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Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch
RRP: $19.34$12.64'A revealing, insightful and gripping biography of one of the most extraordinary people ever to lead a British political party' ObserverThe story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British... -
The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South by Rosana Pinheiro-Machado
RRP: $49.01$43.06The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South is the first academic study-adopting an interdisciplinary and international perspective-to offer a comprehensive and groundbreaking framework for understanding the emergence and consolidation of different... -
The Rebels: Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the Struggle for a New American Politics by Joshua Green 9780525560241
RRP: $27.08$18.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525560241Author Joshua GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Team of Rivals: the Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 9780684824901
RRP: $51.60$35.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association Award (Nonfiction) 2006. Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Biography) 2005. Short-listed for National Book... -
The Rise of the Masses: Spontaneous Mobilization and Contentious Politics by Benjamin Abrams
RRP: $30.96$29.71An insightful examination of how intersecting individual motivations and social structures mobilize spontaneous mass protests. Between 15 and 26 million Americans participated in protests surrounding the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna... -
Franco: A Personal and Political Biography by Stanley G. Payne 9780299302108
RRP: $45.09$43.37General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and controversial leaders in that nation's long history. He has been the subject of many biographies, several of them more than a thousand pages in length, but all... -
Origins of the Great Purges: The Soviet Communist Party Reconsidered, 1933-1938 by John Arch Getty 9780521335706
RRP: $65.78$55.50This is a study of the structure of the Soviet Communist Party in the 1930s. Based upon archival and published sources, the work describes the events in the Bolshevik Party leading up to the Great Purges of 1937-1938. Professor Getty concludes that the... -
On Western Terrorism: From Hiroshima to Drone Warfare Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute Of Technology) 9780745399317
RRP: $21.92$14.89Admired by some, condemned by others, and feared by all-the military might of the West is undeniably colossal. In On Western Terrorism, world-renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky discusses Western power and propaganda with filmmaker and investigative... -
Digital Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Deception, Disinformation and Social Media by Marc Owen Jones
RRP: $38.70$34.77You are being lied to by people who don't even exist. Digital deception is the new face of information warfare. Social media has been weaponised by states and commercial entities alike, as bots and trolls proliferate and users are left to navigate an... -
De Valera: Rule (1932-1975) by David McCullagh
RRP: $43.85$30.46The concluding volume of David McCullagh's new life of Eamon De Valera. In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new biography of the revolutionary and statesman, we join de Valera in 1932 as he takes the reins of power in the... -
The Dual State: A Contribution to the Theory of Dictatorship by Ernst Fraenkel 9780198716204
$55.50The Dual State, first published in 1941, remains one of the most erudite books on the logic of dictatorship. It was the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and nature of National Socialism and the only such analysis written from within Hitler's... -
12 Rules for Christian Activists: A Toolkit for Massive Change by Ellen Louden 9781786222442
RRP: $16.76$16.41If you've ever browsed the self-help sections of any bookshop, you'd be forgiven for thinking that all we need to do in order to have a better life is to work hard, take exercise and get thin. Yet Christian activism calls us to a bigger vision of what... -
Democracy: A User's Guide by Joss Sheldon 9781716792052
$23.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781716792052Author Joss SheldonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 22mm -
Cheers, MR Churchill!: Winston in Scotland by Andrew Liddle
RRP: $25.80$17.36In 1922 Winston Churchill prepared to defend his parliamentary seat of Dundee in the General Election. He had represented the city since 1908, enjoyed a majority of more than 15,000 and, after five previous victories, confidently described it as a 'life... -
The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of "The Big Lie" by Major Garrett
RRP: $36.11$24.01When a seven-million-vote margin of victory and 306 electoral votes pointed to Joe Biden as the victor in the 2020 Presidential Election, Trump-fueled conspiracy theories exploded. In The Big Truth, CBS's Chief Washington correspondent Major... -
Esc. by Marie Le Conte
