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The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk by Adam Plowright
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening StandardTHE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISHFrom total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in just a few years, at 39, France's youngest leader... -
The Jews of China: v. 1: Historical and Comparative Perspectives by Jonathan Goldstein 9780765601049
RRP: £43.99£38.44This interdisciplinary study examines patterns of migration, acculturation, assimilation and economic activity of successive waves of Jewish arrivals in China from approximately AD 1100 to 1949.About the AuthorJonathan Goldstein, Benjamin I. SchwartzBook... -
From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia by Dan Slater
RRP: £30.00£23.29Why some of Asia's authoritarian regimes have democratized as they have grown richer-and why others haven'tOver the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth, industrialization, and urbanization-a spectacular record of development... -
Hungry Britain: The rise of food charity by Hannah Lambie-Mumford 9781447328292
RRP: £27.99£21.57Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest charitable food organisations, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity. As the welfare state withdraws,... -
What's Up With White Women?: Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice by Ilsa Govan
RRP: £17.99£12.30As a white woman, ask yourself: are you upholding or fighting racism? What's Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices. Blending real-life... -
Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the Gospel: Abridged Edition by Alexandre Christoyannopoulos 9781845402471
RRP: £17.95£16.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845402471Author Alexandre ChristoyannopoulosFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams)... -
The Global Development Crisis by Benjamin Selwyn 9780745660158
RRP: £16.99£16.49The central paradox of the contemporary world is the simultaneous presence of wealth on an unprecedented scale, and mass poverty. Liberal theory explains the relationship between capitalism and poverty as one based around the dichotomy of inclusion (into... -
Arab Marxism and National Liberation: Selected Writings of Mahdi Amel by Mahdi Amel
RRP: £25.00£16.73Mahdi Amel (1936-87) was a prominent Arab Marxist thinker and Lebanese Communist Party member. For the first time in English, this collection makes available lengthy excerpts from six major works by Mahdi Amel. These include the two founding texts on... -
Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era by Avi Melamed
RRP: £30.00£19.21Why Is the Middle East Entering a "New Era?" Is It a New Dawn? Is It a Setting Sun? In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the Middle East is entering a new era. A multifaceted and intricate equilibrium will write the next chapter of this... -
Political Theory: A Beginner's Guide by Pete Woodcock 9781509531349
RRP: £16.99£15.22Is democracy the best form of government? What does it mean to be 'free'? Why should we obey the government? In this highly accessible and engaging new introductory textbook, Pete Woodcock examines all these questions and more in a compact outline of... -
War Without Rules: China's Playbook for Global Domination by Robert Spalding
RRP: £24.99£16.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593331040Author Robert SpaldingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Unconditional Equals by Anne Phillips 9780691226163
RRP: £18.99£15.12Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human "nature" but has to be for allFor centuries, ringing declarations about all men being created equal appealed to a shared human nature as the reason to consider ourselves equals. But appeals to natural... -
Children's Rights: A Commentary on the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Protocols by Wouter Vandenhole 9781800888371
RRP: £54.95£50.05This comprehensive Commentary presents a contemporary legal perspective on the inherently interdisciplinary field of children's rights. Chapters analyse each article of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, along with its Optional Protocols,... -
The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space by Owen Hatherley
RRP: £18.99£13.15The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a place that really existed, but it is long dead. By now, the word "Soviet" should be as meaningless as "Hapsburg". Yet it endures, as in the wave of "de-communisation" in Ukraine or the strange idea that the... -
The Will to See: Dispatches from a World of Misery and Hope by Bernard-Henri Levy
£19.44An unflinching look at the most urgent humanitarian crises around the globe, from one of the world's most daring philosopher-reporters"Call[s] on people not just to see the world, but to be moved and interested by what they find there, and to do... -
Dangerous Women: Fifty reflections on women, power and identity by Jo Shaw
RRP: £10.99£7.47What does it mean for the Sun to call Shami Chakrabarti 'the most dangerous woman in Britain' or the Daily Mail to label Nicola Sturgeon 'the most dangerous wee woman in the world'? What, really, does it mean to be a dangerous woman? This powerful... -
Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister by Rosa Prince 9781785902734
RRP: £10.99£7.93Twenty days after Britain's dramatic vote to leave the European Union, with the government still reeling from the political aftershock, a new Prime Minister captured Downing Street. Few were more surprised by this unexpected turn of events than Theresa... -
The Art Of Freedom: A Brief History of the Kurdish Liberation Struggle Havin Guneser 9781629637815
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629637815Author Havin GuneserFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
The Atlantic Realists: Empireand International Political Thought Between Germany and the United States by Matthew Specter
RRP: £24.99£21.67In The Atlantic Realists, intellectual historian Matthew Specter offers a boldly revisionist interpretation of "realism," a prevalent stance in post-WWII US foreign policy and public discourse and the dominant international relations theory during the... -
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane by James C. Goodall 9780764355042
