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The Persuaders: Winning Hearts and Minds in a Divided Age by Anand Giridharadas 9780141996974
RRP: $18.85$13.33A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND THE IRISH TIMES'Illuminating and entertaining . . . while the world seems to counsel despair, The Persuaders is animated by a sense of possibility' The New York... -
Held in Contempt: What'S Wrong with the House of Commons? by Hannah White
RRP: $22.28$15.59Parliament, and the House of Commons in particular, is increasingly held in contempt by the British public. From attending parties during the Covid-19 lockdown to taking payment for lobbying, MPs undermine their credibility by acting as if the rules they... -
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties by Paul Collier
RRP: $18.85$14.24*FEATURED IN BILL GATES'S 2019 SUMMER READING RECOMMENDATIONS* 'This is a beautifully written and important book. Read it' Martin Wolf, Financial TimesFrom world-renowned economist Paul Collier, a candid diagnosis of the failures of capitalism and a... -
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
RRP: $17.14$12.20**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... -
The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King 9781780744056
RRP: $20.57$14.46With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling... -
City on Fire: the fight for Hong Kong by Antony Dapiran
RRP: $18.85$12.56A long-term resident and expert observer of dissent in Hong Kong takes readers to the frontlines of Hong Kong's revolution. Through the long, hot summer of 2019, Hong Kong burned. Anti-government protests, sparked by a government proposal to introduce a... -
If Only They Didn't Speak English: Notes From Trump's America by Jon Sopel
RRP: $22.28$15.59'You see, if only they didn't speak English in America, then we'd treat it as a foreign country - and probably understand it a lot better''the sanest man in America' - Bill Bryson'Jon Sopel nails it' - Emily Maitlis**With a brand new chapter, charting... -
The Lost: A search for six of six million by Daniel Mendelsohn 9780007550128
RRP: $29.14$21.06A writer's search for his family's tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original and riveting epic, brilliantly exploring the nature of time and memory. 'The Lost' begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the... -
Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn by Gabriel Pogrund
RRP: $17.14$12.20'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Tim ShipmanA blistering narrative expose of infighting, skulduggery and chaos in Corbyn's Labour party, now revised and updated.* A Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times and i Newspaper Book of the Year *Left Out... -
Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of Our Time by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $15.42$11.06'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time' Arundhati RoyIn these incisive interviews, Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions... -
Tyranny of the Minority: How to Reverse an Authoritarian Turn, and Forge a Democracy for All by Steven Levitsky 9780241586204
RRP: $34.31$24.51THE 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... -
The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century by Moises Naim 9781250279200
RRP: $41.15$32.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250279200Author Moises NaimFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 488gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
RRP: $17.14$12.20'Remarkable' The Times'Inspiring' Caroline Lucas 'Compelling' Observer'A masterpiece' Paul MasonPresident Volodymyr Zelensky's message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracyThe words of a man. The... -
Deep Fakes and the Infocalypse: What You Urgently Need To Know by Nina Schick
RRP: $22.28$14.75It will soon be impossible to tell what is real and what is fake. Recent advances in AI mean that by scanning images of a person (for example using Facebook), a powerful machine learning system can create new video images and place them in scenarios and... -
My Life, Our Times by Gordon Brown
RRP: $25.71$18.78Former 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... -
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
RRP: $18.85$13.33*The International Bestseller*'Superb, hugely enjoyable ... a spirited examination of the hubris and hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world' Aditya Chakrabortty, GuardianWhat explains the spreading backlash against the global... -
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by Bell Hooks
RRP: $42.87$28.10Feminist Theory established bell hooks as one of international feminism's most challenging and influential voices. This edition includes a preface by the author, reflecting on the book's impact and the development of her ideas since it was first... -
Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future by Pervez Hoodbhoy
RRP: $68.59$60.14This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Hoodbhoy expertly maps the journey of the region from many... -
The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin by Aoife Moore 9781844885794
RRP: $30.86$22.90THE NO. 1 BESTSELLERA fascinating, insightful, warts-and-all portrait' - The Guardian 'Painstakingly researched ... informed by countless inside sources' - The Observer'Compelling and revealing' - Irish Times* * *Inside the rise of the political party,... -
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
RRP: $18.85$13.33Sunday Times Smart Thinking Book of the Year 2022 * New York Times Bestseller* WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD * BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, The Times, Esquire, Prospect'When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us... -
