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Why Women Will Save the Planet by Friends of the Earth 9781786993144
RRP: €20.22€15.90Big 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... -
News: The Politics of Illusion, Tenth Edition by W. Lance Bennett
RRP: €36.89€35.93For over thirty years, News: The Politics of Illusion has not simply reflected the political communication field it has played a major role in shaping it. Today, the familiar news organizations of the legacy press are operating in a fragmenting and... -
Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism by Stephen Breyer 9781668021538
RRP: €38.08€23.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668021538Author Stephen BreyerFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Race Nation Class: Ambiguous Identities by Etienne Balibar
€14.85Forty years after the defeat of Nazism, and twenty years after the great wave of decolonization, how is it that racism remains a growing phenomenon? What are the special characteristics of contemporary racism? How can it be related to class divisions and... -
The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast by Michael Scott Moore
RRP: €13.08€8.88Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates-a riveting,thoughtful, and... -
Rosa Luxemburg: The Biography by J. P. Nettl
RRP: €47.60€39.48This biography, first published half a century ago, remains the most detailed and comprehensive study of Rosa Luxemburg. Nettl's extensive knowledge of the social and political context of the European socialist movements in which she was active, and his... -
How Sanctions Work: Iran and the Impact of Economic Warfare by Narges Bajoghli 9781503637801
RRP: €22.60€20.21Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and political culture of the targeted state, and in the everyday lives of... -
America's Reluctant Prince by Steven M. Gillon
RRP: €19.03€17.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524742409Author Steven M. GillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint E P Dutton & Co IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century by Moises Naim 9781250279200
RRP: €28.55€22.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250279200Author Moises NaimFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
Gimson's Presidents: Brief Lives from Washington to Trump by Andrew Gimson
RRP: €13.08€9.51'Crisp and witty' Charles Moore, Spectator'A brilliant survey of the occupants of the Oval Office' Daniel Johnson, Article'Witty and succinct with splendid caricatures' Tibor Fischer, CriticA spirited and entertaining aide-memoire offering 44 short,... -
Return to the Source: Selected Texts of Amilcar Cabral, New Expanded Edition by Amilcar Cabral
RRP: €20.22€16.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900045Author Amilcar CabralFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Ranking the World: Grading States as a Tool of Global Governance by Alexander Cooley
RRP: €36.88€27.19Over the last decade, international rankings have emerged as a critical tool used by international actors engaged in global governance. State practices and performance are now judged by a number of high-profile indices, including assessments of their... -
The American Civil Rights Movement: A Documentary History by Robert P. Green 9780719070136
RRP: €23.79€21.54The American Civil Rights Movement: A documentary history collects in a single, brief volume, documents reflecting key aspects of the Civil Rights Movement: the voices of social activists (and opponents), the legal struggle in the courts, and... -
The Shadow Factory: The Nsa from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America by James Bamford
RRP: €20.22€14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279392Author James BamfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Planning in the UK: An Introduction by Clara H. Greed 9780230303331
€45.86This accessible text introduces the history, theory and key issues of planning. It is designed to give those new to the subject, both planning and non-planning students, a concise overview of the whole field.Book InformationISBN 9780230303331Author Clara... -
Class War: A Literary History by Mark Steven
RRP: €22.60€18.91A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart the making and unmaking of social class through revolutionary combat. In a narrative that spans the globe and more than two centuries of history, Mark... -
Economics for the Many John McDonnell 9781788737449
RRP: €11.89€10.00Economics for the Many, edited and with an introduction by Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell, features contributions from the participants in his New Economics conferences, including Barry Gardiner, Ann Pettifor, Prem Sikka, and Guy... -
Tribes: How Our Need to Belong Can Make or Break Society by David Lammy
RRP: €15.46€10.51'A superb book about the tribalism gripping British politics. Tribes is measured, searching, pitilessly self-scrutinising and would probably amaze anyone who knows its author only from his Twitter persona' Decca Aitkenhead, Sunday TimesDavid was the... -
Oil, Power, and War: A Dark History by Matthieu Auzanneau
RRP: €23.79€17.31Catholic Herald Book Awards 2019 Finalist, Current Affairs "Auzanneau has created a towering telling of a dark and dangerous addiction."-Nature The story of oil is one of hubris, fortune, betrayal, and destruction. It is the story of a resource... -
Heidegger in Ruins: Between Philosophy and Ideology by Richard Wolin
RRP: €29.75€28.96What does it mean when a radical understanding of National Socialism is inextricably embedded in the work of the twentieth century's most important philosopher? "Combines close readings of Heidegger's key writings with a rich cultural, literary and... -
Economic Actors and the Limits of Transitional Justice: Truth and Justice for Past Business Complicity in Human Rights Violations by Leigh A. Payne 9780197267264
