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The Political Economy of International Relations by Robert Gilpin
RRP: €65.45€51.54After the end of World War II, the United States, by far the dominant economic and military power at that time, joined with the surviving capitalist democracies to create an unprecedented institutional framework. By the 1980s many contended that these... -
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia by Andrei Lankov
RRP: €16.65€11.91Andrei Lankov has gone where few outsiders have ever been. A native of the former Soviet Union, he lived as an exchange student in North Korea in the 1980s. He has studied it for his entire career, using his fluency in Korean and personal contacts to... -
Culture and Politics: Class, Writing, Socialism by Raymond Williams
RRP: €23.79€19.54Raymond Williams was a pioneering scholar of cultural and society, and one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century. In this, a collection of difficult to find essays, some of which are published for the first time, Williams emerges as... -
Mao: A Very Short Introduction by Delia Davin 9780199588664
RRP: €10.70€7.91As a giant of 20th century history, Mao Zedong played many roles: peasant revolutionary, patriotic leader against the Japanese occupation, Marxist theoretician, modernizer, and visionary despot. This Very Short Introduction chronicles Mao's journey from... -
Nicholas & Alexandra: Nicholas & Alexandra by Robert K. Massie
RRP: €17.84€11.96The tragic, compelling story of the last Tsar and his family Nicholas & Alexandra is the internationally famous biography from Pulitzer prize-winner Robert Massie. Massie shows conclusively how the personal curse of the young heir's haemophilia, and... -
Another Day of Life by Ryszard Kapuscinski
RRP: €11.89€8.71'This is a very personal book, about being alone and lost'. In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence. For months he watched as Luanda and then the rest of the country collapsed into... -
Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney 9781035416349
RRP: €29.75€20.27A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution-leading to the violent attack on the Capitol on 6th January 2021-by the House Republican leader who dared... -
Writings From Prison: Bobby Sands by Bobby Sands
RRP: €15.46€13.82In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and... -
Sea Witch's Companion: Practical magic of moon and tides by Levannah Morgan 9780719831560
RRP: €11.89€10.00This book is for all those who love the sea, who have thrilled to the sight of the full moon rising over the ocean, who feel the pull of the tides and who have dreamed of making sea magic. You will learn how the moon, sun and sea together create the... -
Guide to flowers of walks and waysides: 2017 by Rebecca Farley-Brown 9781908819345
€5.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908819345Author Rebecca Farley-BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 8Imprint Field Studies CouncilPublisher Field Studies Council -
No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America's Workers by Robert Lighthizer 9780063282131
RRP: €29.75€19.55America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its rivals. We need to stop now, before it's too late. One of the most consequential U.S. Trade Representatives in our history, Robert Lighthizer led a great reset of American trade policy that... -
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
RRP: €11.89€8.71Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic, in Penguin Modern Classics.From hustling, drug addiction and armed... -
Wildlife in the Balance: Why Animals are Humanity's Best Hope by Simon Mustoe 9780645453508
RRP: €23.79€17.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645453508Author Simon MustoeFormat PaperbackPage Count 345Imprint WildiariesPublisher Wildiaries -
Three Whys Of Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
RRP: €15.46€11.11It is my considered judgement that, had it not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which one dominated our lives. I will... -
Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be by Diane Coyle
RRP: €23.80€19.19How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economyDigital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure,... -
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Diaz del Castillo
RRP: €15.46€14.43Vivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal Diaz del Castillo,... -
Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws by Charles de Secondat,Baron de Montesquieu 9780521369749
RRP: €44.02€40.04The Spirit of the Laws is, without question, one of the central texts in the history of eighteenth-century thought, yet there has been no complete, scholarly English-language edition since that of Thomas Nugent, published in 1750. This lucid translation... -
Georges Bataille: A Critical Introduction Benjamin Noys 9780745315874
RRP: €35.69€27.82This is a guide to the life and work of the French intellectual Georges Bataille, best known as the author of the celebrated erotic novel, The Story of the Eye. Benjamin Noys introduces Bataille as a writer out of step with the dominant intellectual... -
The Inclusion Illusion: How Children with Special Educational Needs Experience Mainstream Schools by Rob Webster 9781787357006
RRP: €17.85€16.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787357006Author Rob WebsterFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 260g -
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
RRP: €15.46€11.11The Sunday Times top ten bestseller.Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated... -
The Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Lovell
RRP: €10.70€7.91Almost twenty years after the Soviet Unions' end, what are we to make of its existence? Was it a heroic experiment, an unmitigated disaster, or a viable if flawed response to the modern world? Taking a fresh approach to the study of the Soviet Union,... -
