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Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene by McKenzie Wark
€28.26In Molecular Red, McKenzie Wark creates philosophical tools for the Anthropocene, our new planetary epoch, in which human and natural forces are so entwined that the future of one determines that of the other. Wark explores the implications of... -
War Nerd by Gary Brecher
€16.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979663680Author Gary BrecherFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 140mm *... -
The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell For Putin’s Power Gambit – and How to Fix It by Mikhail Khodorkovsky 9780753559246
RRP: €17.84€16.33'I'm a fairly calm fellow; I don't usually get het up about things. But I was, let's say, concerned when I tuned into the Moscow Echo radio station and heard that the Kremlin had put a price on my head. The announcement didn't quite say 'dead or alive'... -
One young lad's later trainspotting trips: with a camera 1961-1964: 2020 by Alan M. Clarke 9781857945553
RRP: €29.75€20.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945553Author Alan M. ClarkeFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group -
Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most Thomas Hale (University of Oxford) 9780745662398
RRP: €29.74€26.83The issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful. To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other... -
Rethinking Democracy Andrew Gamble (University of Sheffield) 9781119554226
RRP: €17.84€16.40"There's never been a more pressing time to question every aspect of our inadequate democracy"- Polly Toynbee "This important book shows the many challenges democracy faces in a world of populism and radical digital change" - Margaret Hodge 2018 saw... -
Power and the Pursuit of Peace: Theory and Practice in the History of Relations Between States by F. H. Hinsley
RRP: €36.88€31.61In the last years of the nineteenth century peace proposals were first stimulated by fear of the danger of war rather than in consequence of its outbreak. In this study of the nature and history of international relations Mr Hinsley presents his... -
The Plot to Scapegoat Russia: How the CIA and the Deep State Have Conspired to Vilify Putin by Dan Kovalik
RRP: €15.46€14.47An in-depth look at the decades-long effort to escalate hostilities with Russia and what it portends for the future.Since 1945, the US has justified numerous wars, interventions, and military build-ups based on the pretext of the Russian Red Menace, even... -
Integral Urbanism by Nan Ellin
RRP: €45.21€39.72Integral Urbanism is an ambitious and forward-looking theory of urbanism that offers a new model of urban life. Nan Ellin's model stands as an antidote to the pervasive problems engendered by modern and postmodern urban planning and architecture: sprawl,... -
Longshot: The Inside Story of the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine by David Heath
RRP: €27.36€19.49In Longshot, investigative journalist David Heath takes readers inside the small group of scientists whose groundbreaking work was once largely dismissed but whose feat will now eclipse the importance of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine in medical history... -
Bacardi: The Hidden War Hernando Calvo Ospina 9780745318738
RRP: €26.17€17.59The Bacardi rum company is one of the most successful and recognisable brands in the world. It spends millions on marketing itself as the spirit of youth and vitality. But behind its image as a party drink lies a very different story. In this book,... -
The Nisibis War: The Defence of the Roman East, AD 337-363 by John S Harrel 9781526782069
RRP: €23.79€16.20The war of 337-363 (which the author dubs the Nisibis War), was an exception to the traditional Roman reliance on a strategic offensive to bring about a decisive battle. Instead, the Emperor Constantius II adopted a defensive strategy and conducted a... -
Building the Good Society: The Power and Limits of Markets, Democracy and Freedom in an Increasingly Polarized World by Lloyd J. Dumas
RRP: €24.98€14.53In many countries, society seems to be going off the rails. Economies are mired in widening and deepening inequality while the polity has deteriorated into a state of permanent hyper-partisan confrontation. Compromise and pragmatism seem a thing of the... -
Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began by Bruce Riedel
RRP: €23.79€20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815737292Author Bruce RiedelFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm)... -
Yiddish Revolutionaries in Migration: The Transnational History of the Jewish Labour Bund by Frank Wolff
RRP: €47.60€36.58This ground-breaking history of the General Jewish Labour Bund in migration investigates how the organisation transformed itself from a revolutionary protagonist in early twentieth-century Russia to a socialist institution of secular Jewish life and... -
Character by Robert McKee 9781455591954
RRP: €41.65€26.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455591954Author Robert McKeeFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 150mm * 33mm -
The Isis Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement by Haroro J Ingram 9780197501436
RRP: €53.49€51.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197501436Author Haroro J IngramFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 140mm * 38mm -
Local Government Law: A Practical Guidebook for Public Officials on City Councils, Community Boards and Planning Commissions by Gerald A. Fisher
RRP: €39.26€34.70Local Government Law provides a unique resource with concise, easy-to-understand explanations of important legal issues faced by local public officials, community boards, and city councils. From the moment officials take office, they face decisions... -
Doc: The life and times of Aussie rock legend Doc Neeson by Anne Souter 9781760875367
RRP: €17.84€11.97Often compared to David Bowie and Mick Jagger, Doc Neeson was hailed as a 'messianic rock god'.He was thumping, pumping, sweaty hard rock. He commanded the stage. He was unstoppable. He was terrifying. He was wild. He was a legend. And as their front... -
The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input by Tony Cheng 9780226830650
RRP: €19.04€18.77A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement. The past few years have seen Americans express passionate demands for police transformation. But even as discussion of no-knock warrants,... -
The Senkaku Paradox: Risking Great Power War Over Small Stakes by Michael E. O'Hanlon
