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Markets, State, and People: Economics for Public Policy by Diane Coyle 9780691179261
RRP: £45.00£35.72A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to... -
A History of Diplomacy by Jeremymorni Black 9781861898319
£21.19In A History of Diplomacy, historian Jeremy Black challenges the conventional account of the development of diplomacy, devoting more attention to non-Western traditions and to the medieval West than is usually the case. By the nineteenth century a system... -
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China by Frank Langfitt 9781474612333
RRP: £9.99£6.80As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab - and discovered a country amid seismic political and... -
Empire and Revolution: The Political Life of Edmund Burke by Richard Bourke 9780691175652
RRP: £35.00£28.74Edmund Burke (1730-97) lived during one of the most extraordinary periods of world history. He grappled with the significance of the British Empire in India, fought for reconciliation with the American colonies, and was a vocal critic of national policy... -
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case
RRP: £22.00£17.03A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom... -
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
RRP: £10.99£7.77Ngugi wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978. A year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya's Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. There, Ngugi lives in a block... -
Osama Bin Laden by Michael Scheuer 9780199738663
RRP: £15.99£12.239/11 almost instantaneously remade American politics and foreign policy. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Patriot Act, water boarding and Guantanamo are examples of its profound and far-reaching effects. But despite its numental impact--and a deluge... -
Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture by Hisham Aidi 9780307279972
RRP: £21.00£15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279972Author Hisham AidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson A. Denis
£13.04In 1950, after over fifty years of military occupation and colonial rule, the Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico staged an unsuccessful armed insurrection against the United States. Violence swept through the island: assassins were sent to kill President... -
Wilson by Paul Routledge 9781904950684
RRP: £12.99£8.99Harold Wilson held out the promise of technology and of 'the Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution'. A balance of payment crisis, leading to devaluation in 1967, frustrated the fulfilment of his prime ministerial... -
Rethink: How We Can Make a Better World by Amol Rajan 9781785947179
RRP: £16.99£11.27After darkness, there is always light In a time of increasing uncertainty, Rethink offers a guide to a much-needed global 'reset moment', with leading international figures giving us glimpses of a better future after the pandemic. Each contribution... -
Plato's Critique of Impure Reason: On Goodness and Truth in the Republic by D. C. Schindler 9780813228242
RRP: £34.95£32.27Plato's Critique of Impure Reason offers a dramatic interpretation of the Republic, at the center of which lies a novel reading of the historical person of Socrates as the "real image" of the good. Schindler argues that a full response to the attack on... -
The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensees of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine by Lucien Goldmann
£31.37This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael Loewy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world... -
Philosophy and Government 1572-1651 by Richard Tuck 9780521438858
RRP: £30.99£25.06Philosophy and Government is a major new contribution to our understanding of European political theory which will challenge the perspectives in which political thought is understood. Framed as a general account of the period between 1572 and 1651 it... -
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel
RRP: £18.00£10.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553418286Author Peter ThielFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint CurrencyPublisher CurrencyWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 139mm * 17mm -
The Grand Strategy of the Habsburg Empire by A. Wess Mitchell
RRP: £22.00£17.36The Habsburg Empire's grand strategy for outmaneuvering and outlasting stronger rivals in a complicated geopolitical worldThe Empire of Habsburg Austria faced more enemies than any other European great power. Flanked on four sides by rivals, it possessed... -
National 4 & 5 Modern Studies: World Powers and International Issues: Second Edition by Frank Cooney
£23.02Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: Modern StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This second edition comprehensively covers the changes made to the course content and prepares students to cope with the increased emphasis on... -
Dissidents among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia by Ilya Budraitskis
£19.99Ilya Budraitskis, one of the country's most prominent leftist political commentators, explores the strange fusion of free-market ideology and postmodern nationalism that now prevails in Russia, and describes the post-Soviet evolution of its left. He... -
Political Fictions by Jean-Paul Sartre
RRP: £9.99£8.59A collection of pieces on politically engaged fiction of Sartre's day, including works by Andre Gorz and Paul Nizan. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the... -
Living Out Sexuality and Faith: Body Admissions of Malaysian Gay and Bisexual Men by Joseph N. Goh 9780367890988
RRP: £39.99£35.06Sexuality, religion and faith often have complex and conflicting interactions, on both personal and societal levels. Numerous studies have been conducted on queer subjects, but they have predominantly focused on 'Western' expressions of faith and queer... -
Duty by Robert Gates