Identity Theft: What White Anti-Racists Get Wrong and How We Can Do Better by David Swift
RRP: €23.80€6.52We are in crisis.As a society we have never been less connected.The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people's reality and perceived identities has never been greater.Karl Marx outlined the idea of a... -
American Politics: A Very Short Introduction by Richard M. Valelly
RRP: €10.70€7.91This book introduces the vital elements of American politics, emphasizing how these elements have evolved into the form they take today. By using a historical-institutional approach to the various parts of American politics, Valelly communicates that the... -
For the Love of Humanity: The World Tribunal on Iraq by Ayca Cubukcu
RRP: €28.55€25.18On February 15, 2003, millions of people around the world demonstrated against the war that the United States, the United Kingdom, and their allies were planning to wage in Iraq. Despite this being the largest protest in the history of humankind, the war... -
Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk
RRP: €13.08€8.97Istanbul, through the mind of its most celebrated writer. ** PRE-ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK **Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature'A declaration of love.' Sunday Times'A fascinating read for anyone who has even the... -
The Walls Have the Floor: Mural Journal, May '68 by Julien Besancon
RRP: €15.46€11.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262038027Author Julien BesanconFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 114mm * 178mm * 17mm -
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell 9780008437015
RRP: €13.08€8.88'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY ... -
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream Patrick Radden Keefe 9781529099881
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it's all true.' - TimeIn this thrilling story of real-life events, the bestselling author of Empire of Pain... -
Snowdonia and Ceredigion Coast Path Guide: Porthmadog to Cardigan by Vivienne Crow 9781914589034
RRP: €20.22€16.68Written and designed by outdoor professionals, these authoritative guidebooks give long-distance and local walkers everything they need to enjoy the Wales Coast Path with ease and confidence. With clear, expertly-written and numbered directions,... -
A Year At The Circus: Inside Trump's White House by Jon Sopel
RRP: €11.89€8.71Welcome to the White House.At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving... -
The GAA and the War of Independence by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: €11.89€8.71Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and revive the traditional sports of hurling, football and handball, the GAA enjoyed an intimate relationship with the nationalist movement from the turn of the twentieth century onwards. In 1914, the Irish... -
Intelligence Analysis in the Digital Age by Stig Stenslie
RRP: €160.65€139.56This book examines intelligence analysis in the digital age and demonstrates how intelligence has entered a new era. While intelligence is an ancient activity, the digital age is a relatively new phenomenon. This volume uses the concept of the 'digital... -
Kill All Normies - Online culture wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the alt-right Angela Nagle 9781785355431
RRP: €11.89€10.50Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground is the internet. On one side the "alt right" ranges from the once obscure neo-reactionary and white separatist movements, to geeky subcultures like... -
The Hopkins Touch: Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler by David Roll 9780199891955
RRP: €33.31€25.72Franklin Roosevelt's friend and advisor Harry Hopkins, an Iowan social worker who became the president's political "point man" during World War II, was one of the most improbable and important political operators of the twentieth century. Having gained... -
Secret Britain: A journey through the Second World War's hidden bases and battlegrounds Sinclair McKay 9781472284556
RRP: €15.46€10.51Discover the stories of the brave men and women who worked, trained and fought across the UK, from Bletchley Park in southern England all the way to Arisaig in northern Scotland, in an unbelievable effort to defeat the Nazis and win the Second World War ... -
Proofread Your Work by Connolly 9781529792621
RRP: €9.51€8.14Want a quick way to boost your grades and confidence? Learn practical techniques and strategies for proofreading your essays that you can apply straight away. This book will help you to: * Quickly identify errors in grammar, spelling and... -
The Not Quite Prime Ministers: Leaders of the Opposition 1783–2020 by Nigel Fletcher 9781785908101
RRP: €23.80€17.49History is written by the winners, they say. And more often than not, it is written about them too. A library's worth of books have been published chronicling the UK's Prime Ministers - those individuals who somehow made it to the top of the greasy pole... -
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in 18th-century India by William Dalrymple
RRP: €22.60€15.86From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted 'Return of a King', the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles... -
The Rules of Security: Staying Safe in a Risky World by Paul Martin
RRP: €26.76€18.97This book demystifies and explains a subject that affects every one of us in our private lives and at work. Security is a practical discipline concerned with safeguarding lives, property, information, wealth, reputations, and social wellbeing. It is the... -
The Abiy Project: God, Power and War in the New Ethiopia Tom Gardner 9781911723103
RRP: €35.70€32.31In 2018, Ethiopia and the world were in the throes of 'Abiymania', a fervour of popular support for the divided country's young, charismatic new prime minister. Arriving as if from nowhere, Abiy Ahmed, a Pentecostal Christian, promised democratic...