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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir by Aminatta Forna 9780006531265
RRP: £12.99£8.48An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African... -
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography by John A. Agnew 9781119107651
RRP: £40.95£36.29The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography aims to account for the intellectual and worldly developments that have taken place in and around political geography in the last 10 years. Bringing together established names in the field as well as... -
Lumumba: Africa's Lost Leader by Leo Zeilig
RRP: £12.99£8.99Patrice Lumumba (1925-61) is perhaps the most famous leader of the African independence movement. After his execution in 1961, when he had been prime minister of the newly-liberated Congo for only seven months, he became an icon of anti-imperialist... -
Having and Being Had by Eula Biss 9780571346431
RRP: £10.99£7.12'A major achievement.' CLAUDIA RANKINE'Endlessly absorbing.' SINEAD GLEESON 'A probing tour of capitalism and class.' MAGGIE NELSON'Exhilarating.' JENNY OFFILLA personal reckoning with the intricacies of money, class and capitalism from the New York... -
The Shortest History of China: From the Ancient Dynasties to a Modern Superpower--A Retelling for Our Times by Linda Jaivin
RRP: £16.95£10.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615198207Author Linda JaivinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint ExperimentPublisher ExperimentWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 22mm -
By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X 9780873487542
£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873487542Author Malcolm XFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Pathfinder Books LtdPublisher Pathfinder Books LtdWeight(grams) 270g -
Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: Tight and Loose Cultures and the Secret Signals That Direct Our Lives by Michele J. Gelfand
RRP: £10.99£7.40'A groundbreaking analysis of what used to be an impenetrable mystery: how and why do cultures differ? ... Anyone interested in our cultural divides will find tremendous insight in Rule Makers, Rule Breakers' - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of... -
How War Kills: The Overlooked Threats to Our Health by Yara M. Asi 9781421447896
RRP: £25.00£22.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781421447896Author Yara M. AsiFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Johns Hopkins University PressPublisher Johns Hopkins University PressWeight(grams)... -
The Northern Question: A History of a Divided Country by Thomas Hazeldine
RRP: £20.00£14.05Britain has scarcely begun to come to terms with its recent upheavals, from the crisis over Brexit to the collapse of Labour's 'red wall'. What can explain such momentous shifts?In this essential work, Tom Hazeldine excavates the history of a divided... -
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
RRP: £12.99£10.15What will planet Earth be like in twenty years? At mid-century? In the year 2100? Prescient and convincing, this book is a must-read for anyone concerned about the future. Never has the world offered more promise for the future and been more fraught with... -
Zero Altitude: How I Learned to Fly Less and Travel More by Helen Coffey
RRP: £16.99£12.94In recent decades, private jets have become status symbols for the world's wealthiest, while quick and easy flights have brought far-flung destinations within the reach of everyone. But at what cost to the environment? Around the world, flying emits... -
New Military Strategies in the Gulf: The Mirage of Autonomy in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar by Jean-Loup Samaan 9780755650712
RRP: £24.99£21.78In the last decade, rulers in Gulf regimes have aspired to greater strategic autonomy and distance from the West. Coined the "Gulf moment" by local commentators, this regional trend reflects a redistribution of power in the Arab world. This is the first... -
Russia's War on Everybody: And What it Means for You by Keir Giles 9781350452602
RRP: £12.99£9.79You may not be interested in Russia. But Russia is interested in you. Russia's 2022 attack on Ukraine saw confrontation between Moscow and the West spill over into open conflict once again. But Russia has also been waging a clandestine war against the... -
The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future by Victor Cha
RRP: £14.99£10.95The definitive account of North Korea - its veiled past and uncertain future - from former White House adviser and Korea expert Victor Cha'We killed Americans. We are killing Americans. We will kill Americans.'North Korean schoolchildren conjugating... -
Clandestine In Chile by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
RRP: £15.99£12.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590173404Author Gabriel Garcia MarquezFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot
RRP: £22.00£18.36A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism... -
Forced Migration and Global Politics by Alexander Betts 9781405180320
RRP: £30.95£27.45Using real-world examples and in-depth case studies, Forced Migration and Global Politics systematically applies International Relations theory to explore the international politics of forced migration. Provides an accessible and thought-provoking... -
Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch
RRP: £14.99£9.80'A revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to lead a British political party' ObserverThe story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British... -
James Connolly: 16Lives by Lorcan Collins
RRP: £15.99£12.37James Connolly (1868-1916) became a leading Irish socialist and revolutionary, and was one of the leaders of Ireland's rebellion in 1916. As a youth he had served in the British army in Ireland and, seeing how they treated the local population, became... -
Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective by Michael Butter
RRP: £35.99£31.69Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective examines how conspiracy theories and related forms of misinformation and disinformation about the Covid-19 pandemic have circulated widely around the world.Covid conspiracy theories have attracted... -
The Short Guide to Community Development by Alison Gilchrist
