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Gender – In World Perspective by R Connell
RRP: £15.99£14.41How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And how is gender entwined in global politics and debates over trans issues? Raewyn... -
The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021 by Peter Baker
£22.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385546539Author Peter BakerFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
The Butcher of Poland: Hitler's Lawyer Hans Frank by Garry O'Connor 9781803995908
RRP: £14.99£11.55The life of Bavarian Hans Frank, one of the ten war criminals hanged at Nuremburg in 1946, has not received the full attention the world has given to other Nazi leaders. In many ways, he warrants it more. His life symbolised Germany's hubristic and... -
The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present by Professor Robert Aldrich
RRP: £24.99£23.26The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new... -
Farewell the Trumpets by Jan Morris
RRP: £14.99£9.80Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat traces the momentous decline and fall of the greatest of empires - from Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. With characteristic balance, this masterpiece of narrative... -
My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion Cloth by Barnier
RRP: £25.00£16.78In June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As the EU's chief negotiator, for four years Michel Barnier had a seat at the table as the two sides thrashed out what 'Brexit' would really mean. The result would change... -
Believing in Me by Deborah Somorin
RRP: £17.99£12.95Homeless at 13, pregnant at 14: life was not working out the way young Deborah Somorin had hoped. And yet, Deborah is now a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young, founder of housing body Empower the Family and mother of a 13-year-old. How was... -
Women of Westminster: The MPs who Changed Politics by Rachel Reeves
RRP: £9.99£7.67Foreword by Dame Winifred Mary Beard. -------- This updated edition is a complete account of the first 100 years of women in Parliament. In 1919 Nancy Astor was elected as the Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton, becoming the first woman MP... -
Who Owns the Moon?: In Defence of Humanity’s Common Interests in Space by A. C. Grayling 9780861547258
RRP: £16.99£11.67As the world's superpowers and corporations jostle for control in space, A. C. Grayling asks: who really owns our planet? 'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects.' STEVEN PINKER Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries;... -
Maneuver Warfare Handbook by William S. Lind
RRP: £58.99£51.08Maneuver warfare, often controversial and requiring operational and tactical innovation, poses perhaps the most important doctrinal questions currently facing the conventional military forces of the U.S. Its purpose is to defeat the enemy by disrupting... -
How Churchill Waged War: The Most Challenging Decisions of the Second World War by Allen Packwood 9781526771094
RRP: £14.99£10.95When Winston Churchill accepted the position of Prime Minister in May 1940, he insisted in also becoming Minister of Defence. He was not going to play the chairman's role, adjudicating between the competing claims of the ministers below him. He was going... -
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy by David Nasaw
RRP: £10.99£8.17In this pioneering new work, celebrated historian David Nasaw examines the life of Joseph P. Kennedy, the founder of the twentieth century's most famous political dynasty. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents and... -
Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction by Steven Grosby
RRP: £8.99£6.45This book examines the political and moral challenges that face the vast majority of human beings who consider themselves to be members of various nations. It explores nationality through the difficulties and conflicts that have arisen throughout... -
Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom by Andre de Ruyter 9781776390625
RRP: £16.99£11.54When Andre de Ruyter took over as Eskom CEO in January 2020, he quickly realised why it was considered the toughest job in South Africa. Aside from neglected equipment, ageing power stations and an eroded skills base, he discovered that... -
Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell 9780743254083
RRP: £24.95£15.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254083Author Thomas SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 25mm -
Thomas Holcroft's Revolutionary Drama: Reception and Afterlives by Amy Garnai
RRP: £31.00£27.36A key figure in British literary circles following the French Revolution, novelist and playwright Thomas Holcroft promoted ideas of reform and equality informed by the philosophy of his close friend William Godwin. Arrested for treason in 1794 and... -
In Pursuit Of Revolutionary Love by Joy James
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739843106Author Joy JamesFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Divided PublishingPublisher Divided Publishing -
UK Government and Politics for A-level Sixth Edition by Philip Lynch
RRP: £29.00£24.74- Comprehensive coverage and analysis of relevant political developments helps develop students' knowledge and key skills-Up-to-date examples, case studies and debate feature will improve students' grasp of contemporary developments in UK... -
What to Do About the U.N. by Claudia Rosett 9781594039720
£5.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039720Author Claudia RosettFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
The Fall and Rise of the British Left by Andrew Murray
RRP: £14.99£12.55The remarkable advance of "Corbynism" did not emerge from nowhere. It is the product of developments in socialist and working-class politics over the past forty years and more. The Thatcher era witnessed a wholesale attack on the postwar consensus and... -
