GENERAL

 
Age of extremes: the short twentieth century 1914-1991
Eric Hobsbawm

A magnificent and remarkable sweep through the century by a master historian

 
Whose Millennium, theirs or ours?
Daniel Singer

A magisterial work by the Nation's Europe correspondent, in which he spells out a democratic, alternative path for the future

 
Karl Marx
Francis Wheen
Makes Marx come alive, so to speak
 
Rivers of blood, rivers of gold: EuropeÕs conquest of indigenous peoples
Mark Cocker

Riveting, sweeping, well-documented history of subjugation and extermination

 
Disposable people
Kevin Bales

Telling account of modern-day slavery

 
The magic mountain
 
Thomas Mann

Classic, superb, thought-provoking intellectual drama by 1929 Nobel prize winner

Globalisation
 
No Logo
Naomi Klein

Sharp, riveting battle cry against the brand culture

 
One market under God
Thomas Frank

A coherent, informed, angry book that provides a manifesto for the anti-capitalist movement

 
Profit over people: neoliberalism and the global order
Noam Chomsky

The "corporatisation" of the world taking place, with government assistance, causes poverty and ecological destruction

 
Sweatshop warriors: immigrant women workers take on the global factory
Miriam Ching Yoon Louie
Angry, informative, well written account of grassroots struggle against the global giants
 
Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy
Noreena Hertz
Compelling critique on globalisation and corporate power
 
The constant gardener
 
John Le Carre
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A thriller about corporate greed