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Wealth, Poverty and Politics by Thomas Sowell
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.48In Wealth, Poverty, and Politics , Dr. Thomas Sowell of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, examines the reasons for large differences in income and wealth between nations and among groups within nations. A wide range of geographic,... -
Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.82A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history- the streets of Phnom Penh are paved skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a... -
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.38The New York Times bestselling account of one of history's most brutal- and forgotten- massacres, when the Japanese army destroyed China's capital city on the eve of World War IIIn December 1937, one of the most horrific atrocities in the long annals of... -
The Melancholia of Class: A Manifesto for the Working Class Cynthia Cruz 9781912248919
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02To be working-class in a middle-class world is to be a ghost. Excluded, marginalised, and subjected to violence, the working class is also deemed by those in power to not exist. We are left with a choice between assimilation into middle-class values and... -
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union by Vladislav M. Zubok
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.79A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise "A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart."-Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times "[A] masterly analysis."-Joshua... -
Peril by Bob Woodward
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.62THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERTHE NEW YORK TIMES NO 1 BESTSELLERThe storming of the Capitol on 6 January 2021 revealed the transition from President Trump to President Biden to be one of the most dangerous periods in American history, with the... -
Dark Aeon: Transhumanism and the War Against Humanity by Joe Allen 9781648210105
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.14Humanity is consumed by relentless transformation Like a thief in the night, artificial intelligence has inserted itself into our lives. It makes important decisions for us every day. Often, we barely notice. As Joe Allen writes in this groundbreaking... -
How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks Witold Szablowski 9781785788352
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Mixing bold journalism with bolder allegories, Mr Szablowski teaches us with witty persistence that we must desire freedom rather than simply expect itTimothy Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of ON TYRANNYA devastatingly original look at the... -
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.88Augusto Boal saw theatre as a mirror to the world, one that we can reach into to change our reality. This book, The Theatre of the Oppressed, is the foundation to 'Forum Theatre', a popular radical form practised across the world. Boal's techniques... -
Out of the Mountains: The Coming Age of the Urban Guerrilla by David Kilcullen
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.99In his third book, David Kilcullen takes us out of the mountains: away from the remote, rural guerrilla warfare of Afghanistan, and into the marginalised slums and complex security threats of the world's coastal cities, where almost 75 per cent of us... -
Refugees in Britain: Practices of Hospitality and Labelling by Gillian McFadyen 9781474447171
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £21.23An empirical examination of contemporary refugee practices in BritainInnovative theoretical framework , weaving for the first time together the theories of hospitality and labeling and applying them to the refugee regimeExpansion of the theoretical... -
The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian 9780593854099
Booksplease Price: £13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593854099Author Atossa Araxia AbrahamianFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
A History of My Times by Xenophon
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Xenophon's History recounts nearly fifty turbulent years of warfare in Greece between 411 and 362 BC. Continuing the story of the Peloponnesian War at the point where Thucydides finished his magisterial history, this is a fascinating chronicle of the... -
Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'Determination, grit and humour shine through' Lindsey Hilsum, ObserverNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.A growing number of intrepid Arab and... -
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of Odette Sansom, WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.67'A thrilling account' Daily Mail'Thrilling and inspiring' Daily Mirror'Extraordinary bravery... made this woman one of WWII's most remarkable spies. That she survived the war was almost miraculous' TimeThe year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing... -
Peace Comes Dropping Slow: My Life in the Troubles by Denis Bradley 9781785375002
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785375002Author Denis BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion PressWeight(grams) 600gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 153mm *... -
The Antarctic: A Very Short Introduction by Klaus Dodds 9780199697687
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.20The Antarctic is one the most hostile natural environments in the world. It is an extraordinary physical space, which changes significantly in shape and size with the passing of the seasons. Politically, it is unique as it contains one of the few areas... -
Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Niall Ferguson's acclaimed bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empireOnce vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and... -
How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88'Ridley is spot-on when it comes to the vital ingredients for success' Sir James Dyson Building on his bestseller The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley chronicles the history of innovation, and how we need to change our... -
Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction by Veronique Mottier
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.35What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion, and HIV/AIDS affected our attitudes to sex? Focusing... -
Dark Money: how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US by Jane Mayer 9781925228847
