Corruption in Society

A short but engaging look at what makes Denmark one of the least corrupt countries in the world.Corruption is a profoundly destructive force around...

Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2018) IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet (2018) Thorpe M...

In March 1972, four young black men were arrested by a specialist pickpocket squad at Oval Underground Station and charged with theft and assault o...

The Metropolitan Police of the mid-twentieth century, in particular The Flying Squad and Obscene Publications Squad, has been described as the most...

There is not a single American awake to the world who is comfortable with the way things are. So begins Lawrence Lessig's sweeping indictment of ...

Today's lifestyles do not provide us with the foundations for true, long-term happiness. The causes of our problems are clearly identified, with ac...

*****''Very Bad People would be a hugely enjoyable thriller if it wasn''t all true... Thank heavens there are Very Good People like Patrick Alley a...

This is a book that none of us can afford to ignore an agenda-setting, campaigning investigation that shows how global finance works for the few a...

BY THE AUTHOR OF INTERSTATE, WINNER OF THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEARSayarer is a precise and passionate writer . . . The vast energy ...

In the 21st century, corporations have worked their way into government and, as they become increasingly more powerful, arguments about their invol...

The full story of the single greatest scandal in Irish policing history - from the journalist who brought it into the national arena.When, in 2008,...

Today all would agree that Mexico and the United States have never been closer--that the fates of the two republics are inextricably intertwined. I...

TOP SECRETS. Confidential revelations from the life of the UK's leading private detective. The anticipated final book in the Biggest Gang in Britai...

Arguing that police corruption is an issue that directly affects the citizenry, this in-depth examination of police malfeasance and crime in South ...

Using the methodology of geophilosophy, this book expands the understanding of Ukraine as a limitrophe state, as a frontier between two world cultu...

'The greatest story of our age ... Be very afraid' John Arlidge, Sunday TimesMichael Lewis's epic bestseller tells the outrageous story of the mu...

Corruption, generally defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gains, has been the growing center of attention of many social scientists...

Sing Sing Prison, New York, July 1916. Charles Frederick Stielow, a 37-year-old farmhand with the mind of an infant, is just minutes away from the ...

This beautiful little gift book features over 50 dogs painted by Hannah Dale in her uniquely quirky, characterful style. From the faithful Labrador...

The first of two hard hitting, brutally honest accounts of police work during the late 1960s and 1970s. Whilst explicit, they are often humorous, r...

In fifty years of prosecuting and defending criminal cases in New York City and elsewhere,Michael F. Armstrong has often dealt with cops. For a sin...

Corruption is one of the biggest global issues, ahead of extreme poverty, unemployment, the rising cost of food and energy, climate change, and ter...

International cricket is being contaminated by crooked players, ruthless gamblers and bent officials. This staggering catalogue of revelations exp...