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A Nation of Shopkeepers: The Unstoppable Rise of the Petty Bourgeoisie by Dan Evans
RRP: £12.99£8.60The petty bourgeoisie - the insecure class between the working class and the bourgeoisie - is hugely significant within global politics. Yet it remains something of a mystery. Initially identified as a powerful political force by theorists like Marx... -
Mao's America: A Survivor’s Warning by Xi Van Fleet 9781546006305
RRP: £25.00£16.38Xi Van Fleet lived through the horrors of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a schoolgirl. Forced to the countryside with other young Chinese for re-education after high school, she later escaped communism and found freedom and new a life in America. But... -
Vulture Capitalism: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION by Grace Blakeley 9781526638076
RRP: £20.00£14.29*A FOYLES TOP TEN READ FOR MARCH* 'A galvanising takedown of neoliberalism's "free market" logic, one rooted in as much history as it is in current events' NAOMI KLEIN 'A must-read for anyone keen to put the demos back in democracy' YANIS VAROUFAKIS ... -
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer 9780141999340
RRP: £12.99£9.09AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand... -
Capital: Volumes One and Two by Karl Marx 9781840226997
RRP: £4.99£3.86Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
RRP: £9.99£7.11Ranging from the age of slavery to contemporary injustices, this groundbreaking history of race, gender and class inequality by the radical political activist Angela Davis offers an alternative view of female struggles for liberation.Tracing the... -
The Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels
RRP: £14.99£10.95A rousing call to arms whose influence is still felt today, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' The Communist Manifesto is edited with an introduction by Gareth Stedman-Jones in Penguin Classics. Marx and Engels's revolutionary summons to the working... -
How the World Works by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £16.99£12.28The essential guide to Chomsky and his brilliant ideas on the global state of affairsAn extraordinary collection of Chomsky's speeches and his interviews with David Barsamian, edited by Arthur Naiman. With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam... -
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990 by Katja Hoyer
RRP: £25.00£16.53AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE 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... -
Black Girl from Pyongyang: In Search of My Identity by Monica Macias 9780715655177
RRP: £10.99£7.38The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her... -
Capital: Volume III by Karl Marx
RRP: £18.99£14.01Unfinished at the time of Marx's death in 1883 and first published with a preface by Frederick Engels in 1894, the third volume of Das Kapital strove to combine the theories and concepts of the two previous volumes in order to prove conclusively that... -
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China by Jung Chang
RRP: £12.99£9.09*SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese history; a gripping story of sisterhood and betrayal from the bestselling author of Wild Swans.They were the most famous sisters in China... -
Fully Automated Luxury Communism: A Manifesto by Aaron Bastani
RRP: £9.99£8.17Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone. New technologies will liberate us from work, providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation, rather than undermining an... -
The Radical Jewish Tradition: Revolutionaries, Resistance Fighters and Firebrands by Donny Gluckstein 9781914143977
RRP: £12.00£8.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914143977Author Donny GlucksteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications -
The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A Latin American James Dean or Jack Kerouac' Washington Post'It's true; Marxists just wanna have fun... a revolutionary bestseller' GuardianAt the age of twenty-three, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado set out from their native... -
The Aristos by John Fowles
RRP: £12.99£9.09Two years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In... -
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution - centenary edition with new introduction by Orlando Figes
RRP: £25.00£19.22Unrivalled in scope and brimming with human drama, A People's Tragedy is the most vivid, moving and comprehensive history of the Russian Revolution available today.'A modern masterpiece' Andrew MarrOpening with a panorama of Russian society, from the... -
Politics, Poverty and Belief: A Political Memoir by The Rt Hon Frank Field 9781399408417
RRP: £10.99£7.77'For the past half-century Frank Field has been an outstanding parliamentarian, social reformer and champion of the disadvantaged. He joined the Labour Party at the age of 16 and was expelled from it at the age of 78.' -Brian & Rachel Griffiths 'Frank... -
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek
RRP: £16.99£15.22The Road to Serfdom remains one of the all-time classics of twentieth-century intellectual thought. For over half a century, it has inspired politicians and thinkers around the world, and has had a crucial impact on our political and cultural history... -
An Oral History of the New York Commune: 2052-2072 by M. E. O'Brien
