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Turkey: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Andrew Finkel 9780199733040
RRP: €13.08€10.06Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: culturally, historically, and geographically, it is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. The only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and... -
Understanding International Relations by Chris Brown
RRP: €44.02€39.44The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to International relations and has been fully updated to cover the dramatic changes in recent world politics. Written in the author's unique and engaging... -
Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China's Superpower Future Chun Han Wong 9781472158512
RRP: €29.75€20.27'Compelling and informative... a useful gateway into [Xi Jinping's] mind' Rana Mitter, Literary ReviewFrom one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian... -
All In It Together: England in the Early 21st Century by Alwyn Turner
RRP: €23.80€21.44A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'He writes with a tremendous sense of fun. The result is a rare thing: not just a serious work of contemporary history, but an unashamed, 24-carat hoot' - Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'Up there with the... -
Extra Time: 10 Lessons for Living Longer Better by Camilla Cavendish
RRP: €13.08€8.88'An inspirational call to arms' DAILY MAIL 'This book is so sensible, so substantially researched, so briskly written, so clear in its arguments, that one wishes Baroness Cavendish was still whispering... -
Essentials of Political Ideas: For Pearson Edexcel Politics A-Level by Kathy Schindler 9781350382381
RRP: €30.93€27.08Refreshed and completely restructured to align with the new Edexcel Politics A-Level specification, this is the new edition of Andrew Heywood’s highly respected introduction to political ideas, ideologies and thinkers for A-Level students. Essentials of... -
The Changing of the Guard: the British army since 9/11 by Simon Akam
RRP: €20.22€9.04A TLS and a Prospect Book of the Year A revelatory, explosive new analysis of the military today. Over the first two decades of the twenty-first century the British Army fought in Iraq and Afghanistan, at considerable financial and human cost. Yet... -
Theories of International Politics and Zombies: Apocalypse Edition by Daniel W. Drezner
RRP: €21.41€17.37How international relations theory can be applied to a zombie invasionWhat would happen to international politics if the dead rose from the grave and started to eat the living? Daniel Drezner's groundbreaking book answers the question that other... -
How the West Brought War to Ukraine: Understanding How U.S. and NATO Policies Led to Crisis, War, and the Risk of Nuclear Catastrophe by Benjamin Abelow
RRP: €10.70€7.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991076703Author Benjamin AbelowFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Siland PressPublisher Siland PressWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 5mm -
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Dov Waxman
RRP: €13.08€9.51No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is... -
Battleground: 10 Conflicts that Explain the New Middle East by Christopher Phillips 9780300263428
RRP: €22.60€19.25The essential guide to geopolitics in the modern Middle East The Middle East is in crisis. The shocking events of the war in Gaza have rocked the entire region. More than a decade ago, the Arab Spring had raised hopes of a new beginning but instead... -
The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society by Joseph Stiglitz 9780241687888
RRP: €29.75€21.44A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedomDespite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the... -
Nature of Snowdonia: A Guide to the Uplands for Hillwalkers and Climbers by Mike Raine 9781906095680
RRP: €21.41€17.99This is the revised and expanded 2nd edition of the first complete field guide for the mountains of Snowdonia through the seasons, its plants, animals and rocks. Everything you're likely to see in the hills at that time of year is here in one volume. The... -
Brexit Unfolded: How no one got what they wanted (and why they were never going to) by Chris Grey 9781785908279
RRP: €13.08€9.70Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU divided the nation, unleashing years of political turmoil. Today, many remain unreconciled to Brexit whilst, in a tragic irony, some of those most committed to it are angry and dissatisfied with what was delivered. ... -
Utopia by Saint Thomas More 9780241382684
RRP: €17.84€13.03In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's account of a newly discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller, Raphael, describes the island to... -
Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator by Gregory B Jaczko 9781476755779
RRP: €20.23€12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476755779Author Gregory B JaczkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
An Evil Cradling by Brian Keenan
RRP: €13.08€9.51Brian Keenan went to Beirut in 1985 for a change of scene from his native Belfast. He became headline news when he was kidnapped by fundamentalist Shi'ite militiamen and held in the suburbs of Beirut for the next four and a half years. For much of that... -
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story by Nathan Thrall 9780241566725
RRP: €29.75€26.41A TIME, NEW YORKER, FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, IRISH TIMES AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION'A deeply immersive portrait of daily life in Israel and the West Bank' The Best Books to Understand the... -
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj Anita Anand 9781471174247
RRP: €11.89€7.87WINNER OF THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE 'Reads like something from a thriller...colourful, detailed and meticulously researched' Sunday Times'Gripping from start to finish' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads Hundreds of peaceful civilians were... -
The Anne of Green Gables Treasury: Deluxe 4-Volume Box Set Edition by L. M. Montgomery 9781398818880
