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Policing Domestic Abuse: Risk, Policy and Practice by Katy Barrow-Grint
RRP: €40.45€35.70This book is dedicated to improving the practice of the policing of domestic abuse. Its objective is to help inform those working in policing about the dynamics of how domestic abuse occurs, how best to respond to and investigate it, and in the longer... -
Willing Slaves of Capital: Spinoza and Marx on Desire by Frederic Lordon
€20.38Why do people work for other people? This seemingly naive question is more difficult to answer than one might at first imagine, and it lies at the heart of Lordon's Willing Slaves of Capital. To complement Marx's partial answers, especially in the... -
The Bughouse: The poetry, politics and madness of Ezra Pound by Daniel Swift
RRP: €13.08€9.37'An extraordinary book of real passionate research' Edmund de WaalIn 1945, Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. But before the trial could take place Pound was pronounced insane... -
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia 9781642592696
RRP: €23.79€16.04In Border and Rule, one of North America's foremost thinkers and immigrant rights organizers delivers an unflinching examination of migration as a pillar of global governance and gendered racial class formation. Harsha Walia disrupts easy... -
Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy by Brian Stelter 9781668046906
RRP: €35.70€21.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668046906Author Brian StelterFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Atria/One Signal PublishersPublisher Atria/One Signal PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen 9781847089342
RRP: €11.89€8.09On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Dressed in their trademark brightly coloured dresses and balaclavas, the women performed... -
Modern Slavery: A Global Perspective by Siddharth Kara
RRP: €26.18€20.66Siddharth Kara is a tireless chronicler of the human cost of slavery around the world. He has documented the dark realities of modern slavery in order to reveal the degrading and dehumanizing systems that strip people of their dignity for the sake of... -
Decolonizing Research: Indigenous Storywork as Methodology by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
RRP: €26.17€26.13From Oceania to North America, indigenous peoples have created storytelling traditions of incredible depth and diversity. The term 'indigenous storywork' has come to encompass the sheer breadth of ways in which indigenous storytelling serves as a... -
Natural Law: A Study in Legal & Social History & Philosophy by Heinrich Albert Rommen 9780865971608
RRP: €21.36€18.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971608Author Henrich RommenFormat HardbackPage Count 316Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 701g -
A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954 by Michael J. Hogan 9780521795371
RRP: €36.88€30.74In A Cross of Iron, one of the country's most distinguished diplomatic historians provides a comprehensive account of the national security state that emerged in the first decade of the Cold War. Michael J. Hogan traces the process of state-making as it... -
The Contested World Economy: The Deep and Global Roots of International Political Economy by Eric Helleiner 9781009337526
RRP: €27.36€23.28The rapid growth of the field of international political economy since the 1970s has revived an older tradition of thought from the pre-1945 era. The Contested World Economy provides the first book-length analysis of these deep intellectual roots of the... -
Extremes of Fortune: From Great War to Great Escape. the Story of Herbert Martin Massey, CBE, DSO, Mc by Andrew White 9781999812881
RRP: €23.74€17.43Herbert Martin Massey was by any measure, a remarkable man. He was wounded three times in three separate conflicts, the first of which, in the First World War, almost killed him. Brought down in flames by one of Germany's great aces, Werner Voss, he... -
Engaging the Public with Climate Change: Behaviour Change and Communication Lorraine Whitmarsh 9781138866904
RRP: €52.35€46.10Despite increasing public awareness of climate change, our behaviours relating to consumption and energy use remain largely unchanged. This book answers the urgent call for effective engagement methods to foster sustainable lifestyles, community action,... -
Black Crown: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom by Paul Clammer
RRP: €29.75€26.22The epic story of a man born into Caribbean slavery, who defeated Napoleon's armies and crowned himself a free black king. How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon's invading troops and become king of the first free black nation... -
Global Complexity by Professor John Urry 9780745628189
RRP: €21.41€19.09Global Complexity is a path-breaking book, which examines how the ideas of chaos and complexity can help us to analyse global processes. Urry argues that there are major advantages in thinking about global processes in this way. The idea of complexity... -
Public Administration and Public Policy in Ireland: Theory and Methods Maura Adshead 9780415282420
RRP: €23.79€21.05This book provides a comprehensive introduction to public policy and administration in Ireland, thereby bridging the gap between general texts on public policy and policy analysis and books on Irish politics. Each chapter covers one of the key issues in... -
Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History by Matthew Simonton 9780691192055
RRP: €41.65€33.01Classical Greek Oligarchy thoroughly reassesses an important but neglected form of ancient Greek government, the "rule of the few." Matthew Simonton challenges scholarly orthodoxy by showing that oligarchy was not the default mode of politics from time... -
The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Age of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones
RRP: €23.80€18.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635574357Author Sam QuinonesFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA -
Deterrence by Lawrence Freedman
RRP: €19.03€17.40As a concept, deterrence has launched a thousand books and articles. It has dominated Western strategic thinking for more than four decades. In this important and groundbreaking new book, Lawrence Freedman develops a distinctive approach to the... -
A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation, from the Cold War to the War on Terror by Alfred W McCoy 9780805082487