The New Counterinsurgency Era: Transforming the U.S. Military for Modern Wars by David H. Ucko 9781589014886
RRP: £48.00£42.41Confronting insurgent violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has recognized the need to "re-learn" counterinsurgency. But how has the Department of Defense with its mixed efforts responded to this new strategic environment? Has it learned... -
Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: £14.99£13.09Featuring extensive revisions to the text as well as a new introduction and epilogue-bringing the book completely up to date on the tumultuous politics of the previous decade and the long-term implications of the Soviet collapse-this compact, original,... -
Trinity: The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History by Frank Close
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Everything about this story is astounding' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times"Trinity" was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. Trinity is now also the extraordinary story of the bomb's metaphorical father,... -
Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World by Diana Preston
RRP: £12.99£9.26Meticulously researched and vividly written, Eight Days at Yalta is a remarkable work of intense historical drama.In the last winter of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin arrived in the Crimean resort of... -
Harold Wilson by Ben Pimlott
RRP: £18.99£12.71Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson's birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen. ... -
The Contest for the Indian Ocean: And the Making of a New World Order Darshana M Baruah 9780300270914
RRP: £20.00£16.98A major new examination of the Indian Ocean, revealing how the region has become a hotly contested geopolitical flashpoint Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been an essential space for trade, commerce, and culture. Every European power has sought... -
The Art of Protest: Political Art and Activism by Gestalten
RRP: £40.00£28.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040111Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag -
The Evolution of Co-Operation by Robert Axelrod
RRP: £12.99£9.09How can co-operation emerge in a world of self-seeking egoists - whether superpowers, businesses, or individuals - when there is no central authority to police their actions? The author explores this central question, and its implications in this age of... -
Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader by Michael Parenti 9780872864825
RRP: £24.99£21.84Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Michael Parenti is one of America's most astute and engaging political analysts. Parenti's work has enlightened and enlivened readers for many years, covering a wide range of subjects. Here is a rich... -
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor by Mark Harmon 9781400337019
RRP: £20.00£13.34NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." - Publishers WeeklyA U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the... -
A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston and Clementine Churchill's youngest child by Mary Soames
RRP: £12.99£9.09At ninety years old, Mary Soames is the only surviving child of Winston and Clementine Churchill. A Daughter's Tale follows her early life from an idyllic childhood in her own 'Garden of Eden' at Chartwell to her ATS service in mixed anti-aircraft... -
Reinventing Theology in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Challenges and Hopes by Marcel Uwineza
RRP: £100.00£88.04The first comprehensive examination of the Catholic Church's role in the genocide against the Tutsi and its attempts at reconciliation From April to July 1994, more than a million people were killed during the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda... -
Brexitland by Maria Sobolewska
RRP: £12.99£8.57Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarisation and volatility run, drawing out... -
Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West by Perry Anderson
RRP: £16.99£14.10The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its representatives. Sixty years after the founding treaty,... -
Mick Lynch: The Making of a Working-Class Hero by Gregor Gall 9781526173096
RRP: £20.00£14.53In the summer of 2022, the little-known leader of a small union became a 'working-class hero'. Facing down media pundits who thought they could walk all over him, he offered a robust critique of the government and provided workers with an authentic voice... -
Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time by Mark Hyman
RRP: £10.99£6.47Our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies is food. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the... -
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Magisterial ... Immensely readable' Douglas Alexander, Financial Times'Insightful, productively provocative and downright brilliant' New York Times A compelling history of catastrophes and their consequences, from 'the most brilliant British historian... -
Creating Better Futures: Scenario Planning as a Tool for a better tomorrow by James A. Ogilvy 9780195146110
RRP: £29.49£23.81As a founder and managing director of Global Business Network, James Ogilvy helped develop the technique of scenario planning, which has become an integral part of strategic thinking in both business and government. Now Ogilvy shows how we can use this... -
Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews by Michael Smith 9781785900549
RRP: £11.99£8.60As the horror of Nazism tightened its grip on Germany, Jews found themselves trapped and desperate. For many, their only hope of salvation came in the form of a small, bespectacled British man: Frank Foley. Working as a Berlin Passport Control Officer,... -
Rousseau: The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings by Victor Gourevitch 9781316605448
RRP: £19.99£18.01A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract, and the extensive, late Considerations on the...