RRP: £12.99£11.60By the middle of the twenty-first century, war, famine, economic collapse, and climate catastrophe had toppled the world's governments. In the 2050s, the insurrections reached the nerve center of global capitalism-New York City. This book, a collection... -
Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet – and What We Can Do About It by Nancy Fraser 9781804292587
RRP: £9.99£6.64Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023Capital is currently cannibalizing every sphere of life-guzzling wealth from nature and racialized populations, sucking up our ability to care for each other, and gutting the practice of politics. In this... -
Socialism: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Newman 9780198836421
RRP: £8.99£6.45What is socialism? Does it have a future, or has it become an outdated ideology in the 21st century? This Very Short Introduction considers the major theories in socialism, and explores its historical evolution from the French Revolution to the... -
Today We Die a Little: Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero by Richard Askwith
RRP: £12.99£9.09LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of... -
The Politics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: £19.99£15.28Learn about how the world of government and power works in The Politics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Politics in this overview guide to the... -
Fidel: a Critical Portrait by Tad Szulc 9780380808885
RRP: £13.99£12.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780380808885Author Tad SzulcFormat PaperbackPage Count 704Imprint Avon BooksPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 476g -
AZADI: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction. by Arundhati Roy
RRP: £10.99£7.77FROM THE BEST-SELLING AUTHOR OF MY SEDITIOUS HEART AND THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, A NEW AND PRESSING DISPATCH FROM THE HEART OF THE CROWD AND THE SOLITUDE OF A WRITER'S DESKThe chant of 'Azadi!' - Urdu for 'Freedom!' - is the slogan of the freedom... -
On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £8.99£6.45On Anarchism is an essential introduction to Noam Chomsky's political theory.On Anarchism sheds a much needed light on the foundations of Chomsky's thought, specifically his constant questioning of the legitimacy of entrenched power. The book gathers his... -
The Management of Savagery: How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, Isis, and Donald Trump by Max Blumenthal
RRP: £10.99£7.25Since the 1970s, Washington has been secretly funding some of the worst terrorists in the Middle East. America has supported extremists with money and hardware, including enemies such as Bin Laden. The Pentagon's willingness to make alliances abroad... -
From Stalin to Mao: Albania and the Socialist World by Elidor Mehilli
RRP: £42.00£36.38Elidor Mehilli has produced a groundbreaking history of communist Albania that illuminates one of Europe's longest but least understood dictatorships. From Stalin to Mao, which is informed throughout by Mehilli's unprecedented access to previously... -
The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius by George Orwell
RRP: £6.99£5.13George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change.The Lion and the Unicorn was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his... -
Lenin on the Train by Catherine Merridale
RRP: £12.99£9.09'The superb, funny, fascinating story of Lenin's trans-European rail journey and how it shook the world' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Splendid ... a jewel among histories, taking a single episode from the ... -
Economics for the Many by John McDonnell
RRP: £9.99£6.64Economics for the Many, edited and with an introduction by Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell, features contributions from the participants in his New Economics conferences, including Barry Gardiner, Ann Pettifor, Prem Sikka, and Guy... -
Re-enchanting The World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici 9781629635699
RRP: £18.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629635699Author Silvia FedericiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature by John Bellamy Foster 9781583670125
RRP: £18.99£15.31Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis. Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about... -
Grundrisse: Foundations of the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx
RRP: £18.99£14.01Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist theory. A collection of seven notebooks on capital and money, it both develops the arguments outlined in the Communist... -
Three Whys Of Russian Revolution by Richard Pipes
RRP: £12.99£9.09It is my considered judgement that, had it not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which one dominated our lives. I will... -
James P. Cannon and the Origins of the American Revolutionary Left, 1890-1928 by Bryan D. Palmer
RRP: £33.00£28.90Bryan D. Palmer's award-winning study of James P. Cannon's early years (1890-1928) details how the life of a Wobbly hobo agitator gave way to leadership in the emerging communist underground of the 1919 era. This historical drama unfolds alongside the... -
At the Cafe: Conversations on Anarchism by Errico Malatesta 9781904491064
RRP: £7.50£7.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904491064Author Errico MalatestaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Freedom PressPublisher Freedom PressWeight(grams) 375gDimensions(mm) 209mm * 147mm...