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Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All by Steven Levitsky 9780241586204
RRP: $42.00$30.01THE MUCH-ANTICIPATED FOLLOW-UP TO INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE - essential reading ahead of the 2024 US election'Just like their previous work, this book is concise, readable, and convincing' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of... -
My Life, Our Times Gordon Brown 9781784707460
RRP: $31.48$23.00Former Prime Minister and the country's longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story.In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the... -
Free and Equal: What Would a Fair Society Look Like? by Daniel Chandler
RRP: $52.50$37.00'A tremendous book, timely, wise, authoritative and clear' Stephen Fry'A brilliantly eloquent, incredibly insightful reimagining of liberalism' Owen Jones'Clear, brave, compelling' David Miliband'Inspiring ... impassioned ... full of hope' Zadie... -
Psychology at the Heart of Social Change: Developing a Progressive Vision for Society Mick Cooper (University of Roehampton) 9781447361039
RRP: $31.48$25.47We live in troubled times: climate crisis, war and authoritarian 'populism' are just some of the challenges we are currently facing. Never has there been such a need for a new approach to politics - nor such an opportunity for one. To create a world in... -
Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy--And How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them by Peter Schweizer 9780061953378
RRP: $31.48$20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061953378Author Peter SchweizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
The Crooked Timber Of Humanity by Isaiah Berlin
RRP: $42.00$30.01'Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.' Immanuel KantIsaiah Berlin was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century - an activist of the intellect who marshalled vast erudition and eloquence in defence... -
Dark Money: how a secretive group of billionaires is trying to buy political control in the US by Jane Mayer 9781925228847
RRP: $27.28$17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for LA Times Book Prize 2017 (United States) and PEN/Jean Stein Book Award 2017 (United States) and J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2017 (United States) and... -
Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists by Antony Cyril Sutton 9781905570355
RRP: $27.28$19.09Why did the 1917 American Red Cross Mission to Russia include more financiers than medical doctors? Rather than caring for the victims of war and revolution, its members seemed more intent on negotiating contracts with the Kerensky government, and... -
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
RRP: $33.58$22.95Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America-some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the "prison that... -
Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction by Alex Prichard 9780198815617
RRP: $18.88$13.55If you asked a passerby on the street what anarchism is, they may answer that it is an ideology based on chaos, disorder, and violence. But is this true? What exactly is anarchism? This Very Short Introduction provides a new point of departure for our... -
Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell
RRP: $6.30$5.23'The general uncertainty as to what is really happening makes it easier to cling to lunatic beliefs'Biting and timeless reflections on patriotism, prejudice and power, from the man who wrote about his nation better than anyone. Penguin Modern: fifty new... -
Men Without Work: Post-Pandemic Edition (2022) by Nicholas Eberstadt
RRP: $27.28$24.72Nicholas Eberstadt's landmark 2016 study, Men without Work, cast a spotlight on the collapse of work for men in modern America. Rosy reports of low unemployment rates and "full or near full employment" conditions, he contends, were overlooking a quiet,... -
Against Democracy: New Preface by Jason Brennan 9780691178493
RRP: $37.78$31.04Most people believe democracy is a uniquely just form of government. They believe people have the right to an equal share of political power. And they believe that political participation is good for us--it empowers us, helps us get what we want, and... -
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics by Jesse Norman
RRP: $27.28$17.81Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains. Philosopher, statesman, and founder of modern... -
Discourse on Political Economy and The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
RRP: $18.88$13.55ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of... -
Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony
RRP: $52.50$35.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800752337Author Yoram HazonyFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
Secret SAS Missions in Africa: C Squadron's Counter-Terrorist Operations 1968-1980 by Michael Graham 9781526748447
RRP: $27.28$19.09This fascinating book is the first to cover the little known C Squadron of the Special Air Service. Operating in East Africa, the Squadron was involved in almost continuous counter communist terrorist operations over the period 1968 to 1980. In the... -
The Nazis: A Warning From History by Laurence Rees
RRP: $31.48$23.00Following the success of Rees' bestselling Auschwitz, this substantially revised and updated edition of The Nazis - A Warning from History tells the powerfully gripping story of the rise and fall of the Third Reich.During a 16-year period, acclaimed... -
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century Robin Bunce 9781471837913
$84.61Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: AS: Summer 2016; A-level: Summer 2017Endorsed for EdexcelEnable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth... -
A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto by China Miéville
RRP: $23.08$16.32China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto. 'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in critical good faith and incandescent commitment - with a... -
