Social welfare and social services

A Knock at the Door: A homeless man, a lawyer . . . and a family changed forever

‘An incredible read. I laughed, I cried and my heart was truly touched by this beautifully written true story of hope and humanity at its best.’ Rosemary Conley CBE

‘An extraordinary story. Truly Inspirational’ Tim Vine

An astonishing story of kindness, self-learning, pain, unbelievable hope and the sheer power of love to change a life.

The Fifth Act: America’s End in Afghanistan

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022

A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war’s echoing legacy.

Enough: The Violence Against Women and How to End It

’Outstanding’ THE SECRET BARRISTER

‘It’s brilliant, it’s comprehensive, buy it’ EVENING STANDARD

‘A powerful, illuminating, enraging and inspiring read’ JESS PHILLIPS MP

‘Precise, heartfelt and anti-pompous’ THE TIMES

The Shed That Fed 2 Million Children: The Mary’s Meals Story

An updated edition of The Shed That Fed A Million Children first published in 2015.

The original book tells the incredible story of how Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, a quiet, unassuming fish farmer from Argyll, Scotland, became the international CEO of a global school-feeding charity.

Cops and Robbers: The Story of the British Police Car

TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone’s horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking.

Enemies Within: Communists, the Cambridge Spies and the Making of Modern Britain

What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?

With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their country and what this cost Britain and its allies.

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