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John Stuart Mill, Socialist by Helen McCabe
RRP: $75.60$53.45Best known as the author of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains a canonical figure in liberalism today. Yet according to his autobiography, by the mid-1840s he placed himself "under the general designation of Socialist." Taking this self-description... -
Scorpions' Dance: The President, the Spymaster, and Watergate by Jefferson Morley
RRP: $50.38$38.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250275837Author Jefferson MorleyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 526gDimensions(mm) 242mm *... -
End The Fed by Ron Paul
RRP: $27.28$24.26During the 2008 presidential campaign over 4,000 students gathered at the University of Michigan to hear Republican candidate Ron Paul speak. As he began to address the topics of monetary policy and the coming depression, a chant came from the crowd,... -
Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System by Ian Angus
RRP: $33.58$28.04Science tells us that a new and dangerous stage in planetary evolution has begun the Anthropocene, a time of rising temperatures, extreme weather, rising oceans, and mass species extinctions. Humanity faces not just more pollution or warmer weather, but... -
Index to the Works of Adam Smith by Knud Haakonssen 9780865973886
RRP: $23.00$18.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973886Author Andrew S SkinnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 367g -
The Egyptians: A Radical Story by Jack Shenker
RRP: $37.78$27.20'I started reading this and couldn't stop. It's a remarkable piece of work, and very revealing. A stirring rendition of a people's revolution'- Noam Chomsky'The deepest and most comprehensive account of Egypt's revolution in the English language' - Paul... -
My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story Ramzy Baroud 9780745328812
RRP: $52.48$34.40This book is a personal account of the daily lives of the people of the frontline of the Palestine / Israel conflict, giving us an insight into the deadly, seemingly never-ending rounds of violence. Ramzy Baroud tells his father's fascinating story... -
Nothing Like A Dame: The Scandals Of Shirley Porter by Andrew Hosken
RRP: $20.98$14.07Homes for Votes, three cemeteries at five pence apiece, the missing Tesco millions and a gold toilet seat - plus a procession of camels, pay-as-you-go toilets and a large plastic bin called Mr Clean-Up. The hallmarks of Shirley Porter's regime at... -
A Nation Unmade By War by Tom Engelhardt 9781608469017
RRP: $35.68$24.00As veteran author Tom Engelhardt argues, despite having a more massive, technologically advanced, and better funded military than any other power on the planet, in the last decade and a half of constant war across the Greater Middle East and parts of... -
Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky by Leon Trotsky
RRP: $25.18$23.04Written in the white heat of revolutionary Russia's Civil War, Trotsky's Terrorism and Communism is one of the most potent defenses of revolutionary dictatorship. In his provocative commentary to this new edition the philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues that... -
The Cost: Trump, China, and American Revival by Maria Bartiromo
RRP: $58.80$35.07The world needs a strong America, and America needs an economic revival after the Coronavirus season of shutdowns. Can the playbook that resulted in the greatest job market in history put Americans back to work?From the first moments of his presidency,... -
History of the Communist Party of Great Britain: v.2: The General Strike, 1925-27 by James Klugmann 9780853153740
RRP: $42.00$40.40This second in the six volume series covers the years of the General Strike, and includes a detailed examination of the policies, successes and failings of Communists and the militant left generally.Book InformationISBN 9780853153740Author James... -
After The Revolution: Lessons From Local Government On Designing A Dynamic Democracy by Clive Stevens 9781910089941
RRP: $42.00$30.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910089941Author Clive StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Tangent BooksPublisher Tangent Books -
The Future Of Money by Bernard Lietaer
RRP: $33.58$24.38Based on the four mega-trends of monetary instability, global greying (an ageing global population), the information revolution, and climate change and species extinction, Bernard Lietaer looks at different scenarios of what the world might be like in... -
Rape during Civil War by Dara Kay Cohen
RRP: $35.68$31.65Rape is common during wartime, but even within the context of the same war, some armed groups perpetrate rape on a massive scale while others never do. In Rape during Civil War Dara Kay Cohen examines variation in the severity and perpetrators of rape... -
Hacking the Human by Ian Mann 9781910223741
$46.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910223741Author Ian MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint UK Book PublishingPublisher UK Book PublishingWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
The Global History of White Nationalism: From Apartheid to Donald Trump by Daniel Geary 9781526147073
RRP: $52.50$36.98This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present. It situates contemporary white... -
What Next for Britain in the Middle East?: Security, Trade and Foreign Policy after Brexit by Michael Stephens 9780755617166
RRP: $52.48$45.74As the UK enters a period of intense public introspection in the wake of Brexit, this book takes on one of the key questions emerging from the divisive process: what is Britain's place in the world? The Middle East is one of the regions the UK has been... -
How the East Was Won: Barbarian Conquerors, Universal Conquest and the Making of Modern Asia by Andrew Phillips
RRP: $65.08$56.22How did upstart outsiders forge vast new empires in early modern Asia, laying the foundations for today's modern mega-states of India and China? In How the East Was Won, Andrew Phillips reveals the crucial parallels uniting the Mughal Empire, the Qing... -
Aristotle's Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle
RRP: $33.60$26.94For more than two thousand years. Aristotle's "Art of Rhetoric" has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhetoric is, as well as the three kinds of rhetoric... -
