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50 Codes that Changed the World: . . . And Your Chance to Solve Them! Sinclair McKay 9781472297242
RRP: €13.08€8.93A 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... -
European Union Law by Margot Horspool 9780198870586
RRP: €58.30€55.80Providing wide-ranging coverage and clear explanations, European Union Law is a trusted guide to the subject with a no-fuss style. Written in its trademark concise prose, the text distils complex ideas without sacrificing academic integrity. Focusing... -
Town and Country Planning in the UK by Barry Cullingworth
€87.06Town and country planning has never been more important to the UK, nor more prominent in national debate. Planning generates great controversy: whether it's spending GBP80m and four years' inquiry into Heathrow's Terminal 5, or the 200 proposed wind... -
Domestic Politics and International Narcotics Control: U.S. Relations with Mexico and Colombia, 1989-2000 by Victor J. Hinojosa
RRP: €49.97€43.73This book examines different levels of narcotics control cooperation between the United States, Mexico and Colombia. Victor J. Hinojosa finds that Mexico is consistently held to a very different standard than Colombia and that the US often satisfies... -
Black Panthers Speak by Philip S. Foner 9781608463282
RRP: €20.22€13.92Here are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, Eldridge Cleaver, David Hilliard and Fred Hampton, along with Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women. They tell of the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism, the power... -
The Darker Side of Western Modernity: Global Futures, Decolonial Options by Walter D. Mignolo
RRP: €29.74€26.67During the Renaissance and the Enlightenment, coloniality emerged as a new structure of power as Europeans colonized the Americas and built on the ideas of Western civilization and modernity as the endpoints of historical time and Europe as the center of... -
political science is for everybody: an introduction to political science by amy l.. atchison
RRP: €67.83€58.71political science is for everybody is the first intersectionality-mainstreamed textbook written for introductory political science courses. While political science and politics are for everybody, political institutions are neither neutral nor unbiased... -
Arts and Minds: How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation by Anton Howes
RRP: €53.55€42.84A history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British lifeFrom its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve... -
Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years by Andrew Murray
RRP: €17.84€14.93Selected as one of the 15 best political and current affairs books of 2022 by The TimesIs Socialism Possible in Britain? analyses Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as Labour leader and the prospects for parliamentary socialism in a post-Corbyn Britain. Lively and... -
Inheritance: The Lost History of Mary Davies: A Story of Property, Marriage and Madness by Leo Hollis
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Brilliant' Financial Times 'Hollis expertly weaves together the human tragedy and high politics behind the explosion of one of the world's greatest cities' Dan Snow The reclaimed history of a woman whose tragic life tells a story of madness,... -
Hobbes and Republican Liberty by Quentin Skinner 9780521714167
RRP: €27.36€20.56Quentin Skinner is one of the foremost historians in the world, and in Hobbes and Republican Liberty he offers a dazzling comparison of two rival theories about the nature of human liberty. The first originated in classical antiquity, and lay at the... -
Critique of the Gotha Programme by Karl Marx 9780244681333
RRP: €8.14€7.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780244681333Author Karl MarxFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 41g -
We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History by John Lewis Gaddis
€68.47The end of the Cold War makes it possible, for the first time, to begin writing its history from a truly international perspective, one reflecting Soviet, East European, and Chinese as well as American and West European viewpoints. In a major departure... -
Illiberal Europe?: Eastern Europe from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine by Leon Marc
RRP: €22.60€15.40Eighteen years have passed since ten countries from Central & Eastern Europe joined the European Union and more than three decades since the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 - but ignorance about what is popularly still called Eastern Europe is as... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds
RRP: €20.22€13.41'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? ... -
China Incorporated: The Politics of a World Where China is Number One by Professor Kerry Brown 9781350267244
RRP: €23.80€18.23Is the West prepared for a world where power is shared with China? A world in which China asserts the same level of global leadership that the USA currently assumes? And can we learn to embrace Chinese political culture, as China learned to embrace... -
Neighbourhood Policing: Context, Practices and Challenges Carina O'Reilly (University of Lincoln) 9781447368106
RRP: €33.31€25.67Neighbourhood policing has been called the 'cornerstone of British policing' but changing demand, pressures on funding and the cyclical nature of political support mean that this approach is under considerable pressure. Locating neighbourhood policing... -
In Defense of Public Debt by Barry Eichengreen
RRP: €32.71€23.42A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their... -
The Art of War: Slipcase Edition by Sun Tzu
RRP: €23.74€18.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784048174Author Sun TzuFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Arcturus EditionsPublisher Arcturus EditionsWeight(grams) 816gDimensions(mm) 246mm * 163mm *... -
1916: Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition Kieran Allen 9780745336329
RRP: €22.60€15.40A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world's... -
For The Love of Networking: How to put successful networking at the heart of your business and life by John Harvey 9781912300709
