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Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia by Samuel A. Greene
RRP: $27.28$24.07A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary Russian politics that sheds new light on why Putin's grip on power is more fragile than we think "Putin v. the People wrestles with perhaps the central conundrum of contemporary Russia: the endurance... -
Women and Welfare Conditionality: Lived Experiences of Benefit Sanctions, Work and Welfare by Sharon Wright 9781447347743
RRP: $62.98$48.34Recent welfare reforms, based on austerity narratives and a gender-neutral rationale, have failed to recognise the ways in which women and men experience the different demands and rewards of paid employment and unpaid care. This book draws on a wealth... -
Evidence-Based Policy: A Practical Guide to Doing It Better by Nancy Cartwright 9780199841622
RRP: $56.68$36.98Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base their recommendations on evidence. That is now uncontroversial to the point of triviality--of course, policy should be based on the facts. But are the methods that... -
"They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else": A History of the Armenian Genocide by Ronald Grigor Suny 9780691175966
RRP: $42.00$34.21Starting in early 1915, the Ottoman Turks began deporting and killing hundreds of thousands of Armenians in the first major genocide of the twentieth century. By the end of the First World War, the number of Armenians in what would become Turkey had been... -
Patriotic Betrayal: The Inside Story of the CIA's Secret Campaign to Enroll American Students in the Crusade Against Communism by Karen M. Paget 9780300205084
$152.40The previously untold true story of the CIA's clandestine use of American students as undercover operatives during the Cold War In 1967, CIA director Richard Helms had, as he would later recall, "one of my darkest days" when President Lyndon... -
Every Cripple a Superhero by Christoph Keller 9781802060997
RRP: $23.08$16.32'Fascinating ... compelling ... very funny' Sunday Times'A defiant call to arms ... affecting ... lingers long in the memory after its final page' Morning Star'A skilful act of literary witness, sharp, moving and funny' Joanne Limburg 'Christoph Keller .... -
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot: The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence by John Lloyd
RRP: $42.00$24.51The Scottish nationalists seek to end the United Kingdom after 300 years of a successful union. Their drive for an independent Scotland is now nearer to success than it has ever been. Success would mean a diminished Britain and a perilously insecure... -
Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America by Mary Otto 9781620974827
RRP: $46.18$27.34In this brilliant debut book, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into the role teeth play in our health and our social... -
Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era Paul Pierson 9780226836430
RRP: $50.40$38.24A provocative exploration of how America’s democratic crisis is rooted in a dangerous mismatch between our Constitution and today’s nationalized, partisan politics. The ground beneath American political institutions has moved, with national politics... -
The Lopsided World by Barbara Ward 9780393098051
RRP: $33.60$30.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780393098051Author Barbara WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton & CoWeight(grams) 152gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis by Daniel Lavelle
RRP: $39.88$35.24***Shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination' TIMES LITERARY... -
The Herero Genocide: War, Emotion, and Extreme Violence in Colonial Namibia by Matthias Häussler 9781805391517
RRP: $58.70$47.42Drawing on previously inaccessible and overlooked archival sources, The Herero Genocide undertakes a groundbreaking investigation into the war between colonizer and colonized in what was formerly German South-West Africa and is today the nation of... -
Democracy's Discontent: A New Edition for Our Perilous Times by Michael J. Sandel
RRP: $44.00$35.45A renowned political philosopher updates his classic book on the American political tradition to address the perils democracy confronts today.The 1990s were a heady time. The Cold War had ended, and America's version of liberal capitalism seemed... -
Local Is Our Future: Steps to an Economics of Happiness by Helena Norberg-Hodge
RRP: $23.08$15.54From a renowned pioneer of the anti-globalization movement, a primer on working towards a localized world From disappearing livelihoods to financial instability, from climate chaos to an epidemic of depression, we face crises on a number of seemingly... -
The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics by Christopher Lasch 9780393307955
RRP: $60.90$52.92Can we continue to believe in progress? In this sobering analysis of the Western human condition, Christopher Lasch seeks the answer in a history of the struggle between two ideas: one is the idea of progress - an idea driven by the conviction that human... -
No Truth Without Beauty: God, the Qur'an, and Women's Rights by Leena El-Ali
RRP: $48.28$43.39In this comprehensive open access book, written for readers from any or no religious background, Leena El-Ali does something remarkable. Never before has anyone taken on every last claim relating to Islam and women and countered it not just with Qur'anic... -
Leaders Who Changed History by DK
RRP: $39.88$30.68Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential leaders with this innovative, and boldly graphic biography-led book.Comprehensive in its scope and depth, and fully illustrated, Leaders profiles leaders... -
The Last Dive: A Father and Son's Fatal Descent Into the Ocean's Depths by Bernie Chowdhury 9780060932596
RRP: $29.38$26.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060932596Author Bernie ChowdhuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Bag Man by Rachel Maddow
RRP: $48.30$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593136683Author Rachel MaddowFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency by Lea Ypi 9780198798668