€89.87The rights of victims to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-repetition when businesses are involved in past and present abuses are seldom guaranteed. A legacy of impunity has prevailed globally in which economic actors have incurred few... -
The American Deep State: Big Money, Big Oil, and the Struggle for U.S. Democracy by Peter Dale Scott 9781442214255
RRP: €35.70€31.50Now in a new edition updated through the unprecedented 2016 presidential election, this provocative book makes a compelling case for a hidden "deep state" that influences and often opposes official U.S. policies. Prominent political analyst Peter Dale... -
Upheaval: How Nations Cope with Crisis and Change by Jared Diamond
RRP: €17.84€13.03'A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises - which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS ** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Author of the landmark... -
Break-Up: How Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon Went to War David, Kieran Clegg, Andrews 9781785907067
RRP: €23.80€17.27Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon's political partnership changed the face of Scotland, bringing the country to within 200,000 votes of independence in 2014 and holding sway at Holyrood for more than a decade. Since the referendum, Scottish nationalism... -
The Black Banners Declassified by Ali Soufan
RRP: €17.84€13.22A new, fully uncensored edition of the definitive insider's account of the War on Terror'A former FBI agent's memoir on the War on Terror is declassified after 9 years' Time'One of the most valuable and detailed accounts of its subject to appear in the... -
Twelve Years a Slave: The Black History Classic Solomon Northup 9780857089069
RRP: €11.89€8.33DISCOVER A TALE OF UNIMAGINABLE ADVERSITY Twelve Years a Slave tells the story of Solomon Northup, a free-born man of colour who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South in 1841. His true tale of captivity, torture and abuse brings to... -
Courting the Wild Twin by Martin Shaw
€20.63'Fabulous.' Dan Richards, author of Holloway 'Terrifically strange and thrilling.' Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley 'A modern-day bard.' Madeline Miller, author of Circe This is a book of literary activism - an antidote to the... -
The World in Conflict: Understanding the world's troublespots by John Andrews
RRP: €13.08€9.51Revised and updated fourth edition The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change and natural... -
Mission to Tashkent by F. M. Bailey 9780192803870
RRP: €14.27€11.73'one of the best books about secret intelligence work ever written' Peter Hopkirk. Colonel F. M. Bailey, whose extraordinary adventures are told here, was long accused by Moscow of being a British master-spy sent in 1918 to overthrow the Bolsheviks in... -
The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone
RRP: €23.79€17.73**The New York Times bestseller****Updated to include Obama's second term, Trump's first year and a half, climate change, nuclear winter, Korea, Russia, Iran, China, Libya, ISIS, and Syria**'This is not history for history's sake, however - this is the... -
White Terror: A True Story of Murder, Bombings and Germany’s Far Right by Jacob Kushner 9780008502775
RRP: €29.75€19.55'A shocking story of serial killers, twisted idealism and a country that looked away' Rory Carroll, bestselling author of Killing Thatcher In a tour de force of investigative journalism, White Terror tells for the first time the story of the National... -
Democracy and Political Change in Sub-Saharan Africa by John A. Wiseman
RRP: €59.49€51.77Since the end of the 1980s the most important political development in Sub-Saharan Africa has been the movement towards democracy. This is something that has affected nearly all the countries in the region in varying degrees. This book provides the... -
Politically Homeless by Matt Forde
RRP: €13.08€9.06'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' - RICHARD OSMAN'The second funniest book I have read about being a Labour supporter from Blair to Brexit' - JOHN O'FARRELL'Matt Forde is brilliant at finding... -
Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea's elite by Suki Kim
RRP: €17.84€13.03It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Over the next six months she will... -
The Cambridge Companion to Winston Churchill by Allen Packwood
RRP: €27.36€23.75Viewed by some as the saviour of his nation, and by others as a racist imperialist, who was Winston Churchill really, and how has he become such a controversial figure? Combining the best of established scholarship with important new perspectives, this... -
Seeing for Ourselves: And Even Stranger Possibilities by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan 9781914221224
€15.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914221224Author Suhaiymah Manzoor-KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hajar PressPublisher Hajar Press -
The Light that Failed: A Reckoning by Ivan Krastev
RRP: €13.08€9.51*Winner of the 2020 Lionel Gelber Prize*FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST, PROSPECT and EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR PICKA landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectualsWhy did the... -
A Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: €11.89€8.73In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man's natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal... -
Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Serhii Plokhy 9780141993287
RRP: €17.84€13.03*Shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History*'An enthralling account of a pivotal moment in modern history. . . replete with startling revelations about the deception and mutual suspicion that brought the US and Soviet Union to the... -
Bletchley Park and D-Day by David Kenyon
RRP: €13.08€11.91The untold story of Bletchley Park's key role in the success of the Normandy campaign Since the secret of Bletchley Park was revealed in the 1970s, the work of its codebreakers has become one of the most famous stories of the Second World War. But...