Books like In the secret state by Robert McCrum

A seminal 16th‑century Italian treatise, The Prince offers practical guidance for rulers, arguing that ends can justify morally dubious means to secure power and glory.

George Orwell’s firsthand account of fighting with the POUM militia during the Spanish Civil War, detailing the conflict, its political betrayals, and the Republic’s struggle against Franco’s forces.

Shoshana Zuboff explains how digital data is turned into a new market form—surveillance capitalism—where corporations predict and shape behavior for profit, reshaping power, privacy, and democracy in the digital age.

‘The Second Lady’ is a spy-themed work by Irving Wallace, weaving intrigue and suspense in an English-language narrative focused on espionage.

What do conservatives know that liberals don't? According to George Lakoff, they know that American politics is about morality and the family. Moral Politics takes a fresh look at how we think and talk about politics and shows that political and moral ideas develop in systematic ways from our models of ideal families. Lakoff reveals how family-based moral values determine views on such diverse issues as crime, gun control, taxation, social programs, and the environment. He shows why it is consistent for conservatives to oppose subsidies for the poor but endorse them for business, or for liberals to oppose the death penalty but support abortion. He also explains why liberal and conservative stances contain the constellations of policies they do. Drawing on studies showing that we think in terms of metaphorical concepts, Lakoff analyzes the language of political discourse and finds it rife with metaphors. He shows how both liberals and conservatives link morality to politics through the concept of family. But they diverge in their opposing ideas of what an ideal family is. Conservative metaphors are united by the concept of a patriarchal family in which the parent's role is to develop self-discipline in the child by enforcing strict rules. By contrast, liberals view caring interaction in the family as the most effective means of creating competent and responsible children.

Haunting Me, by Charity Blackstock, is an English-language fiction that weaves mystery, detective work, romance, and suspense into a captivating narrative for readers who enjoy thrilling plot twists and emotional depth.

A critical examination of how computer culture reshapes the minds of children and adults, blending themes of mechanical determinism with a resurgence of mysticism and spirituality.

There is a hidden country within the United States. It was formed from the astonishing number of secrets held by the government and the growing ranks of secret-keepers given charge over them. The government secrecy industry speaks in a private language of codes and acronyms, and follows an arcane set of rules and customs designed to perpetuate itself, repel penetration, and deflect oversight. It justifies itself with the assertion that the American values worth preserving are often best sustained by subterfuge and deception. There are indications that this deep state is crumbling.

Structural engineer Tim Frazer is unexpectedly drawn into a secret government agency, where he navigates espionage, a missing Russia‑destroyed ship, and a mysterious alloy formula.