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Daoism: A Beginner's Guide by James Miller 9781851685660
RRP: $23.08$16.32Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T'ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a timeline of Daoist history and a full glossary, Daoism: A... -
How Organizations Develop Activists: Civic Associations and Leadership in the 21st Century by Hahrie Han 9780199336777
RRP: $85.03$59.85Why are some civic associations better than others at getting--and keeping--people involved in activism? From MoveOn.org to the National Rifle Association, Health Care for America Now to the Sierra Club, membership-based civic associations constantly... -
American Anti-Communism: Combating the Enemy Within, 1830-1970 by M. J. Heale
RRP: $50.40$44.48This 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... -
René and Postcolonial Seychelles: An African Chameleon in the Indian Ocean by Ashton Robinson 9781032266848
RRP: $83.98$73.63Robinson details the life and times of France-Albert René (1935–2019), the second post-independence leader of Seychelles who oversaw the nation’s transition to democracy after over a decade of his brutal dictatorship.René’s career was Seychelles’ history... -
Reading Capital: The Complete Edition by Louis Althusser
$73.79Originally published in 1965, Reading Capital is a landmark of French thought and radical theory, reconstructing Western Marxism from its foundations. Louis Althusser, the French Marxist philosopher, maintained that Marx's project could only be revived... -
The World's Banker: A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations by Sebastian Mallaby 9780300116762
$76.86Appointed president of the World Bank in 1995, James Wolfensohn struck it like a whirlwind, determined to reinvent the institution founded by Franklin Roosevelt and his world War II allies. Wolfensohn embraced debt relief for the poorest countries, put... -
London's West End: Creating the Pleasure District, 1800-1914 by Rohan McWilliam 9780198823414
RRP: $80.83$70.12How did the West End of London become the world's leading pleasure district? What is the source of its magnetic appeal? How did the centre of London become Theatreland? London's West End, 1800-1914 is the first ever history of the area which has... -
Cicero: On the Commonwealth and On the Laws by James E. G. Zetzel
RRP: $44.08$37.99Cicero's On the Commonwealth and On the Laws were his first and most substantial attempts to adapt Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. They represent Cicero's understanding of government and remain his most... -
The Reagan Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Gil Troy 9780195317107
RRP: $18.88$13.88"They called it the Reagan revolution," Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address. "Well, I'll accept that, but for me it always seemed more like the great rediscovery, a rediscovery of our values and our common sense." Nearly two decades after that... -
Make it Happen: How to be an Activist by Amika George
RRP: $20.98$12.22'Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.' Malala Yousafzai ... -
City Walls: The Urban Enceinte in Global Perspective by James D. Tracy 9780521124157
RRP: $79.78$74.40The essays presented in this volume, first published in 2000, describe a phenomenon so widespread in human time and space that its importance is easily overlooked. City walls shaped the history of warfare; the mobilisation of manpower and resources... -
Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
$38.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375756474Author Fredrik LogevallFormat PaperbackPage Count 864Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military: An International Comparison by Robert Egnell 9781626166264
RRP: $67.20$60.19Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military compares the integration of women, gender perspectives, and the women, peace, and security agenda into the armed forces of eight countries plus NATO and United Nations peacekeeping operations. This book... -
The Uncounted by Alex Cobham 9781509536023
RRP: $31.48$28.52What we count matters - and in a world where policies and decisions are underpinned by numbers, statistics and data, if you're not counted, you don't count. Alex Cobham argues that systematic gaps in economic and demographic data not only lead us to... -
Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Teach Yourself by Stewart Ross
RRP: $27.28$18.06Understand the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is the essential guide to one of the world's most distressing confrontations. Putting the present situation into its broader context and examining all perspectives, it unravels the origins and development of... -
Using Evidence to End Homelessness by Ligia Teixeira 9781447352860
RRP: $52.48$40.72Available open access under CC-BY-NC license. Homelessness is unequivocally devastating. In the UK, people affected by homelessness are ten times more likely to die than their peers in the general population, yet we still miss important opportunities to... -
Emporium by Rose Gan 9781915310088
RRP: $20.98$14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915310088Author Rose GanFormat PaperbackImprint Monsoon BooksPublisher Monsoon Books -
How to Prevent the Next Pandemic by Bill Gates 9781802060522
RRP: $23.08$16.32The COVID-19 pandemic isn't over, but even as governments around the world strive to put it behind us, they're also starting to talk about what happens next. How can we prevent a new pandemic from killing millions of people and devastating the global... -
A Social History of Western Political Thought by Ellen Meiksins Wood
RRP: $52.50$51.41In this groundbreaking work, Ellen Meiksins Wood rewrites the history of political theory, from Plato to Rousseau. Treating canonical thinkers as passionately engaged human beings, Wood examines their ideas not simply in the context of political... -
Some White Folks: The Interracial Politics of Sympathy, Suffering, and Solidarity by Jennifer Chudy 9780226834436
RRP: $54.60$52.19A pioneering exploration of the unexamined roots and effect of racial sympathy within American politics. There is racial inequality in America, and some people are distressed over it while others are not. This is a book about white people who feel that... -
Everything You Have Told Me Is True: The Many Faces of Al Shabaab by Mary Harper
RRP: $52.50$46.26Al Shabaab is one of the century's most successful violent jihadist movements. It has governing power, ruling over millions of Somalis and vast swathes of territory, and kinetic power, committing spectacular acts of violence. But what lies behind the... -
The First English Detectives: The Bow Street Runners and the Policing of London, 1750-1840 by J. M. Beattie 9780199675388
$102.42This is the first comprehensive study of the Bow Street Runners, a group of men established in the middle of the eighteenth century by Henry Fielding, with the financial support of the government, to confront violent offenders on the streets and highways... -
Letts Rip! by Quentin Letts 9781849016483
$26.73Throughout the New Labour years - that decade of deceit, that era of wretched wriggle - the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts has maintained a lonely, vehement vigil. Like a lone clay pigeon shot squinting through his sights at a sky black with targets, he has... -
Anarchist Voices: An Oral History of Anarchism in America by Paul Avrich
RRP: $33.60$23.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859277Author Paul AvrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 888g -
The EU in Association Agreement Negotiations: Challenges to Complex Policy Coordination by Daniel Schade 9781032401096
RRP: $83.98$73.63Through its focus on EU Association Agreement negotiations, this book goes beyond the study of traditional EU trade negotiations and puts the spotlight on the increasing number of negotiations where trade relations are discussed alongside political ones... -
The Relevance of the Communist Manifesto by Slavoj Zizek 9781509536115
RRP: $20.98$14.28No other Marxist text has come close to achieving the fame and influence of The Communist Manifesto. Translated into over 100 languages, this clarion call to the workers of the world radically shaped the events of the twentieth century. But what... -
I Should Know That: Great Britain: Everything You Really Should Know About GB by Emma Marriott
RRP: $16.78$11.15From icons of British history to geography, and the economy to the legal system, I Should Know That: Great Britain covers a wide range of topics, filling in all those embarrassing gaps in your knowledge of this fair isle.Inspired by the UK citizenship... -
The Spectacular Few: Prisoner Radicalization and the Evolving Terrorist Threat by Mark S. Hamm
RRP: $50.38$43.76The Madrid train bombers, shoe-bomber Richard Reid, al-Qaeda in Iraq, and the 9/11 attacks-all were led by men radicalized behind bars. By their very nature, prisons are intended to induce transformative experiences among inmates, but today's prisons are... -
Let's Stay Together: Why Yes to Europe by Denis MacShane
RRP: $27.28$26.36From the bestselling author of BREXIT comes a personal and passionate plea for voting 'Remain' on 23rd June. Denis MacShane, former Minister for Europe, is alarmed that the referendum debate so far has been too polite, too restrained. Now is the time for... -
Aryans by Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $52.50$35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette IndiaPublisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
Spies of No Country: Israel's Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad by Matti Friedman
RRP: $27.28$20.71"Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing." -The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the... -
Scum Manifesto by Valerie Solanas 9781849351805
RRP: $16.80$12.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351805Author Valerie SolanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 89g -
Becoming Kim Jong Un: Understanding North Korea's Young Dictator by Jung H. Pak
RRP: $42.00$32.42'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... -
Zambia: The First 50 Years by Andrew Sardanis
$53.66On 24 October 1964, the Republic of Zambia was formed, replacing the territory which had formerly been known as Northern Rhodesia. Fifty years on, Andrew Sardanis provides a sympathetic but critical insider's account of Zambia, from independence to the... -
Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine by Noura Erakat
RRP: $58.78$46.28Justice in the Question of Palestine is often framed as a question of law. Yet none of the Israel-Palestinian conflict's most vexing challenges have been resolved by judicial intervention. Occupation law has failed to stem Israel's settlement enterprise... -
The New Inquisitions: Heretic-Hunting and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Totalitarianism by Arthur Versluis 9780195306378
$114.03The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilirating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in the early and medieval Christianity, and the emergence... -
Paid to Predict: Duplicity, Deceit and Dishonesty among ‘Allies’ by Ewen Southby-Tailyour
RRP: $52.50$38.93In 1993 Ewen Southby-Tailyour joined the British Foreign Office for duties with the European Community Monitoring Mission. He was also tasked, informally, by MI6 to report on a few characters. Monitoring the cease-fire violations along the Confrontation... -
Oi You F*cker: Snowball Meets Some Very Toxic People by Snowball 9781912183739
$31.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912183739Author SnowballFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint UK Book PublishingPublisher Consilience MediaWeight(grams) 454g -
The Colonizing Self: Or, Home and Homelessness in Israel/Palestine by Hagar Kotef
RRP: $48.28$42.02Colonizers continuously transform spaces of violence into spaces of home. Israeli Jews settle in the West Bank and in depopulated Palestinian houses in Haifa or Jaffa. White missionaries build their lives in Africa. The descendants of European settlers... -
Everything is Possible: Words of Heroism from Europe's Bravest Leader, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Mary Wood
RRP: $23.08$14.70*A portion of profits will be donated to relief funds in Ukraine*"When you attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs, but our faces." -Volodymyr Zelensky, hours before Russian Autocrat Vladmir Putin invaded Ukraine"Glory to Ukraine" isn't a...