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Pike and Shot Tactics 1590-1660 by Keith Roberts 9781846034695
RRP: €17.84€14.20Throughout the 17th century large parts of Europe were depopulated during the wide-ranging and savage wars of religion and dynasty, involving all of the major powers. This was therefore a key period in the development of 'modern' infantry tactics, such... -
Giving Back: How to Do Good, Better by Derek A. Bardowell 9780349701981
RRP: €15.46€10.51Do you wish you could do more to change the world but don't know how? Do you ever look around at the many charities asking for donations and feel overwhelmed? This inspiring and uplifting book explores the effectiveness of charity and calls for more... -
Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea by Leah Hunt-Hendrix 9780593701249
RRP: €29.75€19.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593701249Author Leah Hunt-HendrixFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint PantheonPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 658g -
The Great Betrayal by Rod Liddle
RRP: €17.84€11.96'Very funny' Spectator Book of the Year'Robust and entertaining' Sunday Times Book of the Year'Betcha we don't leave.' I wrote that on the evening of 24 June 2016, once the euphoria had passed. A lot of us leavers, despite being elderly and thick, knew... -
Me and My Cystic Fibrosis by Molly-Rose Ayling 9781909515260
RRP: €7.13€5.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909515260Author Molly-Rose AylingFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Fiona WoodheadPublisher Fiona Woodhead -
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the College de France, 1978-1979 by Michel Foucault
RRP: €29.74€26.33Foucault continues on the theme of his 1978 course by focusing on the study of liberal and neo-liberal forms of government and concentrating in particular on two forms of neo-liberalism: German post-war liberalism and the liberalism of the Chicago School... -
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das
RRP: €35.70€23.29WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A SPECTATOR, WATERSTONES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, PROSPECT AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the... -
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman 9781400069712
RRP: €45.22€30.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400069712Author Ronen BergmanFormat HardbackPage Count 784Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1128gDimensions(mm)... -
Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West by Perry Anderson
RRP: €20.22€17.04The 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,... -
The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America by Kenneth Pollack 9780812973365
RRP: €23.79€16.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812973365Author Kenneth PollackFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 201mm... -
The Roar of the Lion: The Untold Story of Churchill's World War II Speeches by Richard Toye 9780198715450
RRP: €20.22€14.98''My aunt, listening to the Prime Minister's speech, remarked of "our greatest orator", "He's no speaker, is he?"' -diary of teacher M.A. Pratt, 11 Nov. 1942. The popular story of Churchill's war-time rhetoric is a simple one: the British people were... -
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement by Graham Gooch
RRP: €17.84€13.03A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is the only dictionary available with a primary focus on UK law enforcement terms. Succinct and practical in its approach, it contains over 3,400 entries covering ever aspect of this diverse field, including terms related... -
Impossible Exchange by Jean Baudrillard
€20.29Working his way through the various spheres and systems of everyday life-the political, the juridical, the economical, the aesthetic, the biological, among others-he finds that they are all characterized by the same non-equivalence, and hence the same... -
Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession by Reinier de Graaf 9780674241466
RRP: €24.93€20.87A Financial Times Best Book of the YearA Guardian Best Architecture Book of the Year"Sharp, revealing, funny."-The Guardian"An original and even occasionally hilarious book about losing ideals and finding them again... [De Graaf] deftly shows that... -
Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction Norberto Bobbio (University of Turin) 9780745615615
RRP: €17.84€16.40Following the collapse of communism and the decline of Marxism, some commentators have claimed that we have reached the 'end of history' and that the distinction between Left and Right can be forgotten. In this book - which was a tremendous success in... -
How Labour Wins: (And Why It Loses) From 1900 to Now Douglas Beattie 9781783968343
RRP: €23.80€16.49A fascinating history of how the unfolding drama of each election from 1900 to 2024 has shaped the Labour Party and modern Britain.Book InformationISBN 9781783968343Author Douglas BeattieFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Elliott & Thompson... -
Offensive Cyber Operations: Understanding Intangible Warfare by Daniel Moore 9781911723325
RRP: €22.60€20.53Cyber-warfare is often discussed, but rarely truly seen. When does an intrusion turn into an attack, and what does that entail? How do nations fold offensive cyber operations into their strategies? Operations against networks mostly occur to collect... -
The Young Survivors by Debra Barnes
RRP: €10.70€7.95What if everyone you loved was suddenly taken away? Five siblings struggle to stay together as the tides of war threaten to tear them apart. When Germany invades France in the Second World War, the five Laskowski children lose everything: their home,... -
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French
RRP: €33.31€28.58In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the... -
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by Francis Wheen
RRP: €14.27€10.31An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheen's Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004's most talked about books. In 1979 two events occurred that would... -
The Watkins Tarot Handbook: A Practical System of Self-Discovery Naomi Ozaniec 9781786786678
