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Churchill's Spy Files: MI5's Top-Secret Wartime Reports by Nigel West 9781803994826
RRP: €22.60€17.04The Second World War saw the role of espionage, secret agents and spy services increase exponentially as the world was thrown into a conflict unlike any that had gone before it.At this time, no one in government was really aware of what MI5 and its... -
The Prison Teacher: Stories from Britain's Most Notorious Women's Prison Mim Skinner 9781841883335
RRP: €10.70€7.60AS SEEN ON BBC BREAKFASTStep inside one of Britain's most renowned prisons...During her time as a prison teacher Mim Skinner met people from all walks of life - what united them, was that they had committed a serious crime. But Mim's job was not to judge... -
London of the Future by Peter Murray 9781858947105
RRP: €47.60€36.39The proposals in London of the Future aim to predict and prescribe how the metropolis might be governed, organized, and designed in years to come and to provoke debate among planners, architects, and developers. Over the course of eighteen essays,... -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: a life by Jane Sherron De Hart 9781913348496
RRP: €13.08€8.97The definitive account of an icon who shaped gender equality for all women. In this comprehensive, revelatory biography - fifteen years of interviews and research in the making - historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that... -
China's Leaders: From Mao to Now David Shambaugh 9781509546510
RRP: €29.75€20.27Since the founding of the People's Republic of China over 70 years ago, five paramount leaders have shaped the fates and fortunes of the nation and the ruling Chinese Communist Party: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping... -
Whatever Happened to Tradition?: History, Belonging and the Future of the West by Tim Stanley 9781399404877
RRP: €13.08€10.25The West feels lost. Brexit, Trump, the coronavirus: we hurtle from one crisis to another, lacking definition, terrified that our best days are behind us. The central argument of this book is that we can only face the future with hope if we have a... -
Islamic Fascism by Hamed Abdel-Samad 9781633881242
RRP: €23.79€21.73This polemic against Islamic extremism highlights the striking parallels between contemporary Islamism and the 20th-century fascism embodied by Hitler and Mussolini. Like those infamous ideologies, Islamism today touts imperialist dreams of world... -
Diplomacy: Theory and Practice by G. R. Berridge 9783030859305
RRP: €33.31€28.35This fully revised and expanded sixth edition of Diplomacy, written by an internationally respected researcher and teacher of the subject, is richly illustrated with examples from the worlds of health and commerce as well as high politics. The instances... -
Philosophy and Social Hope by Richard Rorty
RRP: €13.08€9.51Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time. In these eloquent... -
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews Under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain by Dario Fernandez-Morera
RRP: €26.18€23.05A finalist for World Magazine's Book of the Year! "Essential reading." -Antonio Carreno, Brown University "A watershed in scholarship." -Raphael Israeli, Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Desperately, desperately needed as a counter to the mythology that... -
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim and Max Weber by Anthony Giddens 9780521097857
RRP: €27.36€22.02Giddens's analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology. The first three sections of the book, based... -
Post-Colonial Globalisation: Law, Power and Actors in the 21st Century Yonit Manor-Percival 9781138230170
RRP: €42.83€38.01With the globalist project immersed in conflicts and adversity, Post-Colonial Globalisation offers an insight into the actors who animate it and the power dynamics which run through it. Using the law as the prism through which these are examined, and... -
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer
RRP: €24.99€10.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism 2017. Short-listed for National Book Critics Circle Awards 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780307947901Author... -
Blood Gun Money: Firearms Trafficking Along America's Iron River by Ioan Grillo
RRP: €17.84€14.79From the author of El Narco and Gangster Warlords, a searing investigation into the enormous black market for firearms, essential to cartels and gangs in the drug trade. Guns from America reach more than 130 countries, and inundate Mexico, with over... -
The German Ideology: Including Thesis on Feuerbach by Karl Marx 9781573922586
RRP: €17.84€14.40Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production,... -
Untouchable: How Powerful People Get Away with It by Elie Honig
RRP: €29.75€22.60CNN senior legal analyst and nationally bestselling author Elie Honig explores America's two-tier justice system, explaining how the rich, the famous, and the powerful- including, most notoriously, Donald Trump-manipulate the legal system to escape... -
Porridge and Passion: An Autobiography by Jonathan Aitken 9780826480682
€23.44Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Art of Diplomacy: How American Negotiators Reached Historic Agreements that Changed the World by Stuart E. Eizenstat 9781538167991
RRP: €35.70€25.00In one readable volume, diplomat and negotiator Stuart E. Eizenstat covers every major contemporary international agreement, from the treaty to end the Vietnam War to the Kyoto Protocols and the Iranian Nuclear Accord. Written from the perspective that... -
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx 9781453716540
RRP: €11.84€11.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453716540Author Karl MarxFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 11mm -
Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies by Ian Buruma 9780143034872
RRP: €28.56€19.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143034872Author Ian BurumaFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 131mm *... -
Imperial Citizenship: Empire and the Question of Belonging by Daniel Gorman 9780719082146
