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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
RRP: $23.08$16.32From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant than ever. 'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early... -
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Hunter S. Thompson
RRP: $27.28$17.81The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US... -
American Government 101: From the Continental Congress to the Iowa Caucus, Everything You Need to Know About US Politics by Kathleen Sears 9781440598456
RRP: $23.08$14.70All you need to know about elections, politics, and government! Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of government into tedious discourse that would put even the president to sleep. American Government 101 cuts out the boring explanations,... -
The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson (Volume 1) by Robert A. Caro
RRP: $63.00$46.10'The greatest biography of our era ... Essential reading for those who want to comprehend power and politics' The TimesRobert A. Caro's legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory account... -
The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa by Deborah Brautigam 9780199550227
RRP: $123.90$123.04Is China a rogue donor, as some media pundits suggest? Or is China helping the developing world pave a pathway out of poverty, as the Chinese claim? In the last few years, China's aid program has leapt out of the shadows. Media reports about huge aid... -
Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World by Jairus Victor Grove
RRP: $50.38$43.76Jairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war. In Savage Ecology he offers an ecological theory of geopolitics that argues that contemporary global crises are better understood when considered within the larger history of international... -
No Future Without Forgiveness by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
RRP: $31.48$23.00No Future Without Forgiveness is a quintessentially humane account of an extraordinary life. Desmond Tutu describes his childhood and coming of age in the apartheid era in South Africa. He examines his reactions on being able to vote for the first time... -
The Art of Protest: What a Revolution Looks Like by De Nichols 9781787417663
RRP: $35.68$25.542023 WINNER OF THE BOLOGNA RAGAZZI AWARD!2022 WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK DESIGN & PRODUCTION AWARDS IN THE CHILDREN'S TRADE 9 TO 16 CATEGORY!"Start making. Start being the change you want to see in this world." - De NicholsFrom the psychedelic typography... -
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
RRP: $18.88$13.55This is a book about the Irish Question, or more specifically about Irish Questions. The term has become something of a catch-all, a convenient way to encompass numerous issues and developments which pertain to the political, social, and economic history... -
Our Revolution: A Future to Believe in by Bernie Sanders
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen Jones The Sunday Times bestseller Bernie Sanders is one of the most influential voices in a global movement fighting injustice. He has dominated two Democratic primary races, and changed the... -
Business for Punks: Break All the Rules - the BrewDog Way by James Watt
RRP: $23.08$16.32START A REVOLUTION NOT A BUSINESSDon't waste your time on bullsh*t business plans. Forget sales. Put everything on the line for what you believe in. These are some of the mantras that have turned BrewDog into one of the world's fastest-growing drinks... -
Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell
RRP: $20.98$14.93Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they... -
The Ochils: 40 favourite walks by Douglas Milne 9781907025792
RRP: $14.68$12.47Known to the ancient people of Central Scotland as uchel - the high place - the long upland massif of the Ochils rises between the River Forth and the Southern Highlands, with a dramataic escarpment running between the cities of Stirling and Perth. The... -
Bad News: The Wapping Dispute by John Lang 9780851247960
RRP: $33.60$32.74Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851247960Author John LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 3mm -
The Kremlin School of Negotiation by Igor Ryzov
RRP: $31.48$20.58Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won't give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say 'no' without compromising a deal?Legend has it that the... -
Unstable Universalities: Poststructuralism and Radical Politics by Saul Newman 9780719071294
RRP: $41.98$36.98Unstable universalities, available for the first time in paperback, examines the theme of universality and its place in radical political theory. Saul Newman argues that both Marxist politics of class struggle and the postmodern politics of difference... -
Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin's Russia by Timothy Frye
RRP: $37.78$30.20Looking beyond Putin to understand how today's Russia actually worksMedia and public discussion tends to understand Russian politics as a direct reflection of Vladimir Putin's seeming omnipotence or Russia's unique history and culture. Yet Russia is... -
Beyond the Red Wall: Why Labour Lost, How the Conservatives Won and What Will Happen Next? by Deborah Mattinson
RRP: $35.68$26.19How do you start an electoral earthquake? Head to the Red Wall and you might just find out. Covering some sixty seats stretching from the Midlands up to the north of England and across to Wales, the wall is constructed of the old coal, steel and... -
The Externalities and Public Expenditure Theory by James M. Buchanan 9780865972421
RRP: $23.00$19.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972421Author James BuchananFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 881g -
The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by Keyu Jin
