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We live in an age of inequality, in which we're told that work is the best route out of poverty, yet in 2014 more of the income-poor in the UK were in jobs rather than out of them. Standing reveals the effects of the construction of a global market economy.

A political biography that covers everything from his battles with Margaret Thatcher over Scotland to working with the CIA and MI5.

Those who worked with Mrs Thatcher reveal what she was really like as a leader and politician, from Douglas Hurd to Tom King. Shepard served in John Major's cabinet, and this book will appeal to those who enjoyed the film "The Iron Lady".

High profile charity fundraiser, John Nickson argues that a retreating state poses a threat to civil society, unless there is a greater commitment to create the social, cultural and intellectual capital needed to sustain it. Despite a colossal growth in private wealth, charitable giving has not grown in Britain for 30 years.

An entertaining and honest guide to Prime Minister's Questions, one of the most loved, feared and loathed features of British politics. The authors were both advisors to Ed Miliband when he was Leader of the Opposition. *Also appeared in February Buyer's Notes*

A unique insight into life as a foreign correspondent in Berlin, witnessing the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.

A memoir from the first openly transgender officer in the British armed forces. Paige reveals the triumphs and tribulations that shaped her life, from her birth and childhood struggles with gender identity to her 35-year military career.

GQ editor Dylan Jones argues that London should shout loudly to proclaim its uniqueness to the world.

A collection of essays which make the case for a new, radical politics, setting out a base of core values around which progressives can unite.

Longlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2015, this tells the inside story of the Lloyds TSB takeover of HBOS at the height of the financial crisis.

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Mark Field's latest collection of contemporary essays, charts the simmering tensions of Coalition Government and the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash.

Former Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill MSP's definitive account of the atrocity and aftermath of the Lockerbie Bombing.

Dave Rich critically examines the relationship between the left, Israel and British Jews.

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Lifts the lid on the acrimonious battle that pitched Forman's, a purveyor of smoked salmon, against the combined might of the UK authorities and the International Olympic Committee in the run-up to the London Olympics in 2012.

GQ editor Dylan Jones looks at men's place in the modern home and workplace and the anxiety men are starting to feel about their loss of status in a world now dominated by women.

An illustrated book from actress and author Maureen Lipman, which presents a dizzying array of celebrity/animal paranomasia. Features Brad Pitbull and Ange-lemur Jolie, Johnny Deppard and Jake Gorillanahall, and many others.

A new addition to the acclaimed British Political Leaders library. Scottish National Party Leaders is the first ever analysis of the senior figures who made the SNP into the phenomenon it is today.