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Speed: The Life of a Test Pilot and Birth of an American Icon by Bob Gilliland
RRP: $58.78$51.53On the morning of December 22, 1964, at a small, closely guarded airstrip in the desert town of Palmdale, California, Lockheed test pilot Bob Gilliland stepped into a strange-looking aircraft and roared into aviation history. Developed at the... -
Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders by Ayse Zarakol 9781108971676
RRP: $65.08$53.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781108971676Author Ayse ZarakolFormat PaperbackImprint Cambridge University PressPublisher Cambridge University Press -
Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health by Nick Dearden 9781804291450
RRP: $39.88$32.87Big Pharma Puts Profits Over PeopleIn Pharmanomics, investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences.Big Pharma is more interested in profit than... -
The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas P M Barnett 9780425202395
RRP: $50.40$36.50Since the end of the Cold War, America's national security establishment has been searching for a new operating theory to explain how this seemingly "chaotic" world actually works. Gone is the clash of blocs, but replaced by what? Thomas Barnett has the... -
Militant by Michael Crick 9781785900297
RRP: $27.28$19.45When it was originally published in 1984, Militant was widely acclaimed as a masterly work of investigative journalism. Although the rise of Jeremy Corbyn is to be attributed to more than hard-left entrism, to some within the party, Crick's book must... -
The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior by Russell J. Dalton
RRP: $73.48$73.27What does democracy expect of its citizens, and how do the citizenry match these expectations? This Oxford Handbook examines the role of the citizen in contemporary politics, based on essays from the world's leading scholars of political behavior... -
Creating Local Democracy in Iran: State Building and the Politics of Decentralization by Kian Tajbakhsh
RRP: $157.50$143.09Empirically rich and theoretically informed, this book is an innovative analysis of political decentralization under the Islamic Republic of Iran. Drawing upon Kian Tajbakhsh's twenty years of experience working with and researching local government in... -
Qatar: A Modern History, Updated Edition by Allen James Fromherz
$44.23What role does Qatar play in the Middle East, and how does it differ from the other Gulf states? How has the ruling Al-Thani family shaped Qatar from a traditional tribal society and British protectorate to a modern state? How has Qatar become an... -
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Richard M. Valelly
RRP: $18.88$13.88This book introduces the vital elements of American politics, emphasizing how these elements have evolved into the form they take today. By using a historical-institutional approach to the various parts of American politics, Valelly communicates that the... -
A World of Three Zeroes: the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero carbon emissions by Muhammad Yunus 9781911617273
RRP: $27.28$14.18A Nobel Peace Prize-winner outlines his radical economic vision for a better future. Muhammad Yunus is the economist who invented microcredit, founded Grameen Bank, and earned a Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards alleviating poverty. Here, he... -
Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul Kingsnorth
RRP: $31.48$20.58Paul Kingsnorth was once an activist, an ardent environmentalist. He fought against rampant development and the depredations of a corporate world that seemed hell-bent on ignoring a looming climate crisis in its relentless pursuit of profit. But as the... -
Diploma Democracy: The Rise of Political Meritocracy by Mark Bovens 9780198790631
$185.47Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western... -
What is Islamophobia?: Racism, Social Movements and the State by Narzanin Massoumi 9780745399577
RRP: $35.68$28.04As racist undercurrents in many western societies become manifestly entrenched, the prevalence of Islamophobia - and the need to understand what perpetuates it - has never been greater. Critiquing the arguments found in notionally left accounts and... -
The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries by Anthony King 9780198843771
$81.14How do small groups of combat soldiers perform on the battlefield and maintain their cohesion under fire? Why are they willing to fight for each other? These questions have long intrigued social scientists, military historians, and philosophers. Based on... -
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks 9781250215789
RRP: $42.00$25.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250215789Author Virginia EubanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Unfree Speech: The Threat to Global Democracy and Why We Must Act, Now by Joshua Wong
RRP: $20.98$14.93'Joshua Wong is a brave and inspiring young leader.' - GRETA THUNBERG Imprisoned on 2 December 2020 for the third time, read Joshua Wong's urgent and powerful story - the Hong Konger fighting for democracy.INTRODUCTION BY AI WEIWEI, FOREWORD BY CHRIS... -
Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities by Tim Gill
RRP: $79.80$66.36What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and urbanisation escalate, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and... -
Shostakovich by Brian Morton 9781913368432
RRP: $23.08$16.19Dmitri Shostakovich was the most popular Soviet composer of his generation. Internationally esteemed, he is widely considered to have been the last great classical symphonist, and his reputation has continued to increase since his death in 1975... -
The Candidate: What it Takes to Win - and Hold - the White House by Samuel L. Popkin 9780199325214
RRP: $38.83$27.99There are two winners in every presidential election campaign: The inevitable winner when it begins--such as Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton in 2008--and the inevitable victor after it ends. In The Candidate, Samuel Popkin explains the difference... -
A Passion For The Dales by David Joy 9781912101030
RRP: $41.98$30.83The author of more than 50 books, David Joy conveys the unique appeal of an area that has always aroused strong passions. His family has lived in Upper Wharfedale for more than four centuries - mainly as lead miners and farmers - and thus he is in a... -
The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business by David T. Courtwright 9780674248229
RRP: $35.60$29.09"A mind-blowing tour de force that unwraps the myriad objects of addiction that surround us...Intelligent, incisive, and sometimes grimly entertaining."-Rod Phillips, author of Alcohol: A History"A fascinating history of corporate America's efforts to... -
