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Kenya: Between Hope and Despair, 1963-2012 by Daniel Branch 9780300194142
RRP: $63.00$61.43On December 12, 1963, people across Kenya joyfully celebrated independence from British colonial rule, anticipating a bright future of prosperity and social justice. As the nation approached the fiftieth anniversary of its independence, however, the... -
Landing Craft & Amphibians: Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century by Skipper, Ben 9781399092135
RRP: $35.68$25.79From the wars of antiquity to the recent events in South West Asia, landing craft and amphibians have been an ever-present seaborne and battle space asset in one form or another for the commander wanting to get boots on the ground. Refined during the... -
Japan's Effectiveness as a Geo-Economic Actor: Navigating Great-Power Competition by Yuka Koshino
RRP: $39.88$35.43Geo-economic strategy - deploying economic instruments to secure foreign-policy aims and to project power - has long been a key element of statecraft. In recent years, it has acquired even greater salience given China's growing antagonism with the United... -
Last Days of the Mighty Mekong by Brian Eyler
RRP: $33.58$26.17Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of... -
Merchants of Truth: Inside the News Revolution by Jill Abramson
RRP: $23.08$16.32The gripping and definitive in-the-room account of the revolution that has swept the news industry over the last decade and reshaped our world.The last decade has seen the News industry face unprecedented change. The sometimes-century old institutions... -
Inside Iran: The Real History and Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Medea Benjamin
RRP: $27.28$18.12U.S. relations with Iran have been fraught for decades, but under the Trump Administration tensions are rising to startling levels. Medea Benjamin, one of the best-known 21st century activists, offers the incredible history of how a probable alliance... -
Foreign Policy Analysis: A Toolbox by Jean-Frederic Morin 9783319610023
RRP: $94.48$69.20This book presents the evolution of the field of foreign policy analysis and explains the theories that have structured research in this area over the last 50 years. It provides the essentials of emerging theoretical trends, data and methodological... -
Global Complexity by Professor John Urry 9780745628189
RRP: $37.78$33.68Global 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... -
Nightmarch: Among India's Revolutionary Guerrillas by Alpa Shah
RRP: $31.48$28.64In one of the world's most intractable and under-reported rebellions, the Naxalites have been engaged in a decades-long battle with the Indian state. Presented in the media as a deadly terrorist group, the movement is made up of Marxist ideologues and... -
Reform, Revolution, and Opportunism: Debates in the Second International, 1900–1910 by Mike Taber 9781642599817
RRP: $41.98$28.48An essential record from the Second International, assembled by Under the Socialist Banner editor Mike Taber.At its height, the Second (Socialist) International (1889-1914) represented the majority of organized workers in the world, with the... -
Why Rivals Intervene: International Security and Civil Conflict by John Mitton 9781487508272
RRP: $109.20$89.40Rivals - states with acrimonious, militarized histories - often intervene on opposing sides of civil conflicts. These interventions are known to exacerbate and prolong civil wars, but scholars have yet to fully understand why states engage in them, given... -
Human Rights and the Environment: Key Issues by Sumudu Atapattu
RRP: $92.38$80.72The field of human rights and the environment has grown phenomenally during the last few years and this textbook will be one of the first to encourage students to think critically about how many environmental issues lead to a violation of existing rights... -
Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History by Matthew Simonton 9780691192055
RRP: $73.50$58.25Classical 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... -
China's Future by David Shambaugh 9781509507146
RRP: $31.48$20.58China's future is arguably the most consequential question in global affairs. Having enjoyed unprecedented levels of growth, China is at a critical juncture in the development of its economy, society, polity, national security, and international... -
The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Age of Fentanyl and Meth by Sam Quinones
RRP: $42.00$33.01Apologies 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 -
Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer 9780195098310
RRP: $40.93$39.54This widely acclaimed and meticulously researched book is the first serious study of Paul Revere's famous ride. Fischer's exciting narrative offers new insight into the coming of the American Revolution.About the AuthorDavid Hackett Fischer is Warren... -
On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman by Kajsa Ekis Ekman ; Translated by Kristina Maki
RRP: $48.20$30.70A new definition of woman has taken hold in Western societies. Instead of a matter of biology and material reality, we are told it is an identity. Anyone who declares herself to be a woman is a woman; the body has henceforth become irrelevant. Gender, we... -
You're Not Enough (and That's Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love by Allie Beth Stuckey
RRP: $50.38$30.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593083840Author Allie Beth StuckeyFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Growing Pains: the future of democracy (and work) by Gwynne Dyer 9781911344759
RRP: $27.28$17.98We are now living in a world where Brexit and Trump are daily realities. But how did this come about? And what does it mean for the future? Populism and ultra-nationalism brought about the rise of Hitler and Mussolini in the 1930s. Now, as Trump sits in... -
Asymmetric Warfare: Threat and Response in the 21st Century by Rod Thornton 9780745633657
$37.99In recent years, the nature of conflict has changed. Through asymmetric warfare radical groups and weak state actors are using unexpected means to deal stunning blows to more powerful opponents in the West. From terrorism to information warfare, the... -
