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A brilliant work of narrative nonfictionBooklist Matt Taibbi is one of the few journalists in America who speaks truth to powerBernie Sanders A searing exposéKirkus Review Taibbi may be the only political writer in America that mattersHartford Advocate

The incredible story of the death of Eric Garner, the birth of the BLACK LIVES MATTER movement and the new fault lines of race, protest, policing and the power of the people.

On July 17, 2014, a forty-three-year-old black man named Eric Garner died in New York after a police officer put him in a "chokehold" during an arrest for selling bootleg cigarettes. The final moments of his life were captured on video and seen by millions his agonised last words, I cant breathe, becoming a rallying cry for the nascentBlack Lives Matterprotest movement.

Matt Taibbi, bestselling author and the best polemic journalist in America, tells the full story of the man who inspired a movement neither villain nor victim, but a fiercely proud individual determined to do the best he could for his family. Featuring vivid vignettes of life on the street, this powerful narrative of urban America is a riveting work of literary journalism and a scathing indictment of law enforcement in the twenty-first century.I Cant Breathetells the story of one man to tell the story of countless others, and the power of people to rise up against injustice.

They built a nation. Now it s our turn.Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. But in this bold and provocative book, Jacob Rees-Mogg -- leading Tory MP and prominent Brexit advocate -- takes up the story of twelve landmark figures to paint a very different picture of the age: one of bright ambition, bold self-belief and determined industriousness.Whether through Peel s commitment to building free trade, Palmerston s deft diplomacy in international affairs, or Pugin s uplifting architectural feats, the Victorians transformed the nation and established Britain as a preeminent global force.Now 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, it is essential that we remember the spirit, drive and values of the Victorians who forged modern Britain, as we consider our future as a nation.