How to be idle - Tom Hodgkinson Sleep in, drink in the day and have sex at 1 in the morning, How to be Idle argues that we reject work ethic for a life of leisure.
City of quartz: excavating the future in Los Angeles - Mike Davis Mike Davis peers into a looking glass to divine the future of Los Angeles, and what he sees is not…
The peasants war in Germany 1525-1526 - Ernest Belfort Bax Belfort Bax's 1899 history of the peasants war in Germany: the largest popular uprising in Europe…
The battle for Spain: The Spanish civil war 1936-1939 - Anthony Beevor Anthony Beevor's definitive history of the Spanish civil war. While it focuses on the military…
No beast so fierce - Edward Bunker A lifelong thief released after an 8 year stretch in prison struggles with the unyielding parole officer waiting to return him, finding a job and…
GI revolts: The breakdown of the US army in Vietnam - Richard Boyle Two stories of revolts by US troops, including the shooting of a top sergeant and the mutiny of…
The road to Wigan Pier - George Orwell Orwell's examinations of the conditions for the working class in the north of England prior to World War Two and how he became a socialist.
Hangover Square - Patrick Hamilton Late 30s novel following George Harvey Bone and his similarly unemployed feckless acquaintances in and out of Earl's Court pubs, with war and…
Q - Luther Blissett Set in the time of tremendous religious and political upheaval caused by the Reformation in Europe, Q begins with Luther nailing his 95 theses on…
Lucasville: The untold story of a prison uprising - Staughton Lynd Lucasville tells the story of one of the longest prison uprisings in U.S. history. At the maximum…
Fighting for ourselves: Anarcho-syndicalism and the class struggle - Solidarity Federation This excellent book by Solfed aims to recover some of the lost history of the…