RRP: $42.00$29.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984878281Author Keyu JinFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Pamela Dorman BooksPublisher Penguin Adult -
Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx
RRP: $39.88$29.42Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist... -
Middle Eastern Maze: Israel, the Arabs and the Region by Itamar Rabinovich 9780815740100
RRP: $144.90$126.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815740100Author Itamar RabinovichFormat HardbackPage Count 376Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 662gDimensions(mm)... -
Understanding the Life Course: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives by Lorraine Green
RRP: $62.98$56.78Understanding the Life Course provides a uniquely comprehensive guide to the entire life course from an interdisciplinary perspective. Combining important insights from sociology and psychology, the book presents the concept s theoretical underpinnings... -
Shocking Contrasts: Political Responses to Exogenous Supply Shocks by Ronald L. Rogowski 9781316510704
RRP: $63.00$54.50In the fourteenth century, the Black Death killed as much as two thirds of Europe's population; in the fifteenth, the introduction of moveable-type printing rapidly expanded Europe's supply of human capital; between 1850 and 1914, Russia's population... -
Ten Men Dead by David Beresford
RRP: $31.48$20.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780586065334Author David BeresfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins PublishersWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm)... -
Military Power: Explaining Victory and Defeat in Modern Battle by Stephen D. Biddle
RRP: $73.50$58.25In war, do mass and materiel matter most? Will states with the largest, best equipped, information-technology-rich militaries invariably win? The prevailing answer today among both scholars and policymakers is yes. But this is to overlook force... -
The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951 by Ilan Pappe
$55.50Arabs and Jews describe the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in completely different ways. Among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as the nakba - the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster. For Jews, and in particular for... -
Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires by Paul Strathern
RRP: $23.08$15.54Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense Roman Empire, where we trace back our western and eastern roots. Next Strathern describes how a great deal of... -
The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan
RRP: $39.88$28.58The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher... -
And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability by Yanis Varoufakis
RRP: $23.08$16.32**THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER** The most recognisable economist on the... -
Transgender Body Politics by Heather Brunskell-Evans
RRP: $27.20$17.14Transgenderism in the twenty-first century is patriarchy emblazoned in imperial form. At a time when supposedly enlightened attitudes are championed by the mainstream, philosopher and activist Heather Brunskell-Evans shows how, in plain view under the... -
Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild 9781620973493
RRP: $29.38$19.45In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to... -
Russians Among Us: Sleeper Cells, Ghost Stories and the Hunt for Putin's Agents by Gordon Corera
RRP: $20.98$13.94The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present - including their interference in the 2016 presidential election. Like a scene from a le Carre novel or the TV drama The Americans, in... -
No Good Men Among the Living by Anand Gopal
RRP: $27.28$25.98Through their dramatic stories, Gopal shows that the Afghan war, so often regarded as a hopeless quagmire, could in fact have gone very differently. Top Taliban leaders actually tried to surrender within months of the US invasion, renouncing all... -
Half The Sky: How to Change the World by Nicholas D. Kristof
RRP: $27.28$18.90Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting team, husband and wife Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, take us on a journey through Africa and Asia to meet an extraordinary array of exceptional women struggling against terrible circumstances. More girls have... -
The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs by David Runciman 9781788163675
RRP: $42.00$30.01'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundred years ago, humans started... -
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us by Dr Brian Klaas
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Illuminating . . . reveals why some people and systems are more likely to be corrupted by power than others' - Adam Grant'Passionate, insightful, and occasionally jaw-dropping . . . Corruptible sets out the story of the intoxicating lure of power-and... -
One State, Two States: Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict by Benny Morris
RRP: $35.68$34.99A renowned historian eludes the pitfalls of partisanship and tackles one of the world's most perplexing and divisive issues "What is so striking about Morris's work as a historian is that it does not flatter anyone's prejudices, least of all his own,"... -
Why Women Will Save the Planet by Friends of the Earth 9781786993144
RRP: $35.68$27.64Big cities don't have to mean a dystopian future. They can be turned around to be powerhouses of well-being and environmental sustainability - if we empower women. This book is a unique collaboration between C40 and Friends of the Earth showcasing... -
Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity by Kwasi Kwarteng 9781137032232
RRP: $58.78$50.97Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or face a slide into mediocrity. Brittania Unchained travels around the world, exploring the nations that are...