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The New Visibility of Religion: Studies in Religion and Cultural Hermeneutics by Michael Hoelzl
$80.09This is a unique collection of essays that brings together contributions from theology, aesthetics, social and political science, philosophy and cultural theory to examine the surge in the public visibility of religion.Since the late 1980s, sociologists... -
State in Capitalist Society by Ralph Miliband 9780850366884
RRP: $39.88$35.66Presenting a sustained and concrete challenge to the current political consensus, this reference identifies the radical alternative of adopting socialism as the key issue facing civilization and the crucial condition of making substantial progress... -
Hard Choices: What Britain Does Next by Peter Ricketts
RRP: $20.98$13.69SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS'Thought-provoking and well worth reading' Times Literary SupplementAfter decades of peace and prosperity, the international order put in place after World War II is rapidly coming to an end. Disastrous... -
Will the gig economy prevail? by Colin Crouch 9781509532445
RRP: $20.98$18.80Increasingly, employees are being falsely treated as 'self-employed'. This phenomenon - the 'gig economy' - is seen as the inevitable shape of things to come. In this book, Colin Crouch takes a step back and questions this logic. He shows how the idea of... -
Amidst the Debris: Humanitarianism and the End of Liberal Order by Juliano Fiori 9781787383968
RRP: $37.78$33.89For many liberal commentators at the turn of the 1990s, the collapse of the Soviet Union represented a final victory for Western reason and capitalist democracy. But, in recent years, liberal norms and institutions associated with the post-Cold War... -
Not With A Bang But A Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline by Theodore Dalrymple 9781906308100
RRP: $31.48$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906308100Author Theodore DalrympleFormat HardbackPage Count 291Imprint Monday BooksPublisher Monday BooksWeight(grams) 390g -
Critique of Political Decolonization by Bernard Forjwuor 9780198871842
RRP: $174.30$158.21What is political independence? As a political act, what was it sanctioned to accomplish? Is formal colonialism over, or a condition in the present, albeit mutated and evolved? In Critique of Political Decolonization, Bernard Forjwuor challenges what, in... -
Is Going to Uni Worth it? by Michael Tefula 9781911067849
RRP: $27.28$23.12Not sure what path to take once you leave school? Worried about choosing the 'right' option? Don't panic! Faced with mounting student debt, and stories of graduates left without a job, it's understandable to ask whether going to uni is REALLY worth it... -
When Sorry Isn't Enough: The Controversy Over Apologies and Reparations for Human Injustice by Roy L. Brooks
RRP: $52.48$47.61Leading scholars, activists, and political leaders on being victim's of the world's worst atrocities "How much compensation ought to be paid to a woman who was raped 7,500 times? What would the members of the Commission want for their daughters if their... -
The Murdoch Method: Notes on Running a Media Empire by Irwin Stelzer
RRP: $42.00$29.11An exclusive, insider viewpoint on the "Murdoch Method" from his right-hand man and adviser, Irwin Stelzer.Rupert Murdoch is one of the most notorious and successful businessmen of our age. Now, for the first time, an insider within the Murdoch empire... -
Promises to Keep: on life and politics by Joe Biden 9781913348823
RRP: $20.98$14.07President Joe Biden tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama's beloved, influential vice president. 'I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my... -
The Genius of Home: Teaching Your Children at Home with the Waldorf Curriculum by Catherine Read 9781952166099
RRP: $52.50$37.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952166099Author Catherine ReadFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint SteinerbooksPublisher SteinerbooksWeight(grams) 402g -
The War Against the BBC: How an Unprecedented Combination of Hostile Forces Is Destroying Britain's Greatest Cultural Institution... And Why You Should Care by Patrick Barwise
RRP: $27.28$19.09There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted... -
The Prism of Just War: Asian and Western Perspectives on the Legitimate Use of Military Force by Professor Howard M. Hensel
RRP: $283.50$247.13Through a careful examination of religious and philosophical literature, the contributors to the volume analyze, compare and assess diverse Western, Islamic, Hindu and East Asian perspectives concerning the appropriate criteria that should govern the... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780140449150
RRP: $16.80$10.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140449150Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm)... -
Syria: A Modern History by David W. Lesch 9781509527526
RRP: $35.68$24.23Today Syria is a country known for all the wrong reasons: civil war, vicious sectarianism, and major humanitarian crisis. But how did this once rich, multi-cultural society end up as the site of one of the twenty-first century's most devastating and... -
November 1918: The German Revolution by Robert Gerwarth
RRP: $55.63$39.08The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come... -
Is It Really Too Much To Ask?: The World According to Clarkson Volume 5 by Jeremy Clarkson
RRP: $23.08$16.32The fifth volume in the mega-bestselling World According to Clarkson series.Well, someone's got to do it: in a world which simply will not see reason, Jeremy sets off on another quest to beat a path of sense through all the silliness and idiocy. And... -
Reading Primary Sources: The Interpretation of Texts from Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History by Miriam Dobson
RRP: $77.68$68.31Now in its second edition, Reading Primary Sources explores the varied traditions in source criticism and, through specific examples, illustrates how primary sources can be read and used in historical research.Part I of this two-part volume begins by... -
Architects of Terror: Paranoia, Conspiracy and Anti-Semitism in Franco's Spain by Paul Preston 9780008522117
