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Imperialism at Home: Race and Victorian Women's Fiction by Susan Meyer 9780801482557
RRP: $65.10$57.46The implicit link between white women and "the dark races" recurs persistently in nineteenth-century English fiction. Imperialism at Home examines the metaphorical use of race by three nineteenth-century women novelists: Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte,... -
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 2: The Age of Reformation by Quentin Skinner
RRP: $56.68$48.15A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students,... -
Practising with Deleuze: Design, Dance, Art, Writing, Philosophy by Suzie Attiwill
RRP: $50.38$40.97The first systematic reading of Gilles Deleuze's mature philosophy through the lens of creative practice Six authors - two fine artists, a dancer, a creative writer, a designer and a philosopher - open multiple dialogues between contemporary creative... -
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe by Sathnam Sanghera 9780241691809
RRP: $35.68$29.00THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world. 'Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading'... -
Lenin the Dictator by Victor Sebestyen
RRP: $31.48$20.58'A fresh, powerful portrait of Lenin' Anne Applebaum, author of Red Famine'Richly readable ... An enthralling but appalling story' Francis Wheen, author of Karl MarxThe cold, one-dimensional figure of Lenin the political fanatic is only a partial truth... -
Food by Jennifer Clapp 9781509541775
RRP: $37.78$33.68We all need food to survive, and forty percent of the world's population relies on agriculture for their livelihood. Yet control over food is concentrated in relatively few hands. Turmoil in the world food economy in recent decades has highlighted a... -
The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner 9780307886118
RRP: $29.38$20.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307886118Author Brendan I. KoernerFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
Defying Jihad by Esther Ahmad
RRP: $33.58$25.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496425898Author Esther AhmadFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Tyndale House PublishersPublisher Tyndale House Publishers -
Different Perspectives on the Syrian Reality: Research in the Diverse Fields of Syrian Culture by Alina Oueishek
RRP: $46.20$38.60This unique collection from Syria presents research papers focusing on topics in cultural research that are relevant to the current Syrian situation, especially with regard to the fundamental changes in the relationship of Syrians to the society they... -
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker 9780593082966
RRP: $39.88$26.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593082966Author Peter BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
We Are The Clash: Reagan, Thatcher, and the Last Stand of a Band That Mattered by Mark Andersen
RRP: $39.80$29.38Apologies 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 Vaccine: Inside the Race to Conquer the COVID-19 Pandemic by Joe Miller 9781802791242
RRP: $31.48$20.58When the world stopped, all hopes rested on finding a vaccine. An unlikely team answered the call. Before Covid-19 was even given its name, a select group of scientists in Germany, assembled by married couple and decades-long research partners Ugur Sahin... -
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey Into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
RRP: $29.38$19.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780735223608Author Shane BauerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice... -
Don't Think, Smile!: Notes on a Decade of Denial by Ellen Willis 9780807043219
RRP: $29.38$20.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807043219Author Ellen WillisFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 138mm * 17mm -
Love in a Time of War: My Years with Robert Fisk by Lara Marlowe
RRP: $23.08$16.32The Irish Times bestseller 'A gripping tale of savagery and courage' Noam Chomsky 'Fascinating and captivating' Irish Times 'A beautiful book... Full of pain and longing but also joy, adventure, and excitement' Janine di Giovanni 'A superb... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet
RRP: $35.68$23.67'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book' Brian Eno'Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it's deadly... -
Understanding Modern Warfare by David Jordan
RRP: $65.08$58.63Understanding Modern Warfare has established itself as the leading introduction to the issues, ideas, concepts and context necessary to understand the theory and conduct of warfare in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is an invaluable text for... -
Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe by Larry M. Bartels
RRP: $52.50$41.14Why leaders, not citizens, are the driving force in Europe's crisis of democracyA seeming explosion of support for right-wing populist parties has triggered widespread fears that liberal democracy is facing its worst crisis since the 1930s. Democracy... -
The Northern Question: A History of a Divided Country by Thomas Hazeldine 9781786634092
$25.83Britain 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... -
Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World by Bruce Russett
RRP: $88.20$69.38By illuminating the conflict-resolving mechanisms inherent in the relationships between democracies, Bruce Russett explains one of the most promising developments of the modern international system: the striking fact that the democracies that it... -
The Ripple Effect: How surprisingly small changes in mindset can make big things happen by David J. Harkin 9781912300648
RRP: $27.28$17.18If you want to make a difference, make a change or make your mark on the world but just don't know how to start, here's the answer. Realise your true potential, find your edge and make your ideas and dreams - however big or small - a reality with The... -
