Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits marks the debut of an exciting new voice in fiction. Laila Lalami evokes the grit and enduring grace that is modern Morocco. The book begins as four Moroccans illegally cross the Strait of Gibraltar in an inflatable boat headed for Spain. What has driven them to risk their lives? And will the rewards prove to be worth the danger? There's Murad, a gentle, unemployed man who's been reduced to hustling tourists around...

"Con una visión aguda y bien documentada, Douglas Murray viaja por toda Europa para examinar de primera mano la inmigración masiva, la desconfi anza y desilusión que han contribuido a la propia desaparición de un continente que se enfrenta a su propia desaparición. Desde las costas de Lampedusa a los campos migrantes de Grecia, y desde Colonia a Londres, estudia de forma crítica los factores que se han unido para incapacitar a los Europeos a...

"Over the past decade, Euroskepticism has been on the rise, with many predicting the end of the European Union and the failure of progressive European values. With Brexit on the horizon, the far-right in power in Poland, authoritarianism on the rise in Hungary, riots in Paris, and austerity policies in place across the continent, it often seems that there is little reason to be optimistic about Europe's future or proud of its recent past. Konrad Jarausch...