RRP: €29.75€25.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815736899Author Michael E. O'HanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)... -
From Triumph to Crisis: Neoliberal Economic Reform in Postcommunist Countries by Hilary Appel
RRP: €34.50€29.52The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated domestic opposition to 'shock therapy' and Washington Consensus reforms, but many... -
Homeland Security in the UK: Future Preparedness for Terrorist Attack since 9/11 by Paul Wilkinson 9780415383752
RRP: €35.69€32.18This book is a detailed examination of whether domestic security measures are striking an appropriate balance between homeland security and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era.Professor Paul Wilkinson and the other contributors assess the nature of UK... -
Evidence and Knowledge for Practice by Tony Evans 9780745643403
€20.38Evidence and knowledge are fundamental in professional practice. A key skill for social workers is understanding how to use the range of sources available. Being able to explain the evidence underpinning decisions and the knowledge base of professional... -
Four Years in the Cauldron: The Gripping Story of an Irishman Making Sense of America by Brian O'Donovan
RRP: €11.89€8.71SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and authoritative reporting of a tumultuous period in American life has... -
The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money Dan Briody 9780471745945
RRP: €23.79€15.89The author of the bestseller The Iron Triangle untangles a web of political back scratching in one of the world's most powerful companies Halliburton-a Texas oil-field company Dick Cheney ran before he became Vice President-has courted controversy for... -
Water and Society: Changing Perceptions of Societal and Historical Development Terje Tvedt (University of Bergen, Norway) 9780755606481
RRP: €28.55€25.32This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient and modern, its social... -
Protest Inc.: The Corporatization of Activism Peter Dauvergne (University of British Columbia) 9780745669496
RRP: €20.22€18.40Mass protests have raged since the global financial crisis of 2008. Across the world students and workers and environmentalists are taking to the streets. Discontent is seething even in the wealthiest countries, as the world saw with Occupy Wall Street... -
A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day by Friso Wielenga 9781350379596
RRP: €29.74€26.10Friso Wielenga's detailed history of the Netherlands traces its political development from independence to today, incorporating significant explorations of culture, economics, international relations, colonisation and decolonisation in the process. It... -
Contemporary Debates on Terrorism Richard Jackson (University of Otago, New Zealand) 9781138931367
RRP: €47.59€42.04Contemporary Debates on Terrorism is an innovative textbook, addressing a number of key issues in terrorism studies from both traditional and 'critical' perspectives. This second edition has been revised and updated to cover contemporary issues such as... -
How Trump Thinks: His Tweets and the Birth of a New Political Language by Peter Oborne 9781786698018
RRP: €10.70€8.40The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalist and populist campaign for the presidency of the USA was his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media, this form of communication has often been assumed to encourage the dissemination of... -
The Breakup of India and Palestine: The Causes and Legacies of Partition by Victor Kattan 9781526170309
RRP: €107.10€76.66This book is the first study of political and legal thinking about the partitions of India and Palestine in 1947. The chapters in the volume, authored by leading scholars of partition, draw attention to the pathways of peoples, geographic spaces,... -
The Forgotten City: Rethinking Digital Living for Our People and the Planet Phil Allmendinger 9781447356011
RRP: €11.89€9.63We all want cities, where more than half of the world's population currently live, to be just, successful, clean, fair, green, sustainable, safe, healthy and affordable. Will 'smart cities' help achieve these aspirations or undermine them in the time of... -
Longevity Park by Zhou Daxin 9781838905293
RRP: €17.84€13.29China is ageing. Its shrinking households, overworked and overstretched, struggle to carry the burden of care for their elderly. Retired Beijing judge Uncle Xiao is one among millions of old-timers who face a hopeless choice: accept a lonely decline, or... -
Spanish Politics: Democracy after Dictatorship Omar G. Encarnacion (Associate Professor of Political Studies, Bard College, USA) 9780745639932
€25.23Since the demise of the Franco dictatorship in 1977 Spain has emerged as one of the worlds most successful new democracies. But what accounts for the remarkable process of democratization in Spain, a country infamous for its long history of civil wars,... -
A Constitution for the Common Good: Strengthening Democracy in a Disunited Kingdom by W. Elliot Bulmer 9781910021743
RRP: €16.65€11.94Providing a recent history of the Scottish Government's Constitutional Policy since 2011, Bulmer asks what exactly is the 'common good' and what type of constitution would serve it, while also addressing questions of poverty, wealth, inequality and... -
The Revival Of Resistance: The 2022-3 strikes, and the battles still to come by Mark L. Thomas 9781914143700
RRP: €7.14€5.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914143700Author Mark L. ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications -
The United Nations and Changing World Politics: Revised and Updated with a New Introduction by Thomas G. Weiss
RRP: €53.54€47.22The revised and updated Introduction to this classic text situates the UN in substantially changing world politics, including: The election of the ninth Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres; The burgeoning of "new nationalisms" worldwide, including most... -
Politics and the People: Scotland, 1945-1979 by Malcolm Petrie
RRP: €101.15€81.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781474456982Author Malcolm PetrieFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University PressWeight(grams) 156g -
Africa's First Democrats: Somalia's Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen by Abdi Ismail Samatar 9780253022226
RRP: €88.06€76.70Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country's independence when Africa's first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the...