Hegemony by James Martin 9781509521616
RRP: $31.48$28.52Power rarely works by force alone: it also rules by winning hearts and minds. States, classes, and social groups all seek political dominance by exerting political, ideological, or cultural leadership over others. This idea - hegemony - is a subtle,... -
The British Empire: How it was built - and how it fell by Dr. Piers Brendon
RRP: $20.98$14.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187851Author Piers BrendonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CONNELL PUBLISHING LTDPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
Appeasement and Rearmament: Britain, 1936-1939 by James P. Levy 9780742545380
RRP: $63.00$56.03Standing against conventional wisdom, historian James Levy reevaluates Britain's twin policies of appeasement and rearmament in the late 1930s. By carefully examining the political and economic environment of the times, Levy argues that Neville... -
Churchill's Spy Files: MI5's Top-Secret Wartime Reports by Nigel West 9781803994826
RRP: $39.88$30.07The 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... -
Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: A Tar Sands Tale by Matt Hern
$56.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262037648Author Matt HernFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm -
The Economics of Belonging: A Radical Plan to Win Back the Left-Behind and Achieve Prosperity for All by Martin Sandbu 9780691204529
RRP: $42.00$34.21A radical new approach to economic policy that addresses the symptoms and causes of inequality in Western society todayFueled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, the past few years have witnessed the widespread rejection of the... -
What's Left?: How the Left Lost its Way by Nick Cohen
RRP: $20.98$14.93From the much-loved, witty and excoriating voice of journalist Nick Cohen, a powerful and irreverent dissection of the agonies, idiocies and compromises of mainstream liberal thought. Nick Cohen comes from the Left. While growing up, his... -
The Long Honduran Night: Resistance, Terror, and the United States in the Aftermath of the Coup by Dana Frank
RRP: $52.48$30.72This powerful narrative recounts the tumultuous time in Honduras that witnessed then-President Manuel Zelaya deposed by a coup in June 2009, told through first-person experiences and layered with deeper political analysis. It weaves together two... -
Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics by Richard Seymour
RRP: $20.98$17.16Demolishing the Blairite opposition in 2015, Jeremy Corbyn saw off an attempted coup against his leadership under the banner of the "soft left" one year on. This unassuming antiwar socialist now leads Labour with a huge mandate. For the first time in... -
What Do We Know and What Should We Do About Housing? by Rowland Atkinson 9781526466556
RRP: $25.18$20.45The UK housing market is in crisis. House-prices are spiralling out of control, rents are rising faster than wages, and there is a serious shortage of new affordable homes. But what caused this crisis and what can we do about it? In this book,... -
Politics, Power and Community Development by Rosie Meade
RRP: $58.78$45.30The increasing impact of neoliberalism across the globe means that a complex interplay of democratic, economic and managerial rationalities now frame the parameters and practices of community development. This book explores how contemporary politics, and... -
Becoming Hitler: The Making of a Nazi by Thomas Weber 9780199664634
RRP: $31.48$23.00The fateful story of Adolf Hitler's transformation from awkward, feckless loner to lethal, charismatic demagogue. The story of the making of Adolf Hitler that we are all familiar with is the one Hitler himself wove in his 1924 trial, and then expanded... -
The Rector's Daughter by F M Mayor 9781910263303
RRP: $33.60$32.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910263303Author F M MayorFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books LtdWeight(grams) 140g -
Truth Is a Lonely Warrior by James Perloff
RRP: $41.90$34.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780966816020Author James PerloffFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Refuge BooksPublisher Refuge BooksWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm -
Modelling Historic Buildings and Imaginary Structures: A Guide for Railway Modellers and Diorama Model Makers by David Wright 9781785008047
RRP: $41.98$34.48This book demonstrates the many different modelling techniques used in the creation of realistic historical buildings and convincing imaginary or fantasy structures. Aimed at the railway and diorama modeller, it includes photographs of existing... -
Who Was Responsible for the Troubles?: The Northern Ireland Conflict by Liam Kennedy 9780228003687
RRP: $67.20$60.08The Troubles claimed the lives of almost four thousand people in Northern Ireland, most of them civilians; forty-five thousand were injured in bombings and shootings. Relative to population size this was the most intense conflict experienced in Western... -
United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (And What We Can Do About It) by Mickey Huff 9780872867673
RRP: $27.28$18.12A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and what can be done to change direction."Mickey Huff and Nolan Higdon emphasize what we can do today to restore the power of facts, truth, and... -
How Change Happens by Duncan Green 9780198825166
RRP: $22.03$14.93Society is full of would-be 'change agents'-campaigners, government officials, enlightened business people, engaged intellectuals-set on improving public services, reforming laws and regulations, guaranteeing human rights, achieving a fairer deal for... -
Becoming Kim Jong Un: Understanding North Korea's Young Dictator by Jung H. Pak 9780861542529
RRP: $23.08$16.32'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...