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Football: The Philosophy Behind the Game by Stephen Mumford 9781509535323
RRP: £9.99£8.95Football is the most popular sport on the planet partly because it's so simple to play - but as philosopher, novelist and avid fan Stephen Mumford shows, behind the straightforward rules of the game there lurks a world of intriguing complexity. Mumford... -
China Horizon, The: Glory And Dream Of A Civilizational State by Weiwei Zhang
RRP: £20.00£17.62This is a book of China's own political narrative written by one of China's leading and best-known thinkers. It is the last part of the author's 'China Trilogy', which is a best-seller in China, with over one million copies sold. The book in itself is a... -
Great Power Competition and Overseas Bases: Chinese, Russian, and American Force Posture in the Twenty-First Century Andrew Yeo 9780815740704
RRP: £25.00£22.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815740704Author Andrew YeoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State by Yeshayahu Leibowitz 9780674487765
£41.98A biochemist by profession, a polymath by inclination and erudition, Yeshayahu Leibowitz has been, since the early 1940s, one of the most incisive and controversial critics of Israeli culture and politics. His direct involvement, compelling polemics, and... -
Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science by Carey Gillam 9781642830422
RRP: £26.00£21.70Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, First Place (2018) IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year: Most Likely to Save the Planet (2018) Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award (2018) "Reads like a mystery novel as Gillam skillfully... -
Community Policing by Mike Brogden 9781843920052
RRP: £39.99£35.06Community policing has been a buzzword in Anglo-American policing for the last two decades, somewhat vague in its definition but generally considered to be a good thing. In the UK the notion of community policing conveys a consensual policing style,... -
Last Children Of The Raj, Volume 2 (1939-1950): British Childhoods in India by Laurence Fleming
RRP: £15.00£9.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903660218Author Mark TullyFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Dexter HavenPublisher Dexter HavenWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 195mm * 130mm * 30mm -
The Politics of the Veil by Joan Wallach Scott 9780691147987
RRP: £25.00£19.59In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law insist it upholds... -
Private Money and Public Currencies: The Sixteenth Century Challenge: The Sixteenth Century Challenge by M-.T.Boyer- Xambeau 9781563245084
RRP: £43.99£38.44First Published in 1994. Writing as a unified team, the authors, three French economists-they insist they are economists, not economic historians, though they are steeped in the monetary, financial, economic, social, and political history of Europe in... -
NHS Plc: The Privatisation of Our Health Care by Allyson M. Pollock 9781844675395
RRP: £21.99£21.89Universal, comprehensive health care, equally available to all and disconnected from income and the ability to pay, was the goal of the founders of the National Health Service. This book, by one of the NHS's most eloquent and passionate defenders, tells... -
The British Constitution by Sir Ivor Jennings 9780521091367
RRP: £30.99£21.89The British Constitution is accepted, in England at least, as the symbol for soundness and reliability: and yet its unwritten mysteries and its practical resilience are the despair of theorists. It is as unexpected as a person, and seems to be defined... -
They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence by Lauren Benton 9780691248479
RRP: £35.00£23.48A sweeping account of how small wars shaped global order in the age of empiresImperial conquest and colonization depended on pervasive raiding, slaving, and plunder. European empires amassed global power by asserting a right to use unilateral force at... -
Equal Power: Gender Equality and How to Achieve It by Jo Swinson
RRP: £8.99£6.08Shortlisted for the 2018 Parliamentary Book Awards (Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian)Why does power remain concentrated in the hands of men?And why do the problems of sexism sometimes feel just too big to solve?In this passionate call to arms, leader of... -
The Kurdish Women's Movement: History, Theory, Practice by Dilar Dirik
RRP: £18.99£12.75'One the foremost writers and participants in the Kurdish women's movement' - Harsha Walia The Kurdish women's movement is at the heart of one of the most exciting revolutionary experiments in the world today: Rojava. Forged over decades of struggle,... -
Gordon Welchman: Bletchley Park's Architect of Ultra Intelligence by Joel Greenberg 9781473885257
£15.11'A magnificent biography which finally provides recognition to one of Bletchley's and Britain's lost heroes.' Michael Smith. The Official Secrets Act and the passing of time have prevented the Bletchley Park story from being told by many of its key... -
A century of British Aeroplanes in old photographs by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume 9781840339338
RRP: £24.95£21.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840339338Author Arthur W. J. G. Ord-HumeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 273mm *... -
Michelle Obama: Speeches on Life, Love, and American Values by Michelle Obama 9780982375631
RRP: £8.95£6.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982375631Author Michelle ObamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Pacific Publishing StudioPublisher Pacific Publishing StudioWeight(grams) 182g -
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal 9781503636033
RRP: £24.99£21.67The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir-its only Muslim-majority state-is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's... -
The Shitshow: An 'Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?' Special by Steve Lowe
RRP: £12.99£8.60It was shit. Then the shit hit the fan. Would someone find a way of making it worse? Of course they would! Welcome to THE SHITSHOW...'There's a lot going on these days. Trump, Brexit, Call the Midwife . . . The rise of the robots . . . The rise of Easy... -
