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Narcotopia: In Search of the Asian Drug Cartel that Outwitted the CIA by Patrick Winn 9781785789731
RRP: £20.00£13.46Award-winning journalist - and author of Hello, Shadowlands - Patrick Winn reveals the inside story of a forbidden republic - the narco-state of the WaThe jagged mountains dividing China and Burma belong to the Wa, an indigenous group who have outwitted... -
Bullingdon Club Britain: The Ransacking of a Nation by Sam Bright 9781838462963
RRP: £14.99£12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838462963Author Sam BrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Byline BooksPublisher Byline Books -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 by Tom Marcus
RRP: £10.99£7.77The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes you on a non-stop, adrenalin-fuelled ride as he hunts down those who would do our country harm.'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton,... -
The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion by Tansy E. Hoskins
RRP: £14.99£9.80*Selected by Emma Watson for her Ultimate Book List* Fashion is political. From the red carpets of the Met Gala to online fast fashion, clothes tell a story of inequality, racism and climate crisis. In The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion, Tansy E... -
The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £11.99£8.431961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East forever. This gripping story of real-life espionage... -
The History of Government from the Earliest Times: Volume III: Empires, Monarchies, and the Modern State by S. E. Finer 9780198207917
£98.82No one has hitherto had the breadth of imagination and intellectual boldness to describe and analyse government throughout recorded history and throughout the world. This unique study of government is the culmination of the work of the late S. E. Finer,... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: £22.00£14.71'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
Complete Flags of the World: The Ultimate Pocket Guide by DK
RRP: £12.99£9.49Explore the fascinating world of flags! Find intriguing stories and factoids on the design of country, province, state and special flags. Read how these flags are used as heraldic symbols, cultural and national emblems, and how designs and meanings have... -
Hitler: A Study in Tyranny by Alan Bullock
RRP: £18.99£14.01The book covers the whole of Hitler's life, from his obscure beginnings through his advance to supreme absolute power and then his final decline and suicide in the bunker as Russian shells fell around him. Bullock divides the narrative into three main... -
Sex, Spies and Scandal: The John Vassall Affair by Alex Grant 9781785907883
RRP: £20.00£14.48In September 1962, John Vassall, a clerk at the Admiralty in London, was unmasked as a Soviet spy. After being photographed in compromising positions while working at the British embassy in Moscow, Vassall was blackmailed into handing British defence... -
AQA A-level Politics: Government and Politics of the UK, Government and Politics of the USA and Comparative Politics by Simon Lemieux
£52.05Packed with insight into contemporary issues and analysis of the latest developments in UK and US Politics, including the 2019 UK General Election and 2020 US election, this textbook is specially designed to help your students perform to the best of... -
The struggle continues: 50 Years of tyranny in Zimbabwe by David Coltart 9781431423187
RRP: £30.00£24.57David Coltart is one of the most prominent political and human rights figures in Zimbabwe. In 2000, he was elected to Parliament and, following the creation of a 'coalition' government in September 2008, he was appointed Minister of Education, Sport,... -
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy by Daniel Ziblatt
RRP: £25.99£21.78How do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in Europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s Britain... -
The Cambridge Companion to Civil Disobedience by William E. Scheuerman
RRP: £24.99£21.58The theory and practice of civil disobedience has once again taken on import, given recent events. Considering widespread dissatisfaction with normal political mechanisms, even in well-established liberal democracies, civil disobedience remains hugely... -
Identity Politics and Tribalism: The New Culture Wars by Nikos Sotirakopoulos
RRP: £14.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788360623Author Nikos SotirakopoulosFormat PaperbackImprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 250gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 135mm *... -
Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman 9780008470180
RRP: £25.00£18.03*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' - Guardian ... -
The Soviet Century by Moshe Lewin
£30.23One hundred years after the Russian Revolution the Soviet Union remains the most extraordinary, yet tragic, attempt to create a society beyond capitalism. Yet its history was one that for a long time proved impossible to write. In The Soviet Century,... -
Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won't Even Save the Planet) by Ross Clark
RRP: £20.00£13.46'Bravely challenging the Establishment consensus ... forensically argued' - Mail on Sunday The British government has embarked on an ambitious and legally-binding climate change target: reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2050... -
On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn
RRP: £44.99£40.28On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and... -
Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder by Christian Parenti
RRP: £20.00£16.43In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton-sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron... -
The Decade in Tory: An inventory of idiocy from the coalition to Covid by Russell Jones
RRP: £25.00£16.47In 2020 the United Kingdom reached a bewildering milestone: ten successive years of Conservative rule. In that decade there were three prime ministers, each in turn described as the worst leader we ever had; ministerial resignations by the hundred; and... -
