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Suffragette Fascists: Emmeline Pankhurst and Her Right-Wing Followers by Simon Webb 9781526756886
RRP: £14.99£10.95Emmeline Pankhurst is seen today as a valiant champion of democracy, but in the 1930s certain prominent former suffragettes were comparing her to Hitler and Mussolini. It was suggested that Mrs Pankhurst and her Women's Social and Political Union could... -
The Funny Stuff: The Official P. J. O’Rourke Quotationary and Riffapedia by P. J. O'Rourke
RRP: £12.99£8.56'P. J. O'Rourke was the funniest writer of his generation, one of the smartest and one of the most prolific. Now that he belongs to the ages, P.J. takes his rightful place along with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain and Dorothy Parker in the Pantheon of Quote... -
The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900 by Jon K. Lauck 9780806190648
£23.41At the center of American history is a hole-a gap where some scholars' indifference or disdain has too long stood in for the true story of the American Midwest. A first-ever chronicle of the Midwest's formative century, The Good Country restores this... -
Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care by Joan C. Tronto
RRP: £43.99£38.44In Moral Boundaries Joan C. Tronto provides one of the most original responses to the controversial questions surrounding women and caring. Tronto demonstrates that feminist thinkers have failed to realise the political context which has shaped their... -
Inventions of Nemesis: Utopia, Indignation, and Justice by Douglas Mao
RRP: £30.00£23.29A wide-ranging reevaluation of utopian literature and philosophy, from Plato to Chang-Rae LeeExamining literary and philosophical writing about ideal societies from Greek antiquity to the present, Inventions of Nemesis offers a striking new take on... -
Where Grieving Begins: Building Bridges after the Brighton Bomb - A Memoir by Patrick Magee 9780745341774
RRP: £20.00£13.35An enduring peace is only possible through a genuine understanding of the past. To understand the Troubles is to set them in the context of the historical root causes of the conflict, in order to grapple with its pain and its horrors; to grieve and then,... -
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis by Daniel Lavelle 9781472279125
RRP: £12.99£8.60***Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Raw and... -
Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State by Marc Valeri
RRP: £22.00£19.52Based on years of firsthand research, Marc Valeri treats the political career of Sultan Qaboos as a case study of the social and political mechanisms that perpetuate authoritarianism in post-colonial states. He examines the way in which Sultan Qaboos... -
Cyprus and its Conflicts: Representations, Materialities, and Cultures by Vaia Doudaki 9781785337246
RRP: £99.00£80.47The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict. This interdisciplinary collection takes Cyprus as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference for understanding how conflict is mediated,... -
The Northern Ireland Question: Perspectives on Nationalism and Unionism by Patrick John Roche 9781783241453
£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783241453Author Patrick John RocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Wordzworth PublishingPublisher Wordzworth PublishingWeight(grams)... -
The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South by Vijay Prashad 9781781681589
RRP: £19.99£17.59In The Darker Nations, Vijay Prashad provided an intellectual history of the Third World and traced the rise and fall of the Non-Aligned Movement. With The Poorer Nations, Prashad takes up the story where he left off.Since the '70s, the countries of... -
Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland by Mike Osborne
RRP: £25.00£19.54The pillboxes of Britain and Ireland are among the most important military structures employed in the history of the defence of these islands. This work presents the first thorough study and classification of pillboxes and related structures, including... -
Tired Of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party by Jonathan Karl 9780593473986
RRP: £28.99£17.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593473986Author Jonathan KarlFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Wake-Up Call: Why the pandemic has exposed the weakness of the West - and how to fix it by John Micklethwait
RRP: £12.99£8.60An urgent and informed look at the challenges Britain and world governments will face in a post-Covid-19 world.The Covid crisis has not just highlighted the failures of certain governments, it is accelerating a shift in the balance of power from West to... -
Ellie and the Cat by Malorie Blackman 9781781128244
RRP: £7.99£5.99Ellie is the rudest, most spoilt child her grandma has ever met and it's time that she learnt a lesson! So with a little bit of magic and some help from Jolly the cat, Grandma's going to make sure that Ellie changes her ways. Can Ellie work hard to prove... -
The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents by Annika Mombauer
RRP: £25.00£22.43Annika Mombauer's essential source reader translates, cross-references and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the First World War. It collects together documents which are newly discovered or were... -
The End of Power: From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be by Moises Naim
RRP: £13.99£11.31The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century -- in government, business, and beyond.br> Power is shifting -- from large, stable armies to loose bands of insurgents, from corporate leviathans to nimble start-ups,... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen
RRP: £11.99£8.43An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? by Robert Kuttner 9780393356892
RRP: £13.99£10.37In the years surrounding the Second World War, a serendipitous confluence of events created a healthy balance between the market and the polity-between the engine of capitalism and the egalitarian ideals of democracy. Yet, from the 1970s on, a power... -
Railways and The Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India by Christian Wolmar
RRP: £12.99£8.56India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire, an Empire that needed a rail network to facilitate its exploitation and reflect its ambition. But, by building India's railways, Britain radically changed the nation and unwittingly planted the seed... -
