Death to the Dictator!: Witnessing Iran's election and the Crippling of the Islamic Republic
Afsaneh Moqadam
The Bodley Head
Afsaneh Moqadam observed and took part in the momentous events of that summer. Here, through the eyes of Mohsen, one of Tehran’s young, courageous protesters, Moqadam tells the story of these historic
Hitch-22
Christopher Hitchens
Atlantic Books
In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his
Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus
Oliver Bullough
Penguin
Oliver Bullough takes the reader through Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Turkey and the Middle East, tracking down the nations dispersed by the brutal wars Russia fought to add these mountains to its
Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan
D. R. Thorpe
Chatto & Windus
Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) was both complex as a person and influential as a politician. The culmination of 35 years of research by one
The Betrayal
Helen Dunmore
Fig Tree
'The Betrayal' is a powerful and touching novel of ordinary people in the grip of a terrible and sinister regime, and a moving portrait of a love that will not be extinguished.
The Rule of Law
Tom Bingham
Allen Lane
'The Rule of Law' is a phrase much used but little examined. The idea of the rule of law as the foundation of modern states and civilisations has recently become even more