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Last Team Out of Kabul: Surrounded by the Taliban by H. Collins
RRP: £9.99£6.44As a Royal Marine Commando, H. Collins served in Afghanistan in 2001 on combat operations. He took part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003, and returned for a second tour the following year. In 2005, now a private security contractor, he spent five years in... -
The Scramble for Africa by M. E. Chamberlain 9781408220146
RRP: £36.99£35.74In 1870 barely one tenth of Africa was under European control. By 1914 only about one tenth Abyssinia (Ethiopia) and Liberia was not. This book offers a clear and concise account of the 'scramble' or 'race' for Africa, the period of around 20 years... -
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House by John Meacham
RRP: £19.99£13.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780812973464Author Jon MeachamFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Civil War - Us Edition by G & Burns Ward 9780394562858
RRP: £75.00£53.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lincoln Prize 1991.Book InformationISBN 9780394562858Author Geoffrey C. WardFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Things That Can and Cannot Be Said by John Cusack
RRP: £8.99£4.48From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost HappinessAn extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists: Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg and... -
Africa: A Beginner's Guide by Tom Young 9781851687534
RRP: £9.99£7.55Vast, diverse, dynamic, and turbulent, the true nature of Africa is often obscured by its poverty-stricken image. In this controversial and gripping guide, Tom Young cuts through the emotional hype to critically analyse the continent's political history... -
On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal by Naomi Klein
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - Greta Thunberg For more than twenty years Naomi Klein's books have defined our era, chronicling the... -
State and Revolution by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 9781637525401
RRP: £11.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637525401Author Vladimir Ilyich LeninFormat HardbackPage Count 106Imprint Affordable Classics LimitedPublisher Affordable Classics LimitedWeight(grams)... -
Democracy and Its Critics by Robert A. Dahl 9780300049381
RRP: £22.50£22.08In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major statement about what democracy is and why it is important. Robert Dahl examines the most basic assumptions of democratic theory, tests them against the... -
The Lonely Century: How Isolation Imperils our Future by Noreena Hertz
RRP: £20.00£13.75'If I could issue a reading list to 10 Downing Street, I'd put this book near the top.' Guardian 'Destined to be a classic' Nouriel Roubini'Fascinating' Sathnam Sanghera, The Times'A hopeful book that couldn't be more important or timely' Philippa Perry... -
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow 9780593793701
RRP: £34.00£20.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593793701Author Rachel MaddowFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams 9780241999530
RRP: £9.99£7.11'In its exploration of geographical, racial and cultural dislocation, Sugar and Slate is in the finest tradition of work to have emerged from the black diaspora in recent times' Gary Younge, GuardianA powerful, radiant memoir from writer Charlotte... -
Black Markets and Militants: Informal Networks in the Middle East and Africa by Khalid Mustafa Medani 9781009257725
RRP: £22.99£21.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781009257725Author Khalid Mustafa MedaniFormat PaperbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Why Arendt Matters by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 9780300136197
£21.31Upon publication of her "field manual," The Origins of Totalitarianism, in 1951, Hannah Arendt immediately gained recognition as a major political analyst. Over the next twenty-five years, she wrote ten more books and developed a set of ideas... -
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
£13.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385333795Author Eldridge CleaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Maternal Thinking by Sara Ruddick 9780807014097
RRP: £35.00£24.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807014097Author Sara RuddickFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Forbidden: Receiving Pope Francis's Condemnation of Nuclear Weapons by Drew Christiansen, SJ
RRP: £36.00£32.50Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weapons At a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban... -
Brighton's Secret Agents: The Brighton & Hove Contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operation's Ex by Paul McCue 9781910500750
RRP: £14.99£10.95Winston Churchill authorised the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive(SOE), with the order "And now set Europe ablaze". On behalf of the Secret WW2 Network, an educational charity dedicated to revealing... -
Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt by Richard Gott
£15.10As the call for a new understanding of our national history gets louder, this book turns the received imperial story of Britain on its head. Britain's Empire recounts the long overlooked narrative of the resisters, revolutionaries and revolters who stood... -
Modern India: A Very Short Introduction by Craig Jeffrey
RRP: £8.99£6.45India is widely recognised as a new global powerhouse. It has become one of the world's emerging powers, rivalling China in terms of global influence. Yet people still know relatively little about the economic, social, political, and cultural changes... -
In Praise of Hands: Woodcuts by Naoko Matsubara - Poems by Penny Boxall by Penny Boxall 9781910807446