The Administration of Fear: Volume 10 by Paul Virilio
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351054Author Paul VirilioFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm * 6mm -
Young Citizen's Passport Seventeenth Edition by The Citizenship Foundation
£9.98Provide detailed and accessible guidance on a wide range of everyday English and Welsh law in this bestselling and fully updated edition, produced in association with the Citizenship Foundation. - Offers a unique resource that is up-to-date with English... -
The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities by Jakkie Cilliers
RRP: £24.99£22.77This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about... -
Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction: Twentieth Century Short Fiction by Noriko Mizuta Lippit
RRP: £44.99£39.28This collection includes translated works by Japanese women writers that deal with the experiences of modern women. The work of these women represents current feminist perception, imagination and thought. "Here are Japanese women in infinite and... -
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Colorism: Beyond Black and White by Ronald E. Hall 9781032299389
RRP: £43.99£38.44This timely and unique book explores the concept of colorism, which is discrimination based on the color of a person's skin, in a world where arguably light skin is privileged over dark, and one's wealth, health, and opportunities are impacted by skin... -
'Black but Human': Slavery and Visual Art in Hapsburg Spain by Prof Carmen Fracchia 9780198881063
RRP: £32.49£29.81'Black but Human' is the first study to focus on the visual representations of African slaves and ex-slaves in Spain during the Hapsburg dynasty. The Afro-Hispanic proverb 'Black but Human' is the main thread of the six chapters and serves as a lens... -
Society Against the State - Essays in Political Anthropology by Pierre Clastres
RRP: £20.00£15.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780942299014Author Pierre ClastresFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 18mm -
Cultural Genocide: Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations by Jeffrey Bachman
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explores concepts of Cultural genocide, its definitions, place in international law, the systems and methods that contribute to its manifestations, and its occurrences. Through a systematic approach and comprehensive analysis, international and... -
Germany, Russia, and the Rise of Geo-Economics by Stephen F. Szabo 9781472596314
£27.40This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Having emerged from the end of the Cold War as a unified country, Germany has quickly become the second largest... -
Aesthetic Politics: Political Philosophy Beyond Fact and Value by F. R. Ankersmit 9780804727303
RRP: £24.99£22.07Taking as its point of departure a sharp critique of Rawls's influential A Theory of Justice-which, like most Western political philosophy since the seventeenth century, considers ethics to be foundational to a proper understanding of the political-this... -
Cicero: A Political Biography by David Stockton 9780198720331
£46.40Cicero: A Political BiographyBook InformationISBN 9780198720331Author David StocktonFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm * 22mm -
Where We Want to Live: Reclaiming Infrastructure for a New Generation of Cities by Ryan Gravel 9781250078254
RRP: £39.99£22.96Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Resisters: 52 Young Women Making Herstory Right Now by Lauren Sharkey
RRP: £8.99£6.20'An inspiring gift for teenagers with a conscience' - Independent'We're not the future. We're doing it right now.'Young people are uniting across the world to create change, have their voices heard and stand up for what they believe in.In this bold and... -
Authoritarian Nightmare: Trump and His Followers by John W. Dean
RRP: £26.99£17.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612199054Author John W. DeanFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Quantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science by Gregory Wawro
RRP: £30.00£23.29How to study the past using dataQuantitative Analysis for Historical Social Science advances historical research in the social sciences by bridging the divide between qualitative and quantitative analysis. Gregory Wawro and Ira Katznelson argue for an... -
Managing Scotland's Environment by Charles Warren
RRP: £39.00£36.80Scotland's natural environment is its most treasured asset and the subject of its most vociferous debates. In this book Charles Warren tackles the hottest current debates - land reform, the future of farming, public access, conservation of moorland and... -
One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon by Tim Weiner 9781250092328
RRP: £27.99£16.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250092328Author Tim WeinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 208mm... -
The Big Book of Boris by Iain Dale 9781785905483
RRP: £8.99£6.14Boris Johnson, the UK's new Prime Minister, has ruled out holding an early general election. But, as we've seen, anything can happen in today's politics. There are few politicians who could genuinely be described as a phenomenon. Boris Johnson is... -
Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Mike Davis
£15.50Histories of the US sixties invariably focus on New York City, but Los Angeles was an epicenter of that decade's political and social earthquake. L.A. was a launchpad for Black Power-where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts... -
Call Me Auntie: My Childhood in Care and My Search for My Mother by Anne Harrison
£15.19The author's account of being abandoned by her mother as a young child and her life in homes and institutions will captivate any reader. The mystery of her search for her mother and constant rejections will leave the reader wondering what demons drove... -
China's Quest for National Identity by Lowell Dittmer
RRP: £33.00£29.05How to define a Chinese national identity remains as hotly contested a question among today's Chinese citizens as it has been among foreign observers. This volume brings together ten new essays by an interdisciplinary group of leading sinologists and...