Anarchist Communism by Peter Kropotkin (Penguin Great Ideas)

Anarchist Communism by Peter Kropotkin (Penguin Great Ideas)'Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor' Fuelled by anger at injustice and optimism about humankind's ability to make a better, truly communal society, the anarchist writings of Peter Kropotkin have influenced radicals the world over, from nineteenth century workers to today's activists.

'Riveting and original

Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal

Edna O'Brien paints a miniature portrait of an artist

and cultural evolution

'A subject that could not be more important

Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives

'I will probably re-read it every year of my life' Caitlin Moran

he shares his mother’s sense of snobbish propriety

a symbol of generosity and a gesture of love

many lives

Mr Loverman is a ground-breaking exploration of Britain's older Caribbean community

while Marianne is a loner