Prisoners of Time: Prussians, Germans and Other Humans by Christopher Clark
RRP: £10.99£7.77An intellectual tour de force: the major essays of the esteemed author of international bestseller The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century: a remarkable rethinking of the... -
Identity Politics: Where Did It All Go Wrong? by Dr. David Pilgrim 9781800131002
RRP: £29.99£28.50Identity politics have taken a strong hold on modern society, in particular online on social media platforms. But to what extent have they contributed to human flourishing? Have they changed the world for the better, and to what extent? David Pilgrim... -
Intellectuals and Race by Thomas Sowell
RRP: £20.00£14.29Intellectuals and Race is a radical book in the original sense of one that goes to the root of the problem. The role of intellectuals in racial strife is explored in an international context that puts the American experience in a wholly new light. The... -
Fenwick on Civil Liberties & Human Rights by Helen Fenwick 9781138837935
RRP: £58.99£53.48More than merely describing the evolution of human rights and civil liberties law, this classic textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage of the most crucial developments in the field, clearly explaining the law in context... -
Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity by Camila Batmanghelidjh 9781843106036
RRP: £24.99£23.78*Shortlisted for the Young Minds Book Prize 2006*Shattered Lives bears witness to the lives of children who have experienced abuse and neglect, and highlights the effects of early traumatic episodes. Chapters take the form of letters to a child capturing... -
The Keys to Democracy: Sortition as a New Model for Citizen Power by Maurice Pope
RRP: £25.00£23.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360975Author Maurice PopeFormat HardbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 14mm -
World In Crisis: Marxist Perspectives on Crash & Crisis by Michael Roberts 9781608461813
RRP: £21.99£15.23Most mainstream economists view capitalism's periodic breakdowns are nothing more than temporary aberrations from another wise unbroken path toward prosperity. For Marxists, this fundamental flaw has long been acknowledged as a central feature of the... -
Two Cultures?: The Significance of C. P. Snow by F. R. Leavis 9781107617353
RRP: £9.99£8.17In this first annotated edition of F. R. Leavis' famous critique of C. P. Snow's influential argument about 'the two cultures', Stefan Collini reappraises both its literary tactics and its purpose as cultural criticism. The edition will enable new... -
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century by George Packer 9781784704216
RRP: £12.99£9.09From one of America's greatest non-fiction writers, an epic saga of the rise and fall of American power, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, told through the life of one man.**WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2019****FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL... -
Working with Risk: Skills for Contemporary Social Work by Hazel Kemshall 9780745651989
£17.13Assessing and managing risk is a daily challenge for social workers. Working with risk can be anxiety provoking and demanding, requiring great skill and high levels of confidence. In these complex situations, social workers have to work hard to get the... -
Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia by Tobias Becker 9780674251755
RRP: £29.95£23.66A sweeping reassessment of our longing for the past, from the rise of "retro" to the rhetoric of Brexit and Trump.Nostalgia has a bad reputation. Its critics dismiss it as mere sentimentality or, worse, a dangerous yearning for an imagined age of purity... -
A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War by Keith Fisher
RRP: £40.00£29.39'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'Wonderfully detailed and colourful' Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael KlarePetroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by... -
Kennedy Curse by Klein 9780312312930
RRP: £21.99£14.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312312930Author KleinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph Stiglitz
RRP: £10.99£7.77From Nobel Prize-winning economist and bestselling author Joseph Stiglitz, this account of the dangers of free market fundamentalism reveals what has gone so wrong, but also shows us a way out.We all have the sense that our economy tilts toward big... -
Margin of Victory: Five Battles that Changed the Face of Modern War by Douglas MacGregor 9781682476901
RRP: £34.95£23.52In Margin of Victory Douglas Macgregor tells the riveting stories of five military battles of the twentieth century, each one a turning point in history. Beginning with the British Expeditionary force holding the line at the Battle of Mons in 1914 and... -
Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition by Charles Eisenstein
RRP: £22.00£14.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175764Author Charles EisensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
The Doomfire Secret by Annaliese Avery 9780702306068
RRP: £7.99£5.23The thrilling sequel to Annaliese Avery's epic debut THE NIGHTSILVER PROMISE. Featuring danger, dragons and a fight against destiny. Praise for The Nightsilver Promise: "A smart, original, fantasy adventure"... -
The Law of State Immunity by Hazel Fox 9780198744412
RRP: £84.00£58.67Revised and updated to include recent developments since 2013, the third edition of The Law of State Immunity provides a detailed guide to the operation of the international rule of State immunity which bars one State's national courts from exercising... -
How the World Works: The Story of Human Labor from Prehistory to the Modern Day by Paul Cockshott
RRP: £25.00£20.28A sweeping history of the full range of human labor Few authors are able to write cogently in both the scientific and the economic spheres. Even fewer possess the intellectual scope needed to address science and economics at a macro as well as a micro... -
China's Grand Strategy: A Roadmap to Global Power? by David B. H. Denoon
RRP: £32.00£28.21Leading scholars examine China's global strategic plans, from Hong Kong to military power, to economic dominance Over the past few decades, China has increasingly challenged the global influence of the United States. In China's Grand Strategy, David B...