The Secret War with Iran: The 30-Year Clandestine Struggle Against the World's Most Dangerous Terrorist Power by Ronen Bergman 9781416577003
RRP: $39.88$38.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416577003Author Ronen BergmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 631gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm... -
When Adam Delved And Eve Span: A History of the Peasants' Revolt by Mark O'Brien 9781910885260
RRP: $16.78$11.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910885260Author Mark O'BrienFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications -
The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Barack Obama 9780307237699
RRP: $63.00$38.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Borders Author of the Year 2009.Book InformationISBN 9780307237699Author Barack ObamaFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Crown... -
The Horn of Africa: State Formation and Decay by Christopher Clapham
RRP: $41.98$37.42Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly divergent fates of the Horn's contemporary nation-states, despite... -
Intelligence Elsewhere: Spies and Espionage Outside the Anglosphere by Philip H. J. Davies
RRP: $61.95$55.67Spying, the "world's second oldest profession," is hardly limited to the traditional great power countries. Intelligence Elsewhere, nevertheless, is the first scholarly volume to deal exclusively with the comparative study of national... -
US Power in Latin America: Renewing Hegemony by Rubrick Biegon 9780367264888
RRP: $88.18$77.18An original account of contemporary US-Latin American relations, this book utilises neo-Gramscian and historical materialist approaches to build a novel conceptual framework for analysing US hegemony, extending critical theory in new and exciting... -
Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic by Nanjala Nyabola
RRP: $31.48$28.64A devastating critique of global inequities and prejudices exposed by Covid-19, and a vivid first-hand account of Africa's pandemic. In this new collection, Nanjala Nyabola takes stock of a world in crisis. Her incisive yet moving prose unpacks the... -
The Politics of Waking Up: Power and possibility in the fractal age by Indra Adnan
RRP: $29.40$24.76Everyone thinks they know what it means to be 'woke' - whether they're proudly declaring it, or angrily attacking it. But writer, political entrepreneur and psychosocial therapist Indra Adnan has written a comprehensive and necessary account of 'waking... -
The Routledge Handbook of Placemaking by Cara Courage 9780367684099
RRP: $94.48$84.59This Handbook is the first to explore the emergent field of 'placemaking' in terms of the recent research, teaching and learning, and practice agenda for the next few years. Offering valuable theoretical and practical insights from the leading scholars... -
Dangerous Bodies: New Global Perspectives on Fashion and Transgression by Royce Mahawatte
RRP: $157.48$142.23This edited book brings together new perspectives on fashion, the body, and politics. The intention of this collection is to explore the cultural intersection between bodies, fashion, and transgression, often in the most unlikely of locations. Bodies are... -
Now We Have Your Attention: The New Politics of the People by Jack Shenker 9781847925404
$37.11"One of the most important and compelling books I've ever read, by one of Britain's most gifted writers. If you want to understand why we are in this crisis, listen to the voices all too often airbrushed from the political conversation" OWEN JONESNow We... -
Wildlife Politics by Bruce Rocheleau 9781107187306
RRP: $125.98$113.72Attitudes towards charismatic animals such as tigers, lions, bears and wolves vary greatly and change over time, resulting in bitter political debates. This comprehensive book identifies and analyses the factors that influence policies across the globe,... -
Digital International Relations: Technology, Agency and Order by Corneliu Bjola 9781032571317
RRP: $79.78$70.10This book analyses how digital transformation disrupts established patterns of world politics, moving International Relations (IR) increasingly towards Digital International Relations.This volume examines technological, agential and ordering processes... -
Working in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance: A Career Guide by Maia Gedde
RRP: $94.48$83.33This is an indispensable career guide for everyone wanting to work in or already working in the international development and humanitarian emergencies sector. It provides a general introduction and insight into the sector, for those exploring it as a... -
Only in Australia: The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism by William Coleman 9780198753254
$139.65This 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... -
We Are Still Here by Nahid Shahalimi
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies 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 -
Vincent Van Gogh and The Good Samaritan: The wounded painter's journey by Henry Martin 9781913657345
RRP: $27.28$25.75In this remarkable book, Henry Martin invites us to study in close detail van Gogh's painting 'The Good Samaritan', and the famous parable told by Jesus of Nazareth. He asks what lessons we can learn from meditation upon the imagery and each of the... -
Hitler's Heroine: Hanna Reitsch by Sophie Jackson
RRP: $27.28$20.20Hanna 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,... -
Pioneers of Irregular Warfare: Secrets of the Military Intelligence Research Department in the Second World War by Malcolm Atkin
RRP: $52.50$37.00Covert operations and ingenious weapons for irregular warfare were developed rapidly, and with great success, by the British during the Second World War, and the story of the most famous organizations involved like SOE, the SAS and Section D of SIS is... -
A Peculiar Problem (Book #2) by Kimberly Pauley 9781407195728
RRP: $14.68$9.74The second book in the raucously funny middle grade adventure series that's perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman... Twig, Vile, Glimfinkle and Beaky are back! Fresh from surviving - and somehow...