All political systems come to an end, even democracies - David Runciman shows us how to recognise the signs and how to think about what might come next.

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An expert on China's growing digital empire provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks.

A new approach to structuring a business to support strategy and maximise efficiency.

A career-spanning collection by the legendary Mary Gaitskill - now in paperback

Master The Tao of Coaching with the new edition of this bestselling business classic, completely refreshed and updated and featuring two brand new chapters.

Surveillance Capitalism: A new phase in economic history in which private companies and governments track your every move with the goal of predicting and controlling your behaviour. Under surveillance capitalism you are not the customer or even the product: you are the raw material.

A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.