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Parenting A Child Affected by Domestic Violence by British Association for Adoption & Fostering 9781910039311
RRP: €10.65€7.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039311Author British Association for Adoption & FosteringFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering... -
Inventing the Future: Postcapitalism and a World Without Work by Nick Srnicek
RRP: €11.89€10.00Neoliberalism isn't working. Austerity is forcing millions into poverty and many more into precarious work, while the left remains trapped in stagnant political practices that offer no respite.Inventing the Future is a bold new manifesto for life after... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9781853267758
RRP: €5.94€4.30Translated by C.E.Detmold. With an Introduction by Lucille Margaret Kekewich.Written in 1513 for the Medici, following their return to power in Florence, The Prince is a handbook on ruling and the exercise of power. It remains as relevant today as it was... -
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
RRP: €17.84€13.22Winner of the 2010 W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for Best Political Science Book of the Year 2010The relentless rise of Communism was the most momentous political development of the first half of the twentieth century. No political change has been more... -
A Socialist History of the French Revolution Jean Jaures 9780745342191
RRP: €23.79€16.12'Tantalizing prose' - TLS Jean Jaures was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1914 for trying to use diplomacy and industrial action to prevent the outbreak of war. Published just a few years before his death, his magisterial... -
Our Enemies will Vanish by Yaroslav Trofimov 9780241655443
RRP: €29.75€21.44A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian resistance by Pulitzer Prize finalist Yaroslav Trofimov, the chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.'Reads like a great novel' SEBASTIAN... -
The Secret Life of Special Advisers by Peter Cardwell
RRP: €23.80€17.49Shadowy geniuses whispering, Rasputinlike, into the ears of our elected politicians under a cloak of secrecy, or a crucial but undervalued cog in the machinery of government? ...Or just a rag-tag band of weirdos and misfits? Despite the acres of... -
Critical: Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it by Dr Julia Grace Patterson 9780008603526
RRP: €11.89€8.14The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. 'The NHS is an institution. But it's also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for... -
Britain and Defence 1945-2000: A Policy Re-evaluation by Stuart Croft 9780582303775
€61.36This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world warBook InformationISBN 9780582303775Author Stuart CroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint RoutledgePublisher Taylor &... -
The Perils of Interpreting: The Extraordinary Lives of Two Translators between Qing China and the British Empire by The Perils of Interpreting Henrietta Harrison
RRP: €41.65€33.26A fascinating history of China's relations with the West-told through the lives of two eighteenth-century translatorsThe 1793 British embassy to China, which led to Lord George Macartney's fraught encounter with the Qianlong emperor, has often been... -
The South of France for Art Lovers Eric Rinckhout 9789460582790
RRP: €22.55€15.84There's more to the South of France than sun, beaches, palm trees and the azure blue sea. For over a hundred years, it has been the favourite destination of many artists, who find themselves drawn to the superb light and the pleasant climate. The South... -
Cicero: On Duties by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: €30.93€26.91De Officiis (On Duties) was Cicero's last philosophical work. In it he made use of Greek thought to formulate the political and ethical values of Roman Republican society as he saw them, revealing incidentally a great deal about actual practice. Writing... -
Modern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction by Senia Paseta
RRP: €10.70€7.91This 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... -
I Spy: My Life in MI5 Tom Marcus 9781509864096
RRP: €22.60€16.67'One of the most successful MI5 undercover surveillance officers of his time.' - Sun'The brutal truth about the war against terror. Fast-paced and gripping.' - Ant Middleton The explosive book from ex-MI5 surveillance officer Tom Marcus takes the reader... -
Seven Ways to Change the World: How To Fix The Most Pressing Problems We Face Gordon Brown 9781398503618
RRP: €29.75€16.60THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER 'His vision, ideas and passion shine through on every page' Ed Balls'Compelling, challenging, inspiring and very timely' Piers Morgan'Immensely powerful and persuasive...I found it exhilarating throughout' Joanna... -
The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself by Nick Bryant 9781399409308
RRP: €29.75€21.54From the author of When America Stopped Being Great, an insightful and urgent reassessment of America’s past, present and future – as a country which is forever at war with itself. The Forever War tells the story of how America’s extreme polarisation is... -
Enlightenment's Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age by John Gray
RRP: €15.46€14.21John Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream readership to a man who was already one of the UK's most well respected thinkers and political theorists.Gray wrote... -
Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World Malcolm Harris 9781529430875
RRP: €35.70€24.28The true, unvarnished history of the town at the heart of Silicon Valley.Palo Alto is nice. The weather is temperate, the people are educated, rich, healthy, enterprising. Remnants of a hippie counterculture have synthesized with high technology and big... -
The Prince and the Plunder: How Britain took one small boy and hundreds of treasures from Ethiopia by Andrew Heavens
RRP: €27.36€20.69'Extraordinary and thrilling ... This story should be known to every man, woman and child' - Lemn SissayIn 1868, British troops charged into the mountain empire of Ethiopia, stormed the citadel of its monarch Tewodros II and grabbed piles of his... -
Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Legions, the SS Wiking and the SS Nordland by Jonathan Trigg