RRP: £40.99£27.67The most complete book ever published on the SR-71 Blackbird, from initial design stage and testing through production, testing, and operations. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world's only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and... -
A World In Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order by Richard Haass
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399562389Author Richard HaassFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Democracy at Risk: How Terrorist Threats Affect the Public Jennifer L. Merolla 9780226520551
RRP: £28.00£27.39How do threats of terrorism affect the opinions of citizens? Speculation abounds, but until now no one had marshaled hard evidence to explain the complexities of this relationship. Drawing on data from surveys and original experiments they conducted in... -
Churchill, Master and Commander: Winston Churchill at War 1895–1945 by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Masterful research, impeccable detail, with a beautifully flowing narrative of which Churchill himself would have been proud.' - Professor Peter Caddick-Adams From his earliest days Winston Churchill was an extreme risk taker and he carried this into... -
The Enduring Crown Commonwealth: The Past, Present, and Future of the UK-Canada-ANZ Alliance and Why It Matters by Michael J. Smith
RRP: £30.00£27.08The popular Netflix series The Crown covers the tumultuous period from the Queen's accession in 1952 to the present day, and so does this book, which explores the rise, decline and-to some-unexpected rebound of the historic UK, Canada, Australia, and New... -
Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism by Alex Zamalin
RRP: £22.00£17.36Within the history of African American struggle against racist oppression that often verges on dystopia, a hidden tradition has depicted a transfigured world. Daring to speculate on a future beyond white supremacy, black utopian artists and thinkers... -
Hope & Despair by Neil Findlay 9781804250723
RRP: £14.99£11.13Is Scottish politics mired in a constitutional dogfight with no end in sight?Why has Scottish Labour failed to develop a radical and credible alternative to independence?Is it possible for a campaigning politician to make a difference?Can people power... -
Good Government: Democracy beyond Elections by Pierre Rosanvallon
RRP: £37.95£32.49Few would disagree that Western democracies are experiencing a crisis of representation. In the United States, gerrymandering and concentrated political geographies have placed the Congress and state legislatures in a stranglehold that is often at odds... -
Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Nolan McCarty
RRP: £10.99£7.77The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions. But one aspect that the contemporary discussions often miss is that... -
The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920-2020 Michael J Cohen 9781032174860
RRP: £39.99£35.06The British Mandate over Palestine began just 100 years ago, in July 1920, when Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner to Palestine, took his seat at Government House, Jerusalem. The chapters here analyse a wide cross-section of the... -
The Situationist International: A Critical Handbook by Alastair Hemmens 9780745338897
RRP: £27.99£21.57From its foundation in 1957 to its self-dissolution in 1972, the Situationist International established itself as one of the most radical revolutionary organisations of the twentieth century. This book brings together leading researchers on the SI to... -
Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader by Philip Short 9781847923387
£16.70'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his... -
Fighting Back: The American Working Class in the 1930s by John Newsinger 9781905192939
RRP: £12.00£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905192939Author John NewsingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 403g -
James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen
RRP: £25.00£19.40'A scrupulous biography' Publishers Weekly 'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting' Kirkus 'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of liberation who created... -
Sacred Rage by WRIGHT ROBIN 9780743233422
RRP: £20.99£15.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743233422Author WRIGHT ROBINFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 495gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Understanding Humanism by Andrew Copson
RRP: £35.99£31.69Understanding Humanism is an easy-to-read and informative overview of the beliefs, practices, and values of humanism as a non-religious worldview. This short and lively book explores humanism both as a broad historical tradition of thought and as a... -
The Japanese Economy by Hiroaki Richard Watanabe
RRP: £22.99£21.48Although still the world's third largest economy, Japan continues to feel the effects of the collapse of a massive asset price bubble in the early 1990s. In recent years further setbacks, including both the Asian and global financial crises, and the 2011... -
Immigration and Freedom by Chandran Kukathas
RRP: £30.00£23.29A compelling account of the threat immigration control poses to the citizens of free societies Immigration is often seen as a danger to western liberal democracies because it threatens to undermine their fundamental values, most notably freedom and... -
Spoils of War: The Treasures, Trophies, & Trivia of the British Empire by The Duke of Wellington 9781910533468
RRP: £25.00£17.32Over the last seven hundred years the United Kingdom has acquired a staggering array of treasures as a direct result of its military activities - from Joan of Arc's ring to the Rock of Gibraltar to Hitler's desk. Spoils of War describes these spoils and... -
The American Political Economy: Politics, Markets, and Power by Jacob S. Hacker
RRP: £24.99£20.69This volume brings together leading political scientists to explore the distinctive features of the American political economy. The introductory chapter provides a comparatively informed framework for analyzing the interplay of markets and politics in... -
Is Science Enough?: Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice Aviva Chomsky 9780807015766
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807015766Author Aviva ChomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press