RRP: £14.99£12.13The only up-to-date, accessibly written short guide to community development, this third edition offers an invaluable and authoritative introduction. Fully updated to reflect changes in policy, practice, economics and culture, it will equip readers with... -
NEVER FEED A TIGER! by Rosie Greening 9781803372853
RRP: £7.99£6.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803372853Author Rosie GreeningFormat HardbackPage Count 12Imprint Make Believe IdeasPublisher Make Believe IdeasDimensions(mm) 186mm * 186mm * 20mm -
The Vocation Lectures: "Science as a Vocation"; "Politics as a Vocation" by Max Weber
RRP: £15.99£14.28Originally published separately, Weber's Science as a Vocation and Politics as a Vocation stand as the classic formulations of his positions on two related subjects that go to the heart of his thought: the nature and status of science and its claims to... -
Chronicles of Dissent by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £16.99£12.68An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thoughtIn sixteen extended talks with Alternative Radio's David Barsamian, Noam Chomsky explains why the 'war on drugs' is really a war on poor people; how attacks on political correctness are... -
Whisky Walks Scotland by Maria Mazanti 9783907293669
£16.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783907293669Author Maria MazantiFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HelvetiqPublisher Helvetiq -
The Outdoor Citizen: Get Out, Give Back, Get Active by John Judge 9781948062183
RRP: £17.99£12.30From the president and CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club comes an astounding comprehensive plan to save our planet, make the outdoors the epicenter of our communities, and commit to an active outdoor lifestyle.In The Outdoor Citizen, John Judge coins... -
The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II by Jonathan Haslam
RRP: £30.00£23.69A bold new history showing that the fear of Communism was a major factor in the outbreak of World War IIThe Spectre of War looks at a subject we thought we knew-the roots of the Second World War-and upends our assumptions with a masterful new... -
Bourgeoisie, State and Democracy: Russia, Britain, France, Germany, and the USA by Graeme Gill 9780199544684
£52.52One of the key questions in social science is the role of the bourgeoisie in creating a democracy. An important issue in contemporary international politics is the trajectory of the current Russian political system. This book brings these questions... -
Creating Freedom: Power, Control and the Fight for Our Future by Raoul Martinez
RRP: £12.99£8.56We are far less free than we like to think. In Creating Freedom, Raoul Martinez exposes the mechanisms of control that pervade our lives and the myths on which they depend. Exploring the lottery of our birth, the coercive influence of concentrated... -
The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World by James Crawford
RRP: £20.00£13.86SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD 2023Today, there are more borders in the world than ever before in human history. In this book James Crawford argues that our enduring obsession with borders has brought us to a crisis point:... -
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass by James DiEugenio
RRP: £25.00£21.76Based on Oliver Stone's documentary, JFK Revisited, read the transcripts and interviews that will change the way you think about the John F. Kennedy assassination.JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass contains the two working original screenplays for... -
Intelligent Policing: How Systems Thinking Approaches Eclipse Conventional Management Practice by Simon Guilfoyle
RRP: £25.00£22.62Policing is at a crossroads. At a time of unprecedented cuts and increasing levels of demand, the British police service (like many others) faces enormous challenges. Under the most radical reforms the service has ever experienced, its leadership is... -
Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century by Sergei Guriev 9780691211411
RRP: £25.00£19.99A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler,... -
Diminishing Returns: The New Politics of Growth and Stagnation by Mark Blyth
RRP: £27.99£24.01A set of state of the art empirical analyses at the country, regional, and global level that work from a new theoretical framework that analyzes the politics of growth and stagnation. As highlighted by the recent debate on 'secular stagnation,'... -
Whites and Democracy in South Africa by Roger Southall 9781847013743
RRP: £25.99£21.69Key book in Whiteness Studies that engages with the different ways in which the last white minority in Africa to give way to majority rule has adjusted to the arrival of democracy and the different modes of transition from "settlers" to "citizens". ... -
Afghanistan: A Cultural and Political History by Thomas Barfield
RRP: £16.99£13.65Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces readers to the... -
International Law from Below: Development, Social Movements and Third World Resistance by Balakrishnan Rajagopal 9780521016711
RRP: £44.99£38.14The emergence of transnational social movements as major actors in international politics - as witnessed in Seattle in 1999 and elsewhere - has sent shockwaves through the international system. Many questions have arisen about the legitimacy, coherence... -
Northern Spy by Flynn Berry
RRP: £16.99£12.28THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - SOON TO BE A MAJOR NETFLIX PRODUCTION'You'll devour Northern Spy . . . I loved this thrill ride of a book'Reese Witherspoon'A sharp, moving thriller: you lose your breath for... -
The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran by Roy Mottahedeh 9781851686162
RRP: £18.99£17.91Drawn from the first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses, Roy Mottahedeh's absorbing tale of Islam and Politics in revolutionary Iran is widely regarded as one of the best records of that turbulent time ever written. This revised edition includes a new... -
Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
RRP: £9.99£7.11Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born the fifth child of his father's third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his mother's eye, before attending school to slake what is...