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Towards a Gay Communism: Elements of a Homosexual Critique by Mario Mieli 9780745399515
RRP: $41.98$28.04First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation. Among the most important works ever to... -
Blood-Stained Poppy, The: A critique of the politics of commemoration by Kevin Rooney 9781789040777
RRP: $27.28$24.07For a century the war dead have been honoured with Red Poppies on Remembrance Day. The Poppy is part of a cult of death that celebrates the slaughter of the 'Great War' of 1914-18. The Poppy and the Remembrance Day ceremony turn grief to sanctify war... -
How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals: Understanding the Publishing Game Marijke Breuning 9781803924625
RRP: $44.00$39.90Providing an insightful and comprehensive introduction to the world of journal publishing within the fields of political science and international relations, this book offers in-depth guidance to maximize the likelihood of publishing success. Using their... -
Generation F Winston Smith 9781906308186
RRP: $18.88$13.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308186Author Winston SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 203g -
Spectres of Fascism: Historical, Theoretical and International Perspectives Samir Gandesha 9780745340647
RRP: $58.78$45.30Concerns over the rise of fascism have been preoccupied with the Trump presidency and the Brexit vote in the UK, yet, globally, we are witnessing a turn towards anti-democratic and illiberal forces. From the tragic denouement of the Egyptian... -
October 1917 Workers in Power by Ernest Mandel
RRP: $37.70$33.85Was October 1917 a coup d'etat or a social revolution? Writing as both a historian and political activist, Ernest Mandel vigorously reasserts the deep legitimacy of the Russian Revolution. He considers mistakes made by the Bolshevik leadership in 1917-21... -
Beyond Iraq: The Future Of World Order by Amitav Acharya 9789814324809
RRP: $136.50$118.80How does the Iraq War affect the future world order? What kinds of problems has this war brought about, and what is needed to remedy these problems, so as to reconstruct an order in Iraq and beyond? The present volume is a collection of essays exploring... -
Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the age of Obama, Twitter and Trump Dan Pfeiffer 9781785904295
RRP: $27.28$19.09Barack Obama was the breath of fresh air the Democrats didn't even realise they needed. Running on a platform of hope, change and progress, he won his first term with a decisive landslide, completely rewriting the rules of politics. So how did we go... -
Islams and Modernities by Aziz Al-Azmeh
$43.03Islam has become the new spectre haunting Europe. All too often, even well-meaning liberals portray the modern resurgence of Islam as the new "Green Menace"-intolerant, medieval and barbaric-which has replaced Communism as the main threat to Western... -
Internationalism or Extinction by Noam Chomsky 9780367430580
RRP: $71.38$63.00In his new book, Noam Chomsky writes cogently about the threats to planetary survival that are of growing alarm today. The prospect of human extinction emerged after World War II, the dawn of a new era scientists now term the Anthropocene. Chomsky... -
Reordering the World: Essays on Liberalism and Empire by Duncan Bell 9780691197173
RRP: $58.80$45.78A leading scholar of British political thought explores the relationship between liberalism and empireReordering the World is a penetrating account of the complexity and contradictions found in liberal visions of empire. Focusing mainly on... -
American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contemporary Controversies by Peter Augustine Lawler 9781538166192
RRP: $63.00$56.03American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through examples of political rhetoric ranging from the founding to... -
Disenchanting the Caliphate: The Secular Discipline of Power in Abbasid Political Thought by Hayrettin Yücesoy 9780231209410
RRP: $63.00$48.91The political thought of Muslim societies is all too often defined in religious terms, in which the writings of clerics are seen as representative and ideas about governance are treated as an extension of commentary on sacred texts. Disenchanting the... -
The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions by Peter Cave 9781786495204
RRP: $31.48$6.53In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we'd like to believe. Leaving no sacred cow standing, Cave... -
Individuals and Societies for the IB MYP 1: by Concept by Paul Grace
$56.72Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: Social ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused... -
The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It by Yascha Mounk 9780674237681
RRP: $39.80$32.28A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"Everyone worried about the state of contemporary politics should read this book."-Anne-Marie Slaughter"A trenchant survey from 1989, with its democratic euphoria, to the current map of autocratic striving... -
Senseless Acts of Beauty: Cultures of Resistance by George McKay
$52.40Welcome to the social and environmental devastation that is Britain in 1996. Welcome to interchangeable political parties and their chattering media jesters pulling together to make Johnny Rotten's dream come true: no future. But despite their best... -
A Trucker's Tale: Wit, Wisdom, and True Stories from 60 Years on the Road by Ed Miller
RRP: $33.58$23.18Wit, wisdom, adventure, and revelations from sixty years on the road.They say that only truck drivers experience the true grandeur and landscape of America: the winding mountainsides at sunrise, the first frosts of winter descending on apple orchards,... -
Hezbollah: Mobilisation and Power by Aurelie Daher
RRP: $63.00$57.44Forty years after its foundation, Lebanese Hezbollah remains an organization difficult to understand. An Islamist terrorist group dedicated to destroying Israel or the first Arab national Resistance to have ever defeated Tel-Aviv's troops, a patriotic... -
Hannah Arendt and Political Theory: Challenging the Tradition by Steve Buckler
RRP: $56.68$51.32Rehabilitates Arendt's reputation as a serious political theorist by looking afresh at her work. Hannah Arendt's work has been noted for its unorthodox and eclectic style. Steve Buckler now shows that her unusual approach reflects a consistent and... -
