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Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality by Diane Wolfthal 9781913875374
RRP: $73.40$55.00Medieval Money explores the ways art reflected and reinforced the complex ethical discussions that developed from the widespread role of money in everyday life in the Middle Ages. It traces the origins of global money, and surveys economic history,... -
Death of the Liberal Class by Chris Hedges 9781568586793
RRP: $33.58$24.38For decades the liberal class was a defence against the worst excesses of power. But the pillars of the liberal class, the press, universities, the labour movement, the Democratic Party, and liberal religious institutions,have collapsed. In its absence,... -
Ace of Spies: The True Story of Sidney Reilly by Andrew Cook
RRP: $27.28$23.12Ace of Spies reveals for the first time the true story of Sidney Reilly, the real-life inspiration behind fictional hero James Bond. Andrew Cook's startling biography cuts through the myths to tell the full story of the greatest spy the world has ever... -
A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King 9780060646912
RRP: $62.98$40.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060646912Author Martin Luther King Jr.Page Count 736Imprint HarperOnePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 951gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm... -
Organized Crime: A Very Short Introduction by Georgios A. Antonopoulos 9780198795544
RRP: $16.78$12.16For many people around the world, instances of what is described as organized crime may be part of their everyday experience; in their neighbourhoods, their streets, and the places they work and live. Policymakers, law enforcement, and the media rarely... -
Confessions of a Recovering Civil Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town by Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
RRP: $42.00$28.04Discover insider secrets of how America's transportation system is designed, funded, and built - and how to make it work for your community In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town, renowned speaker and author of Strong... -
Fascism by Roger Griffin 9780192892492
RRP: $88.18$83.75Fascism as a political ideology is a product of the modern age. It is an ideology which has been identified with totalitarianism, state terror, social engineering, fanaticism, orchestrated violence, and blind obedience. Yet once again fascism is in the... -
Clear Bright Future: A Radical Defence of the Human Being by Paul Mason
RRP: $23.08$16.32'Thrilling, brilliant, radical ... an admirable defence of humans against machines' GuardianA passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of PostcapitalismHow do we preserve what makes us human... -
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden by Jonny Oates 9781785905728
RRP: $42.00$30.41Aged fifteen and armed with a credit card stolen from his father, Jonny Oates ran away from home and boarded a plane to Addis Ababa. His plan? To single-handedly save the Ethiopian people from the devastating 1985 famine. Discovering on arrival that the... -
The Idea of Australia by Julianne Schultz
RRP: $42.00$30.01***Longlisted for the inaugural Australian Political Book of the Year Award!***A searing analysis of the idea of Australia and the truth of the nation, its greatest strengths and most important challenges, and how Australia as a country can achieve its... -
A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland
RRP: $123.88$108.11A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
Fire Under The Snow: Testimony of a Tibetan Prisoner by Palden Gyatso
RRP: $33.58$24.38In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life... -
Introducing Political Philosophy: A Policy-Driven Approach by Andrew Walton
RRP: $67.18$63.69Introducing Political Philosophy is a thought-provoking introduction that invites readers to consider and analyse the philosophical controversies that underpin several prominent areas of political debate. The opening chapter familiarises students with... -
50 Democracy Ideas You Really Need to Know by Adam Fleming 9781529434170
RRP: $20.98$14.28In a series of 50 accessible essays, Adam Fleming introduces and explains the history, key ideas and tools of democracy developed by some of the world's greatest thinkers - spanning from the ancient Greeks to the present day.From the right to vote to the... -
50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! by Sinclair McKay 9781472297211
RRP: $39.88$26.78A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book. There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and... -
Public Opinion by Walter Lippman 9781617430299
RRP: $20.77$18.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617430299Author Walter LippmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Greenbook Publications, LLCPublisher Greenbook Publications, LLCWeight(grams)... -
Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, Justice by Martha C. Nussbaum
RRP: $33.58$24.38Anger is not just ubiquitous, it is also popular. Many people think it is impossible to care sufficiently for justice without anger at injustice. Many believe that it is impossible for individuals to vindicate their own self-respect or to move beyond an... -
The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair by Anthony Summers
RRP: $27.28$18.06The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John Profumo, had been sleeping with the teenage Christine Keeler, while at the same time she had been sleeping with a Russian spy. The ensuing investigation... -
The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security by Catherine L. Grant
RRP: $77.70$69.20A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly... -
The Fall of America: Poems of These States 1965-1971 by Allen Ginsberg
RRP: $20.98$14.18National Book Award for Poetry, 1973 Beginning with "long poem of these States," The Fall of America continues Planet News chronicle tape-recorded scribed by hand or sung condensed, the flux of car bus airplane dream consciousness Person during Automated... -