RRP: €15.46€10.01How do you feel about networking? I can help you love it as much as I do. Most people see networking as a necessary evil - something to be endured or even avoided. But there is a minority who really embrace and enjoy networking. Like me, they understand... -
One Hand Tied Behind Us: Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement by Jill Liddington 9781854891112
RRP: €20.22€18.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Fawcett Society Book Prize 1990.Book InformationISBN 9781854891112Author Jill LiddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rivers Oram PressPublisher Rivers... -
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson 9780679785897
RRP: €15.46€11.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679785897Author Hunter S. ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm)... -
Marxists In The Face Of Fascism: Writings by Marxists on Fascism From the Inter-war Period by David Beetham 9781608469765
RRP: €26.17€17.62Fascism's ascent to power across Europe in the 1920s & 30s marks one of the greatest historical defeats of the left in history. Far from inevitable, this catastrophic defeat was resisted at every turn by Marxists of varying stripes who tried,... -
Protest Art by Jessica Lack 9780500296684
RRP: €17.84€11.96An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter. Here is a well-researched, concise guide to protest art, exploring what... -
Mad Mullah of Somaliland by Douglas Jardine 9781781519820
RRP: €19.04€17.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781519820Author Douglas JardineFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)... -
The Global Model of Constitutional Rights by Kai Moller 9780198738077
RRP: €57.70€36.68Since the end of the Second World War and the subsequent success of constitutional judicial review, one particular model of constitutional rights has had remarkable success, first in Europe and now globally. This global model of constitutional rights is... -
From Peoples into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe by John Connelly
RRP: €26.18€22.17A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to todayIn the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his... -
Assad or We Burn the Country: How One Family's Lust for Power Destroyed Syria by Sam Dagher
RRP: €17.84€13.88In spring 2011, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad turned to his friend and army commander, Manaf Tlass, for advice about how to respond to Arab Spring-inspired protests. Tlass pushed for conciliation but Assad decided to crush the uprising -an act which... -
The Global Gamble: Washington's Faustian Bid for World Dominance by Peter Gowan 9781859842713
€29.35The collapse of the Soviet Bloc presented policy makers in Washington with a temptation reminiscent of Faust's, opening up vistas of hitherto unimaginable global power; but the cold breath of Mephistopheles is already blowing across devastated... -
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East by Christopher Davidson
RRP: €20.22€15.09In this unparalleled investigation, Christopher Davidson exposes the true extent of Western interference in the Middle East over the past one hundred years. Drawing on the examination of hundreds of leaked and declassified documents, and interviews with... -
Handbook of Policing Tim Newburn (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK) 9781843923237
RRP: €79.72€70.19This new edition of the Handbook of Policing updates and expands the highly successful first edition, and now includes a completely new chapter on policing and forensics. It provides a comprehensive, but highly readable overview of policing in the UK,... -
Spain, Take This Chalice from Me and Other Poems: Parallel Text Edition by Cesar Vallejo
RRP: €15.46€14.67Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles... -
Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying by James M. Olson 9781597971539
€20.38Revolutionary War officer Nathan Hale, one of America's first spies, said, "Any kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary." A statue of Hale stands outside CIA headquarters, and the agency often cites his statement... -
Women Police: Gender, Welfare and Surveillance in the Twentieth Century by Louise Jackson 9780719089107
RRP: €23.79€20.96Women Police examines the professional roles, identities, activities and everyday experiences of women employed within the UK police service since the First World War against a backdrop of social and cultural change.As the first in-depth historical study... -
GCHQ: The Secret Wireless War, 1900-1986 by Nigel West 9781526755780
RRP: €29.75€21.44Signal intelligence is the most secret, and most misunderstood, weapon in the modern espionage arsenal. As a reliable source of information, it is unequalled, which is why Government Communications Headquarters, almost universally known as GCHQ, is... -
Major Farran's Hat: Murder, Scandal and Britain's War Against Jewish Terrorism 1945-1948 by David Cesarani
RRP: €20.22€14.61In May 1947 a Jewish teenager was mysteriously abducted in Jerusalem. He was never seen alive again. A grey felt hat found at the scene was traced to Major Roy Farran, a highly decorated ex-SAS officer leading a covert counter-terrorist squad. Farran was... -
The Oligarchs' Grip: Fusing Wealth and Power David Lingelbach 9783111027760
RRP: €29.75€23.21The first ever guide to oligarchs as a global and historical phenomenon. Today, more than twenty oligarchs serve as heads of state or government in countries such as Russia, South Africa, Lebanon, and El Salvador. Many have a net worth in... -
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Thirteen Days on an Atomic Knife Edge, October 1962 by Phil Carradice 9781526708069
RRP: €17.84€13.03When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil... -
The Purpose of Planning: Creating Sustainable Towns and Cities Yvonne Rydin (Bartlett School of Planning, University College London) 9781847424303
RRP: €21.41€17.03Planning is never far from the top of the policy or media agenda, whether this concerns 'garden-grabbing', the location of wind farms or protests about travellers' sites. The operation of the planning system raises strong views, even passions, and is...