RRP: €17.84€11.96The Watkins Tarot Handbook is a classic in the field, explaining how we can work with the Tarot for more than just "fortune-telling". Clearly written and always accessible, it not only explains the basic structure and interpretation of the cards, but... -
Epistemologies of the South: Justice Against Epistemicide Boaventura de Sousa Santos 9781612055459
RRP: €42.83€38.01This book explores the concept of 'cognitive injustice': the failure to recognise the different ways of knowing by which people across the globe run their lives and provide meaning to their existence. Boaventura de Sousa Santos shows why global social... -
All That Is Solid: How the Great Housing Disaster Defines Our Times, and What We Can Do About It by Danny Dorling
RRP: €19.03€13.82In All That is Solid Danny Dorling offers an agenda-shaping look at the UK's dangerous relationship with housing - and how it's all going to come crashing downHousing was at the heart of the financial collapse, and our economy is now precariously reliant... -
The Guardians: The League of Nations and the Crisis of Empire by Susan Pedersen
RRP: €20.22€15.09The First World War threw the imperial order into crisis. New states emerged from the great European land empires, while Germany's African and Pacific colonies, and the Ottoman provinces in the Middle East fell into allied hands. Britain, France,... -
Radical Hamilton: Economic Lessons from a Misunderstood Founder by Christian Parenti
RRP: €23.80€19.86In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton-sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron... -
Almost Perfekt: How Sweden Works And What We Can Learn From It by David Crouch
RRP: €17.84€12.17'Engaging' Money Week'A sharp-eyed account of what makes Sweden modern, resilient and rather different' Professor Jonas HinnforsSWEDENA country that defies the laws of economic gravity. A land with high wages, strong unions and generous welfare. A... -
Reporting the Troubles 2: More Journalists Tell Their Stories of the Northern Ireland Conflict by Deric Henderson
RRP: €20.22€17.04In this follow-up to their landmark first book, Deric Henderson and Ivan Little have gathered new stories from seventy journalists who have worked in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. These contributors write powerfully about the victims they have... -
The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit by Dmitry Orlov 9780865717367
RRP: €21.41€16.42In the face of political impotence, resource depletion, and catastrophic climate change, many of us have become reconciled to an uncertain future. However, popular perception of how this future might actually unfold varies wildly from "a severe and... -
Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony 9781684511099
RRP: €26.18€23.22The idea that American conservatism is identical to "classical" liberalism-widely held since the 1960s-is seriously mistaken. The award-winning political theorist Yoram Hazony argues that the best hope for Western democracy is a return to the... -
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: An Introduction by Gerald Gaus 9780691219790
RRP: €35.70€28.16An updated and expanded edition of the classic introduction to PPE-philosophy, politics, and economics-coauthored by one of the field's pioneersPhilosophy, Politics, and Economics offers a complete introduction to the fundamental tools and concepts of... -
Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal: A Theory of Organization by Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes
RRP: €23.79€23.54A decade ago, a wave of mass mobilisations described as "horizontal" and "leaderless" swept the planet, holding the promise of real democracy and justice for the 99%. Many saw its subsequent ebb as proof of the need to go back to what was once called... -
No Logo (Collins Modern Classics) by Naomi Klein
RRP: €13.08€8.88Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. When No Logo was first... -
Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings by Matthew Arnold
RRP: €22.60€19.97Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869) is one of the most celebrated works of social criticism ever written. It has become an inescapable reference-point for all subsequent discussion of the relations between politics and culture, and it has... -
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do - Expanded Edition by Andrew Gelman 9780691143934
RRP: €19.03€15.36On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on... -
Comm Check...: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia by Michael Cabbage 9781439101766
€20.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439101766Author Michael CabbageFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 518gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720 by Tim Harris
RRP: €20.22€14.61To an extraordinary extent everyone in Britain still lives under the shadow of the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. It was a massive, brutal and terrifying event, which completely changed the governments of England, Scotland and Ireland and which was only... -
The Good Sharps: The Eighteenth-Century Family that Changed Britain Hester Grant 9781784707224
RRP: €13.08€9.51The enthralling story of an eighteenth-century family and their extraordinary achievements.Four brothers, three sisters. Brought up in a Northumberland rectory and in the close of Durham Cathedral, the Sharps would achieve exalted positions at the heart... -
The Case for Trump (Revised) by Victor Davis Hanson
RRP: €17.84€17.79Donald J. Trump triumphed over sixteen well-qualified Republican rivals, a Democrat with a quarter-billion-dollar war chest, and a hostile media and Washington establishment to become President of the United States -- and an extremely successful one at... -
Mad Mullah of Somaliland by Douglas Jardine 9781781519820
RRP: €19.04€18.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781519820Author Douglas JardineFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Naval & Military PressPublisher Naval & Military PressWeight(grams)... -
Agents of Empire: Knights, Corsairs, Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World by Noel Malcolm
RRP: €20.22€14.61In the second half of the sixteenth century, most of the Christian states of Western Europe were on the defensive against a Muslim superpower - the Empire of the Ottoman sultans. There was violent conflict, from raiding and corsairing to large-scale...