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Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World by Zarifa Ghafari
RRP: £20.00£13.35'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am MalalaZarifa Ghafari was two years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was seven when American... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet 9780141982342
RRP: £10.99£7.77'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... -
Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm by Giorgio Agamben
RRP: £13.99£12.71We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward such... -
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy by Larry Tye 9781328959720
RRP: £27.99£20.77In the long history of American demagogues from Huey Long to Donald Trump, never has one man caused so much damage in such a short time as Senator Joseph McCarthy. We still use 'McCarthyism' to stand for outrageous charges of guilt by association, a... -
First Lady: An unputdownable thriller of politics and power by Michael Dobbs
RRP: £9.99£6.80Michael Dobbs, author of the No. 1 bestseller that inspired the hit Netflix series House of Cards, returns to the subject that made him a household name - the human drama and scandal in Westminster. First Lady is a compelling and witty novel of power,... -
Too Hot to Handle?: The Democratic Challenge of Climate Change by Rebecca Willis
RRP: £12.99£10.15Scientists are clear that urgent action is needed on climate change, and world leaders agree. Yet climate issues barely trouble domestic politics. This book explores a central dilemma of the climate crisis: science demands urgency; politics turns the... -
Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space by Keller Easterling
RRP: £11.99£9.70Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all... -
Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean
RRP: £12.99£8.56Soraya was a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honour of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, "the Guide," on a visit he was making the following week. This one meeting - a presentation of flowers, a pat on... -
Apocalypse How?: Technology and the Threat of Disaster by Oliver Letwin 9781786496867
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Entertaining and insightful' -- Evening Standard'One of the most important books of the year... Compelling' Jamie Bartlett, Literary Review'Timely' -- New StatesmanAs the world becomes better connected and we grow ever more dependent on technology, the... -
The Political Animal by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: £15.99£11.61Jeremy Paxman knows every maneouvre a politician will make to avoid answering a difficult question, but in The Political Animal he seeks an answer to just one: What makes politicians tick? Embarking on a journey in which he encounters movers and shakers... -
London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race by Kennetta Hammond Perry 9780190909949
RRP: £30.49£22.77Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain't no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity... -
Making Globalization Work: The Next Steps to Global Justice by Joseph Stiglitz
RRP: £10.99£7.77From Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Making Globalization Work gives real, concrete ways to deal with third world debt, make trade fair and tackle global warming. In Globalization and its Discontents Joseph Stiglitz changed the views of the public... -
The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America by Victor Davis Hanson
RRP: £25.00£18.75Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the "citizen" is historically rare-and was among America's most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis... -
Oman, Culture and Diplomacy by Jeremy Jones
RRP: £28.99£26.91From colonial narratives and Cold War calculations to Iranian-US relations and the Middle East peace process, Oman has played an essential role in global diplomacy and international relations. For Oman, the idea of diplomacy refers not only to the... -
The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth
RRP: £22.00£17.36An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals. In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Molly Farneth argues that rituals are social... -
Secrets of the Sprakkar: Iceland's Extraordinary Women and How They Are Changing the World by Eliza Reid
RRP: £18.99£18.16THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!"Secrets of the Sprakkar is a fascinating window into what a more gender-equal world could look like, and why it's worth striving for. Iceland is doing a lot to level the playing field: paid parental leave, affordable... -
AdoptyMum: A Survival Guide To Life With Adopted Kids by Elena Holmes 9781910089903
RRP: £9.99£8.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089903Author Elena HolmesFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint AdoptybooksPublisher Tangent Books -
They Would Never Hurt A Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague by Slavenka Drakulic
RRP: £10.99£7.40Slavenka Drakulic attended the Serbian war crimes trial in the Hague. This important book is about how ordinary people commit terrible crimes in wartime. With extraordinary story-telling skill Drakulic draws us in to this difficult subject. We cannot... -
Capital and Ressentiment: A Short Theory of the Pr esent by Vogl 9781509551828
RRP: £17.99£16.04The proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and authoritarian leaders.In... -
Theories Of The Policy Process by Christopher M. Weible 9781032311241
£44.39Theories of the Policy Process provides a forum for the experts in policy process research to present the basic propositions, empirical evidence, latest updates, and the promising future research opportunities of each policy process theory.In this... -
Angry White Men, 2nd Edition: American Masculinity at the End of an Era by Michael Kimmel