Secret Power: WikiLeaks and Its Enemies by Stefania Maurizi
RRP: $25.71$16.81*Winner of the European Award for Investigative And Judicial Journalism 2021* *Winner of the Premio Alessandro Leogrande Award for Investigative Journalism 2022* *Winner of the Premio Angelo Vassallo Award 2022* 'I want to live in a society where... -
Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy by Claire Provost
RRP: $34.31$26.38As 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... -
Following Franco: Spanish Culture and Politics in Transition by Duncan Wheeler 9781526105189
RRP: $51.46$45.34The 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... -
The Green State: Rethinking Democracy and Sovereignty by Robyn Eckersley
$61.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262550567Author Robyn EckersleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm -
Citizens: How to Break Open Our World and Unleash the Power of Everyone by Jon Alexander
RRP: $34.31$22.06MCKINSEY TOP 5 RECOMMENDED READ 'An underground hit' - Best Politics Books, Financial Times 'Jon has one of the few big ideas that's easily applied' - Sam Conniff, Be More Pirate 'A wonderful guide to how to be human in the 21st Century' - Ece... -
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
RRP: $18.85$13.33From 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... -
FLATPACK DEMOCRACY 2.0: POWER TOOLS FOR RECLAIMING LOCAL POLITICS by PETER MACFADYEN
RRP: $17.14$14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899233274Author PETER MACFADYENFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Eco-Logic BooksPublisher Eco-Logic Books / Worldly GoodsDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm... -
My Seditious Heart by Arundhati Roy
RRP: $51.46$36.62Twenty years, a thousand pages, and now a single beautiful edition of Arundhati Roy's complete non-fiction.'Arundhati Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time' Naomi Klein 'The world has never had to face such global confusion... -
Thoughts From the Ice-Drinker's Studio: Essays on China and the World by Liang Qichao 9780241568781
RRP: $22.28$15.59'China's first iconic modern intellectual. His lucid and prolific writings, touching on all major concerns in his own time and anticipating many in the future, inspired several generations of thinkers' Pankaj Mishra'A country does not become corrupt and... -
Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World by Clive Hamilton 9780861540280
RRP: $18.85$12.21'Heavily sourced, crisply written and deeply alarming.' The Times 'This is a remarkable book with a chilling message.' Guardian The Chinese Communist Party is determined to reshape the world in its image. Its decades-long infiltration of the... -
Conservatism: Ideas in Profile by Roger Scruton
RRP: $15.42$11.06Roger Scruton looks at the central ideas of conservatism over the centuries. He examines conservative thinking on civil society, the rule of law and the role of the state on the one hand; and freedom (including freedom of expression and association),... -
On Tyranny (Graphic Edition) by Nora Krug
RRP: $29.14$22.81A captivating graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting the arc toward authoritarianism. Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny is one of the essential books of recent years, using the darkest moments in... -
Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power by Erica Benner 9780241609750
RRP: $42.88$30.22'A sparkling page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition.' Katja Hoyer, GuardianDemocracy is a living, breathing thing and Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about the role ordinary citizens play in keeping it alive: from... -
The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert B. Reich
RRP: $17.14$12.11'Understanding what is happening in our country is critical if we want to fix it and Robert Reich is an exceptional teacher.' - Senator Bernie SandersMillions of Americans have lost confidence in their political and economic system. After years of... -
The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism by Martin Wolf
RRP: $51.46$36.62From the author of The Shifts and the Shocks, and one of the most influential writers on economics, a reckoning with how and why the relationship between democracy and capitalism is coming undone We are living in an age when economic failings have... -
This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe by Robert Tombs
RRP: $18.85$12.21THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERGeography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of... -
Why We Fight: The Roots of War and the Paths to Peace by Christopher Blattman 9780241989258
RRP: $18.85$13.33Why 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... -
How to Stand Up to a Dictator: Radio 4 Book of the Week by Maria Ressa 9780753559215
RRP: $22.28$14.24WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2021 What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking disinformation networks seeded by her own government, spreading lies to its own citizens laced with... -
The Little Black Book of Social Media by Kyle Taylor 9781838462987
RRP: $17.14$13.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838462987Author Kyle TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Byline BooksPublisher Byline Books -
Russia: A 1,000-Year Chronicle of the Wild East by Martin Sixsmith
RRP: $25.71$18.78Russia is a country of contradictions: a nation of cultural refinement and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by 'the iron fist'. In this riveting history, Martin Sixsmith shows how Russia's complex identity has been formed over a...