RRP: £22.00£15.62'As I look back, there is a parallel theme to my years at war: love. By that I mean the love - there is no other word for it - I came to feel for the troops, and the overwhelming sense of personal responsibility I developed for them. So much so that it... -
Behind Enemy Lies: War, News and Chaos in the Middle East by Patrick Cockburn
RRP: £10.99£7.64In this urgent and timely book, Patrick Cockburn writes the first draft of the history of the current crisis in the Middle East.Here he charts the period from the recapture of Mosul in 2017 to Turkey's attack on Kurdish territory in November 2019, and... -
Foundations of Agnostic Statistics by Peter M. Aronow
RRP: £28.99£24.42Reflecting a sea change in how empirical research has been conducted over the past three decades, Foundations of Agnostic Statistics presents an innovative treatment of modern statistical theory for the social and health sciences. This book develops the... -
Hope Became the Enemy by Julie M Hammond 9781803780061
RRP: £8.99£6.45Hope Became The Enemy is the story of a young independent English woman, Josie. Looking for excitement and adventure, Josie decides on a career change and moves to Turkey to teach English. As she slowly falls in love with her new life, she takes the... -
Liberty After Freedom: A History of Article 21, Due Process and the Constitution of India by Rohan J. Alva 9789356990272
RRP: £17.50£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356990272Author Rohan J. AlvaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 20mm -
The Greeks and the Rational: The Discovery of Practical Reason by Josiah Ober
RRP: £30.00£23.69Tracing practical reason from its origins to its modern and contemporary permutations The Greek discovery of practical reason, as the skilled performance of strategic thinking in public and private affairs, was an intellectual breakthrough that remains... -
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War by Roham Alvandi 9780190610685
RRP: £32.49£23.44Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War. In this groundbreaking study Roham Alvandi offers a revisionist account of the shah's relationship with the United States by... -
The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and Urgent Need for Radical Change by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £12.99£8.63In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare... -
Doing Political Science and International Relations: Theories in Action by Heather Savigny 9780230245877
£44.11This is an ideal introduction for all embarking on a degree in Politics or International Relations. Starting from the premise that the 'doing' of political science is an active, and interactive, process of critical evaluation, it addresses the crucial... -
Waterford Whispers News by Colm Williamson
RRP: £18.99£13.61Waterford Whispers is Ireland's biggest satirical website and entertains hundreds of thousands of people daily with its hilarious take on the news of the day. This ninth annual in the bestselling Waterford Whispers series looks back, in its own... -
Hegel: Political Writings by Georg Wilhelm Fredrich Hegel
RRP: £29.99£27.07This major addition to the series of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought seeks to give students with no specialist knowledge access to both the practical and the metaphysical aspects of Hegel's political thought. The ethical and... -
Why Did They Kill?: Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton 9780520241794
RRP: £30.00£27.39Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it,... -
Oxford IB Diploma Programme: Authoritarian States Course Companion by Brian Gray
RRP: £39.99£36.83Drive critical, engaged learning and advanced skills development. Enabling comprehensive, rounded understanding, the student-centred approach actively develops the sophisticated skills key to performance in Paper 2. Developed directly with the IB for the... -
Israel's Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation's Founding Myth by Asaf Elia-Shalev 9780520294318
RRP: £23.00£18.05The powerful story of an activist movement that challenged the racial inequities of Israel. Israel's Black Panthers tells the story of the young and impoverished Moroccan Israeli Jews who challenged their country's political status quo and rebelled... -
Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime by John Heilemann 9780061733642
RRP: £16.99£11.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061733642Author John HeilemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 431g -
The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy by Nick Romeo 9781399813808
RRP: £18.99£13.97A provocative debunking of accepted economic wisdom which offers a new pathway to a sustainable, survivable economy.Confronted by the devastating trends of the early twenty-first century - widening inequality, environmental destruction, and... -
Mao Zedong Thought by Wang Fanxi
RRP: £30.00£22.38There have been many books on Mao Zedong, but few match this indispensable study by Wang Fanxi, a leading Chinese Trotskyist and contemporary of Mao. Written more than fifty years ago during Wang Fanxi's exile in Macau, this outstanding analysis has... -
Rights in Rebellion: Indigenous Struggle and Human Rights in Chiapas by Shannon Speed
RRP: £20.99£18.37Rights in Rebellion examines the global discourse of human rights and its influence on the local culture, identity, and forms of resistance. Through a multi-sited ethnography of various groups in the indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico-from... -
The Behaviorally Informed Organization by Dilip Soman 9781487507893
RRP: £28.99£25.36Every organization is fundamentally in the business of behavior change, whether it be a government trying to get a business to comply with environmental regulations, a business persuading its customers to be loyal to its products, or a financial... -
Afterlives of Revolution: Everyday Counterhistories in Southern Oman by Alice Wilson 9781503635784
RRP: £23.99£20.84The Dhufar Revolution was fought between 1965-1976, in an attempt to depose Oman's British-backed Sultan and advance social ideals of egalitarianism and gender equality. Dhufar, the southernmost governorate in today's Sultanate, captured global attention...