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Rentier Capitalism: Who Owns the Economy, and Who Pays for It? by Brett Christophers
RRP: £12.99£11.01In this landmark book, the author of The New Enclosure provides a forensic examination and sweeping critique of early-twenty-first-century capitalism. Brett Christophers styles this as 'rentier capitalism', in which ownership of key types of scarce... -
Handbook of Tyranny by Theo Deutinger 9783037787199
RRP: £35.00£23.17Handbook of Tyranny portrays the routine cruelties of the twenty-first century through a series of detailed non-fictional graphic illustrations. None of these cruelties represent extraordinary violence - they reflect the day-to-day implementation of laws... -
Pearson Edexcel A-level Politics Student Guide 4: Global Politics Second Edition by John Jefferies
£10.81This Student Guide will help you to:* Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics* Avoid common pitfalls with clear definitions and exam tips throughout* Reinforce your learning with bullet-list summaries at the end of each... -
Held in Contempt: What'S Wrong with the House of Commons? by Hannah White
RRP: £12.99£9.24Parliament, and the House of Commons in particular, is increasingly held in contempt by the British public. From attending parties during the Covid-19 lockdown to taking payment for lobbying, MPs undermine their credibility by acting as if the rules they... -
Order and Justice in International Relations by Rosemary Foot 9780199251209
£69.96The relationship between international order and justice has long been central to the study and practice of international relations. For most of the twentieth century, states and international society gave priority to a view of order that focused on the... -
Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam by H. R. McMaster
£14.45"The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or the college campuses. It was lost in Washington, D.C." -H. R. McMaster (from the Conclusion) Dereliction Of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and... -
I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange
RRP: £6.99£4.80The feminist book they tried to ban in France 'A delightful book' Roxane Gay Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt... -
The Third Option: Covert Action and American Foreign Policy by Loch K. Johnson
RRP: £27.99£26.22Loch Johnson's new book explores the subject of covert action, often referred to as a "Third Option" between America's use of diplomacy and warfare---a shadowy approach to international affairs based on the controversial use of secret propaganda,... -
Heaven's Command by Jan Morris
RRP: £12.99£8.56Jan Morris tells the epic story of the rise of the British Empire, from the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837 to her Diamond Jubilee in 1897. In this celebrated masterwork she vividly evokes every aspect of the 'great adventure', ranging from ships and... -
Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be by Diane Coyle
RRP: £20.00£15.89How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economyDigital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure,... -
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China II by Xi Jinping 9787119111636
RRP: £15.95£14.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787119111636Author Xi JinpingFormat PaperbackPage Count 515Imprint Foreign Languages PressPublisher Foreign Languages PressWeight(grams) 1000g -
Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space by Stephen Walker
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Thrilling ... High-definition history: tight, thrilling and beautifully researched' SUNDAY TIMES 'This book is a triumph' DAN SNOW 9.07 a.m., April 12, 1961. A... -
Covid Vaccines from a Spiritual Perspective: Consequences for the Soul and Spirit and for Life after Death by Thomas Mayer 9783910465008
RRP: £25.99£18.68Vaccination is a topic that has long divided opinion. Today, in view of Covid-19, that debate has become ever more polarized. Illustrated throughout with full-colour images, Covid Vaccines from a Spiritual Perspective deals with scientific facts, but... -
The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal by William J Burns
RRP: £21.00£12.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525508885Author William J. BurnsFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire by Christopher Kelly
RRP: £15.99£11.61Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks smashed through the frontiers of the Roman empire in a savage wave of death and destruction. His reign of terror shattered... -
The Best of Enemies: Diaries 1980-1997: At the heart of power with two Prime Ministers by Norman Fowler 9781785908156
RRP: £25.00£17.84The Best of Enemies is the political diaries of one of the most significant politicians of the late twentieth century. Covering the Thatcher/Major period - during which time Norman Fowler held prominent positions in the Cabinet and as party chairman -... -
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? Mathias Koenig-Archibugi 9780198921127
RRP: £90.00£81.58Can humanity achieve collective self-government in a highly interdependent world? Catastrophic climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war and displacement, the dangers of nuclear weapons and new technologies, and persistent poverty and inequality... -
People Like Us: Margaret Thatcher and Me by Caroline Slocock 9781785904608
RRP: £9.99£7.27As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister, and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final eighteen months of her premiership. A left-wing feminist, Slocock was no natural... -
The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind by Judith Butler
RRP: £9.99£9.88Judith Butler's new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the... -
Policy Analysis in South Korea by Sounman Hong
RRP: £101.99£78.09The industrialisation and modernisation in South Korea that followed the Second World War resulted in rapid progress in economic development, public administration, social service provision and the establishment of modern public policy. Bringing together... -
Hobbes: Leviathan: Revised student edition by Thomas Hobbes
