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Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism by John Foot
RRP: €15.46€11.11'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary Supplement A major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war. In the aftermath of the First World War,... -
Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Dictatorship, 1915-1945 by Richard J. B. Bosworth
RRP: €22.60€16.20For almost all nations the First World War was an unparalleled disaster, but the Italian experience especially was to have catastrophic consequences. Weakened and embittered, trying and failing to come to terms with 600,000 dead and with an entire... -
The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah by Masanobu Fukuoka
RRP: €5.94€4.71In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah, the celebrated pioneer of the 'do-nothing' farming method reflects on global ecological trauma and argues that we must radically... -
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution David Runciman 9781800815902
RRP: €26.18€18.89In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it. What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise our societies? How... -
Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories: From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Howard Marks Thomas Grant 9781444799750
RRP: €15.46€10.51THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER'Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic cultural history of post-war Britain that chronicles the end of deference and... -
The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it by Stuart Maconie
RRP: €17.84€13.22'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State,... -
My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The Cold War, c1945-1991 Melanie Vance 9781471876318
RRP: €14.88€14.30Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
The Secret State: Preparing For The Worst 1945 - 2010 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: €17.84€13.03Peter Hennessy's The Secret State: Preparing for the Worst 1945-2010 is the story of secret government plans for combatting attacks on Britain, from the Cold War to modern counter-terrorism. Now completely revised and updated, Peter Hennessy's acclaimed... -
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Priestdaddy caused a sensation when it hit bookshelves in 2017' Vogue 'Glorious' Sunday Times'Laugh-out-loud funny' The Times'Extraordinary' Observer'Exceptional' Telegraph'Electric' New York Times'Snort-out-loud' Financial Times'Dazzling' ... -
Scramble for the Skies: The Great Power Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space by Namrata Goswami 9781498583138
RRP: €45.22€40.67With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race. The authors argue that space ambitions are informed by a combination of factors, including available resources, capability, elite... -
Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris by Ian Kershaw
RRP: €23.79€20.11Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris charts the rise of Adolf Hitler, from a bizarre misfit in a Viennese dosshouse, to dictatorial leadership.With extraordinary skill and vividness, drawing on a huge range of sources, Kershaw recreates the world which... -
Our Poisoned Land: Living in the Shadows of Zuma’s Keepers by Jacques Pauw 9780624090533
RRP: €24.99€20.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780624090533Author Jacques PauwFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Tafelberg Publishers LtdPublisher Tafelberg Publishers LtdWeight(grams)... -
Inside the Whale by George Orwell
RRP: €5.95€5.46George Orwell set out 'to make political writing into an art', and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature - his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding... -
The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition by Anne Frank 9780670919796
RRP: €23.80€17.27One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive... -
The Pursuit of Power: Europe, 1815-1914 by Richard J. Evans
RRP: €22.60€16.67'A scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from the arcane to the familiar... a veritable tour de force' Richard Overy, New Statesman'Transnational history at its finest ... .. social, political and cultural themes swirl together in one... -
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols 9780197763834
RRP: €16.65€14.61Building on his enormously successful first edition, Tom Nichols confirms his thesis that events, such as the COVID pandemic, prove that the assault on expertise has only intensified. Fully updated chapters continue to address how technology and... -
Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature by John Bellamy Foster 9781583670125
RRP: €22.60€18.91Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis. Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about... -
All under Heaven: The Tianxia System for a Possible World Order by Tingyang Zhao
RRP: €29.75€23.31In this succinct yet ample work, Zhao Tingyang, one of China's most distinguished intellectuals, provides a profoundly original philosophical interpretation of China's story and also develops a Chinese worldview for the future. Over the past few decades,... -
The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery by Michael Taylor
RRP: €13.08€9.51Discover how the campaign to end slavery divided Britain and was almost thwarted by some of the most powerful and famous figures of the era.**SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING**In 1807, Parliament outlawed the slave trade in the... -
States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China by Theda Skocpol
RRP: €20.22€17.26State structures, international forces, and class relations: Theda Skocpol shows how all three combine to explain the origins and accomplishments of social-revolutionary transformations. Social revolutions have been rare but undeniably of enormous... -
