Desmond Coke

'Urgent and accessible, its moral force is a gut punch' New Yorker'A fierce polemic on an enduring problem' The Economist*A searing study of American

'Essential and instructive, hopeful and enraging' - Ann Patchett 'Desmond is utterly convincing: we must all become poverty abolitionists' - Emil

An insider's story of wealth, power, corruption and vengeance in today's China

The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living and the importance of reason and morality and continue to

The Heart of the Middle East is a classic account of the history and culture of Iraq. Written in 1925 at the height of the colonial era, it offers a