RRP: €41.64€29.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398818880Author L. M. MontgomeryImprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East by Warren Dockter 9781788319249
RRP: €29.74€26.33Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus... -
The Aquariums of Pyongyang by Kang Chol-Hwan
RRP: €13.08€8.97'I beseech you to read this account' - Christopher HitchensA magnificent, harrowing testimony to the voiceless victims of North Korea.Kang Chol-Hwan is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp to escape the 'hermit kingdom' and tell his... -
The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism Alan Lester 9781911723097
RRP: €29.75€27.11The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can ascertain it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth listening to; and that our authority as leading professionals should count for... -
The Penguin History Of Latin America: New Edition by Edwin Williamson
RRP: €20.22€14.61Now fully updated to 2009, this acclaimed history of Latin America tells its turbulent story from Columbus to Chavez. Beginning with the Spanish and Portugese conquests of the New World, it takes in centuries of upheaval, revolution and modernization up... -
All In It Together: England in the Early 21st Century Alwyn Turner 9781788166737
RRP: €11.89€8.71'Turner's seductive blend of political analysis, social reportage and cultural immersion puts him wonderfully at ease with his readers' David Kynaston 'Reading Alwyn Turner's account of life in the first two decades of the 21st century is a bit like... -
Empire of Cotton: A New History of Global Capitalism by Sven Beckert
RRP: €17.84€14.57WINNER OF THE 2015 BANCROFT PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2015 PHILIP TAFT PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE 2015 PULITZER PRIZE FOR HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 CUNDHILL PRIZE IN HISTORICAL LITERATUREEconomist BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015'Knowledgeable and stunning' Orhan Pamuk... -
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Endeavour Peter Moore 9781784743192
RRP: €29.75€21.30Bestselling historian Peter Moore traces how Enlightenment ideas were exported from Britain and put into practice in America - where they became the most successful export of all time, the American Dream'Absorbing... fascinating... eloquent' THE... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: €11.89€8.71'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
India: A History by John Keay
RRP: €17.84€11.85The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India - from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent's social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India... -
The Secret History of the Five Eyes: The untold story of the shadowy international spy network, through its targets, traitors and spies by Richard Kerbaj 9781789465587
RRP: €15.46€10.66'Gripping and shocking' - Tim Shipman, author of All Out War'An extraordinary development' - The Times'An impressively detailed account of a remarkable alliance' - Jeremy Bowen, The New StatesmanThe Times best political books of 2022Despite being one of... -
The Rise of the Roman Jurists: Studies in Cicero's Pro Caecina by Bruce W. Frier 9780691611563
RRP: €57.12€44.74Combining historical, sociological, and legal expertise, Bruce Frier discloses the reasons for the emergence of law as a professional discipline in the later Roman Republic. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest... -
Geographies of Regulation: Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Empire by Philip Howell 9780521853651
RRP: €124.95€101.57In the nineteenth century British authorities at home and abroad attempted to regulate prostitution in order to combat the spread of venereal diseases. Philip Howell examines in detail four sites of such regulated prostitution - Liverpool, Cambridge,... -
Change Everything: How We Can Rethink, Repair and Rebuild Society by Natalie Bennett 9781800183025
RRP: €13.08€9.15'This book is a tonic! Both practical and hopeful, it’s essential reading for anyone who wants a route map to a fairer, greener future' Caroline LucasWe are living in a social, political, economic and environmental emergency. The status quo is profoundly... -
Prime Minister and Cabinet Government Simon James 9781138545953
RRP: €42.83€38.01Fully revised and updated, this new edition of Simon James's comprehensible and accessible text provides an excellent insight into the work of the Prime Minister and Cabinet government. It draws on the wealth of new material that has become available in... -
Imperialism and Jewish Society: 200 B.C.E. to 640 C.E. by Seth Schwartz 9780691117812
RRP: €53.55€48.09This provocative new history of Palestinian Jewish society in antiquity marks the first comprehensive effort to gauge the effects of imperial domination on this people. Probing more than eight centuries of Persian, Greek, and Roman rule, Seth Schwartz... -
The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell
RRP: €8.32€6.31George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change.The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century Robin Bunce 9781471837913
€48.31Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: AS: Summer 2016; A-level: Summer 2017Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth... -
Explore PSHE for Key Stage 3 Student Book Pauline Stirling 9781510470361
€30.48Develop your students' skills and understanding of PSHE and encourage an active learning approach, all whilst providing essential coverage of the 2020 statutory guidelines.The flexible design of this KS3 student book is compatible with whichever way your... -
The Treaty of Versailles: A Concise History by Michael S. Neiberg
RRP: €17.84€13.35Signed on 28 June 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treaty as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order... -
Surviving Hell: The brutal true story of a Chennai Six prisoner by Nick Dunn
RRP: €10.70€7.91'Truly remarkable' DAMIEN LEWISTrapped in a living nightmare, former-para Nick Dunn, one of the 'Chennai Six', was wrongly imprisoned in an Indian jail.While battling to be heard both at home and abroad, Nick summoned the resilience and endurance of his...