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  • Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis 9781529926095

    Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis 9781529926095

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    'What an amazing piece of work this is. Ground-breaking, thought-provoking and highly accessible. Everyone should read it. The dark, scary, exciting song of our age. 100 out of 100' IRVINE WELSHCapitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.In his...
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  • War Bob Woodward 9781398541443

    War Bob Woodward 9781398541443

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    Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars - Ukraine, the Middle East and the struggle for the American presidency.War is an intimate and sweeping account of one of the most tumultuous periods...
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  • The Psychology of Totalitarianism Mattias Desmet 9781645022756

    The Psychology of Totalitarianism Mattias Desmet 9781645022756

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    'The most important book of 2022.' Dr. Robert Malone Desmet's work on mass formation theory was brought to the world's attention on The Joe Rogan Experience and in major alternative news outlets around the globe. Read this book to get beyond the sound...
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  • The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies by Andy Beckett 9780241394229

    The Searchers: Five Rebels, Their Dream of a Different Britain, and Their Many Enemies by Andy Beckett 9780241394229

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    From the acclaimed author of Promised You a Miracle and When the Lights Went Out, the untold story of British politics in modern times, through the triumphs and disasters of its five most radical figures'A breath of fresh air: a vivid eye for detail...
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  • On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century Tony Blair 9781529151527

    On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century Tony Blair 9781529151527

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    Tony Blair's major new book on the art and science of leadership_______________________________'Engaging, insightful, provocative' Observer'A fascinating treatise on leadership . . . I am glad Blair has written it. It will fascinate anyone interested in...
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  • This Time No Mistakes: How to Remake Britain by Will Hutton 9781804549377

    This Time No Mistakes: How to Remake Britain by Will Hutton 9781804549377

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    'This Time No Mistakes is a brilliant book... an intellectual, historical, political read with some strong themes... read it if you haven't already.' Keir Starmer 'Represents the beginning of a new, urgent debate. The era that defined economics since...
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  • A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Jimmy Carter 9781501115646

    A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Jimmy Carter 9781501115646

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    In his major New York Times bestseller, Jimmy Carter looks back from ninety years of age and "reveals private thoughts and recollections over a fascinating career as businessman, politician, evangelist, and humanitarian" (Booklist).At ninety, Jimmy...
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  • The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) by George Monbiot 9780241635902

    The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life) by George Monbiot 9780241635902

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    *The #1 Sunday Times bestseller*'Explosive and beautifully told ... these truths can set us free' - Danny Dorling'This book is dynamite - shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that 'there is no alternative', and laying...
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  • Ideas, Political Power, and Public Policy by Daniel Beland 9780367029388

    Ideas, Political Power, and Public Policy by Daniel Beland 9780367029388

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    Through the last couple of decades, scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have increasingly emphasized the importance of political ideas in understanding processes of change and stability in politics and public policy. Yet, surprisingly, relatively...
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  • Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin 9780008661021

    Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin 9780008661021

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    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This will be the most important political book of the year' MATTHEW D'ANCONA, EVENING STANDARD 'The first serious and consistently...
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  • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

    21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

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    **THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER**In twenty-one bite-sized lessons, Yuval Noah Harari explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment.How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we...
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  • The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End by Neil Howe

    The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End by Neil Howe

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    The visionary behind the bestselling phenomenon The Fourth Turning looks once again to America's past to predict our future in this startling and hopeful prophecy for how our present era of civil unrest will resolve over the next ten years-and what our...
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  • The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

    The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

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    A TLS, GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The new bestseller from the acclaimed author of Justice and one of the world's most popular philosophers"Astute, insightful, and empathetic...A crucial book for this moment" Tara Westover, author of...
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  • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

    On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

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    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'A sort of survival book, a sort of symptom-diagnosis manual in terms of losing your democracy and what tyranny and authoritarianism look like up close' Rachel Maddow 'These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important...
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  • The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

    The 48 Laws Of Power by Robert Greene

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    THE MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'If power is your ultimate goal, this is the book you need' The Times Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distils three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight...
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  • Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It Sam Freedman 9781035026593

    Failed State: Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It Sam Freedman 9781035026593

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    'Funny, whipsmart and devastating. Sanity on steroids' - EMILY MAITLIS'Fantastic. An exquisite analysis' - THE SECRET BARRISTER'Clear and compelling' - NIGELLA LAWSONWhy does nothing work in Britain?It's harder than ever to get a GP appointment...
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  • Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell 9781847928146

    Great Britain?: How We Get Our Future Back by Torsten Bell 9781847928146

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    *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*An essential blueprint for a better future, from the leading economist & Labour rising star'Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic' Rory Stewart'Refreshingly optimistic' The Times'No one has done more to re-inject sanity...
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  • The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene 9781781259191

    The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene 9781781259191

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    WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2019 Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding and mastery. Now he turns to the most...
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  • Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum 9780241627891

    Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World Anne Applebaum 9780241627891

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    **A Sunday Times Bestseller**The celebrated historian and journalist uncovers the networks trying to destroy the democratic worldAll of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the...
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  • End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin 9780141999289

    End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites and the Path of Political Disintegration by Peter Turchin 9780141999289

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    THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMESA GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR'Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data' TLS'Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work' BloombergOne of the most...
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  • Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

    Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire

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    'The foremost work on the key democratic task: helping people to identify and challenge the sources of their oppression ... a transformative text' George Monbiot, GuardianArguing that 'education is freedom', Paulo Freire's radical international...
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  • At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H R McMaster 9780062899507

    At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House by H R McMaster 9780062899507

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    An Instant New York Times Bestseller!A revealing account of National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster's turbulent and consequential thirteen months in the Trump White House.At War with Ourselves is the story of helping a disruptive President drive...
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  • Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

    Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell

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    The quest for social justice is a powerful crusade of our time, with an appeal to many different people, for many different reasons. But those who use the same words do not always present the same meanings. Clarifying those meanings is the first step...
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  • The Will To Change by Bell Hooks

    The Will To Change by Bell Hooks

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    From the New York Times bestselling author of All About Love, a brave and astonishing work that challenges patriarchal culture and encourages men to reclaim the best part of themselves.Everyone needs to love and be loved-even men. But to know love, men...
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  • Strategy: A History by Sir Lawrence Freedman

    Strategy: A History by Sir Lawrence Freedman

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    Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 In Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman, one of the world's leading authorities on war and international politics, captures the vast history of strategic thinking, in a consistently engaging and...
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  • The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780141442259

    The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780141442259

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    'A gripping work, and a gripping translation' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianNiccolo Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics As a diplomat in...
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  • Fascism and Democracy by George Orwell

    Fascism and Democracy by George Orwell

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    'The feeling that the very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world ... this prospect frightens me much more than bombs'On the 70th anniversary of George Orwell's death, a new collection of his brilliant essays written during the Second...
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  • We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience Lyndsey Stonebridge 9781529933406

    We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience Lyndsey Stonebridge 9781529933406

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorLyndsey Stonebridge FBA is Professor of Humanities and Human Rights at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of We Are Free to Change the World:...
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  • Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

    Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

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    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE ONDAATJE PRIZE'The best book I read last year by a mile. . . so beautifully written that anyone would be hooked' Laura Hackett, Sunday Times, Best Summer Books'Wonderfully funny and poignant. . . a tale of family...
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  • Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory Gillian Rose 9781804290118

    Marxist Modernism: Introductory Lectures on Frankfurt School Critical Theory Gillian Rose 9781804290118

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    Marxist Modernism is a comprehensive yet concise and conversational introduction to the Frankfurt School. It is also a new resource from one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers: Gillian Rose.Her 1979 lectures on the Frankfurt School...
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  • Western Marxism: How It Was Born, How It Died, How It Can Be Reborn by Domenico Losurdo 9781685900625

    Western Marxism: How It Was Born, How It Died, How It Can Be Reborn by Domenico Losurdo 9781685900625

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900625Author Domenico LosurdoFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...
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  • The Clash Of Civilizations: And The Remaking Of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington 9780743231497

    The Clash Of Civilizations: And The Remaking Of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington 9780743231497

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    In 1993 the esteemed journal FOREIGN AFFAIRS published an article entitled "The Clash of Civilizations?" by Samuel P. Huntington. According to the journal's editors it went on to generate more discussion than anything they had published since the Second...
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  • The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis

    The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis

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    'Will set your hair on end' Telegraph, Top 50 Books of the Year'I forgot to breathe while reading The Fifth Risk' Michael Hofmann, TLS, Books of the YearThe bestselling, no-holds-barred expose of the people who are wrecking our democracy, by the master...
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  • Intersectionality Patricia Hill Collins 9781509539680

    Intersectionality Patricia Hill Collins 9781509539680

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    The concept of intersectionality has become a central topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race, class, gender,...
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  • The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by Neil Howe 9780767900461

    The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by Neil Howe 9780767900461

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767900461Author William StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm)...
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  • The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

    The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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    Niccolo Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics.As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccolo Machiavelli knew how quickly...
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  • The Rebel by Albert Camus 9780141182018

    The Rebel by Albert Camus 9780141182018

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    A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the Marquis de Sade. This Penguin Modern Classics...
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  • The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill

    The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution by Christopher Hill

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    'His finest work and one that was both symptom and engine of the concept of "history from below" ... Here Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, Muggletonians, the early Quakers and others taking advantage of the collapse of censorship to bid for new kinds of...
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  • On Violence by Hannah Arendt 9780241631645

    On Violence by Hannah Arendt 9780241631645

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    From Hannah Arendt, the author of The Origins of Totalitarianism, her influential essay examining the relationship between violence, power, war and politics'Violence can destroy power; it is utterly incapable of creating it'Why has violence played such a...
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  • Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls by Tim Marshall

    Divided: Why We're Living in an Age of Walls by Tim Marshall

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    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER; New from the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography; Which side of the fence are you on?; Every story has two sides, and so does every wall. We're in a new era of tribalism and the barricades are going...
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