At the Cafe: Conversations on Anarchism by Errico Malatesta 9781904491064
€9.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904491064Author Errico MalatestaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom PressWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 147mm... -
Watergate: A New History by Garrett M. Graff
RRP: €20.22€13.66NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "Do we need still another Watergate book? The answer turns out to be yes-this one." -The Washington Post * "Dazzling." -The New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Plane in the Sky,... -
Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World (Fully Revised Edition) by Edward W. Said
RRP: €15.46€11.11From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the World Trade Centre bombing, the West has been haunted by a spectre called 'Islam'. As portrayed by the news media - and by a chorus of government, academic and corporate experts - 'Islam' is... -
The Impossible Dead by Ian Rankin
RRP: €10.70€4.30Malcolm Fox returns in the stunning second novel in Ian Rankin's series... Malcolm Fox and his team are back, investigating whether fellow cops covered up for Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct, but what should be a simple... -
Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy by Adam Tooze 9780141995441
RRP: €15.46€11.11FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022 THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 'A complex story, which Tooze tells with clarity and verve... The world is unlikely to be treated to a better account of the economics of the pandemic' The Times... -
Valentino Rossi: All His Races by Mat Oxley 9781910505212
RRP: €59.50€44.15Valentino Rossi's announcement of retirement brings down the curtain on an incredible career in the MotoGP motorcycle world championships. With his nine titles, including seven in the premier class, he is widely regarded as the greatest motorcycle racer... -
A Purposeful Life: What I’ve Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change by Dawn Butler 9781911709329
RRP: €22.60€14.85'Dawn Butler is a history-making, game-changing, ceiling-smashing politician.This powerful book offers a fascinating insight into both the personal and political sides of her journey.'Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London'When I was younger my parents taught me to... -
Just Law by Helena Kennedy
RRP: €15.46€11.11Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today. Here she roundly challenges the record of modern governments over the fundamental values of equality,... -
Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman
RRP: €13.08€8.88'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but... -
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent by Owen Matthews
RRP: €13.08€9.51SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING 'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY 'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRE Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of... -
The Natural History Museum Book of Rocks & Minerals: A concise reference guide by Chris Pellant 9780565095055
RRP: €17.84€11.96A comprehensive, illustrated identification guide for beginners and serious collectors alike, featuring special colour photography of specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London. Rocks are minerals are naturally occurring compounds formed by... -
Congo by David van Reybrouck
RRP: €17.84€11.85FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world's most critical failed... -
Does Counter-Terrorism Work? by Richard English 9780192843340
RRP: €29.75€25.22Does Counter-Terrorism Work? offers an historically-grounded, systematic, and expert interrogation of the effectiveness of state responses to terrorist violence from one of the world's leading experts on terrorism. State responses to terrorism have... -
Lessons in Organising: What Trade Unionists Can Learn from the War on Teachers Gawain Little 9780745345222
RRP: €17.84€11.96'An excellent review of the attack on teachers and their unions, by authors well placed to point to ways to improve the fight back and resistance' - Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary NEU The heart of any trade union is its reps and activists... -
Katie Price: Harvey and Me Katie Price 9781913406691
RRP: €23.80€17.27When Katie Price found out she was pregnant with her first child Harvey, she could never have imagined the challenges that would lie ahead. From the very beginning, Katie has single-handedly raised her disabled son after his father Dwight Yorke cut... -
Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino 9780008294953
RRP: €13.08€8.88A Times book of the year A Guardian book of the year 'Magnificent'The Times 'Dazzling' New Statesman 'It filled me with hope' Zadie Smith What happens to our behaviour when we live most of our lives... -
Refugees in Britain: Practices of Hospitality and Labelling by Gillian McFadyen 9781474447171
RRP: €24.98€22.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474447171Author Gillian McFadyenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 138g -
NYE: The Political Life of Aneurin Bevan by Nick Thomas-Symonds 9781350452046
€24.06Aneurin - Nye - Bevan was one of the pivotal Labour Party figures of the post-war era in Britain. As Minister for Health in Attlee's government, his role in the foundation of the National Health Service, the world's largest publically-funded health... -
The Student's Companion to Social Policy Pete Alcock (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781119744870
RRP: €43.97€38.98The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroad Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible... -
Dark Money: how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US by Jane Mayer 9781925228847
RRP: €15.46€10.47Apologies 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...