Globalization

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come.

Peter Sutherland is probably the most influential Irish person ever and a key figure in world history over the past 25 years.

We now call it The Great Realisationand, yes, since then there have been many.But that’s the story of how it started …and why hindsight’s 2020.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019

From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against globalization and how revitalising community can save liberal market democracy. 

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE

Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.

Previously published as Naked Diplomacy.

Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? And how do we influence the future?

Now with a new epilogue, the UK’s most influential food and drink journalist shoots a few sacred cows of food culture.

Work: love it or hate it, it’s an all-consuming part of our society, it’s changing fast, and the impact on our working lives will be extraordinary.

A collection of the former Prime Minister’s speeches and articles, ‘Statecraft’ brought Margaret Thatcher’s unrivalled political experience to bear on the challenges of the early new millennium.

The incredible true story of a a football team in the United States made up of refugee children.

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense." Gertrude Stein

A masterful analysis that will redefine the workings of the global economy for years to come.