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for LA Times Book Prize 2017 (United States) and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award 2017 (United States) and J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2017 (United States) and... -
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.58Winner: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association's Best Subsequent Book 2017 Honorable Mention: Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award 2017 Across North America, Indigenous acts of resistance have in recent years opposed the... -
Putin's Prisoner: My Time as a Prisoner of War in Ukraine by Aiden Aslin 9781804993194
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15Brought to you by Penguin.Aiden Aslin joined the Ukrainian marines in 2018, compelled to defend his adopted homeland from the growing threat of Russian invasion. In February 2022, as Russia mounted a full-scale offensive, Aiden and his unit were... -
Frames of War: When is Life Grievable? by Judith Butler
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.15In this urgent response to violence, racism and increasingly aggressive methods of coercion, Judith Butler explores the media's portrayal of armed conflict, a process integral to how the West prosecutes its wars. In doing so, she calls for a... -
How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions by Susan Eisenhower 9781250852618
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.29Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, he was able to... -
The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 4) Robert A Caro 9781847922953
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.24Hailed as 'the greatest biography of our era' (The Times) this is the fourth part of Robert Caro's multi-award-winning best-selling work on American President Lyndon Johnson.The Passage of Power, 'the series' crowning volume' (Economist), spans the years... -
A New Era for Wolves and People: Wolf Recovery, Human Attitudes, and Policy by Marco Musiani 9781552382707
RRP: £34.95Booksplease Price: £33.54Wolves hold an almost mythical status in the cultural history of Europe and North America. For hundreds of years, they have been the subject of fairy tales and other lore, embodying mystery, cunning, and sometimes threat. People are drawn to their... -
Protest and the Politics of Space and Place, 1789-1848 by Katrina Navickas 9781526116703
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.54This book is a wide-ranging survey of the rise of mass movements for democracy and workers' rights in northern England from 1789 to 1848. It is a provocative narrative of the closing down of public space and dispossession from place. It offers historical... -
Overdue: Birth, burnout and a blueprint for a better NHS Amity Reed 9781780664101
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.01Amity Reed became a midwife to serve women, but the reality of working in over-stretched and underfunded NHS maternity services soon shattered her illusions. She's not alone - for every 30 midwives that train, 29 will leave the profession. Overdue is... -
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--But Some Don't by Nate Silver
RRP: £14.96Booksplease Price: £11.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125082Author Nate SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 138mm *... -
Korea: A New History of South and North by Victor Cha 9780300278705
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £9.10A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day "Cha and Pacheco Pardo have years of expertise in Korean international relations. . . . A crisp and balanced account."-Christopher Harding, The Telegraph ... -
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg 9780141999043
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.67*A Times, Financial Times, Observer and Nature Book of the Year*'Spectacular ... this work is planetary in scale' Independent'It offers real, rich hope' Observer, Books of the YearWe still have time to change the world. From the world's leading climate... -
The Crooked Timber Of Humanity by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.75'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' Immanuel KantIsaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled vast erudition and eloquence in defence... -
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison by Jackie Malton
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £5.75HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking... -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 9780140390315
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23One of the most powerful, provocative and enduring novels to expose social injustice ever published in the United States, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle contains an introduction by Ronald Gottesman in Penguin Classics.Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply... -
Futures of Socialism: The Pandemic and the Post-Corbyn Era 9781839761331
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.42British politics is in an extraordinary place. Grace Blakeley introduces an indispensable collection of analysis and comment.In Futures of Socialism, Sam Gindin and James Meadway reassess socialist strategy after the coronavirus; Dalia Gebrial and Sian... -
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.35London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city'My book of the year. Sentence for sentence, there is no more interesting writer at work in English' John Lanchester, Daily TelegraphEncircling London... -
Black Ivy: The Birth Of Cool by Jason Jules 9781909526822
RRP: £39.95Booksplease Price: £23.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909526822Author Jason JulesFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Reel Art PressPublisher Reel Art Press -
The Least of All Possible Evils: A Short History of Humanitarian Violence by Eyal Weizman 9781786632739
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £18.53The principle of the 'lesser evil'-the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice-has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical ethics and Christian... -
Can Intervention Work? by Rory Stewart
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £15.19"A fresh and critically important perspective on foreign interventions" (Washington Post), Can Intervention Work? distills Rory Stewart's (author of The Places In Between) and Gerald Knaus's remarkable firsthand experiences of political and military...