Global Politics of Health by Sara Davies 9780745640426
RRP: $37.78$36.62International responses to the outbreak of SARS, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the promotion of health as a human right all demonstrate how global politics have a profound effect on the way we think about and respond to major health challenges. Despite a... -
Practical Spirituality by Marshall B. Rosenberg
RRP: $16.78$9.81According to Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D., our most basic spiritual need is to contribute to the well being of others and ourselves. His brief, unscripted reflections on the spiritual basis of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) will inspire you not only to... -
Old Regime France 1648-1788 by Professor William Doyle 9780198731290
RRP: $78.73$65.63The kingdom of France, a byword for upheaval and instability for a century before 1660, was transformed over the subsequent generation into the greatest power in Europe and an institutional model admired and imitated almost everywhere. A further century... -
The Great Decoupling: China, America and the Struggle for Technological Supremacy by Nigel Inkster 9781787389632
RRP: $37.78$33.89For much of recorded history, China was a leading science and technology power. But just as the West rose, China turned in on itself, and missed the Industrial Revolution. The result was the 'Hundred Years of Humiliation', and a long struggle for a... -
The Force of Nonviolence: The Ethical in the Political by Judith Butler
RRP: $31.48$26.36Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the... -
Homecoming: The Path to Prosperity in a Post-Global World by Rana Foroohar 9780593444382
RRP: $35.68$25.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593444382Author Rana ForooharFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Joanne Payton
RRP: $60.88$52.42'Honor' is used as a justification for violence perpetrated against women and girls considered to have violated social taboos related to sexual behavior. Several 'honor'-based murders of Kurdish women, such as Fadime Sahindal, Banaz Mahmod and Du'a... -
The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict by Nicola Guerra 9781032566252
RRP: $77.68$68.31The Italian Far Right from 1945 to the Russia-Ukraine Conflict provides a comprehensive account of the postwar parliamentary and extra parliamentary far right in Italy. This book explores the ideology, movements and activism of the extreme right and neo-... -
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life by Jonathan F. P. Rose
RRP: $27.28$17.812017 PROSE Award Winner: Outstanding Scholarly Work by a Trade Publisher In the vein of Jane Jacobs's The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Edward Glaeser's Triumph of the City, Jonathan F. P. Rose-a visionary in urban development and... -
Decolonization: Unsung Heroes of the Resistance by Pierre Singaravelou
RRP: $48.28$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635421033Author Pierre SingaravelouFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC -
Confessions of a Stratcom Hitman by Paul Erasmus
RRP: $35.60$29.57"Using the word as loosely as some South Africans do today, strips it of its intentional and intimate terror. [...] The diluted use of the word today empties out the pain it was designed to cause. We in Stratcom wanted to annihilate, not only get the odd... -
The American Century and Beyond: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1893-2014 by George C. Herring
RRP: $38.83$29.99In his last years as president of the United States, an embattled George Washington yearned for a time when his nation would have "the strength of a Giant and there will be none who can make us afraid." At the turn of the twentieth century, the United... -
Art, Wealth and Riches by William Morris
RRP: $10.50$9.28William Morris is perhaps best known today for the beautiful textile designs he created under the banner of Morris & Co, which continue to decorate homes around the globe. As one of the leading lights of British socialism, however, he is less well known,... -
Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics by Yochai Benkler
RRP: $71.38$45.57This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Is social media... -
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia by David Vine 9780691149837
RRP: $58.80$52.42The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military... -
Cash, Clothes, and Construction: Rethinking Value in Bolivia's Pluri-economy by Kate Maclean 9781517915964
RRP: $46.18$40.30A groundbreaking feminist perspective on Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) rule in Bolivia and the country's radical transformation under Evo Morales The presidency of Evo Morales in Bolivia (2006-2019) has produced considerable academic scholarship,... -
Will China Dominate the 21st Century? by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: $31.48$28.52China's spectacular growth and expanding global role have led to visions of the 21st century being dominated by the last major state on earth ruled by a Communist Party. In this new edition of his widely acclaimed book, renowned China expert Jonathan... -
HM Yamaha YZF 2006-2013 OP by Haynes 9781785214943
RRP: $71.40$56.45Yamaha's third generation R6 was launched in 2006. After two years it received a number of engine upgrades, most significant being Yamaha's YCC-I electronically controlled variable intake funnels with associated changes to the airbox and throttle bodies... -
Formal Models of Domestic Politics by Scott Gehlbach
RRP: $65.08$57.79Formal Models of Domestic Politics offers a unified and accessible approach to canonical and important new models of politics. Intended for political science and economics students who have already taken a course in game theory, this new edition retains... -
A Likely Tale, Lad: Laughs & Larks Growing Up in the 1970s by Mike Pannett
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855683440Author Mike PannettFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Dalesman Publishing Co LtdPublisher Dalesman Publishing Co LtdWeight(grams)...