RRP: €23.79€20.96This is the first book-length study of the ideological foundations of British imperialism in the twentieth century. Drawing on the thinking of imperial activists, publicists, ideologues, and travelers such as Lionel Curtis, John Buchan, Arnold White,... -
Political Ideologies by Paul Wetherly
RRP: €51.16€48.55Political Ideologies provides a broad-ranging introduction to both the classical and contemporary political ideologies. Adopting a global outlook, it introduces readers to ideologies' increasingly global reach and the different national versions of these... -
The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism and Carbon Footprint [Revised edition] by Ellie Harrison
RRP: €11.89€8.90I will not travel beyond Glasgow's city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike, for a whole calendar year. - Ellie Harrison, January 2016 This simple proposition - to attempt to live a 'low-carbon lifestyle of the future' - put forward by an... -
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered by Mark Andersen
RRP: €22.55€15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617752933Author Mark AndersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S. -
The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World after Brexit Christopher Hill 9781509524624
RRP: €19.03€17.40Since 1945, Britain has had to cope with a slow descent from international primacy. The decline in global influence was intended to be offset by the United Kingdom's entry into Europe in 1975, with the result that national foreign policy came to rest on... -
Britain'S Korean War: Cold War Diplomacy, Strategy and Security 1950-53 by Thomas Hennessey 9780719097386
RRP: €29.75€26.41Available in paperback for the first time, this book assesses the strains within the 'Special Relationship' between London and Washington and offers a new perspective on the limits and successes of British influence during the Korean War. The interaction... -
Aberfan: Government and Disaster by Iain McLean 9781860571336
RRP: €23.79€20.96On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and... -
Party Politics in Japan: Political Chaos and Stalemate in the 21st Century by Ronald J. Hrebenar
RRP: €47.59€41.72The Japanese political system is a parliamentary democracy and was the first western style government in Asia when the parliamentary system was adopted in the 1880s. It has a multiparty system, free elections, and a parliament that functions much the... -
Operators: On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service by James Rennie 9781781592625
€19.93Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the Operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off 14 Company prevent twelve. The... -
The Long Alliance: the imperfect union of Joe Biden and Barack Obama by Gabriel Debenedetti
RRP: €22.60€15.27An in-depth look at the partnership between Barack Obama and Joe Biden that changed the face of American politics. The 'bromance' between Obama and Biden has been much discussed, but this is the first time the full story of their relationship has been... -
India Transformed: Twenty-Five Years of Economic Reforms by Rakesh Mohan
RRP: €41.65€37.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736615Author Rakesh MohanFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 953gDimensions(mm)... -
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy by Matt Qvortrup 9783111327792
RRP: €28.56€23.53According to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, following a pattern we have seen since the... -
The War of the Spanish Succession 1701-1714 by James Falkner
RRP: €17.84€13.22The War of the Spanish Succession, fought between 1701 and 1714 to decide who should inherit the Spanish throne, was a conflict on an unprecedented scale, stretching across most of western Europe, the high seas and the Americas. Yet this major subject is... -
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History David Rosenberg 9780745338552
RRP: €17.84€11.96The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David... -
Chemical Warrior: Syria, Salisbury and Saving Lives at War Hamish de Bretton-Gordon 9781472274540
RRP: €23.80€14.38GRIPPING, MOVING AND INSPIRING: the remarkable life of a world-leading expert in chemical weapons defence. "His work has saved lives and given hope." - Professor David Nott, bestselling author of War DoctorFor thirty years, Hamish has served and... -
Tornado F3: A Navigator's Eye on Britain's Last Interceptor by David Gledhill 9781781553077
RRP: €29.75€23.59The Tornado F2 had a troubled introduction to service. Unloved by its crews and procured as a political imperative, it was blighted by failures and was developed to counter a threat that disappeared. Modified rapidly before it could be sent to war, the... -
Becoming East German: Socialist Structures and Sensibilities after Hitler by Mary Fulbrook 9781785330278
RRP: €33.26€26.87For roughly the first decade after the demise of the GDR, professional and popular interpretations of East German history concentrated primarily on forms of power and repression, as well as on dissent and resistance to communist rule. Socio-cultural... -
Becoming Kim Jong Un: Understanding North Korea's Young Dictator by Jung H. Pak 9780861542529
RRP: €13.08€9.51'The young dictator comes under close scrutiny in this intelligent account' Sunday Times When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea in 2011, many expected his rule to be short. Years later, he remains the unchallenged dictator of a nuclear... -
Saka Saka: Adventures in African cooking, south of the Sahara by Chef Anto 9781911668459
RRP: €29.75€21.30In this vibrant and generous celebration of food, friendship and conviviality, photographer Aline Princet and Anto Cocagne, a young chef from Gabon, invite musicians, writers, artists and creatives from all over African, south of the Sahara, to share... -
Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism by Nadya Tolokonnikova 9780062741585
RRP: €29.74€14.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062741585Author Nadia TollokonnikovoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc