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The China Nexus by Benedict Rogers 9780888903266
RRP: $52.40$33.20Benedict Rogers first went to China at age 18 to teach English for six months in Qingdao (1992), three years after the Tiananmen Square massacre. That opened the door to a thirty-year adventure with China, from teaching English in schools and hospitals... -
Tying the Autocrat's Hands: The Rise of The Rule of Law in China by Yuhua Wang
RRP: $65.08$43.97Under what conditions would authoritarian rulers be interested in the rule of law? What type of rule of law exists in authoritarian regimes? How do authoritarian rulers promote the rule of law without threatening their grip on power? Tying the Autocrat's... -
Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America by Ted Cruz 9781684513628
RRP: $46.20$30.35Our institutions have gone "woke." Everybody knows that. But nobody has come up with a way to stop it. Until now.In this hard-hitting new book, Senator Ted Cruz delivers a realistic battle plan for defeating the woke assault on America.The Democratic... -
Health Divides: Where You Live Can Kill You by Clare Bambra
RRP: $29.38$23.94HIGHLY COMMENDED IN THE BMA BOOK AWARDS 2017 Americans live three years less than their counterparts in France or Sweden. Scottish men survive two years less than English men. Across Europe, women in the poorest communities live up to ten years less... -
Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office by Jeremy Myerson 9781789146684
RRP: $35.68$25.79Over the past hundred years, the office has been integral to the development of modern society. It has shaped the architecture of our cities, the behaviour of our organizations and the everyday movements of millions of people. In 2020, however, the... -
The Monarchy and the Constitution by Vernon Bogdanor 9780198293347
$140.93In the increasingly questioning world of the 1990s, the role of the monarchy in a democracy is again coming under scrutiny. Its critics argue that the monarchy is a profoundly conservative institution which serves to inhibit social change; that it has... -
The Corpse Walker by Yiwu Liao
RRP: $31.48$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307388377Author Liao YiwuFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 134mm *... -
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume I by John H. Gill 9781848327573
RRP: $39.88$29.42The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of Europe's great powers lie broken at his feet. In this respect 1809 represents a high point of the First... -
Chronicles of a Liquid Society by Umberto Eco
RRP: $27.28$19.09Discover the final book from one of Europe's cultural giants.In this entertaining collection of essays about the modern world the celebrated author of The Name of the Rose explores everything from unbridled individualism to mobile phones.'He brilliantly... -
The Invention of the White Race: Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America by Theodore W. Allen
$42.82On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, Martin Luther King outlined a dream of an America where people would not be judged by the color of their skin. That dream has yet to be realized, but some three centuries ago it was a reality. Back then,... -
The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America by Peter Zeihan 9780998505206
RRP: $73.50$49.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998505206Author Peter ZeihanFormat HardbackPage Count 422Imprint Zeihan on GeopoliticsPublisher Zeihan on GeopoliticsWeight(grams) 748gDimensions(mm)... -
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, Paris, December 1948 by United Nations General Assembly
RRP: $14.68$11.76'There are few historical developments more significant than the realisation that those in power should not be free to torture and abuse those who are not.' - Amal Clooney On 10 December 1948, in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an... -
12 Rules for Christian Activists: A Toolkit for Massive Change by Ellen Louden 9781786222442
RRP: $27.28$26.71If you've ever browsed the self-help sections of any bookshop, you'd be forgiven for thinking that all we need to do in order to have a better life is to work hard, take exercise and get thin. Yet Christian activism calls us to a bigger vision of what... -
Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen
RRP: $20.98$14.07'An indispensable voice of and for this moment' Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny Many of us are consumed by news cycles reporting on Trump's latest astonishing policy or declaration, and the overwhelming sense we have is one of confusion and... -
When Montezuma Met Cortes: The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History by Matthew Restall 9780062427274
RRP: $31.48$31.44A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortes that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes first met Montezuma, the Aztec... -
Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam by Frances FitzGerald
$38.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316159197Author Frances FitzGeraldFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Red Metropolis: An Essay on the Government of London by Owen Hatherley
RRP: $23.08$15.54London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London - a social democratic twentieth-century... -
The Greatest Traitor: The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake by Roger Hermiston
RRP: $29.38$19.32Sober, accurate and all the more thrilling for it. The best thing on Blake that we are likely to get for a very long time.' JOHN LE CARRE On 3 May 1961, after a trial conducted largely in secret, a man named George Blake was sentenced to an unprecedented... -
Introduction to Marxist Theory by Ernest Mandel 9780902869653
RRP: $31.50$30.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869653Author Ernest MandelFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Resistance BooksPublisher Resistance Books -
Inside Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman
RRP: $46.20$37.97Bruce Hoffman's Inside Terrorism has remained the seminal work for understanding the historical evolution of terrorism and the terrorist mind-set. In this revised third edition of his classic text, Hoffman analyzes the latest developments in global... -
Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future by Joel Wainwright
$27.76**Winner of the 2019 Sussex International Theory Prize**Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching... -
Futurability: The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility by Franco "Bifo" Berardi
RRP: $20.98$17.16We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing that radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global... -
Jacobs, White, and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights by Bernadette Rainey 9780198847137
RRP: $102.88$96.37The eighth edition of Jacobs, White and Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights is a clear and concise companion to this increasingly important and extensive area of the law. The authors examine each of the Convention rights in turn, explore the... -
Making Money: Coin, Currency, and the Coming of Capitalism by Christine Desan
RRP: $69.28$52.31Money travels the modern world in disguise. It looks like a convention of human exchange - a commodity like gold or a medium like language. But its history reveals that money is a very different matter. It is an institution engineered by political... -
Inside the Mind of Vladimir Putin by Michel Eltchaninoff
RRP: $27.28$25.10What does the head of the Kremlin think about? What are his hopes and aims for the lands bordering Russia, for Europe, and even the world? In January 2014, the Kremlin sent its senior civil servants, governors and party bigwigs a special New Year's... -
The Rise of the Labour Party 1880-1945 by Paul Adelman 9780582292109
$75.05This popular study covers two major topics: the formation of the Labour Party and its emergence as the main rival to the conservatives. This transformation of the British political scene has been accounted for in a variety of ways. Dr Adelman examines... -
Transitional Justice: Theories, Mechanisms and Debates by Hakeem O. Yusuf
RRP: $71.38$63.00Transitional justice is the way societies that have experienced civil conflict or authoritarian rule and widespread violations of human rights deal with the experience. With its roots in law, transitional justice as an area of study crosses various... -
The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides 9780226801063
RRP: $50.40$49.20"Thomas Hobbes's translation of Thucydides brings together the magisterial prose of one of the greatest writers of the English language and the depth of mind and experience of one of the greatest writers of history in any language. . . . For every... -
Inside an Honor Killing: A Father and a Daughter Tell Their Story by Lene Wold 9781771644372
RRP: $41.98$28.48A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrators and the victims. What drives a person to murder their sister, mother, or daughter? What is life like in a society in which women are... -
White But Not Quite: Central Europe's Illiberal Revolt by Ivan Kalmar
RRP: $48.28$37.67Since the 'migration crisis' of 2016, long-simmering tensions between the Western members of the European Union and its 'new' Eastern members - Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary - have proven to be fertile ground for rebellion against... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792052
$38.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792052Author Joss SheldonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
Malevolent Republic : A Short History of the New India by K. S. Komireddi
RRP: $52.50$46.26After decades of imperfect secularism, presided over by an often corrupt Congress establishment, Nehru's diverse republic has yielded to Hindu nationalism. India is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. Since 2014, the ruling BJP has... -
K9 Schutzhund Training: A Manual for Igp Training Through Positive Reinforcement by Resi Gerritsen
RRP: $58.78$47.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDr. Resi Gerritsen and Ruud Haak are world-renowned specialists in the field of dog work and the authors of more than 30 titles on dog training. They serve as... -
Imagine A Country: Ideas for a Better Future by Val McDermid
RRP: $25.20$16.70The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility.Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by... -
Austin: The Province of Jurisprudence Determined by John Austin 9780521447560
RRP: $65.08$59.39The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832) is a classic of nineteenth-century English jurisprudence, a subject on which Austin had a profound impact. His book is primarily concerned with a meticulous explanation of most of the core concepts of his... -
Churchill by Paul Johnson
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143117995Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 157g -
Aung San Suu Kyi: Politician, Prisoner, Parent by Wendy Law-Yone
RRP: $20.98$13.94POLITICIAN * PRISONER * PARENTA portrait of one of the most charismatic, but unknown, world leaders Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and crusader for democracyin Myanmar, is once again behind bars. Her... -
America's Deadliest Export: Democracy - The Truth about US Foreign Policy and Everything Else by William Blum
RRP: $25.18$19.07'A fireball of terse information.' Oliver Stone 'A remarkable collection. Blum concentrates on matters of great current significance, and does not pull his punches. They land, backed with evidence and acute analysis.' Noam Chomsky For over... -
Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World by Rana Foroohar 9780593240557
RRP: $31.48$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593240557Author Rana ForooharFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Designing Disorder: Experiments and Disruptions in the City by Pablo Sendra
RRP: $20.98$20.75In 1970, Richard Sennett published the groundbreaking The Uses of Disorder, arguing that the ideal of a planned and ordered city was flawed. Fifty years later, Sennett returns to these still fertile ideas and, alongside campaigner and architect Pablo...