RRP: $63.00$41.85A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR From the preeminent historian of 20th century Spain Paul Preston, Architects of Terror is a new history of how paranoia, conspiracy and anti-Semitism was used to justify... -
Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake 9781407199405
RRP: $27.28$17.18The reluctant odd couple from the highly-acclaimed Skunk and Badger are back in this heartfelt, funny adventure! Buried in the heart of every animal is a secret treasure. Badger's is the Spider Eye Agate, stolen years... -
Democracy and Its Crisis by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $23.08$16.32The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they... -
Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex - Second Edition by Eric A. Stanley 9781849352345
RRP: $37.80$25.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849352345Author Eric A. StanleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 558g -
DARK AGENDA: The War to Destroy Christian America by David Horowitz
RRP: $41.98$28.48"Read this disturbing but vital book." - Tucker CarlsonFrom the New York Times bestselling BLITZ: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win author and leading conservative thinker comes DARK AGENDA, an extraordinary look into the left's calculated efforts to... -
The Good Sharps: The Brothers and Sisters Who Remade Their World by Hester Grant 9781784707224
RRP: $23.08$16.32The 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... -
Stand Up, Speak Out: My Life Working for Women's Rights, Peace and Equality in Northern Ireland and Beyond by Monica McWilliams
RRP: $41.98$35.32By the age of ten, Monica McWilliams was dispensing payouts in her granny's post office, book-keeping for her cattle-dealer father and leaving no one in any doubt that she could stand up for herself. She went on to break the mould in so many ways, as a... -
The Break-Up of Britain by Tom Nairn 9781781683200
RRP: $35.68$35.64In this classic text, first published in 1977, Tom Nairn memorably depicts the 'slow foundering' of the United Kingdom on the rocks of imperial decline, constitutional anachronism and the gathering force of civic nationalism. Rich in comparisons between... -
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization by Roy Scranton 9780872866690
RRP: $20.98$14.18"In Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, Roy Scranton draws on his experiences in Iraq to confront the grim realities of climate change. The result is a fierce and provocative book."--Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth... -
Imperialism: A Study by J a Hobson 9781596052505
RRP: $52.48$45.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596052505Author J A HobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 396Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
Cloudmoney: Why the War on Cash Endangers Our Freedom by Brett Scott
RRP: $23.08$16.32Who really benefits from a cashless society?Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is inevitable is actually the work of powerful interests: the... -
Beyond Pan-Asianism: Connecting China and India, 1840s-1960s by Tansen Sen
RRP: $111.30$101.54Within Asia, the period from 1840s to 1960s had witnessed the rise and decline of Pax Britannica, the growth of multiple and often competing anti-colonial movements, and the entrenchment of the nation-state system. Beyond Pan-Asianism seeks to... -
Who Runs Britain?: ...and who's to blame for the economic mess we're in by Robert Peston
RRP: $23.08$15.54'A compelling portrait of early 21st-century casino capitalism ... essential reading.' - The Times On 13 September 2007, Robert Peston broke the news that Northern Rock had become a victim of the global credit crunch and was seeking an emergency loan... -
The European Union: A Very Short Introduction by John Pinder 9780198808855
RRP: $18.88$13.55The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the... -
A Natural History of the Future: What the Laws of Biology Tell Us About the Destiny of the Human Species by Rob Dunn
RRP: $27.28$18.06Over the past century, our species has made unprecedented technological innovations with which we have sought to control nature. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts are futile. We may see ourselves as life's... -
Phaidon 1 by Sam Grawe 9781838660512
RRP: $146.90$117.24At Nike, the desire to be the best is a journey, not a destination - better is always temporary.Phaidon commemorates the company's influence with Nike: Better is Temporary, a landmark publication that charts Nike's transformation from rebellious upstart... -
The Tao of Revolution by Chris Taylor 9781939269973
$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939269973Author Chris TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Stairwell BooksPublisher Stairwell BooksDimensions(mm) 216mm * 139mm * 11mm -
The Energy Evolution: Harnessing Free Energy From Nature by Viktor Schauberger 9781858600611
RRP: $54.58$38.39Nature produces energy by slow, cool, implosive means - by a centripeta inward motion, while our presnt culture uses explosive centrifugal (outwards) movement, which is wasteful and many times less powerful and effective. It aslo uses up the Earth's... -
Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital by Søren Mau
RRP: $41.98$34.48Despite insoluble contradictions, intense volatility and fierce resistance, the crisis-ridden capitalism of the 21st century lingers on. To understand capital's paradoxical expansion and entrenchment amidst crisis and unrest, Mute Compulsionoffers a... -
Prison Notebooks: Volumes 1, 2 & 3 by Antonio Gramsci
RRP: $168.00$136.06Columbia University Press's multivolume Prison Notebooks is the only complete critical edition of Antonio Gramsci's seminal writings in English. Based on the authoritative Italian edition of Gramsci's work, Quaderni del Carcere, this comprehensive... -
The Tragic Mind: Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power by Robert D. Kaplan
RRP: $42.00$33.43A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy "Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book that should be pressed into the hands of those who decide issues of war...