How Migration Really Works: A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics by Hein de Haas 9780241632208
RRP: £25.00£18.02Authoritative and myth-busting, this is the one book you need to read to understand why we've been wrong about migration'An important book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions' The Telegraph'This book should be falling out... -
Ideology: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Freeden
RRP: £8.99£6.61Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It... -
And Another Thing: The World According to Clarkson Volume 2 by Jeremy Clarkson
RRP: £10.99£7.77Everyone knows that Jeremy Clarkson finds the world a perplexing place - after all, he wrote a bestselling book about it. Yet despite the appearance of The World According To Clarkson, things don't seem to have improved much. However, Jeremy is not... -
The Foundations of Modern Political Thought: Volume 1: The Renaissance by Quentin Skinner
RRP: £26.99£21.91A two-volume study of political thought from the late thirteenth to the end of the sixteenth century, the decisive period of transition from medieval to modern political theory. The work is intended to be both an introduction to the period for students,... -
Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn by Gabriel Pogrund
RRP: £9.99£7.11'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Tim ShipmanA blistering narrative expose of infighting, skulduggery and chaos in Corbyn's Labour party, now revised and updated.* A Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and i Newspaper Book of the Year *Left Out... -
Republic (Collins Classics) by Plato 9780008480080
RRP: £2.99£2.34HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries, with its main focus on what makes a well-balanced society and individual.About the... -
The Troubles: Ireland's Ordeal 1966-1995 and the Search for Peace by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £16.99£12.28This history of Ireland, written by one of Ireland's most controversial journalists, studies the period from 1968 to the present day. Tim Coogan is also the author of The IRA and two biographies - Michael Collins and De Valera.About the AuthorTim Pat... -
Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton
RRP: £14.99£10.95A devastating critique of New Left thinking. In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s to the present day. He dissects the hollow works of Hobsbawm and E. P... -
At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies by Dougald Hine
RRP: £22.00£14.56'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books ...Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement 'Dougald Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into that abyss and rethink our securest certainties... -
The Watkins Tarot Handbook: A Practical System of Self-Discovery by Naomi Ozaniec 9781786786678
RRP: £14.99£9.80The Watkins Tarot Handbook is a classic in the field, explaining how we can work with the Tarot for more than just "fortune-telling". Clearly written and always accessible, it not only explains the basic structure and interpretation of the cards, but... -
The Demands of Liberty: Civil Society in France Since the Revolution by Pierre Rosanvallon 9780674024960
RRP: £34.95£28.59How does France reconcile the modern movement toward pluralism and decentralization with a strong central governing power? One of the country's most distinguished political historians offers a radical new interpretation of the development of democracy in... -
How to Become a Traffic Warden (Civil Enforcement Officer): The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Traffic Warden: 1 by Richard McMunn 9781910602041
RRP: £12.97£9.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910602041Author Richard McMunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 186mm * 128mm * 14mm -
Black Struggle, Red Scare: Segregation and Anti-Communism in the South, 1948-1968 by Jeff Woods 9780807129265
£24.22At the height of the cold war, southern segregationists exploited the reigning mood of anxiety by linking the civil rights movement to an international Communist conspiracy. Jeff Woods tells a gripping story of fervent crusaders for racial equality swept... -
50 Things About Us: What We Really Need to Know About Britain by Mark Thomas
RRP: £12.99£8.60In 50 Things About Us, Mark Thomas combines his trademark mix of storytelling, stand-up, mischief and really, really well-researched material to examine how we have come to inhabit this divided wasteland that some of us call the United Kingdom. Based on... -
Ancien Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville
RRP: £10.99£7.77The Ancien Regime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) is an objective observer of both periods - providing a merciless critique of the ancien regime, with its... -
Capital: Volume I by Karl Marx
RRP: £18.99£14.01'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, GuardianOne of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique of private property and the social relations it... -
The West: A New History of an Old Idea by Naoíse Mac Sweeney 9780753558935
RRP: £12.99£9.09*A BBC RADIO 4 Book of the Week*'A fantastic achievement' Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads'Bright, expansive, and iconoclastic, this deliciously witty book has the potential to upset the applecart of "Western Civilisation" itself... Magnificent'... -
Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader by Philip Short
RRP: £16.99£12.68'A perfect mirror to its subject... should be compulsory reading' ObserverVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.He has the power to reduce the West to nuclear ashes. He invades his neighbours, meddles in western elections and orders assassinations. His... -
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth by Tom Burgis
RRP: £10.99£7.25Overseas Press Club Award Winner 2016 A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy. 'The Looting Machine' is a...