Disappearing Acts: Spectacles of Gender and Nationalism in Argentina's "Dirty War" by Diana Taylor
RRP: $48.28$42.02In Disappearing Acts, Diana Taylor looks at how national identity is shaped, gendered, and contested through spectacle and spectatorship. The specific identity in question is that of Argentina, and Taylor's focus is directed toward the years 1976 to 1983... -
The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force by Eliot A Cohen 9781541617278
$41.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541617278Author Eliot A CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 142mm * 28mm -
A Year Like No Other: Life on a Low Income during COVID-19 Ruth Patrick (University of York) 9781447364696
RRP: $31.48$25.47Money was already tight for UK families living on a low income before the COVID-19 pandemic, but national lockdowns made life much harder. Telling the stories of these families, this book exposes the ways that pre-existing inequalities, insecurities and... -
Terrorism Lewis M Alexander 9780367289935
RRP: $283.50$234.57The study of terrorism has now "arrived" internationally, as evidenced by the birth of a new international multidisciplinary journal, Terrorism; the proliferation of scientific conferences and papers; and the growth of university research and teaching on... -
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 9781541788510
RRP: $48.28$35.83Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that... -
The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia by Sheila Miyoshi Jager 9780674983397
RRP: $71.30$53.47A dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars.In the nineteenth century, Russia participated in two "great games": one, well known, pitted... -
The Centre Cannot Hold by Peter Geoghehan
$15.27Peter Geoghegan takes an in-depth journey through some of the unexpected people and far-flung places along Scotland's road to referendum. September 19, 2014. The ballots are in, and the votes are counted. Scotland has either chosen to remain part of the... -
Perfect City: An Urban Fixer's Global Search for Magic in the Modern Metropolis by Joe Berridge
RRP: $41.98$28.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999439514Author Joe BerridgeFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
Pockets of Resistance: British News Media, War and Theory in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq by Piers Robinson 9780719084454
RRP: $41.98$37.42For scholars of media and war, the 2003 invasion of Iraq is a compelling case to study. As part of President Bush's 'war on terror', the invasion was the most controversial British foreign policy decision since Suez, and its ramifications and aftermath... -
Global Environmental Politics: Problems, Policy and Practice by Hayley Stevenson
RRP: $69.28$62.22Concern about humanity's impact on the planet has never been greater, but what are the drivers of environmental change? This wide-ranging introductory textbook outlines the competing explanations of why environmental problems occur and examines the... -
Reinvigorating IOR-ARC by Vijay Sakhuja 9788182745988
$76.02includes flashpoints involving extra-regional powers; is host to a few of the fastest growing economies and emerging powr centres; and some of the crucial sea lanes pass through this space. At the same time, it is increasingly an area of rivalries,... -
Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power by Max Liboiron
RRP: $60.90$41.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543651Author Max LiboironFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Britain in a Perilous World: The Strategic Defence and Security Review we need by Jonathan Shaw 9781908323811
RRP: $16.78$12.14The British government periodically publishes a Strategic Defence and Security Review, an appraisal of the armed forces that seeks to understand and prepare for the defense challenges that lie ahead. This report is often controversial-the 2010 review,... -
Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the Cia, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invas Ion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll
RRP: $48.30$30.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Lionel Gelber Prize and New York Times Notable Book and Pulitzer Prize (Non-Fiction).Book InformationISBN 9780143034667Author Steve CollFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece by Josiah Ober 9780691173146
RRP: $35.68$26.84Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. Through most of its long history, Greece was poor. But in the classical era, Greece was densely populated and highly urbanized. Many surprisingly... -
Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder: The True Story by Steve Hodel
RRP: $27.28$27.26A New York Times Bestseller! For viewers of the hit Series I Am the Night and fans of the Root of Evil Podcast, the book that finally revealed the shocking identity of the Black Dahlia Killer-and the Police Corruption That Concealed It for So LongIn... -
The Ideology of the Offensive: Military Decision Making and the Disasters of 1914 by Jack Snyder
RRP: $62.98$55.65Jack Snyder's analysis of the attitudes of military planners in the years prior to the Great War offers new insight into the tragic miscalculations of that era and into their possible parallels in present-day war planning. By 1914, the European military... -
Russian 'Hybrid Warfare': Resurgence and Politicisation by Ofer Fridman
RRP: $105.00$92.67During the last decade, 'Hybrid Warfare' has become a novel yet controversial term in academic, political and professional military lexicons, intended to suggest some sort of mix between different military and non-military means and methods of... -
Masters of the Lost Land: Murder and Corruption in the Amazon Rainforest by Heriberto Araujo 9781838951481
RRP: $23.08$15.37'Powerful and Important' Guardian'Powerful' Financial Times'More twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller' Spectator'A story we all need to hear' New Statesman'Gripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect' New York... -
Cold Wars: Asia, the Middle East, Europe by Lorenz M. Luthi 9781108407069
RRP: $62.98$52.84What was the Cold War that shook world politics for the second half of the twentieth century? Standard narratives focus on Soviet-American rivalry as if the superpowers were the exclusive driving forces of the international system. Lorenz M. Luthi offers...