The Origins of Happiness: The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course by Richard Layard 9780691177892
RRP: $73.50$59.09What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people's well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of Happiness seeks to revolutionize how we think about human priorities and to promote public policy... -
Equipping James Bond: Guns, Gadgets, and Technological Enthusiasm by Andre Millard 9781421426648
RRP: $90.30$80.05James Bond's amazing gadgets reveal both enthusiasm about technology and fear of its potential ramifications.The popularity of the 007 franchise depends on a seductive formula of sex, violence, and snobbery. Much of its appeal, too, lies in its gadgets:... -
The Crisis of Modernity: Volume 64 by Noce Augusto Del 9780773544437
RRP: $67.20$59.24In his native Italy Augusto Del Noce is regarded as one of the preeminent political thinkers and philosophers of the period after the Second World War. The Crisis of Modernity makes available for the first time in English a selection of Del Noce's essays... -
The German Ideology: A New Abridgement Karl Marx 9781913462956
RRP: $23.08$15.54A new abridgement of Marx and Engels's 1846 reckoning with the philosophical tradition, edited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman. Edited and with an introduction by philosopher Tom Whyman, this new abridged version The German Ideology... -
Adventure Capitalism: A History of Libertarian Exit, from the Era of Decolonization to the Digital Age by Raymond Craib
RRP: $48.28$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639178Author Raymond CraibFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Democracy and Prosperity: Reinventing Capitalism through a Turbulent Century by Torben Iversen 9780691182735
RRP: $58.80$46.62A groundbreaking new historical analysis of how global capitalism and advanced democracies mutually support each otherIt is a widespread view that democracy and the advanced nation-state are in crisis, weakened by globalization and undermined by global... -
Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from Machiavelli to Madison by David Wootton
RRP: $62.90$49.69A provocative history of the changing values that have given rise to our present discontents.We pursue power, pleasure, and profit. We want as much as we can get, and we deploy instrumental reasoning-cost-benefit analysis-to get it. We judge ourselves... -
Errol's Garden English/Polish by Gillian Hibbs 9781787846982
RRP: $19.95$17.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787846982Author Gillian HibbsFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Mantra LinguaPublisher Mantra Lingua -
The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery: 1776-1848 by Robin Blackburn
RRP: $69.28$68.44In 1770 a handful of European nations ruled the Americas, drawing from them a stream of products, both everyday and exotic. Some two and a half million black slaves, imprisoned in plantation colonies, toiled to produce the sugar, coffee, cotton, ginger... -
Planet in Peril: Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them by Michael D. Bess
RRP: $42.00$29.36Written by an award-winning historian of science and technology, Planet in Peril describes the top four mega-dangers facing humankind - climate change, nukes, pandemics, and artificial intelligence. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and... -
We Were Never There: Volume 1: CIA U-2 Operations Over Europe, USSR, and the Middle East, 1956-1960 by Kevin Wright
RRP: $35.60$29.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914377129Author Kevin WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse by Marjorie Cohn
RRP: $136.50$36.98Torture has been a topic of national discussion ever since it was revealed that "enhanced interrogation techniques" had been authorized as part of the war on terror. The United States and Torture provides us with a larger lens through which to... -
Social Movements: An Introduction by Donatella Della Porta
RRP: $65.00$58.49A new, fully-revised and updated edition of the leading introduction to social movements and collective action - covers a broad range of approaches in the social sciences. Now in its third edition, Social Movements is the market-leading introductory text... -
The Supreme Court: An Analytic History of Constitutional Decision Making by Tom S. Clark 9781108436939
RRP: $65.08$57.06This book presents a quantitative history of constitutional law in the United States and brings together humanistic and social-scientific approaches to studying law. Using theoretical models of adjudication, Tom S. Clark presents a statistical model of... -
The Secret Gate: a true story of courage and sacrifice during the collapse of Afghanistan by Mitchell Zuckoff
RRP: $39.88$26.94The incredible story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the US evacuation of Afghanistan — and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape. When the US began its withdrawal from... -
Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter 9780060007942
RRP: $27.28$24.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060007942Author Jess WalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm)... -
China's Disruptors: How Alibaba, Xiaomi, Tencent, and Other Companies are Changing the Rules of Business by Edward Tse
RRP: $23.08$16.32In China's Disruptors, Edward Tse takes an unprecedented inside look at rapidly emerging Chinese entrepreneurs and their game-changing impact on both China and the world.In September 2014, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba raised $25 billion in the... -
The Climate Majority by Leo Barasi
RRP: $20.98$14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780264073Author Leo BarasiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint New Internationalist Publications LtdPublisher New Internationalist Publications Ltd -
The Second World War: A Marxist History by Chris Bambery 9780745333014
RRP: $56.68$36.94The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the... -
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay by Minxin Pei
RRP: $71.30$57.56When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to build "socialism with Chinese characteristics." More than three decades later, China's efforts to modernize have yielded something very different from the...