Civics & Citizenship

Lessons from the groundbreaking grassroots campaign that helped launch a new political revolution Rules for Revolutionaries is a bold challenge to the political establishment and the "rules" that govern campaign strategy. It tells the story of a...

Fourteen women testify to the shocking human rights abuses in Iranian prisons WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2023 'A must-read for anyone concerned with human rights in Iran. A gripping, moving and utterly shocking account.' Kylie Moore-Gilbert ...

Given the turbulence in the international order in recent years, one of the central concerns among observers of world politics is the question of China's ultimate goals. As China emerges as a superpower that rivals the United States, American...

***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021*** During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - lays...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865971486Author Edward ShilsFormat PaperbackPage Count 410Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 652g

Most commentators look at the issue of immigration from the viewpoint of immediate politics. In doing so, they focus on only a piece of the issue and lose touch with the larger picture. Now Thomas Sowell offers a sweeping historical and global look at a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525511793Author Chelsea HandlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dial Press Inc.,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

What 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...

Banks accused of rate-fixing. Members of Parliament cooking the books. Major defence contractors investigated over suspect arms deals. Police accused of being paid off by tabloids. The headlines are unrelenting these days. Perhaps it's high time we ask:...

By 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...

From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world-one small change at a time"A true gift to our movements for justice."-Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim CrowLong before the pandemic, Ruha...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063337718Author Terry SzuplatFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Harper BusinessPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm)...

In the increasingly questioning world of the 1990s, the role of the monarchy in a democracy is again coming under scrutiny. Its critics argue that the monarchy is a profoundly conservative institution which serves to inhibit social change; that it has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612297248Author Tom NairnFormat PaperbackPage Count 390Imprint Common Ground PublishingPublisher Common Ground Publishing

The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Ile, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a...

Through their part in some huge controversies, conspiracy theorists are being branded the Number One Enemies of our times - the new heretics. They are seen to threaten the very fabric of modern society, spreading doubts and fears that result in...

Democracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens. Christopher...

The story of the fight to gain the vote for women is about much more than a peripheral if picturesque skirmish around the introduction of universal suffrage. It is an explosive story of social and sexual revolutionary upheaval, and one which has not yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Eisner Awards 2016 and Harvey Award 2016.Book InformationISBN 9781603094009Author John LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Top Shelf ProductionsPublisher...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250288851Author Ali VelshiFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791440902Author John R. HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 393Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE S1-3 (Second, Third and Fourth Levels), National 4 and National 5Subject: PSE (Health and Wellbeing)Empower Scotland's young people to feel prepared for the...

At a time of rising populism and debate about immigration, leading legal academic Jo Shaw sets out to review interactions between constitutions and constructs of citizenship. This incisive appraisal is the first sustained treatment of the relationship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788793987142Author Soren Roest KorsgaardFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Korsgaard PublishingPublisher Korsgaard PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890056Author Sheila LimingFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Human history is full of the stories of peasants, subjects, and tribes. Yet the concept of the "citizen" is historically rare-and was among America's most valued ideals for over two centuries. But without shock treatment, warns historian Victor Davis...

A New York Times Bestseller! "I hope we wake up quickly because history shows it's a small window in which people can fight back before it is too dangerous to fight back."-Naomi Wolf on Fox News Channel's Tucker Carlson Tonight In a stunning...

'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? ...

This incisive analysis of where Palestinians and Israelis are and the possible avenues to a just and durable peace has been fully updated in the aftermath of September 11 and the Israeli Defence Force's campaign against the West Bank and Gaza. It lays...

Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: Social ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused...

The rarely heard stories of the brave women at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their indvidiual stories were rarely heard. Only recently have historians begun to recognize the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913666538Author Freddie IxworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Tide House Publishing LtdPublisher Tide House Publishing LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913666293Author Ixworth FFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Tide House Publishing LtdPublisher Tide House Publishing Ltd

Exam Board: IBLevel: MYPSubject: Social ScienceFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Develop your skills to become an inquiring learner; ensure you navigate the MYP framework with confidence using a concept-driven and assessment-focused...

From Black Lives Matter to the ongoingWomen's Marches, we have had some powerful moments over the last decade that have galvanized and created new, but brief, feelings of community. Many of us, however, haven't figured out how to spark that feeling on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593541678Author Sharon McMahonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 493gDimensions(mm)...

'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? In...

The first step on the road to change is to imagine possibility.Imagine A Country offers visions of a new future from an astonishing array of Scottish voices, from comedians to economists, writers to musicians. Edited, curated and introduced by...