Explores both the benefits and disadvantages of the developments in global communication. The author discusses the annoyance and dangers of BlackBerrys in meeting rooms, hands-free kits in conversation, and using a phone or iPod whilst driving.

Millions of Americans work full-time, year-round, for poverty level wages. Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them in order to find out how anyone survives on six dollars an hour. So began a gruelling, hair-raising and darkly funny odyssey though the underworld of working America.

If Barack Obama is successful in his quest to become President of the United States, he will dramatically change the face that his country presents to the world. This book discusses the importance of empathy in politics, his hopes for a different America with different policies, and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed.

A powerful and accessible account of globalization -- the new world order that has replaced the cold war -- by the award-winning author of From Beirut to Jerusalem.

The biography of an idea: that many of the problems we face - from teenage delinquency to traffic jams - behave like epidemics and are capable of sudden and dramatic change due to their inherent volatility. The author explores the ramifications of this, offering a way to view the world.

Travelling throughout the Middle East and Europe, the author talks to men and women in bazaars, schools and alleyways, as well as the world's leading political figures, developing and refining his perspective on the new kind of war the West finds itself fighting.

Tells you things you need to know about how the great and the good put one over on us. This title is suitable for those who wonder why politicians and big business are lying to them and wanted to know how they get away with it.

Al Franken, one of America's savviest satirists has studied the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of 'slander', 'bias' and even 'treason'. He's even watched Fox News. A lot. And in this 'fair and balanced report', he bravely exposes them all for what they are: liars.

Explores the links between Hollywood and the fast food trade, and the tactics used to target ever younger consumers. This title is a meticulously researched account.

Asking questions about human motivation and living and reaching some conclusions, this book aims to be at the heart of things we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams.

The United States is in the process of staking out not just the globe, but the last unarmed spot in our neighbourhood - the skies - as a militarized sphere of influence. Our earth and its skies are, for the Bush administration, the final frontiers of imperial control. This title presents an analysis of America's pursuit of total domination.

Taking the state of Kansas as a paradigm, the author describes how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union. He also seeks to answer some broader riddles, such as: why do so many Americans vote against their economic and social interests? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism?

Written by the author who knows important parts of the Muslim world (including Saudi Arabia) at first hand, and understands the motors of Islamist militancy.

Picturing a future of accelerated conflict between civilizations threatening to dominate world politics, this classic study of the post-Cold War situation argues that an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war.

Presenting a rebuttal of religious fundamentalism and blind belief, the author demolishes the myths on which Christianity was built, challenges believers to open their eyes to the contradictions of their faith and warns us of the dangers of America's ever increasing unification of Church and State.

America's most prolific and esteemed political analyst offers his informed analysis of the global build up to the September 11th attacks, the long-term results of America's current military action, and what can actually be done to promote peace and justice.

Delivers an analysis of the clash of faith and reason. This book offers a historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favour of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify harmful behaviour and sometimes heinous crimes.

Well, now the world's Bushwhacked. It's time for the good ol' boy to head for the hills, and Mike's on a mission to smoke him out at the next election - and help ordinary people get their country back. What's more, he's going to use his share of the tax cut to do it.

Contrary to the usual image of the press in its search for truth, this book depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. It is an account of how propagandistic our mass media are, and how we can learn to read them and see their function in a radical way. It reveals how issues are framed and topics are chosen.

The book is published to coincide with the theatrical release in the UK of The Corporation, a documentary feature co-produced by the author and based on this book.