(Paperback)

An elegantly written and gripping history of oil, from its geological birth millions of years ago to its ascendancy as the indispensable ingredient of modern life. The world's most mischievous and politically influential mineral is the centre of a great human drama of discovery, risk, greed and violence.

(Hardback)

"Crude" is the unexpurgated story of oil, from the circumstances of its birth to the spectacle of its rise as the indispensable ingredient of modern life.

(Paperback)

Presenting a history of oil, from its birth to the spectacle of its rise as the indispensable ingredient of life, this is the story of the black gold that eclipsed King Coal, decisively won the Great War and propelled the West from the Industrial Revolution to the Plastic Age. It blends the science, economics, politics, and social history of oil.

(Paperback)

(Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)

An eye-opening look at Big Pharma's unethical and exploitative drug trials in the global south - the true story behind The Constant Gardener'.'