Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. 11 September 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and - most of all - Covid-19. Each was an asymmetric threat, set in motion by something seemingly small, and different from anything the world had experienced before. Lenin is supposed to have said, 'There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen..

This is the story of Nasir El Rufai's almoste one decade as a public servant, a delightful account of the successes, disappointments and frustrations that were part of the course. After breathing life into Nigeria's first attempts at privatisation under a democratic government, he went on to major impact on the positive development of his country's capital city. No FCT Minister has ever achieved w..

For many living in the Arab world, change felt like a distant dream. But the desperate act of a young Tunisian man in October 2010 would be the touchpaper that united people in anger and frustration and sparked a series of extraordinary events that would change the lives of millions, the impact of which is still being felt today. Award-winning journalist Jeremy Bowen has been the BBC's Middle East..

Waziri Adio served as the Executive Secretary of NEITI between February 2016 and February 2021, an experience that he has documented in this book. Prior to working in NEITI, he had held senior positions in various organisations ranging from editorial page editor, columnist and editorial board member at Thisday newspapers, to Special Adviser to the President of the Senate, Communication Specialist ..

In this bestselling book Barack Obama discusses the importance of empathy and inclusiveness in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. A public servant and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and sceptic, Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over. ..

In this bestselling book Barack Obama discusses the importance of empathy and inclusiveness in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. A public servant and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a sceptic, Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over...

From birth, genetic females are better at fighting viruses, infections and cancer. They do better at surviving epidemics and famines. They live longer, and even see the world in a wider variety of colours. These are the facts; they are simply stronger than men at every stage of life. Why? And why are we taught the opposite?Drawing on his wide-ranging experience and cutting-edge research as a medic..

THE CLINTON TAPES was a secret project, initiated by Clinton, to preserve for future historians an unfiltered record of presidential experience. During his eight years in office, Clinton met with Taylor Branch in the White House, usually late at night, to answer questions and tell stories. Branch recorded seventy-nine of their dialogues to compile a trove of raw information in Clinton's own words ..

"An intriguing riposte to the received view that the rise of the East signals the decline of the west" - Iain Finlayson, The Times"Enjoy and learn from this engagingly written tour d'horizon of the important issues...Dyer opens with a clear statement of his thesis: China's rise will continue...Forward-looking, fluent, lively, eminently sensible' - Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times"Well research..

Nigeria and South Africa account for about a third of Africa's economic , might, and have led much of its conflict management initiatives over the last two decades and a half. Both account for at least 60 per cent of the economy of their respective sub-regions in West and Southern Africa. The success of political and economic integration in Africa thus rests heavily on the shoulders of these two r..

From the author of the bestselling House of Bush, House of Saud comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy-makers and the Christian Right, and how they hijacked the White House and led America and Britain into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse by the day. Provocative, timely and disturbi..

From the First Lady of Tell-All Biography comes the first real inside look at the most powerful - and secretive - family in the world. ..