RRP: €17.84€13.95The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan 'supermen', forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Hitler, was epitomised by the Waffen-SS. Created as a supreme military elite, it grew to become Nazi Germany's 'second army', an immense force... -
The Virtue of Nationalism Yoram Hazony 9781541645370
RRP: €29.75€22.86In the wake of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, countless words have been written and uttered about nationalism-many accusing nationalists of racism, hatred, and violence. But nationalism wasn't always considered evil. Indeed, such venerated... -
The Great Charity Scandal: What Really Happens to the Billions We Give to Good Causes? by David Craig
RRP: €9.70€8.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872188119Author David CraigFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Original Book CompanyPublisher Original Book CompanyWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm)... -
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance by Mikhail Zygar 9781399609012
RRP: €26.18€23.80'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.' Drawing from his perilous career investigating the frontiers of the Russian empire,... -
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Three: Herself Alone by Charles Moore 9780241324745
RRP: €41.65€30.81Shortlisted for the 2020 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITINGThe final part of Charles Moore's bestselling and definitive biography of Britain's first female Prime Minister, 'One of the great biographical achievements of our times' (Sunday Times)A TIMES,... -
Harry's Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it Harry Leslie Smith 9781848317369
RRP: €10.70€7.47'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness... -
States and Markets by Susan Strange
RRP: €30.93€27.62'[States and Markets] should be read by every student of international political economy.' - International Relations Theory. Susan Strange was one of the most influential international relations scholars of the latter half of the twentieth century... -
Fallout: the Hiroshima cover-up and the reporter who revealed it to the world by Lesley Blume
RRP: €17.84€11.64A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES AND VANITY FAIR New York Times bestselling author Lesley Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of the greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century - the true effects of the atom bomb -... -
A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by Bruce Cannon Gibney
€25.35We are living in a time when it has become fashionable to question the American Dream and to proclaim the end of American exceptionalism (though it's not clear what that is or was). It's Reagan's, Bush's, Clinton's, Bush's, Obama's fault that social... -
Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle of the Twenty-First Century -- 4th Edition pbk by Jw Smith 9781933567013
€38.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933567013Author Jw SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Institute for Economic DemocracyPublisher Institute for Economic DemocracyWeight(grams)... -
Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship by Stephen Vines 9781911723295
RRP: €17.84€16.47'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC’s authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi’s China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in... -
Free the Press: The Death of American Journalism and How to Revive It by Brian J. Karem
RRP: €29.75€22.40While the phrase "Fake News" may be a recent phenomenon, the relationship between journalists and the politicians they cover has been on a course for disaster for decades. From Richard Nixon's disdain for the press, to Donald Trump's claims that... -
Dark Towers UK by David Enrich 9780063069213
€14.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063069213Author David EnrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)... -
Women For Peace: Banners From Greenham Common by Charlotte Dew 9781909829183
€18.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909829183Author Charlotte DewFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Four Corners BooksPublisher Four Corners Books -
Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents Monica Sharma 9781583948958
RRP: €21.41€15.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583948958Author Monica SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Tango, Juliet, Foxtrot: How did British policing go wrong? by Iain Donnelly 9781785907166
RRP: €23.80€17.97In thirty years on the front line of British policing, there is very little that Iain Donnelly didn't do: from being a uniformed constable on the beat in London to running counter-terrorism and surveillance operations, combatting child sexual... -
The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi
RRP: €13.08€9.51Written in 1957, when North African independence movements were gaining momentum, The Colonizer and the Colonized studies the enduring legacy, political as much as psychological, of colonisation throughout the world. Albert Memmi depicts colonialism as... -
What A Bloody Awful Country: Northern Ireland's century of division by Kevin Meagher
RRP: €13.08€9.51"For God's sake, bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country!" Home Secretary Reginald Maudling, returning from his first visit to Northern Ireland in 1970 As a long and bloody guerrilla war staggered to a close on the island of Ireland,... -
A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-1954 by Michael J. Hogan 9780521795371
RRP: €36.88€30.98In A Cross of Iron, one of the country's most distinguished diplomatic historians provides a comprehensive account of the national security state that emerged in the first decade of the Cold War. Michael J. Hogan traces the process of state-making as it... -
#futuregen: Lessons from a Small Country Jane Davidson 9781603589604
RRP: €17.84€11.96'What Wales is doing today, the world will do tomorrow.' -Nikhil Seth, UN Assistant Secretary General '...the story of this revolutionary engine for change holds enormous possibility and is a true beacon of hope.' -Michael Sheen OBE, actor and UNICEF... -
The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise by Richard N. Langlois
RRP: €49.98€39.63A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial eraThe twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transformation, from entrepreneurial to managerial capitalism,...