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Israel and the Cyber Threat: How the Startup Nation Became a Global Cyber Power by Charles D. Freilich
RRP: €35.69€31.34The most detailed and comprehensive examination to show how tiny Israel grew to be a global civil and military cyber power and offer the first detailed proposal for an Israeli National Cyber Strategy. Israel is the subject of numerous cyber attacks... -
Monopsony Capitalism: Power and Production in the Twilight of the Sweatshop Age by Ashok Kumar 9781108731973
RRP: €35.69€32.61This book explores the combination of capital's changing composition and labour's subjective agency to examine whether the waning days of the 'sweatshop' have indeed begun. Focused on the garment and footwear sectors, it introduces a universal logic that... -
Who's Who in the Age of Alexander and his Successors: From Chaironeia to Ipsos (338-301 BC) by Waldemar Heckel 9781784386481
RRP: €35.70€24.93A unique compilation of more than one thousand concise biographies of those involved in the campaigns of Alexander the Great, and the struggle for power after his death. From leading commanders in Alexander's army to the nobles of the Persian Empire, and... -
The Five Hundred Year Rebellion by Benjamin Dangl
RRP: €17.79€11.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353465Author Benjamin DanglFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Evidence for Hope: Making Human Rights Work in the 21st Century by Kathryn Sikkink 9780691170626
RRP: €35.70€28.63A history of the successes of the human rights movement and a case for why human rights work Evidence for Hope makes the case that, yes, human rights work. Critics may counter that the movement is in serious jeopardy or even a questionable byproduct of... -
Palestinian Civil Society: Foreign Donors and the Power to Promote and Exclude Benoit Challand 9780415592413
RRP: €52.35€45.74Palestinian Civil Society examines the development of civil society in the Arab Middle East and the impact of western donors, with particular reference to the Palestinian case. Looking at the evolution of Palestinian civil society organizations from... -
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe by Sathnam Sanghera 9780241691809
RRP: €20.22€16.56THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the world. 'Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading'... -
Power by John C. Scott 9780745624181
RRP: €20.22€19.98This far-reaching study gives a concise and coherent overview of the debates surrounding the analysis of social power. The concept of power is outlined, and its main dimensions are explored through consideration of various facets - command, pressure,... -
Crises of Democracy by Adam Przeworski 9781108498807
RRP: €26.17€21.72Is democracy in crisis? The current threats to democracy are not just political: they are deeply embedded in the democracies of today, in current economic, social, and cultural conditions. In Crises of Democracy, Adam Przeworski presents a panorama of... -
The Theology of Liberalism: Political Philosophy and the Justice of God by Eric Nelson 9780674240940
RRP: €33.26€26.78One of our most important political theorists pulls the philosophical rug out from under modern liberalism, then tries to place it on a more secure footing.We think of modern liberalism as the novel product of a world reinvented on a secular basis after... -
A Healthy Society: How a Focus on Health Can Revive Canadian Democracy, Updated and Expanded Edition by Ryan Meili
RRP: €28.55€24.80A Healthy Society, Updated and Expanded Edition, is one doctor's vision for a new approach to politics - and a new approach to building a healthier world. Drawing on his experiences as a family physician, Dr. Meili argues that health delivery too often... -
Sinn Fein: A Hundred Turbulent Years by Brian Feeney 9780862787707
€22.00Sinn Fein is one of the oldest and most controversial parties in Irish politics. This is the fascinating story of a party which has repeatedly reshaped its identity over a hundred years. From Arthur Griffith to Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein boasts a roll-call... -
Civil War? Interstate War? Hybrid War? - Dimensions and Interpretations of the Donbas Conflict in 2014-2020 by Jakob Hauter
RRP: €36.89€31.00This volume of collected papers takes stock of what has become known about the war in eastern Ukraines Donets Basin (Donbas) between April 2014 and mid-2020. It provides an introduction to the conflict and illustrates the key point of contention in the... -
Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945–1948 by Neill Lochery 9781541702301
RRP: €29.75€21.86By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around Hitler in his Berlin bunker, sought to abscond before they were besieged. But they wanted to... -
A Norwegian Tragedy: Anders Behring Breivik and the Massacre on Utoya Aage Borchgrevink 9780745672205
RRP: €15.46€10.71On 22 July 2011 a young man named Anders Behring Breivik carried out one of the most vicious terrorist acts in post-war Europe. In a carefully orchestrated sequence of actions he bombed government buildings in Oslo, resulting in eight deaths, then... -
Has China Won?: The Chinese Challenge to American Primacy by Kishore Mahbubani 9781541768130
RRP: €29.75€21.78The twenty-first century's great geopolitical contest has begun. A major trade war has broken out. American and Chinese naval vessels are having close encounters in the South China Sea. American congressmen and businessmen are cheering their government's... -
The Case for Universal Basic Income Louise Haagh 9781509522965
RRP: €15.46€14.21Advocated (and attacked) by commentators across the political spectrum, paying every citizen a basic income regardless of their circumstances sounds utopian. However, as our economies are transformed and welfare states feel the strain, it has become a... -
Cabin Crew Conflict: The British Airways Dispute 2009-11 by Phil Taylor
RRP: €29.75€19.79In 2009, cabin crew in the BASSA union embarked on a historic, two-year battle against British Airways which was seeking to impose reduced crew levels and to transform working conditions. In the face of employer hostility, legal obstruction, government... -
A Dangerous Mind: Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thought by Jan-Werner Muller
