An incredible memoir by a trailblazing voice in women's, queer and Māori liberation movements

In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around other stars, astronomers very likely will have discovered clear evidence of life beyond the Earth. Such a discovery of extraterrestrial life will change everything.

This book explores God's use of violence as depicted in the Hebrew Bible. Focusing on the Pentateuch, it reads biblical narratives and codes of law as documenting formations of theopolitical imagination. Ophir deciphers the logic of divine rule that these documents betray, with a special attention to the place of violence within it. The book draws from contemporary biblical scholarship, while also engaging critically with contemporary political theory and political theology, including the work of Walter Benjamin, Giorgio Agamben, Jan Assmann, Regina Schwartz, and Michael Walzer.

The Planning Moment elaborates the myriad ways that plans and planning practices pervade recent global history. The book's twenty-seven case studies draw attention to the centrality of planning in colonial and postcolonial environments, relationships, and contexts.

An enlightening and delicious look at how vegans – and their critics – are redefining the way the world eats in the twenty-first century.

The unmissable next instalment of Tim Shipman's #1 bestselling Brexit quartet.