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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Third Edition by George Lakoff
RRP: £23.00£22.53When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff's classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and... -
Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew 9780674237698
RRP: £17.95£14.46A Guardian Best Book of the Year"A gripping study of white power...Explosive."-New York Times"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."-Terry Gross, Fresh AirThe white power movement in America wants a revolution.Returning to a country ripped apart... -
The War for America's Soul by Sebastian Gorka 9781621579403
RRP: £23.99£15.24The Art of War meets The Art of the Deal, this must-read book from bestselling author and former Trump administration staffer Dr. Sebastian Gorka drills into the unique principles, strategies, and philosophy of President Donald Trump. The Art of Winning... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe by Mark Gosling
£40.89Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert... -
Imperialism and the National Question by V I Lenin 9781804292716
RRP: £14.99£9.70Fired up by the outbreak of the First World War and outraged by the capitulation of most socialist parties to the demands of national bourgeoisies, Lenin sought to understand the deeper roots of the crisis of the world movement. The result was... -
The Glass Wall: Lives on the Baltic Frontier by Max Egremont 9781509845453
RRP: £25.00£21.79A Sunday Times Book of the Year 2021This journey to the edge of Europe mixes history, travelogue and oral testimony to spellbinding and revelatory effect.Few countries have suffered more from the convulsions and bloodshed of twentieth-century Europe than... -
How Woke Won: The Elitist Movement That Threatens Democracy, Tolerance and Reason by Joanna Williams 9781916749030
RRP: £12.99£11.67Woke has conquered the West. Identity politics, cancel culture and trans ideology reign. The values of 'inclusivity' and 'diversity' dominate politics, academia, the media, big business and the very language we speak. Censorship and public shaming... -
The Sky is Falling!: The Unexpected Politics of Hollywood's Superheroes and Zombies by Peter Biskind
RRP: £9.99£7.11'You'll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't' Steven Soderbergh 'Insanely readable' Slavoj Zizek'Your book was ... like a bag of pot, with me saying, 'I'm not gonna smoke.' But I was insatiable'... -
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order: When Bad Behaviour Pays by Dr Edward Howell
RRP: £83.00£75.34For a state that has gained a global reputation as a violator of international norms, not least through its unwavering pursuit of nuclear weapons, North Korea's determination to become a nuclear-armed state is puzzling. If nuclear weapons beget security,... -
Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature by Durre Shahwar 9781912489749
RRP: £10.99£7.00"The beautiful rolling hills and coastlines are for all of us. Together, we can reimagine the British countryside (and all it represents) and make space so that everyone is welcomed." Gathering brings together essays by women of colour across the UK... -
Germany 1923: Hyperinflation, Hitler's Putsch, and Democracy in Crisis by Volker Ullrich 9781324093466
RRP: £25.00£21.32The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: "I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions." He was referring to Germany in 1923, a "year... -
Behold, America by Sarah Churchwell
RRP: £12.99£9.09SELECTED AS A 2018 SUMMER READ BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, I-PAPER AND THE BIG ISSUE 'Enormously entertaining' SUNDAY TIMES 'Fascinating' NEW STATESMAN 'Excoriating, brilliant' ALI SMITH 'Enthralling' GUARDIAN 'My number one contributor when it... -
The Buried: Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt by Peter Hessler
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Tenacious, revelatory, and humane.' - Paul Theroux 'The Buried is the kind of book that you don't want to end and won't forget. With the eye of a great storyteller Peter Hessler weaves together history, reporting, memoir, and above all the lives of... -
Angolan War of Liberation: Colonial-Communist Clash, 1961-1974 by Al J. Venter 9781526728418
RRP: £14.99£14.55When a large group of rebels invaded Angola from a recently independent Congo in 1961, it heralded the opening shots in another African war of independence. Between 1961 and 1974, Portugal faced the extremely ambitious task of conducting three... -
Trautmann's Journey: From Hitler Youth to FA Cup Legend by Catrine Clay
RRP: £12.99£9.09SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEARHow did one man go from Nazi Youth indoctrination to English footballing icon?Bert Trautmann is a football legend. He is famed as the Manchester City goalkeeper who broke his neck in the 1956 FA Cup... -
It Can't Happen Here: What Will Happen When America Has a Dictator? by Sinclair Lewis
RRP: £8.99£7.25Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can't Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later. Charting the rise to... -
Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal 9780674241657
RRP: £18.95£15.03A Five Books Best Economics Book of the YearA Politico Great Weekend Read"Absolutely compelling."-Diane Coyle"The evolution of modern management is usually associated with good old-fashioned intelligence and ingenuity...But capitalism is not just about... -
God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'academic Freedom' by William F Buckley
RRP: £18.99£12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684512362Author William F BuckleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Regnery PublishingPublisher Regnery PublishingWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm)... -
The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea by Sung-Yoon Lee
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Explosive . . . a ground-breaking and revealing new book' - Daily Mail'In explaining the rise to power of Kim Yo Jong, Lee displays his deep knowledge and understanding of North Korea's extreme, ruthless and self-obsessed dynastic autocracy, the... -
Western Europe's Democratic Age: 1945-1968 by Professor Martin Conway 9780691203485