RRP: £9.95£6.78This creative collaboration between artist Naoko Matsubara and poet Penny Boxall celebrates in words and colours the beauty and variety of the human hand. The series of dynamic woodcuts at the heart of this book was initially inspired by the... -
Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler by Lynne Olson 9780812994766
RRP: £22.50£20.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812994766Author Lynne OlsonFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Fourth to First: How to win a local election in under six months by Steffan Aquarone 9781912119653
RRP: £11.99£9.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912119653Author Steffan AquaroneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Real PressPublisher Real PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 13mm -
Gandhi 1914-1948: The Years That Changed the World by Ramachandra Guha
RRP: £18.99£14.01'Essential reading ... will not be bettered' Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal'Gandhi's finest biographer' David Kynaston, GuardianThe magnificent new biography of Gandhi by India's leading historianA New York Times Notable Book of 2018Gandhi lived... -
Has Obama Made the World a More Dangerous Place?: The Munk Debate on U.S. Foreign Policy by Bret Stephens
RRP: £10.99£9.68The fourteenth semi-annual Munk Debate, which will be held in Toronto on November 5, 2014, pits Bret Stephens and Robert Kagan against Fareed Zakaria and Anne-Marie Slaughter to debate the legacy of President Obama.From Ukraine to the Middle East to... -
So They Call You Pisher!: A Memoir by Michael Rosen
RRP: £16.99£14.50"If you didn't know whether to risk doing something, what's the worst that could happen? 'So they call you pisher!'"In this humorous and moving memoir, Michael Rosen recalls the first twenty-three years of his life. Born in the North London suburbs, his... -
Dreams And Shadows: The Future of the Middle East by Robin Wright 9780143114895
£14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Times Notable Book.Book InformationISBN 9780143114895Author Robin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam... -
Critique of Everyday Life by Henri Lefebvre
RRP: £25.00£21.30The three-volume text by Henri Lefebvre is perhaps the richest, most prescient work about modern capitalism to emerge from one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers and is now available for the first time in one complete volume. Written at... -
Naija Marxisms: Revolutionary Thought in Nigeria by Adam Mayer
RRP: £22.99£17.94Since the 1940s, Marxist thought has blossomed in Nigeria. The history of 'Naija Marxism' is also that of the country's labour movement, its feminist movement, its social thought and political economy. It has been the mainstay of party politics in the... -
Virtue and Terror: Maximilien Robespierre by Maximilien Robespierre
£16.82Robespierre's defense of the French Revolution remains one of the most powerful and unnerving justifications for political violence ever written, and has extraordinary resonance in a world obsessed with terrorism and appalled by the language of its... -
The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle 9780198815594
RRP: £13.99£10.15'It is I think the most radical Book that has been written in these late centuries . . . and will give pleasure and displeasure, one may expect, to almost all classes of persons.' Carlyle Thomas Carlyle's history of the French Revolution opens with... -
Why I Stand by Jonathan Isaac
RRP: £20.99£14.19A NATIONAL BESTSELLERWSJ BestsellerUSA Today BestsellerPublishers Weekly BestsellerFacing public criticism, peer hostility, and widespread disapproval, would you compromise your principles to blend in with the crowd, or would you stand for what you... -
Workers' Movements and Strikes in the Twenty-First Century: A Global Perspective by Joerg Nowak 9781786604040
RRP: £44.00£40.55While workers movements have been largely phased out and considered out-dated in most parts of the world during the 1990s, the 21st century has seen a surge in new and unprecedented forms of strikes and workers organisations. The collection of essays... -
Can You Brexit?: Without Breaking Britain by Dave Morris 9781909905917
RRP: £12.99£11.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909905917Author Dave MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 412Imprint Spark FurnacePublisher Spark FurnaceWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 21mm -
Injustice: Why Social Inequality Still Persists by Danny Dorling
RRP: £11.99£9.82In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99%... -
Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East by Abdel Monem Said Aly
RRP: £43.99£38.89Lasting over 120 years, the Arab-Israeli conflict involves divergent narratives about history, national identities, land ownership, injustices and victimhood. Domestic forces and actors as well as international and regional dynamics have ensured the... -
Overdue: Birth, burnout and a blueprint for a better NHS by Amity Reed 9781780664101
RRP: £9.99£7.11Amity Reed became a midwife to serve women, but the reality of working in over-stretched and underfunded NHS maternity services soon shattered her illusions. She's not alone - for every 30 midwives that train, 29 will leave the profession. Overdue is... -
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy by Daron Acemoglu
RRP: £26.99£21.47This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the... -
A Woman's Life Is a Human Life by Felicia Kornbluh 9780802160683
RRP: £19.99£17.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802160683Author Felicia KornbluhFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
The Earl of Louisiana by A. J. Liebling 9780807133439
RRP: £16.95£14.49In the summer of 1959, A. J. Liebling, veteran writer for the New Yorker, came to Louisiana to cover a series of bizarre events that began with Governor Earl K. Long's commitment to a mental institution. Captivated by his subject, Liebling remained to...