€32.62Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and disturbing critics of liberalism. He was also one of the most important intellectuals to offer his services to the Nazis, for which he was dubbed the "crown jurist of the... -
Words in My Hands: A Teacher, a Deaf-Blind Man, an Unforgettable Journey by Diane Lane Chambers 9780976096740
RRP: €13.65€9.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976096740Author Diane Lane ChambersFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Ellexa Press LLCPublisher Ellexa Press LLCWeight(grams) 304g -
George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography by Webster Griffin Tarpley
RRP: €17.84€11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780930852924Author Webster G TarpleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 659Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 792g -
Nature Praising God: Towards a Theology of the Natural World by Dermot Lane
RRP: €15.41€11.64This book was written during the lockdown caused by the Covid crisis: streets were emptied, churches closed down, and all of a sudden we began to hear the sounds of nature. A new relationship with nature developed in which new questions arose: is God... -
Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution by Nikki R. Keddie 9780300121056
RRP: €26.78€26.28The standard history of modern Iran, now revised and updated to explain the country's tumultuous recent history In this substantially revised and expanded version of Nikki Keddie's classic work Roots of Revolution, the author brings the story of modern... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State by Francis G. Castles
RRP: €41.64€41.52The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world's leading scholars offer a comprehensive... -
Games without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan by Tamim Ansary
RRP: €17.84€15.29The history of modern Afghanistan is an epic drama, a thriller, a tragedy, a surreal farce. Every forty years or so, over the last two centuries, some great global power has attempted to take control of Afghanistan, only to slink away wounded and... -
Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Aircraft, Warships and Missiles by Anthony Tucker-Jones
RRP: €17.84€13.03In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armoured vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War... -
The Case for Sanctions Against Israel by Roane Carey 9781844674503
€24.89In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing blockade of Gaza and the expansion of illegal settlements... -
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal 9781503636033
RRP: €29.74€25.79The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir-its only Muslim-majority state-is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's... -
An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt by Pascal Bruckner
RRP: €15.46€10.35'Islamophobia' is a term that has existed since the nineteenth century. But in recent decades, argues Pascal Bruckner in his controversial new book, it has become a weapon used to silence criticism of Islam. The term allows those who brandish it in the... -
The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman 9781789090277
RRP: €10.70€5.87The teenagers of Four Paths must save their home, in the sequel to hit fantasy The Devouring Gray. For fans of Stranger Things, Riverdale and The Raven Cycle With the Beast subdued, the town of Four Paths discovers a new threat: a corruption seeping... -
First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E Ricks
RRP: €23.79€14.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062997463Author Thomas E RicksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 295g -
Schizo-Culture: The Event, The Book: 2-vol. set by Sylvere Lotringer 9781584351245
RRP: €42.84€31.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584351245Author Sylvere LotringerFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaWeight(grams) 1343g -
Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies: Communicative Capitalism and Left Politics by Jodi Dean
RRP: €24.98€23.93Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies is an impassioned call for the realization of a progressive left politics in the United States. Through an assessment of the ideologies underlying contemporary political culture, Jodi Dean takes the left to task... -
The Lion and the Nightingale: A Journey through Modern Turkey by Kaya Genc
RRP: €35.70€26.70Turkey is a land torn between East and West, and between its glorious past and a dangerous, unpredictable future. After the violence of an attempted military coup against President Erdogan in 2016, an event which shocked the world, journalist and... -
The Portable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke 9780140267600
€18.05The intellectual wellspring of modern political conservatism, Edmund Burke is also considered a significant figure in aesthetic theory and cultural studies. As a member of the House of Commons during the late eighteenth century, Burke shook Parliament... -
We're Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan, and the Real Culture War of 1980s America by Kevin Mattson
RRP: €27.95€20.75We remember the 1980s as the era of Ronald Reagan, a conservative decade populated by preppies and yuppies dancing to a soundtrack of electronic synth pop music (the "MTV generation"). But the decade also produced some of the most creative works of punk... -
Encyclopedia of Native Tribes Of North America by Michael G. Johnson 9780228104025
€34.50"A model of excellence in the art of reference volume publishing... Every public and school library... should acquire this treasure. It will remain the standard for many years to come." - Dr. James A. Clifton, Department of Anthropology, Western Michigan... -
Internationalism or Extinction by Noam Chomsky 9780367430580
RRP: €40.45€35.70In 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... -
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807063484
RRP: €20.22€11.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807063484Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
The Civic Bargain: How Democracy Survives by Brook Manville
RRP: €29.75€23.31A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive-if we want it toIs democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their country's system of governance is being "tested" or is...