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Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good: The Spread of Historical Amnesia by John Irving
RRP: $41.90$36.52A 2019 Italian BestsellerSurgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No stones are left unturned,... -
Twilight Capitalism - Karl Marx and the Decay of the Profit System by Murray E.g. Smith
RRP: $65.10$52.25Twenty-first-century capitalism has little more to offer than a menu of despair: pandemics, deepening inequality, worsening depression, runaway climate change, intensifying authoritarianism and escalating militarism. Twilight Capitalism offers a... -
Hunting Season: The Execution of James Foley, Islamic State, and the Real Story of the Kidnapping Campaign that Started a War by James Harkin
RRP: $20.98$14.28On 19 August 2014, a member of the jihadist rebel group known as ISIS uploaded a video to YouTube. Entitled 'Message to America', the clip depicted the final moments of the life of kidnapped American journalist James Foley - and the gruesome aftermath of... -
The Weapon of Organization: Mario Tronti’s Political Revolution in Marxism by Mario Tronti
RRP: $31.48$26.36Mario Tronti was the principal theorist of the radical political movement of the 1960s known in Italy as operaismo and in the Anglophone world as Italian workerism, a current which went on to inform the development of autonomist Marxism. His "Copernican... -
Albert Venn Dicey: Writings on Democracy and the Referendum by Gregory Conti
RRP: $48.28$41.08What are the limits to parliamentary sovereignty? When should the people be able to vote directly on issues? The constitutional theorist Albert Venn Dicey (1835-1922) was a cogent advocate of the referendum. While his enthusiasm for the institution was... -
Orwell and Empire by Douglas Kerr 9780192864093
RRP: $60.88$51.28Considers George Orwell's writing about the East, and the presence of the East in his writing. George Orwell was born in India and served in the Imperial Police in Burma as a young man. Orwell and Empire is a study of his writing about the East and... -
Negroes with Guns by Distinguished Professor of Law Robert F Williams 9781614274117
RRP: $24.00$23.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614274117Author Robert F WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm)... -
The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine 9780712352185
RRP: $18.88$13.76A vicious plague has broken out in China and spread to Japan. The world governments look on callously, until the shadow of the Hueste virus begins to sweep across the rest of the globe. The pandemic draws nearer to Britain; shelters are hastily... -
Forces of Labor: Workers' Movements and Globalization Since 1870 by Beverly J. Silver
RRP: $48.28$38.39Recasting labor studies in a long-term and global framework, this 2003 book draws on a major database on world labor unrest to show how local labor movements have been related to world-scale political, economic and social processes since the... -
Rational Theory of International Politics: The Logic of Competition and Cooperation by Charles L. Glaser
$77.15Within the realist school of international relations, a prevailing view holds that the anarchic structure of the international system invariably forces the great powers to seek security at one another's expense, dooming even peaceful nations to an... -
The Return of Nature: Socialism and Ecology by John Bellamy Foster 9781583678367
RRP: $63.00$52.75A fascinating reinterpretation of the radical and socialist origins of ecology Twenty years ago, John Bellamy Foster's Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature introduced a new understanding of Karl Marx's revolutionary ecological materialism. More than... -
SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party by Peter Lynch
RRP: $41.98$36.98Though the SNP has existed since 1934, no full-length history of the Scottish National Party was written until the first edition of this book in 2002. With the SNP having governed Scotland since 2007, and with an outright majority since 2011, the... -
When Disasters Come Home: Making and Manipulating Emergencies In The West Cloth by Keen
RRP: $37.78$33.68In the late twentieth century, disasters seemed like distant happenings in countries far away from the prosperous West. But today they are 'coming home' with a vengeance. From global warming to migration crises, from assaults on democracy to Covid-19 and... -
The Idea of Luxury: A Conceptual and Historical Investigation by Christopher J. Berry
RRP: $48.28$41.08In this far-ranging and innovative study Christopher Berry explores the meanings and ramifications of the idea of luxury. Insights from political theory, philosophy and intellectual history are utilised in a sophisticated conceptual analysis that is... -
Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We the People Can Do about It by Erin Brockovich
RRP: $29.38$22.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434597Author Erin BrockovichFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. Knopf -
Europe and Its Shadows: Coloniality after Empire by Hamid Dabashi
RRP: $50.38$33.12Europe has long imagined itself as the centre of the universe, although its precise geographical, cultural and social terrains have always been amorphous. Exploring the fear and fascination associated with the continent as an allegory, Hamid Dabashi... -
Shattered Voices: Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions by Teresa Godwin Phelps
RRP: $50.38$43.76Following periods of mass atrocity and oppression, states are faced with a question of critical importance in the transition to democracy: how to offer redress to victims of the old regime without perpetuating cycles of revenge. Traditionally, balance... -
Theorising Future Conflict: War Out to 2049 Mark Lacy 9781032113654
RRP: $77.68$68.31This book explores the changing tactics, technologies and terrains of twenty-first century war.It argues that the world in 2049 is unlikely to look like the climate change/artificial intelligence (AI) dystopia depicted in Blade Runner 2049, but nor will... -
Lady Justice by Dahlia Lithwick 9780525561408
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561408Author Dahlia LithwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Choices: Inside the Making of India's Foreign Policy by Shivshankar Menon 9780815729105
RRP: $52.50$46.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815729105Author Shivshankar MenonFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm)... -
The Oxford Handbook of Political Communication by Kate Kenski 9780190090456