RRP: £40.00£32.83A major new history of how democracy became the dominant political force in Europe in the second half of the twentieth centuryWhat happened in the years following World War II to create a democratic revolution in the western half of Europe? In Western... -
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Well-being for all is not a dream.'In this brilliantly enjoyable, challenging rallying-cry of a book, Kropotkin lays out the heart of his anarchist beliefs - beliefs which surged around the world in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and which have... -
The Communist Manifesto: A Modern Edition by Karl Marx
RRP: £6.99£4.80In the two decades following the fall of the Berlin Wall, global capitalism became entrenched in its modern, neoliberal form. Its triumph was so complete that the word "capitalism" itself fell out of use in the absence of credible political alternatives... -
The Doctrine Of Fascism by Benito Mussolini 9781478370918
RRP: £6.00£5.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478370918Author Benito MussoliniFormat PaperbackPage Count 30Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Kosovo: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Tim Judah
RRP: £11.99£8.43On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central - geographically,... -
Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism by Matt Ffytche
RRP: £46.99£40.97Psychoanalysis in the Age of Totalitarianism provides rich new insights into the history of political thought and clinical knowledge. In these chapters, internationally renowned historians and cultural theorists discuss landmark debates about the uses... -
The Northern Ireland Question: Perspectives on Nationalism and Unionism by Patrick John Roche 9781783241453
£16.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783241453Author Patrick John RocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Wordzworth PublishingPublisher Wordzworth PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Freedom: How we lose it and how we get it back by Nathan Law
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Nathan Law's agonising account of China's ruthless takeover of Hong Kong provides a terrible insight into Beijing's ambitions - the world needs to read this.' - Jon Snow 'In Freedom, Nathan Law paints a deeply personal portrait of sheer courage... An... -
Thatcher's Secret War: Subversion, Coercion, Secrecy and Government, 1974-90 by Clive Bloom
RRP: £14.99£11.28'Scary but enlightening' - Christopher StoneMargaret Thatcher remains one of the United Kingdom's most polarising prime ministers. This provocative investigation sheds light on the secret, internal 'cold war' that she waged against 'the enemy within';... -
Eichmann: His Life and Crimes by David Cesarani
RRP: £14.99£10.95Adolf Eichmann was responsible for transporting over two million Jews to their deaths in Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps. Yet he was an obscure figure until his sensational capture by the Israeli Secret Service in Argentina in 1960 and his... -
Cambodia's Curse: The Modern History of a Troubled Land by Joel Brinkley
RRP: £14.99£9.80A generation after the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia shows every sign of having overcome its history- the streets of Phnom Penh are paved skyscrapers dot the skyline. But under this facade lies a country still haunted by its years of terror. Joel Brinkley won a... -
How the Right Lost its Mind by Charles J. Sykes 9781785902833
RRP: £12.99£9.02Once at the centre of the American conservative movement, bestselling author and radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump and the right-wing media that enabled his rise. Sykes presents an impassioned, regretful and deeply thoughtful... -
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution by Elie Mystal
RRP: £13.99£9.26Finalist, ABA Silver Gavel Award for BooksThe New York Times bestseller that has cemented Elie Mystal's reputation as one of our sharpest and most acerbic legal minds"After reading Allow Me to Retort, I want Elie Mystal to explain everything I don't... -
Revolutions: A Very Short Introduction by Jack A. Goldstone 9780199858507
RRP: £10.49£7.44From 1789 in France to 2011 in Cairo, revolutions have shaken the world. In their pursuit of social justice, revolutionaries have taken on the assembled might of monarchies, empires, and dictatorships. They have often, though not always, sparked... -
Practical Anarchism: A Guide for Daily Life by Scott Branson 9780745344928
RRP: £14.99£9.80You may not realise it, but you are probably already practicing anarchism in your daily life. From relationships to school, work, art, even the way you organise your time, anarchism can help you find fulfilment, empathy and liberation in the everyday. ... -
Stasi: The Untold Story Of The East German Secret Police by John O. Koehler
RRP: £16.99£11.94In this gripping narrative, John Koehler details the widespread activities of East Germany's Ministry for State Security, or Stasi." The Stasi, which infiltrated every walk of East German life, suppressed political opposition, and caused the... -
The Dream of Europe: Travels in a Troubled Continent by Geert Mak
RRP: £12.99£8.88'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial TimesFrom the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.How did... -
Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government by Christopher H. Achen
RRP: £25.00£19.58Democracy 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... -
Snakes and Ladders: The great British social mobility myth by Professor Selina Todd 9781784740818
RRP: £25.00£9.91Politicians claim social mobility is real - a just reward for ambition and hard work. This book proves otherwise.From servants' children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made redundant by the 2008 financial crash, travelling up or down... -
Ruling the Void: The Hollowing of Western Democracy by Peter Mair 9781844673247
RRP: £13.99£12.11Throughout the long-established democracies of Western Europe, electoral turnouts are in decline, party membership is shrinking in the major parties, and those who remain loyal partisans are being sapped of enthusiasm. Peter Mair's new book weighs the... -
The Rise and Fall of Communism by Archie Brown
RRP: £14.99£10.95Winner 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...