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Experimental Thinking: A Primer on Social Science Experiments by Jamie Druckman
RRP: $29.66$25.23Experiments are a central methodology in the social sciences. Scholars from every discipline regularly turn to experiments. Practitioners rely on experimental evidence in evaluating social programs, policies, and institutions. This book is about how to... -
Pearson Edexcel A Level Global Politics by Robert Murphy
RRP: $43.86$42.16- Newly revised to accompany the Pearson Edexcel specification for Global Politics, with updated case studies and recent developments from around the world- Provides synoptic links within global politics, and across UK and political ideas topics - ... -
Controligarchs: Exposing the Billionaire Class, their Secret Deals, and the Globalist Plot to Dominate Your Life by Seamus Bruner
RRP: $37.40$24.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541593Author Seamus BrunerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Raffles: And the Golden Opportunity by Victoria Glendinning
RRP: $14.18$10.02By the time of his death, Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) was the founder of Singapore and Governor of Java, having left school in his early teens to become a clerk for the British East India Company. Charismatic and daring, Raffles forged an... -
Gloriana: Elizabeth I and the Art of Queenship by Linda Collins
RRP: $24.50$18.99In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The 'Cult of Gloriana' would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such... -
Mean Girl: Ayn Rand and the Culture of Greed by Lisa Duggan 9780520294776
RRP: $20.63$14.68"Astute."-New York Times Ayn Rand's complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the twenty-first century, she has been... -
John Stonehouse, My Father: The True Story of the Runaway MP by Julia Stonehouse
RRP: $14.18$9.44'Clear, dispassionate and selfless' Spectator'Exhaustive in her research, tenacious in spotting errors, indignant in denouncing lies.' Guardian'A compelling account of an extraordinary political scandal, written from inside the Stonehouse family'. Martin... -
The president's keepers: Those keeping Zuma in power and out of prison by Jacques Pauw 9780624083030
$18.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624083030Author Jacques PauwFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers Ltd -
Contemporary Raku by Stephen Murfitt 9781785009938
RRP: $24.50$20.19Contemporary Raku is a complete guide to this exciting, dramatic and beautiful art form. It explains the making, glazing and firing methods employed for producing Raku-ware, and features contributions and insights from leading makers. Recognizing the... -
Three Whys Of Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
RRP: $16.76$11.73It is my considered judgement that, had it not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which one dominated our lives. I will... -
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy by Henry Kissinger
RRP: $32.25$23.25Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world'Leaders,' writes Henry Kissinger in this compelling book, 'think and act at the intersection of two axes: the first, between the past and the... -
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: $16.76$11.73Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and... -
Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy by Quinn Slobodian 9780141993768
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Gonzo brilliance ... unique and highly entertaining' Financial Times'Revelatory reading' Adam Tooze, author of Crashed'After reading Quinn Slobodian's new book, you are not likely to think about capitalism the same way' JacobinLook at a map of the world... -
The Worst Class in the World by Joanna Nadin 9781526611833
RRP: $9.02$5.30'Deliciously silly, with hilarious catchphrases... a great cheer-up book' The Guardian 'HILARIOUS! Proper laughs!' Pamela Butchart ______________________________ A laugh-out-loud young fiction series from bestselling author Joanna Nadin, perfect for... -
Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right by Angela Nagle 9781785355431
RRP: $12.89$11.08Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground is the internet. On one side the "alt right" ranges from the once obscure neo-reactionary and white separatist movements, to geeky subcultures like... -
The Sentinel State: Surveillance and the Survival of Dictatorship in China by Minxin Pei 9780674257832
RRP: $38.64$30.52Countering recent hype around technology, a leading expert argues that the endurance of dictatorship in China owes less to facial recognition AI and GPS tracking than to the human resources of the Leninist surveillance state.For decades China watchers... -
Fallout: the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world by Lesley Blume
RRP: $19.34$12.29A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND VANITY FAIR New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of the greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century - the true effects of the atom bomb -... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias 9780715655177
RRP: $14.18$9.52The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her... -
John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life 1917-1963 by Robert Dallek
RRP: $25.79$18.94Updated edition of the authoritative single-volume biography of John F. Kennedy. Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, prize-winning historian Robert Dallek reveals more than we ever knew about Jack Kennedy, forever changing... -
All the Kremlin's Men: Inside the Court of Vladimir Putin by Mikhail Zygar
RRP: $20.63$15.35All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in... -
The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King 9781780744056
RRP: $15.47$10.87With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling... -