RRP: $93.43$88.58Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new technologies such as film and radio, political communication has become a hybrid field largely devoted to connecting the dots among political rhetoric, politicians and... -
Nato At Forty: Change, Continuity, And Prospects by James R. Golden
RRP: $83.98$73.63This book addresses the evolving role of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It seeks to answer whether NATO is capable of adjusting to changes in the forces that have held it together and have made it the centerpiece of the national security... -
The Canadian Constitution by Adam Dodek 9781459735033
RRP: $29.38$19.45The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016A new, expanded edition of the first-ever primer on Canada's Constitution - for anyone who wants to understand the supreme law of the land. The Canadian Constitution makes Canada's Constitution readily accessible to... -
Critical Theorists and International Relations by Jenny Edkins
RRP: $104.98$92.19A wide range of critical theorists is used in the study of international politics, and until now there has been no text that gives concise and accessible introductions to these figures. Critical Theorists and International Relations provides a... -
WANTED: Secrets of a Mafia Whistle-Blower - SPECIAL EDITION by Paul Blanchard 9780957639195
RRP: $46.10$37.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957639195Author Paul BlanchardFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint White Villa PublishingPublisher White Villa Publishing -
Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad by Daniel Byman
RRP: $49.33$35.72Ever since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, fighters from abroad have journeyed in ever-greater numbers to conflict zones in the Muslim world to defend Islam from-in their view-infidels and apostates. The phenomenon recently reached its apogee... -
The Default Line: The Inside Story of People, Banks and Entire Nations on the Edge by Faisal Islam
RRP: $33.58$27.01How can a banking system become so unregulated that it offers a gold credit card to a dog? For Channel 4's Economics Editor Faisal Islam, these are examples of nations, institutions, and individuals crossing the 'default line', the point at which the... -
Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere by Chambi Chachage 9781906387716
RRP: $27.20$25.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906387716Author Chambi ChachageFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Pambazuka PressPublisher Pambazuka PressWeight(grams) 217gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
The Queen of America Goes to Washington City: Essays on Sex and Citizenship by Lauren Berlant
RRP: $48.28$42.02In The Queen of America Goes to Washington City, Lauren Berlant focuses on the need to revitalize public life and political agency in the United States. Delivering a devastating critique of contemporary discourses of American citizenship, she addresses... -
Our Man In Orlando: Murder, Mayhem and Madness in the Sunshine State Hugh Hunter 9781906308155
RRP: $18.88$13.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308155Author Hugh HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 216g -
Five Rings Illustrated: The Classic Text on Mastery in Swordsmanship, Leadership and Conflict: A New Translation by Miyamoto Musashi
RRP: $62.98$43.93Strategy is the craft of a warrior - Miyamoto Musashi Written around 1645, Miyamoto Musashi's Five Rings is a classic Japanese work on mastery in swordsmanship, leadership and conflict. Musashi was a swordsman, philosopher and strategist, and today his... -
Decolonization, Development and Knowledge in Africa: Turning Over a New Leaf by Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni
RRP: $83.98$73.63This provocative book is anchored on the insurgent and resurgent spirit of decolonization of the twenty-first century. The author calls upon Africa to turn over a new leaf in the domains of politics, economy, and knowledge as it frees itself from... -
Now Is The Time Of Monsters Sue Seminsky Bietila 9781849353403
RRP: $21.00$15.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353403Author Sue Seminsky BietilaFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Ethno-symbolism and Nationalism: A Cultural Approach by Professor Anthony D. Smith
RRP: $92.38$80.72Anthony D. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics, and is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies. Anthony Smith has developed an approach to the study of... -
What’s the Matter with Delaware?: How the First State Has Favored the Rich, Powerful, and Criminal—and How It Costs Us All by Hal Weitzman 9780691235745
RRP: $35.68$28.58How the "First State" has enabled international crime, sheltered tax dodgers, and diverted hard-earned dollars from the rest of usThe legal home to over a million companies, Delaware has more registered businesses than residents. Why do virtually all of... -
An Introduction to Sustainable Development Jennifer Elliott 9780415590730
RRP: $100.78$88.64This fourth edition has been comprehensively rewritten and updated to provide a concise, well illustrated and accessible introduction to the characteristics, challenges and opportunities of sustainable development with particular reference to developing... -
Maxims and Reflections (Ricordi) by Francesco Guicciardini
RRP: $50.38$43.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorFrancesco Guicciardini. Translated by Mario DomandiReviews"In the history of Renaissance thought, Guicciardini's Ricordi occupy a place of singular importance... -
Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump by G. B. Trudeau
RRP: $20.98$14.76Those not enthralled with Donald Trump's ascendance have been shocked and appalled by it -- and taken by surprise. Not Garry Trudeau, who honed in early, relentlessly and deftly highlighting The Donald's profound character flaws since 1987. It's all... -
Constructing Public Opinion: How Political Elites Do What They Like and Why We Seem to Go Along with It by Justin Lewis 9780231117678
RRP: $58.80$45.78Is polling a process that brings "science" into the study of society? Or are polls crude instruments that tell us little about the way people actually think? The role of public opinion polls in government and mass media has gained increasing importance... -
Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons by Joseph Cirincione
RRP: $35.68$28.67Since their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it will take to slow, stop, or even reverse their spread. With clarity and expertise, Joseph Cirincione...