RRP: €23.80€15.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805082487Author Alfred W McCoyFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Cairo 1921: Ten Days that Made the Middle East by C. Brad Faught
RRP: €23.80€20.21The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First... -
The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy by Yassin al-Haj Saleh
RRP: €26.18€23.23Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile. He describes with precision and fervour the events that led to Syria's 2011 uprising, the metamorphosis of the popular revolution into a... -
From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE by Christopher M. Davidson 9781787383937
RRP: €41.65€36.88Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud and Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the respective princely strongmen of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have torn up the old rules. They have spurred game-changing economic master plans, presided over vast anti-corruption crackdowns,... -
The Magic Money Tree and Other Economic Tales by Lorenzo Forni 9781788213653
RRP: €22.60€21.31This lively and provocative look at the tension between economics and politics examines why so many mistakes in economic policy-making are made for political reasons and ignore the economic truths. Using short-term economic gains to ensure electoral... -
Raring to Go!: Star-studded stories from high-flying reporter and sports journalist Ted Macauley by Ted Macauley 9781787116719
RRP: €20.22€14.38The autobiography of Ted Macauley, award-winning newspaper reporter, columnist, and sports journalist. A story filled with the excitement of the sports that he covered, tales of some enviable assignments, and a host of celebrity friends and sporting... -
The Secret Army: The IRA J. Bowyer Bell 9781560009016
RRP: €59.49€52.55The Secret Army is the definitive work on the Irish Republican Army. It is an absorbing account of a movement that has had a profound effect on the shaping of the modern Irish state. The secret army in the service of the invisible Republic has had a... -
Masters of War: Classical Strategic Thought Michael I. Handel 9780714681320
RRP: €70.20€61.75This is the first comprehensive study based on a detailed textual analysis of the classical works on war by Clausewitz, Sun Tzu, Mao Tse-tung, and to a lesser extent, Jomini and Machiavelli. Brushing stereotypes aside, the author takes a fresh look at... -
A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany by Monica Black
RRP: €19.03€14.18In the aftermath of World War II, a succession of mass supernatural events swept through war-torn Germany. A messianic faith healer rose to extraordinary fame, prayer groups performed exorcisms, and enormous crowds traveled to witness apparitions of the... -
A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 - Updated and revised edition by Bahru Zewde
RRP: €29.74€28.92Updated and revised edition. Bahru Zewde has updated the first edition, adding a new chapter and taking the history through to 1991. 'The new chapter enhances the value of the book as the best historical introduction to modern Ethiopia. The... -
The Meaning of Conservatism by Roger Scruton 9780333912447
RRP: €118.99€106.09First published in 1980, this contribution to political thought is a statement of the traditional conservative position. Roger Scruton challenges those who would regard themselves as conservatives, and also their opponents.Book InformationISBN... -
The Girl in the Spider's Web: Continuing Stieg Larsson's Dragon Tattoo Series by David Lagercrantz 9780857059093
€5.87TO TIE-IN WITH THE SONY/YELLOW BIRD PRODUCTION STARRING CLAIRE FOY AS LISBETH SALANDER - RELEASED NOVEMBER 2018Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist have not been in touch for some time.Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor... -
The Price of Paradise Iain Overton 9781787470873
RRP: €15.46€9.06'A must-read book on the most frightening phenomenon of the modern age ... Fascinating' Sunday Times'Outstanding' New Statesman'Provocative and timely.... highly readable' Guardian'In an exceptional piece of work, Iain Overton subjects the suicide bomber... -
Taxation: Policy and Practice - 2021/22: 2021 by Andy Lymer 9781906201593
€12.09Fully updated each year,Taxation: Policy and Practice continues to provide coverage of the UK's tax system as it has for 28 years. The most widely used UK University tax textbook! It is an excellent aid to support a first course in tax, or as a... -
The Great Reconfiguration: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Low-Carbon Transitions in UK Electricity, Heat, and Mobility Systems by Frank W. Geels 9781009198240
RRP: €47.59€40.89This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system reconfiguration approach that explains how the... -
Only in Australia: The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism by William Coleman 9780198753254
€79.14This edited volume is about the Australian difference and how Australia's economic and social policy has diverged from the approach of other countries. Australia seems to be following a 'special path' of its own that it laid down more than a century ago... -
Water: A Biography by Giulio Boccaletti 9780525566007
RRP: €20.22€14.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525566007Author Giulio BoccalettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
We Are Still Here by Nahid Shahalimi
RRP: €20.22€13.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735246003Author Nahid ShahalimiFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call by Arthur Manuel
RRP: €21.36€17.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (History) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781771135566Author Arthur ManuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Between the... -
No Bosses: A New Economy for a Better World Michael Albert 9781782799467
RRP: €16.65€14.58Life under capitalism. Rampant debilitating denial for the many next to vile enrichment of the few. Material deprivation, denial, and denigration. Dignity defiled. Michael Albert's book No Bosses advocates for the conception and then organization of a... -
Hitler's Heroine: Hanna Reitsch by Sophie Jackson
RRP: €15.46€11.75Hanna Reitsch longed to fly. Having broken records and earned the respect of the Nazi regime, she was the first female Luftwaffe test pilot, and eventually became Adolf Hitler's personal heroine.An ardent Nazi, Hanna was prepared to die for the cause,...