$89.78Why should states matter and how do relations between fellow-citizens affect what is owed to distant strangers? How, if at all, can demanding egalitarian principles inform political action in the real world? This book proposes a novel solution through... -
In the Treacle Mine: The Life of a Marine Engineer by J W Richardson 9781849954884
RRP: $35.68$29.61If anyone has ever wondered what happens in the engine room when the Captain on the bridge rings 'Full Ahead' on the telegraph then this book will enlighten the reader. This is a story of one man's life at sea, from his beginnings as a lowly cadet to his... -
Sugar: The world corrupted, from slavery to obesity by James Walvin
RRP: $23.08$15.54An 'entertaining, informative and utterly depressing global history of an important commodity . . . By alerting readers to the ways that modernity's very origins are entangled with a seemingly benign and delicious substance, How Sugar Corrupted the World... -
Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights by Sue Donaldson
RRP: $64.03$44.81Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to... -
Globalization and the Challenges of a New Century: A Reader by Patrick O'Meara
RRP: $46.18$24.84"If you want to catch up on some of the best articles written about globalisation since the topic became fashionable several years ago, this reader is the place to start." -The Economist A blue ribbon collection of major articles and position papers on... -
A Life in Trauma: Memoirs of an Emergency Physician by Chris Luke
RRP: $31.48$23.00Concern. Compassion. Doubt. Despair. Anger. Hope. Imagine juggling these feelings every day in a situation where your ability to manage them could be the difference between life and death. For Dr Chris Luke, a consultant in emergency medicine,... -
Diplomacy: Theory and Practice by G. R. Berridge 9783030859305
RRP: $58.78$49.22This 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... -
Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
RRP: $46.18$44.48Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task-most analysts argue that any attempt to... -
Sex and the Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis by Laurie Marhoefer
RRP: $67.20$55.65Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany's Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world's first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized -... -
Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain by Ailsa Henderson
RRP: $80.83$69.28Until the Brexit referendum, there was widespread doubt as to whether English nationalism existed at all, at least beyond a small fringe. Since then, it has come to be regarded an obvious explanation for the vote to Leave the European Union. Subsequent... -
Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia by Timothy Frye 9780691212463
RRP: $63.00$48.91Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is... -
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General by William P. Barr 9780063158603
RRP: $54.60$45.55INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former attorney general provides a candid account of his historic tenures serving two vastly different presidents, George H.W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.William Barr's first tenure as attorney general under... -
The Migrant's Paradox, Volume 31: Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain by Suzanne M Hall
RRP: $44.08$38.58Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how "race" maps onto place across the globe, state, and streetIn this richly observed account of migrant shopkeepers in five cities in the United Kingdom, Suzanne Hall examines the brutal... -
Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design Since 1880 by Peter Hall
RRP: $71.30$63.80Peter Hall's seminal Cities of Tomorrow remains an unrivalled account of the history of planning in theory and practice, as well as of the social and economic problems and opportunities that gave rise to it. Now comprehensively revised, the fourth... -
The Origins of Violence: Religion, History and Genocide by John Docker 9780745325439
RRP: $52.48$34.40Genocide is commonly understood to be a terrible aberration in human behaviour, performed by evil, murderous regimes such as the Nazis and dictators like Suharto and Pinochet. John Docker argues that the roots of genocide go far deeper into human nature... -
The Triumph of Injustice: How the Rich Dodge Taxes and How to Make Them Pay by Emmanuel Saez 9781324002727
RRP: $46.18$37.76Even as they became fabulously wealthy, the rich have seen their taxes collapse to levels last seen in the 1920s. Meanwhile working-class Americans have been asked to pay more. The Triumph of Injustice is a forensic investigation into this dramatic... -
Blackstone's Police Manual Volume 1: Crime 2023 by Paul Connor 9780192869807
$64.53Blackstone's Police Manuals 2023, endorsed by the College of Policing, are the only official study guides for the NPPF Step Two Legal Examination. Straightforward and accessible, Blackstone's Police Manuals are the only resource used by question writers... -
If Auschwitz is Nothing – Against Denialism by D Di Cesare
RRP: $27.28$18.06Ever since the end of World War II, when the sheer enormity of the Nazi crime against the Jews became apparent, there have been repeated attempts to deny that the Holocaust really happened. The existence of gas chambers was questioned and the testimony... -
Revolutionary Activism in the 1950s & 60s: Ernest Tate, a Memoir by Ernest Tate
RRP: $18.90$18.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780902869691Author Ernest TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint I.M.G.PublicationsPublisher Resistance Books -
The Fascist Party in Wales?: Plaid Cymru, Welsh Nationalism and the Accusation of Fascism by Richard Jones 9781783160563
RRP: $18.88$14.43For decades, otherwise highly respected figures in Welsh life have repeatedly claimed that Welsh nationalists sympathised with Fascism during the dark days of the 1930s and the Second World War. In this path-breaking book, Wales's leading political... -
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken
RRP: $29.38$27.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143113652Author Paul HawkenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S.Publisher J.P.Tarcher,U.S./Perigee Bks.,U.S...