STARDIST | Social sciences

The Body Keeps the Score

A pioneering researcher and one of the world’s foremost experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for healing Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Such experiences inevitably lea

On Tyranny

The New York Times bestseller.

PATRIOT

**THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR** Patriot is the unforgettable life story of one of the most fearless and inspiring figures of our time. 'Mind-blowing ... one extraordinary read' EMILY MAITLIS ‘Charisma and courage dazzle on every page’ SUNDAY TIMES 'Part memoir, part diary, a political manifesto, a darkly funny adieu' BEN MA

Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.

A Short History of Queer Parenting

A funny, bullshit-free and surprising history

For The People

Democracy is under threat - how can we save it?

Freakonomics Twentieth Anniversary Edition

The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a beautiful 20th anniversary edition featuring a new foreword Which is more dangerous: a gun or a swimming pool? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? What do real estate agents and the KKK have in common? These may not sound like typical questions for an economist to ask. But Steven

Nuclear War

There is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And it could start in as little as 26 minutes and 40 seconds from now...

An edge-of-your-seat non-fiction thriller for readers of American Prometheus by Kai Bird or Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham.

The fir

George Sand

A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women's rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation.

How I Survived a Chinese 'Re-education' Camp - A Uyghur Woman's Story

For three years, she endured hundreds of hours of interrogation, torture, hunger, police violence, cold, and rats. Her name is Gulbahar Haitiwaji and she is the first Uyghur woman survivor of Chinese re-education camps to give a connected and detailed account of what happens there.

Keep Coolidge and Carry On

A lesson in living, laughing and loving.

Whether your boss has just fired you through a bathroom door or you need a reminder that hot people aren't that interesting, there's no better guide than Jennifer Coolidge.

The queen of our hearts and our screens, JC has a lifetime of wisdom that we can all learn from, and this book captures the moistest kernels.

Given, Vol. 2

Sometimes a song can save your life.

The Showman

Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of Volodymyr Zelensky from the dressing rooms of his variety show in Ukraine to the muddy trenches of his war with Russia. Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military c

Four Questions About Violence

The Sunday Times bestselling author of The Devil You Know and leading forensic psychiatrist Dr Gwen Adshead reckons with our attitudes towards violence and punishment.

'A bold message.' Sunday Times

Is violence normal?

Brood

Darkly witty, deeply moving - Jackie Polzin's Brood is a startlingly original debut novel about motherhood, marriage and grief, full of sorrow, joy and unrelenting hope.

Supercommunicators

Who and what are supercommunicators? They're the people who can steer a conversation to a successful conclusion. They are able to talk about difficult topics without giving offence. They know how to make others feel at ease and share what they think. They're brilliant facilitators and decision-guiders. How do they do it? In this groundbreaking new book, Charles Duhigg unravels the sec

Charlotte Perriand

A long-awaited survey on Charlotte Perriand, pioneer of European modernism and one of the most influential architects and furniture designers of the twentieth century. Traces her exceptional career, influential artistic network and established legacy.

The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Study on Happiness

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘This captivating, powerful book shows us scientifically and practically how to define, create and most importantly live the good life’ Jay Shetty What is the key to a good life? It is a question that preoccupies us all and one that the longest and most successful study of happiness ever conducted strives to answer. In this groundbreaking book, directors of the

On Being Unreasonable

In a world where we all think we're being reasonable, how can we figure out what's right?

Looking back through history and around the world, Kirsty Sedgman set out to discover how unfairness and discrimination got baked into our social norms, dividing us along lines of gender, class, disability, sexuality, race...

Who Owns the Moon?

A Defence of Our Intergalactic Common Interests

Social sciences

Psychology