RRP: £17.99£16.34Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil (Hobbes' life spanned the reign of Charles I, the Civil Wars, the Commonwealth and the... -
Red Corona: A Richard Knox Spy Thriller: 'A thriller of true ambition and scope.' Lucie Whitehouse by Tim Glister
RRP: £8.99£5.92WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE! 'Relentless and sleek. This pitch-perfect debut signals the arrival of a remarkable talent.' A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window 'A thoroughly engaging spy thriller that had me gripped from start to... -
The Cambridge History of the Cold War by Melvyn P. Leffler 9781107602298
RRP: £33.99£30.26This volume examines the origins and early years of the Cold War. In the first comprehensive reexamination of the period, a team of leading scholars shows how the conflict evolved from the geopolitical, ideological, economic and sociopolitical... -
The Verso Book of Feminism: Revolutionary Words from Four Millennia of Rebellion by Jessie Kindig
RRP: £10.99£8.94Throughout written history and across the world, women have protested the restrictions of gender and the limitations placed on women's bodies and women's lives. People-of any and no gender-have protested and theorized, penned manifestos and written... -
In Defence of the Republic by Cicero
RRP: £10.99£7.77Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'... -
Nazism 1919-1945 Volume 1: The Rise to Power 1919-1934: A Documentary Reader by Jeremy Noakes 9780859895989
RRP: £17.59£16.15Volume 1 of this series of documents with commentary covers the period from the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919 to Hitler's assumption of the office of Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor of 1 August 1934. The documents in the four volumes of this series are... -
Wildlife Politics by Bruce Rocheleau 9781107187306
RRP: £59.99£54.15Attitudes towards charismatic animals such as tigers, lions, bears and wolves vary greatly and change over time, resulting in bitter political debates. This comprehensive book identifies and analyses the factors that influence policies across the globe,... -
Liberty or Death: India's Journey to Independence and Division by Patrick French
RRP: £14.99£10.95Liberty or Death is Patrick French's vivid and surprising account of the chaotic final years of colonial rule in India, acclaimed as the definitive book on this subject. At midnight on 14 August 1947, Great Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire was... -
Free Speech And Why It Matters by Andrew Doyle
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Impassioned, scholarly and succinct' The TimesFREE SPEECH AND WHY IT MATTERSFree speech is the bedrock of all our liberties, and yet in recent years it has come to be mistrusted. A new form of social justice activism, which perceives language as... -
The Sugar Barons by Matthew Parker
RRP: £12.99£9.09For 200 years after 1650 the West Indies were the most fought-over colonies in the world, as Europeans made and lost immense fortunes growing and trading in sugar - a commodity so lucrative that it was known as white gold. Young men, beset by death and... -
Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way by Amin Maalouf 9781912987108
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912987108Author Amin MaaloufFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint World Editions LtdPublisher World Editions LtdDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 21mm -
Average Is Over: Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen
RRP: £21.99£14.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780142181119Author Tyler CowenFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 227g -
Ending the Social Care Crisis: A New Road to Reform by Richard Humphries
RRP: £14.99£12.13What lies behind England's crisis in adult social care, why has real change been so hard and what can be done? Ensuring effective, sustainable and affordable care and support for people of all ages is an urgent public policy challenge. This vital book... -
Rights of Man by Thomas Paine 9780140390155
RRP: £6.99£5.13One of the great classics on democracy, Rights of Man was published in England in 1791 as a vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government. In direct, forceful prose, Paine defends popular rights, national... -
Bean Counters: The Triumph of the Accountants and How They Broke Capitalism by Richard Brooks
RRP: £12.99£8.56'A devastating expose.' Mail on SundayThey helped cause the 2008 financial crash.They created a global tax avoidance industry.They lurk behind the scenes at every level of government...The world's 'Big Four' accountancy firms - PwC, Deloitte, Ernst &... -
The Politics of Language by David Beaver 9780691181981
RRP: £35.00£27.74A provocative case for the inherently political nature of languageIn The Politics of Language, David Beaver and Jason Stanley present a radical new approach to the theory of meaning, offering an account of communication in which political and social... -
What Really Happened in Wuhan: a Virus Like No Other, Countless Infections, Millions of Deaths by Sharri Markson
RRP: £9.99£6.64Walkley Award-winning journalist, Sharri Markson is the Investigations Editor at The Australian and host of prime-time show Sharri on Sky News Australia. The origins of Covid-19 are shrouded in mystery. Scientists and government officials insisted, for a... -
Network Governance and the Differentiated Polity: Selected Essays, Volume I by R. A. W. Rhodes 9780198786108
£93.77Network Governance and the Differentiated Polity is the first of two volumes featuring a selection of key writings by R. A. W. Rhodes. Volume I collects in one place for the first time the main articles written by Rhodes on policy networks and governance... -
Dead Drop: TheTrue Story of Oleg Penkovsky and the Cold War's Most Dangerous Operation by Jeremy Duns 9781849839297
RRP: £8.99£5.82The astonishing true story of how the CIA, MI6 and a Soviet defector saved the world in 1962, as told in the new film, The Courier, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. In August 1960, a Soviet colonel called Oleg Penkovsky tried to make contact with the West... -
After The Future by Franco Berardi
RRP: £12.00£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849350594Author Franco BerardiFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 263g