The COVID-19 Catastrophe
What’s Gone Wrong and How To Stop It Happening Again
2nd Edition
Richard Horton
“This is the book to read if you want to understand the response to COVID-19. Powerful, beautifully written and reflective. Richard Horton at his best.”
Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health, University of Edinburgh
January 2021
Pandemic! 2
Chronicles of a Time Lost
Slavoj Žižek
What do sex doll sales, locust swarms and a wired-brain pig have to do with the coronavirus pandemic? Everything—according to that “Giant of Lubliana,” the inimitable Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek.In this exhilarating sequel to his acclaimed Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World, Žižek delves into some of the more surprising dimensions of lockdowns, quarantines, and social distancing—and the increasingly unruly opposition to them by “response fatigued” publics around the world.
January 2021
The Age of Fitness
How the Body Came to Symbolize Success and Achievement
Jürgen Martschukat
“fascinating”
The Guardian
“In this meticulous analysis of contemporary society, Martschukat lays bare the cultural and historical roots of the modern fitness boom.”
WOZ–Die Wochenzeitung
January 2021
The Wealth Hoarders
How Billionaires Pay Millions to Hide Trillions
Chuck Collins
“It is no great surprise anymore that we are facing the greatest crisis in income and wealth inequality that we have seen since the 1920s. What is shocking is the sprawling system of corruption that the ultra-rich have designed in order to hoard their unimaginable wealth at the expense of everyone else. Chuck’s book reveals not only the inner workings of this elaborate scheme to hide more than $20 trillion in wealth, it offers us a blueprint for reversing this obscene inequality so we can take back our democracy and ensure that our government works for everybody—not just the billionaire class and wealthy campaign contributors.”
Senator Bernie Sanders
February 2021
Just Deserts
Debating Free Will
Daniel C. Dennett and Gregg D. Caruso
“It reminds you just how important and difficult and vitally alive philosophical debate can be.”
Jenann T. Ismael, Columbia University, author of How Physics Makes Us Free
“Just Deserts is a delight: a sharp and interesting discussion of punishment, morality, choice, and much else … perfect for a newcomer to the free will debates.”
Paul Bloom, Yale University, author of Against Empathy
January 2021