RRP: £13.99£9.75We hear them on talk radio airwaves bellowing about minorities. We watch them organize anti-immigration demonstrations on the border. We read their opinions regarding the demise of white male privilege. And sometimes, tragically, we witness their... -
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron by Tim Bale
RRP: £26.99£17.99The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why... -
Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics by Kelly M. Greenhill 9780190846343
RRP: £62.00£28.78Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Democracy Under Siege: Don't Let Them Lock It Down! by Frank Furedi
RRP: £12.99£11.46Frank Furedi examines the frequent claim that democracy is a means to an end rather than an important value in and of itself. The prevalence of this sentiment in the current era is not surprising, given that the normative foundation for democracy is... -
Why Human Nature Matters: Between Biology and Politics by Dr Matteo Mameli 9781350189751
£24.11Does human nature constrain social and political change, or do social and political changes transform human nature? Why Human Nature Matters argues that the answer to both questions is 'yes'. This philosophical account offers new tools for connecting... -
After the Wall Came Down: Soldiering Through the Transformation of the British Army, 1990-2020 by Andrew Richards
RRP: £25.00£17.62The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war - there was never... -
The Ethics of Immigration by Joseph Carens
RRP: £34.49£23.44In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigration poses practical problems for western democracies and also challenges the ways in which people in... -
The Empathic Civilization: The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis by Jeremy Rifkin 9780745641461
RRP: £28.99£26.09In this sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species. Today we... -
West Africans in Britain, 1900-60: Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and Communism by Hakim Adi 9780853158486
RRP: £16.00£15.59This work captures the dynamism of the West-African student movement in Britain, and the struggle to articulate a coherent, anti-colonial politics. The emergence of the West African Students Union (WASU) and its alliances with influential Labour MPs, the... -
Democracy Hacked: How Technology is Destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore
RRP: £9.99£7.11Technology has fractured democracy, and now there's no going back. All around the world, the fringes have stormed the palace of the elites and unleashed data miners, dark ads and bots on an unwitting public. After years of soundbites about connecting... -
We the Fallen People: The Founders and the Future of American Democracy by Robert Tracy McKenzie
RRP: £21.99£16.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830852963Author Robert Tracy MckenzieFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 582gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
The Politics Of James Connolly by Kieran Allen
RRP: £18.99£12.75Born in 1868 and executed by the British in 1916 for his role in the Easter Rising, the work of Irish national hero James Connolly has long been misunderstood. From Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein, to conservative Irish nationalists and the Church, many groups... -
To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don't Exist by Evgeny Morozov
RRP: £10.99£7.77Our gadgets are getting smarter. Technology can log what we buy, customize what we consume and enable us to save and share every aspect of our existence. In the future, we're told, it will even make public life - from how we're governed to how we record... -
Power Of Ideas, The: The Rising Influence Of Thinkers And Think Tanks In China by Cheng Li 9789813232181
RRP: £42.00£36.93China's momentous socioeconomic transformation is not taking place in an intellectual vacuum: Chinese scholars and public intellectuals are actively engaged in fervent discussions about the country's domestic and foreign policies, demographic... -
Labour's Civil War: How infighting has kept the left from power (and what can be done about it) by Patrick Diamond 9781913368593
RRP: £16.99£12.11The biblical adage that 'if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand' remains sound theological advice. It also essential counsel for any political party that aspires to win elections. Though both major parties have been subject to... -
A Year of Simple Family Food by Julia Busuttil Nishimura 9781760784362
RRP: £18.99£14.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsLong-listed for ABIA Illustrated Book of the Year 2021 (Australia).Book InformationISBN 9781760784362Author Julia Busuttil NishimuraFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint... -
American Anti-Communism: Combating the Enemy Within, 1830-1970 by M. J. Heale
RRP: £24.00£21.18This succinct and sensible history shows how fear of 'Reds' was linked in the nineteenth century to the destabilizing impact of industrialization and in the twentieth century to perceptions of global insecurity. An excellent concluding chapter explains... -
The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures by Florina Cristiana Matei 9781538160817
RRP: £113.00£99.02The Handbook of Latin American and Caribbean Intelligence Cultures explores the contemporary efforts of Latin American and Caribbean nations to develop an intelligence culture. Specifically, it analyzes these countries' efforts to democratize their... -
Shell-shocked: On the Ground Under Israel's Gaza Assault by Omer Mohammed 9781608465132
RRP: £16.99£11.67For 51 days during the summer of 2014, the Israel military reduced much of Gaza to rubble. More than 2000 Palestinians lost their lives during the assault. Mohammad Omer, the only Palestinian journalist reporting in English about the assault, details the... -
The House of Government: A Saga of the Russian Revolution by Yuri Slezkine 9780691176949
RRP: £35.00£29.34On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the...