism combines economic egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to monopolisation of society and the private sphere by state and market. This book argues that only a radical political settlement can tackle the problems we face. It offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question our political assumptions.
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Smile or Die
By Barbara Ehrenreich
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Published 05-Aug-2010
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Explores the tyranny of positive thinking, and offers a history of how it came to be the dominant mode in the USA. This book argues passionately that the insistence on being cheerful actually leads to a lonely focus inwards, a blaming of oneself for any misfortunes, and thus to political apathy. It reveals the dark side of the nation.
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Life You Can Save
By Peter Singer
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Published 05-Feb-2010
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The End of Poverty meets Nudge in an empowering, life-changing manifesto
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Freedom For Sale
By John Kampfner
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Published 27-May-2010
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From the acclaimed author of BLAIR'S WARS comes a devastating new insight into how the power and democratic values of the West are under threat.
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Half the Sky
By Nicholas D Kristof
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Published 05-Aug-2010
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A call to arms against the most pervasive human rights violation of the 21st century: the oppression of women in the developing world.
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Eat Your Heart Out
By Felicity Lawrence
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Published 26-Jun-2008
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Explains how big business took control of what we eat - and why so few of us even noticed. This book uncovers some startling facts and stomach-churning figures of agribusiness. It is suitable for those who care about their health and our planet.
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