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Only About Love by Debbi Voisey 9781914148002
RRP: $16.78$11.95There's no such thing as a perfect family. A perfect life. A perfect man. Frank is proof of this. He's everyman and yet as unique as a fingerprint. With a wonderful wife and children who are the loves of his lives, he couldn't ask for anything more... -
Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist by Alexander Zevin
RRP: $52.50$43.47Since 1843, the Economist has been the single most devoted and influential champion of liberalism anywhere in the world. But what exactly is liberalism, and how has the liberal message evolved? Liberalism at Large presents a history of liberalism on... -
The Closure of the International System: How Institutions Create Political Equalities and Hierarchies by Lora Anne Viola 9781108711760
RRP: $54.58$48.78As global governance appears to become more inclusive and democratic, many scholars argue that international institutions act as motors of expansion and democratization. The Closure of the International System challenges this view, arguing that the... -
Health, Luck, and Justice by Shlomi Segall 9780691140537
RRP: $105.00$82.15"Luck egalitarianism"--the idea that justice requires correcting disadvantages resulting from brute luck--has gained ground in recent years and is now the main rival to John Rawls's theory of distributive justice. Health, Luck, and Justice is the first... -
Seeing Things Politically: Interviews with Benedicte Delorme-Montini by Director D'Etudes A L'Ehess Pierre Manent
RRP: $50.40$42.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587318139Author Pierre ManentFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint St Augustine's PressPublisher St Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm)... -
A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Employment Relations by Tony Dundon 9781446294116
RRP: $35.68$29.61In Employment Relations the authors translate years of experience, with the help of interesting vignettes, real life examples and connections with popular culture, into a critical understanding of the topic that brings the field to life. Conceived by... -
Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills by A. Vonnie Colvin 9781718211247
RRP: $119.70$100.15The early elementary years are a critical time for children to acquire physical skills. While many books detail the motor skills children need to learn, few focus on how to teach those skills.That's where Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Fourth... -
The State Debate by Simon Clarke 9780333548592
RRP: $209.98$188.73The 1990s promise to be a period of rapid political change, as old political boundaries dissolve and new political forces emerge. These changes throw into question our understanding of capitalism and socialism, of the character of the nation state, and... -
Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies by Arne L. Kalleberg 9781509506507
RRP: $37.78$33.68Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are being shifted from employers and governments to workers. Arne L. Kalleberg examines the impact of the... -
Watergate Burglars: Nixon, Dirty Tricks, and the CIA by Shane O'Sullivan
RRP: $39.88$26.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781510773035Author Shane O'SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Skyhorse PublishingPublisher Skyhorse PublishingWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)... -
Algorithms for the People: Democracy in the Age of AI by Joshua Simons
RRP: $52.50$41.14How to put democracy at the heart of AI governanceArtificial intelligence and machine learning are reshaping our world. Police forces use them to decide where to send police officers, judges to decide whom to release on bail, welfare agencies to decide... -
The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law: A Study of English Historical Thought in the Seventeenth Century by J. G. A. Pocock 9780521316439
RRP: $77.68$71.30Professor Pocock's subject is how the seventeenth century looked at its own past. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, one of the most important modes of studying the past was the study of the law - the historical outlook which arose in each... -
Wild East: The British in Japan 1854-1868 by Josh Provan 9781781557563
RRP: $52.50$37.00For over two centuries Japan had been hidden behind a veil of seclusion. This changed in when Commodore Perry arrived in 1853. Unsurprisingly for a world power, Britain was fast to get in on the action. But unknown to the intruders their sudden... -
The Student's Companion to Social Policy by Pete Alcock
RRP: $77.60$68.27The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroad Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible... -
Blood and Faith: The Purging of Muslim Spain, 1492-1614 by Matt Carr
RRP: $31.48$28.64In 1609, the entire Muslim population of Spain was given three days to leave Spanish territory or else be killed. In a brutal and traumatic exodus, entire families were forced to abandon the homes and villages where they had lived for generations. In... -
Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux by Tom Fletcher
RRP: $20.98$13.69'Original and thought provoking' Gordon Brown 'Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future' Valerie Amos To thrive in the twenty-first century, we all need to understand the challenges coming our way... -
The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success by Ross Douthat
RRP: $23.08$21.50From the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, public failure and private despair. The era of the coronavirus has tested... -
The Age of Genius: The Seventeenth Century and the Birth of the Modern Mind by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $31.48$23.00What happened to the European mind between 1605, when an audience watching Macbeth at the Globe might believe that regicide was such an aberration of the natural order that ghosts could burst from the ground, and 1649, when a large crowd, perhaps... -
The Berlin Wall by Frederick Taylor
RRP: $31.48$23.00The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall. During the night of 12-13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily... -
Defiance: Greece and Europe by Roger Silverman 9781785353987