The Cultural Revolution: A People's History, 1962-1976 Frank Dikoetter 9781408856529
RRP: $31.48$23.00Acclaimed by the Daily Mail as 'definitive and harrowing', this is the final volume of 'The People's Trilogy', begun by the Samuel Johnson prize-winning Mao's Great Famine. 'The seminal English language work on the subject' Sunday Times 'A major... -
With the Peasants of Aragon by Augustin Souchy 9780995660908
RRP: $18.90$13.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995660908Author Augustin SouchyFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Theory and PracticePublisher Theory and Practice -
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman 9780241989258
RRP: $23.08$16.32Why do human beings fight one another?In this exhilarating and bracing book, we learn the common logic driving vainglorious monarchs, dictators, mobs, pilots, football hooligans, ancient peoples and fanatics.Distilling decades of economics, political... -
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti
RRP: $27.28$18.12Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology--terms often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark... -
The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: $27.28$19.09Concise, convincing and exciting, this is Christopher Hibbert's brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation. With a mixture of lucid storytelling and fascinating detail, he charts the French Revolution from its... -
The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire by Tim Schwab 9780241609507
RRP: $52.50$37.00'Nobody who comes away from reading The Bill Gates Problem will look at him in the same way' - The TimesYou know him as the founder of Microsoft; the philanthropic, kind-hearted billionaire who has donated endless funds to good causes around the world... -
Following Franco: Spanish Culture and Politics in Transition by Duncan Wheeler 9781526105189
RRP: $63.00$56.60The transition to democracy that followed the death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 was once hailed as a model of political transformation. But since the 2008 financial crisis it has come under intense scrutiny. Today, a growing divide... -
Stalin, Vol. I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: $39.88$29.42In January 1928 Stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for Siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life. He was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and... -
Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy by Claire Provost
RRP: $42.00$37.28As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what emerged was a silent coup - namely, the unstoppable rise of global... -
The Government of No One: The Theory and Practice of Anarchism by Ruth Kinna
RRP: $23.08$16.32'The standard book on anarchism for the twenty-first century. Written with brio, quiet insight and clarity' Carl LevyA magisterial study of the history and theory of one of the most controversial political movementsAnarchism routinely gets a bad press... -
In Defence of Lenin: Volume 2 by Rob Sewell 9781913026967
RRP: $41.98$40.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913026967Author Rob SewellFormat PaperbackPage Count 584Imprint Wellred BooksPublisher Wellred BooksDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 43mm -
Communism: A Very Short Introduction by Leslie Holmes
RRP: $18.88$13.55The collapse of communism was one of the most defining moments of the twentieth century. At its peak, more than a third of the world's population had lived under communist power. What is communism? Where did the idea come from and what attracted... -
Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition by Cedric J. Robinson
RRP: $27.28$19.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780241514177Author Cedric J. RobinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 129g -
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
RRP: $23.08$16.32From the author of international bestseller On Tyranny, this prescient analysis of Russia's ongoing interference in the West is now more relevant than ever. 'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early... -
Against Method by Paul K. Feyerabend
RRP: $35.68$35.64Paul Feyerabend's globally acclaimed work, which sparked and continues to stimulate fierce debate, examines the deficiencies of many widespread ideas about scientific progress and the nature of knowledge. Feyerabend argues that scientific advances can... -
Business for Punks: Break All the Rules - the BrewDog Way by James Watt
RRP: $23.08$16.32START A REVOLUTION NOT A BUSINESSDon't waste your time on bullsh*t business plans. Forget sales. Put everything on the line for what you believe in. These are some of the mantras that have turned BrewDog into one of the world's fastest-growing drinks... -
Unstable Universalities: Poststructuralism and Radical Politics by Saul Newman 9780719071294
RRP: $41.98$36.98Unstable universalities, available for the first time in paperback, examines the theme of universality and its place in radical political theory. Saul Newman argues that both Marxist politics of class struggle and the postmodern politics of difference... -
The Force of Destiny: A History of Italy Since 1796 by Christopher Duggan
RRP: $39.88$28.58The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher... -
St. Pauli: Another Football is Possible Carles Vinas 9780745340906
RRP: $31.48$20.58**Longlisted for The Telegraph Sports Book Awards 2021 - Football Book of the Year** FC St. Pauli is a football club unlike any other. Encompassing music, sport and politics, its fans welcome refugees, fight fascists and take a stand against all forms... -
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers by Emma Smith
RRP: $23.08$16.32'A fascinating journey into our relationship with the physical book...I lost count of the times I exclaimed with delight when I read a nugget of information I hadn't encountered before' Val McDermid, The TimesMost of what we say about books is really...