Jones & Sufrin's EU Competition Law: Text, Cases & Materials by Brenda Sufrin 9780192855015
RRP: $68.36$67.02The complete guide to EU competition law, combining key primary sources with expert author commentary. The most comprehensive resource for students on EU competition law; extracts from key cases, academic works, and legislation are paired with... -
The Yellow Wind by David Grossman
RRP: $16.76$11.73First published in 1988, The Yellow Wind is Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987: not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis, but also... -
News from Nowhere and Other Writings by William Morris
RRP: $12.89$9.17Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the... -
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden by Steve Coll
RRP: $24.50$17.56Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer PrizeThe explosive, New York Times bestselling first-hand account of America's secret history in AfghanistanPrize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified... -
Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures by Mark Fisher
RRP: $16.76$11.09Edited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fisher in his element - the classroom - outlining a project that Fisher's death left so bittersweetly... -
The 100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer: How the Handover from Boomers to Gen Z Will Revolutionize Capitalism by Ken Costa 9781399407632
RRP: $25.80$19.76'A valuable exploration of the topic and a thought-provoking read.' Financial Times An insider's look into how Generation Z's focus on ethics, climate change and purpose will change capitalism forever. In the next ten years there will be an... -
Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction: Second Edition by Leela Gandhi 9780231178396
RRP: $28.38$22.39Published twenty years ago, Leela Gandhi's Postcolonial Theory was a landmark description of the field of postcolonial studies in theoretical terms that set its intellectual context alongside poststructuralism, postmodernism, Marxism, and feminism... -
The Blackwell Companion to Social Work by Martin Davies 9781118451724
RRP: $42.51$38.88Fully revised and restructured, this fresh edition offers students and trainee social workers an incisive and authoritative introduction to the subject. As well as entirely new sections on theory and practice, the expert contributions which have shaped... -
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade by Andrew Feinstein
RRP: $21.92$15.84A gripping and urgent investigation into the secretive world of the global arms trade - from a former member of the African National CongressRevealing the corruption and the cover-ups at the heart of ex-President Jacob Zuma's South AfricaAndrew Feinstein... -
At the Cafe: Conversations on Anarchism by Errico Malatesta 9781904491064
RRP: $9.68$9.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904491064Author Errico MalatestaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom PressWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 147mm... -
The Mitrokhin Archive: The KGB in Europe and the West by Christopher Andrew
RRP: $25.80$18.95'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' The TimesFor years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he... -
Eyes off the Prize: The United Nations and the African American Struggle for Human Rights, 1944-1955 by Carol Anderson
RRP: $30.95$25.22This book was first published in 2003. As World War II drew to a close and the world awakened to the horror wrought by white supremacists in Nazi Germany, African American leaders, led by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored... -
Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation by Grace Blakeley
RRP: $14.18$9.55For decades, it has been easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism. In the decade leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, booming banks, rising house prices and cheap consumer goods propped up living standards in the rich... -
The Not Quite Prime Ministers: Leaders of the Opposition 1783–2020 by Nigel Fletcher 9781785908101
RRP: $25.80$18.68History is written by the winners, they say. And more often than not, it is written about them too. A library's worth of books have been published chronicling the UK's Prime Ministers - those individuals who somehow made it to the top of the greasy pole... -
1974: Scenes from a Year of Crisis by Nick Rennison 9780857305824
RRP: $19.34$12.641974 WAS A YEAR OF MAJOR CHANGE AROUND THE WORLD. Presidents resigned, emperors were deposed, and new governments came to power. On both sides of the Atlantic, major political figures left the scene, either through resignation or electoral defeat... -
Intimations: Six Essays by Zadie Smith
RRP: $7.73$5.75One of Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 and an FT Best Book of the YearThought-provoking and deeply consoling, a perfectly distilled set of essays on the strangest year many of us have experienced, from one of our wisest and most humane... -
The Five Giants [New Edition]: A Biography of the Welfare State by Nicholas Timmins
RRP: $25.79$18.94A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State -now fully revised and updated for the 21st... -
Christians in the City of Hong Kong: Chinese Christianity in Asia's World City by Tobias Brandner 9781350269088
RRP: $25.79$22.72Christians in the City of Hong Kong tells the story of a multi-faceted, constantly evolving Christianity in a vibrant metropolis that has always been China's gateway to the wider world. Having served in Hong Kong for over 25 years in contexts from prison... -
The Great Delusion: Liberal Dreams and International Realities by John J. Mearsheimer
RRP: $21.92$18.85A renowned scholar argues that liberal hegemony-the policy America has pursued since the Cold War ended-is doomed to failNamed a Financial Times Best Book of 2018"Idealists as well as realists need to read this systematic tour de force."-Robert D...