RRP: $33.58$29.02This socialist history of modern Greece tells the story of its rebirth in struggle, the heroic resistance to Nazi occupation, the civil war and its aftermath, the colonels' dictatorship and its overthrow, the rise and fall of PASOK, the debt crisis, the... -
Escorting the Monarch: We Lead Others Follow by Jagger, Chris 9781399018678
$32.66Escorting the Monarch is as close to an official history of the Metropolitan Police's 'Special Escort Group' (SEG) as one could hope for. You may have seen the team at work; as the combination of motorcycles and cars pass you by, they glide elegantly... -
The Animals of the Volcano by Lara Hawthorne 9781787418769
RRP: $27.28$17.47In this beautifully illustrated picture book from Lara Hawthorne, a mysterious creature from a secluded volcano crater explores the outside world for the very first time . . . but is it not what he expects it to be! Will his adventure teach him there is... -
Striking Back: How the West is Failing on National Security by Lucas Kello
RRP: $42.00$35.66Faced with relentless technological aggression that imperils democracy, how can Western nations fight back? Before the cyber age, foreign interference in democratic politics played out in a comparatively narrow arena. The rapid expansion of cyberspace... -
The Women Who Spied for Britain: Female Secret Agents of the Second World War by Robyn Walker
RRP: $20.98$13.94Espionage is one of the world's oldest professions, and it played an integral role in Allied successes and failures during the Second World War. Equal to men in both their bravery and in the sacrifices they made, the female undercover operatives of the... -
The Great Divide by Joseph Stiglitz
RRP: $27.28$19.09Why has inequality increased in the Western world - and what can we do about it? In The Great Divide, Joseph E. Stiglitz expands on the diagnosis he offered in his best-selling book The Price of Inequality and suggests ways to counter this growing... -
First Raise a Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace by Peter Martell
RRP: $57.75$51.49When South Sudan's war began, the Beatles were playing their first hits and reaching the moon was an astronaut's dream. Half a century later, with millions massacred in Africa's longest war, the continent's biggest country split in two. It was an... -
Making Money Work for Us: How MMT Can Save America by Randall Wray 9781509554263
RRP: $31.48$28.52Is money precious and scarce, necessitating iron fiscal discipline? Must the government always balance the books or risk ruin? Or is money, in fact, a flexible tool that can be used to mobilize our collective resources to serve those who need them? In... -
Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management by Christopher Pollitt 9780857935434
RRP: $58.70$55.63Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use international and inter-sectoral comparison to challenge... -
Environmentalism from Below: How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet by Ashley Dawson 9781642599701
RRP: $41.98$28.48A global account of the grassroots environmental movements on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communities-among the... -
The Women Who Shaped Politics: Empowering stories of women who have shifted the political landscape by Sophy Ridge
RRP: $23.08$15.54Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, and Sophy has interviewed current and former... -
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by Randy Shilts
RRP: $20.98$14.07'If a bullet should enter my brain, let it destroy every closet door'This is the definitive biography of Harvey Milk, the man whose personal life, public career, and cold-blooded assassination mirrored the dramatic emergence of the gay community as a... -
Plastic Unlimited: How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It by Alice Mah 9781509549467
RRP: $31.48$29.36Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. As the world transitions away from fossil fuels, plastics are set to be the biggest driver of oil demand. Single-use plastics - deemed essential in the fight... -
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin 9781668013571
RRP: $42.00$27.85From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of far-right terrorist Timothy McVeigh, including the January 6th insurrection. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a... -
K9 Personal Protection: A Manual for Training Reliable Protection Dogs by Resi Gerritsen
RRP: $58.78$47.42Create a safe, successful K9 training program that results in reliable protection dogs. Learn how to: Select the optimal breeds, temperament and physical and mental characteristics for protection work. Master the obedience-training techniques that form... -
The History of Christianity in Britain and Ireland: From the First Century to the Twenty-First by Gerald Bray 9781789741209
RRP: $86.08$63.13The history of Britain and Ireland is incomprehensible without an understanding of the Christian faith that has shaped it. Introduced when the nations of these islands were still in their infancy, Christianity has provided the framework for their... -
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung
RRP: $50.40$33.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593241431Author Karen CheungFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge by Wael Hallaq
RRP: $73.50$59.09Since Edward Said's foundational work, Orientalism has been singled out for critique as the quintessential example of Western intellectuals' collaboration with oppression. Controversies over the imbrications of knowledge and power and the complicity of... -
House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger 9780743253390
$36.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743253390Author Craig UngerFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint ScribnerPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 497gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 22mm -
Lectures on Public Economics: Updated Edition by Anthony B. Atkinson
RRP: $115.50$92.21This classic introduction to public finance remains the best advanced-level textbook on the subject ever written. First published in 1980, Lectures on Public Economics still tops reading lists at many leading universities despite the fact that the book... -
Border Nation: A Story of Migration by Leah Cowan
RRP: $20.98$14.28'A must-read manifesto for border abolition' - gal-dem Borders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it's the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows...