Books published by Scribe Publications

Pre-eminent surgeon Nashef tells stories of heart surgery across the globe, relating these to the wider discussion of the public bid for health and the issues overcome heroically but precariously by the NHS.

Leading brain researcher Niels Birbaumer investigates the pleasure in emptiness and how we can take advantage of it. He explains how to overcome the evolutionary attentiveness of your brain and take a break from thinking - a skill that's more important than ever in an increasingly frantic world.

The position of political correctness in the struggle of progressive politics against right wing populism is evaluated by "Guardian" journalist and Paul Robeson biographer Sparrow.

Why do diets fail? Is it because of genetic disposition? A sluggish metabolism? An underactive thyroid?After years of failed diets, Dr Nadja Hermann, a nutritionist and behavioural psychologist, weighed 150 kg at the age of 30. Over the years, she had heard and read hundreds of reasons why diets wouldn't work for her. But when her weight started to affect her health, she took a hard look at the science and realised that most of what she believed about diets was a myth. What was more, those very myths were preventing her from losing weight.Conquering these pieces of 'Fat Logic' was what finally led to Hermann achieving a healthy weight. One and a half years later, she weighed 65 kg, and has maintained that weight to this day. Now, using humour, the insight she's acquired, and a dose of science, Hermann debunks widespread lies about weight loss, and shows how it is possible to attain a healthy weight.

An acerbic graphic takedown of capitalism. In Hyper-Capitalism, cartoonist Larry Gonick and psychologist Tim Kasser offer a vivid and an accessible new way to understand how global, privatising, market-worshipping hyper-capitalism is threatening human wellbeing, social justice, and the planet. Drawing from contemporary research, they describe and illustrate concepts (such as corporate power, free trade, privatisation, and deregulation) that are critical for understanding the world we live in, and movements (such as voluntary simplicity, sharing, alternatives to GDP, and protests) that have developed in response to the system. Gonick and Kasser's pointed and profound cartoon narratives provide a deep exploration of the global economy and the movements seeking to change it, all rendered in clear, graphic - and sometimes hilarious - terms. In the process, they point the way to a healthier future for all of us.

The emergence of cyber warfare as a decisive force in political skulduggery, as apparent in the 2016 US election and the Sony hack, gets explored here with attention to recent Russian forays into it and the secret cyber-dens of the American and Chinese militaries.