DREAMS AND VISIONS: Is Jesus Awakening the Muslim World? by Tom Doyle
RRP: $29.38$20.48What would you do if Jesus appeared to you in a dream and told you to follow Him? What if these visions continued for over thirty days? And what if you were Muslim?Pastor Tom Doyle has spent eleven years as a full-time missionary in the Middle East and... -
To Kill a Nation: The Attack on Yugoslavia by Michael Parenti
RRP: $37.78$37.61Drawing on a wide range of unpublished material and observations gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999, Michael Parenti challenges mainstream media coverage of the war, uncovering hidden agendas behind the Western talk of genocide, ethnic... -
A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation by Alison Light
RRP: $33.58$24.38WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE'The greatest memoirs offer all the complex shades and colours that we expect in fiction. A Radical Romance is more than just some summing-up: it is a work of art' GuardianAlison Light met the charismatic social historian,... -
Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism by Sylvie Klingberg
$23.84Jewish radicals manned the barricades on the avenues of Petrograd and the alleys of the Warsaw ghetto; they were in the vanguard of those resisting Franco and the Nazis. They originated in Yiddishland, a vast expanse of Eastern Europe that, before the... -
American Diplomacy by George F. Kennan
RRP: $44.10$42.65For more than fifty years, George F. Kennan's "American Diplomacy" has been a standard work on American foreign policy. Drawing on his considerable diplomatic experience and expertise, Kennan offers an overview and critique of the foreign policy of an... -
The Logic of Violence in Civil War by Stathis N. Kalyvas 9780521670043
RRP: $65.08$46.66By analytically decoupling war and violence, this book explores the causes and dynamics of violence in civil war. Against the prevailing view that such violence is an instance of impenetrable madness, the book demonstrates that there is logic to it and... -
Practical Everyday English: Advanced Vocabulary: Phrasal Verbs: Idioms:: 2022 by Steven Collins 9781838106911
RRP: $36.73$33.73For upper intermediate and advanced students only; not for beginners or elementary level. Practical Everyday English is Book 1 in the Everyday English series. It is a self-study book designed to improve the vocabulary of upper intermediate and advanced... -
Political Thinkers: From Socrates to the Present by David Boucher
RRP: $79.78$77.32Political Thinkers is the most comprehensive introduction to Western political thought written by a team of internationally renowned scholars. The third edition provides students with a clear and engaging introduction to the canon of great theorists,... -
How to Be an Activist: A practical guide to organising, campaigning and making change happen by Vanessa Holburn
RRP: $29.38$19.32From experienced campaigner Vanessa Holburn and with a foreword by award-winning animal welfare campaigner Lorraine Platt, this is the essential guide to activism. 'Essential reading for anyone looking to start a grassroots campaign - and useful bedtime... -
Stalin and the Fate of Europe: The Postwar Struggle for Sovereignty by Norman M Naimark
RRP: $35.60$29.09A Financial Times Best Book of the YearWinner of the Norris and Carol Hundley AwardWinner of the US-Russia Relations Book Prize"The achievement of a lifetime."-Stephen Kotkin, author of Stalin"Naimark has few peers as a scholar of Stalinism, the Soviet... -
Kremlin Winter: Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin by Robert Service
RRP: $52.50$46.60Vladimir Putin has dominated Russian politics since Boris Yeltsin relinquished the presidency in his favour in May 2000. He served two terms as president, before himself relinquishing the post to his prime minister, Dimitri Medvedev, only to return to... -
The Substantive Law of the EU by Catherine Barnard 9780192857880
RRP: $102.88$98.47The leading textbook on the four freedoms, popular with students and academics alike. This authoritative text offers a unique balance of comprehensive, detailed coverage in a concise and readable style, providing a critical and thorough analysis of... -
The BRICS: A Very Short Introduction by Professor Andrew F. Cooper 9780198723394
RRP: $16.78$12.16In the wake of the post-Cold War era, the aftermath of 9/11, the 2008 global financial crisis, and the emergence of the G20 at the leaders level, few commentators expected a reshaping of the global system towards multipolarity, and away from the United... -
Robespierre: The Man Who Divides Us the Most by Marcel Gauchet
RRP: $79.80$54.50How Robespierre's career and legacy embody the dangerous contradictions of democracyMaximilien Robespierre (1758-1794) is arguably the most controversial and contradictory figure of the French Revolution, inspiring passionate debate like no other... -
Beef, Bible and Bullets: Brazil in the Age of Bolsonaro by Richard Lapper
RRP: $31.48$23.00Backed by Brazil's wealthy agribusiness groups, a growing evangelical movement, and an emboldened military and police force, Jair Bolsonaro took office in 2019. Driven by the former army captain's brand of controversial, aggressive rhetoric, the divisive... -
The Worst Is Yet To Come: A Post-Capitalist Survival Guide by Peter Fleming
RRP: $18.88$13.02The Worst is Yet to Come explores the disturbing possibility that the current crisis of neoliberal capitalism isn't going to spawn an emancipatory renaissance, but a world that is much, much worse. Wealthy CEOs see it. They've been purchasing isolated... -
Terrorist Minds: The Psychology of Violent Extremism from Al-Qaeda to the Far Right by John Horgan 9780231198394
RRP: $52.50$41.14What makes a person want to become a terrorist? Who becomes involved in terrorism, and why? In what ways does participating in violent extremism change someone? And how can people become deradicalized?John Horgan-one of the world's leading experts on the... -
Stalin's Gamble: The Search for Allies against Hitler, 1930-1936 by Michael Jabara Carley 9781487544416
RRP: $138.60$114.58Shedding light on the origins of the Second World War in Europe, Stalin's Gamble aims to create a historical narrative of the relations of the USSR with Britain, France, the United States, Poland, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia, and Romania during the... -
Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping by Klaus Mühlhahn 9780674248311
RRP: $48.20$40.45"Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China."-William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead?It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng...