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Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism by Karl Kautsky 9781642593372
RRP: $63.00$41.75Karl Kautsky (1854-1938) was the leading theoretician of the German Social Democratic Party and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his time. However, during the twentieth century a constellation of historical factors ensured that his ideas... -
A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland by Troy Senik 9781982140779
RRP: $41.98$25.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982140779Author Troy SenikFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 150mm... -
Understanding Eritrea: Inside Africa's Most Repressive State by Martin Plaut 9781787382282
RRP: $52.50$46.26The most secretive, repressive state in Africa is haemorrhaging its citizens. In some months as many Eritreans as Syrians arrive on European shores, yet the country is not convulsed by civil war. Young men and women risk all to escape. Many do not... -
Here Be Monsters: How to Fight Capitalism Instead of Each Other by Rhyd Wildermuth 9781914420467
RRP: $27.28$18.06Here Be Monsters speaks to a left that has forgotten its history, its potential, and its power. Gramsci spoke of a time of monsters or morbid symptoms. In the ancient world, monsters were not enemies, but rather divine warnings, symptoms of a... -
We Need to Talk About Africa: The harm we have done, and how we should help by Tom Young
RRP: $23.08$16.32If you boil a kettle twice today, you will have used five times more electricity than a person in Mali uses in a whole year. How can that be possible? Decades after the colonial powers withdrew Africa is still struggling to catch up with the rest of... -
Forced Out: A Detective's Story of Prejudice and Resilience by Kevin Maxwell
RRP: $20.98$14.07Kevin Maxwell was a dream candidate for the police force - passionate, hard-working and keen to serve his community. And, as a gay black man from a working-class family, he could easily have been a poster boy for the Force's stated commitment to equal... -
In Praise of Risk by Anne Dufourmantelle
RRP: $58.78$50.69When Anne Dufourmantelle drowned in a heroic attempt to save two children caught in rough seas, obituaries around the world rarely failed to recall that she was the author of a book entitled In Praise of Risk, implying that her death confirmed the... -
Panarchy Synopsis: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems by Lance H. Gunderson 9781559633307
RRP: $29.38$25.73`Panarchy' is a new term coined from the name of the Greek god Pan, a symbol of universal nature and associated with unpredictable change. It represents an alternative framework for managing the issues that emerge from the interaction between people and... -
Violence against Women in Politics by Mona Lena Krook
RRP: $54.58$39.98Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment. This book provides the first comprehensive account of this phenomenon,... -
Britain at the Polls 2005 by John Bartle 9781933116631
RRP: $113.40$99.08Britain at the Polls 2005 continues the tradition of previous editions by providing incisive commentary on the 2005 general elections in the United Kingdom. John Bartle joins Anthony King and a group of eminent political experts to provide a measured... -
Nimo's War, Emma's War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War by Cynthia Enloe 9780520260788
RRP: $63.00$48.91This book discusses about Nimo, Maha, Safah, Shatha, Emma, Danielle, Kim, Charlene. In a book that once again blends her distinctive flair for capturing the texture of everyday life with shrewd political insights, Cynthia Enloe looks closely at the lives... -
Changing Public Sector Values by Peter Blatchford 9780415687645
RRP: $75.58$66.55Over the last decade, teaching assistants (TAs) have become an established part of everyday classroom life. TAs are often used by schools to help low-attaining pupils and those with special educational needs. Yet despite the huge rise in the number of... -
Russia Resurrected: Its Power and Purpose in a New Global Order by Kathryn E. Stoner
RRP: $58.78$48.83An assessment of Russia that suggests that we should look beyond traditional means of power to understand its strength and capacity to disrupt international politics. Too often, we are told that Russia plays a weak hand well. But, perhaps the nations... -
They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate by James Verini
RRP: $39.88$28.58The battle is for a city. The war is for history. In autumn 2016, Iraqi forces began operations to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State. Millennia-old, Mosul was a birthplace of Western culture but also infamous for its cruelty, from the Assyrians... -
Revolution in Syria: Identity, Networks, and Repression by Kevin Mazur
RRP: $65.08$56.22How does protest advancing diverse claims turn into violent conflict occurring primarily along ethnic lines? This book examines that question in the context of Syria, drawing insight from the evolution of conflict at the local level. Kevin Mazur shows... -
What Works Now?: Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice by Annette Boaz
RRP: $56.68$43.76Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The... -
China Wave, The: Rise Of A Civilizational State by Weiwei Zhang
RRP: $48.30$42.25This is a best-seller in China and a geopolitical book for our times. As a leading thinker from China, Zhang Weiwei provides an original, comprehensive and engrossing study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development,... -
Holy Russia? Holy War?: Why the Russian Church is Backing Putin Against Ukraine by Dr Katherine Kelaidis 9780281089727
RRP: $35.68$25.79'An original, and in some areas unexpected, way of shedding light on this critical subject.' Edward Stourton, journalist and presenter of BBC Radio 4's The World at One Why is the Russian Church supporting Putin in his war against Ukraine? Why does... -
Not for Sid by Paul George 9781398246836
RRP: $9.45$7.77Red Squirrel Phonics is a new series of decodable readers from Raintree, packed with real stories using words that children can read. The programme teaches children phonics skills in a sequential and systematic way so that they can learn the sounds... -
Green Social Work: From Environmental Crises to Environmental Justice by Lena Dominelli 9780745654010
RRP: $39.88$35.43Social work is the profession that claims to intervene to enhance people's well-being. However, social workers have played a low-key role in environmental issues that increasingly impact on people's well-being, both locally and globally. This compelling... -
The Commercial Determinants of Health by Nason Maani 9780197578759
RRP: $96.58$93.53An accessible multidisciplinary overview for anyone seeking to understand the commercial determinants of health Our health is largely shaped by the world around us-by the conditions in which we grow, work, and live. These conditions include the... -
Selected Writings on Marxism by Stuart Hall
RRP: $50.38$43.76Throughout his career Stuart Hall engaged with Marxism in varying ways, actively rethinking it to address the political and cultural exigencies of the moment. This collection of Hall's key writings on Marxism surveys the questions central to his... -
Urban Planning: An Introduction by Chris Couch
$85.87This is a wide-ranging and internationally-focussed introduction to planning for the urban landscape. It provides an up-to-date account of planning, reflecting throughout on the need for sustainable, efficient and equitable solutions to planning problems... -
The Econocracy: On the Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts by Joe Earle
RRP: $20.98$16.32'Our democracy has gone profoundly wrong. Economists have failed us. Politicians have lied to us. Things must change. This fearless new book will help make it happen' Owen Jones'An explosive call for change ... packed with original research ... a case ... -
The London Problem: What Britain Gets Wrong About Its Capital City by Jack Brown 9781913368142
RRP: $16.78$12.14The United Kingdom has never had an easy relationship with its capital. Far and away the wealthiest and most populous city in the country, London is the political, financial and cultural centre of the UK and it is responsible for almost a quarter of its... -
Father of Lions: How One Man Defied Isis and Saved Mosul Zoo by Louise Callaghan
RRP: $42.00$37.00'Callaghan's portrayal of a city under siege is many-layered and brilliantly told' Sunday Times Iraq, 2014 As ISIS laid terrible siege to Mosul, a zoo on the eastern edge of the Tigris was kept open against all odds. Under the stern hand of the... -
Young Marx by Richard Bean
RRP: $25.18$24.49Young Marx is a comedy set in 1850's London, where Karl Marx, is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke and restless, the play portrays the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary as a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and... -
Trail Fever by Michael Lewis 9780679768098
RRP: $31.48$23.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679768098Author Michael LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 307gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis by James Rickards
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591845560Author James RickardsFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 276g -
The Palestinian Communist Party 1919-1948: Arab and Jew in the Struggle for Internationalism by Musa Budeira
RRP: $41.98$28.48This history of the Palestinian Communist Party upends the caricature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as an ancient religious blood feud. Musa Budeiri is a Palestinian political scientist, professor at al-Quds University in Jerusalem. Here, he shows... -
Religious Statecraft: The Politics of Islam in Iran by Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar
RRP: $52.50$41.14Since the 1979 revolution, scholars and policy makers alike have tended to see Iranian political actors as religiously driven-dedicated to overturning the international order in line with a theologically prescribed outlook. This provocative book argues... -
What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought by Lewis R. Gordon
RRP: $39.88$35.66Antiblack racism avows reason is white while emotion, and thus supposedly unreason, is black. Challenging academic adherence to this notion, Lewis R. Gordon offers a portrait of Martinican-turned-Algerian revolutionary psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz... -
The Case against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael J. Sandel
RRP: $39.80$32.28"Sandel explores a paramount question of our era: how to extend the power and promise of biomedical science to overcome debility without compromising our humanity. His arguments are acute and penetrating, melding sound logic with compassion."-Jerome... -
Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolution by Robert M. Clark 9781647120115
RRP: $84.00$75.45A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence. Although geospatial intelligence is a term of recent origin, its underpinnings have a long and interesting history. Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolution... -
Open: The Story of Human Progress by Johan Norberg
RRP: $23.08$15.37AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live... -
Antonio Gramsci: Life of a Revolutionary by Giuseppe Fiori 9780860915331
RRP: $44.08$36.81Antonio Gramsci was born in Sardinia in 1891, became the leader of the Italian Communist Party in his early thirties, was arrested by Mussolini's police in 1927, and remained imprisoned until shortly before his death ten years later. The posthumous... -
The Future of Decline: Anglo-American Culture at its Limits by Jed Esty
RRP: $23.08$20.16As the US becomes a second-place nation, can it shed the superpower nostalgia that still haunts the UK? The debate over the US's fading hegemony has raged and sputtered for 50 years, glutting the market with prophecies about American decline. Media... -
Danger Zone: Us Clandestine Reconnaissance Operations Along the West Berlin Air Corridors, 1945-1990 by Kevin Wright
RRP: $41.90$29.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804510254Author Kevin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The Weaver's Way: What An Ancient Art Can Teach You About Your Approach To Shaping Change by Corrina Grace 9781990688072
RRP: $37.78$28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990688072Author Grace CorrinaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ingenium Books PublishingPublisher Ingenium Books PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Cop: a journalist infiltrates the police by Valentin Gendrot
RRP: $20.98$14.07Police officers are obliged to give an account of every incident they are involved in. But what happened today will never be logged. Because that's what police solidarity means: what happens in the van stays in the van. Well, not always. Not this time. ...