RRP: $21.92$15.17'Fifteen years ago, the internet felt like a special place my friends and I had built for each other; by 2020, we were standing on its ruins, wondering if we'd played a part in its destruction.'Journalist Marie Le Conte was born in 1991, the same year... -
Guerrilla Kindness and Other Acts of Creative Resistance: Making A Better World Through Craftivism by Sayraphim Lothian
RRP: $25.79$20.16# 1 Best Seller in Crafts & Hobbies, Stenciling Resistance CraftsCraftivism can be your voice of resistance: Craftivism is a non-threatening form of activism that gives people a voice when they feel voiceless and power where they feel powerless. It... -
How to Win a Marginal Seat by Gavin Barwell
RRP: $16.76$11.95During the 2015 general election, the contest in Gavin Barwell's constituency of Croydon Central was by any measure - the amount of money spent, the frequency of visits by ministers, the volume of literature delivered or the number of political activists... -
Nazism 1919-1945 Volume 3: Foreign Policy, War and Racial Extermination: A Documentary Reader Jeremy Noakes 9780859896023
RRP: $28.37$26.15This is a new edition of Volume Three of the four volume collection of documents on Nazism 1919-1945, with substantial revisions to three chapters and the inclusion of many new documents, an index and a revised bibliography. The volume contains the most... -
Overreach: China, America, and the New Cold War by Susan Shirk
RRP: $31.59$27.32For decades, China's rise to power was characterized by its reassurance that this rise would be peaceful. Then, as Susan L. Shirk, shows in this sobering, clear-eyed account of China today, something changed. For three decades after Mao's death in... -
Defying Vichy: Resistance in the Heart of South-West France by Robert Pike 9781803995656
RRP: $20.63$15.80'Defying Vichy takes us into the heart of the French Resistance: the Dordogne region (in) this moving account of the darkest and brightest period in French history.' - Matthew Cobb, author of The ResistanceVichy France under Marshal Petain was an... -
On Being Unreasonable: Breaking the Rules and Making Things Better by Kirsty Sedgman
RRP: $21.92$14.54We're living in an age of division. From abortion rights to immigration, gun control to climate change, civil debate has gone out the window. Manners, order, and respect are being eroded. Why can't we all be reasonable? The trouble is, what's... -
The Price of Democracy: How Money Shapes Politics and What to Do about It by Julia Cage
RRP: $41.22$32.99Why and how systems of political financing and representation in Europe and North America give outsized influence to the wealthy and undermine democracy, and what we can do about it.One person, one vote. In theory, everyone in a democracy has equal power... -
How We Win: A Guide to Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigning by George Lakey
RRP: $23.21$15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612197531Author George LakeyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
Heroes by John Pilger
RRP: $23.21$16.71The heroes of John Pilger's narrative are the many ordinary people he has witnessed coping with their lives in difficult and often brutal conditions: dissidents in the Soviet Union; victims of conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Africa, India, the Middle... -
The Violence of Austerity Vickie Cooper 9780745399485
RRP: $21.92$14.89Austerity, a response to the aftermath of the financial crisis, continues to devastate contemporary Britain. In The Violence of Austerity, Vickie Cooper and David Whyte bring together the voices of campaigners and academics including Danny Dorling,... -
Exploring Leadership: Individual, Organizational, and Societal Perspectives by Richard Bolden 9780199547661
RRP: $39.98$34.71Are leaders born or made? Does each society get the leaders it deserves? How-and why-is leadership 'rhetoric' different from leadership in reality? l l Leadership is one of the most talked about yet least understood concepts in current business and... -
Mitterrand: A Study in Ambiguity by Philip Short
RRP: $21.92$15.84Aesthete, sensualist, bookworm, politician of Machiavellian cunning: Francois Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and exceptional flaws who, during his fourteen years as President, strove to drag his tradition-bound and change-averse country into... -
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail - But Some Don't by Nate Silver
RRP: $36.06$22.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Science/Technology) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781594204111Author Nate SilverFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Penguin Putnam... -
The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement by David Graeber
RRP: $14.18$10.02From their earliest meetings, activist David Graeber knew that the Occupy Wall Street movement was something different. From small beginnings its demonstrations spread across the world to cities like Cairo, Athens, Barcelona and London and gave a glimpse... -
The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron: 2022 by Christopher Tugendhat 9781913368531
RRP: $25.80$18.14The Conservative Party have been in power for 47 of the 65 years since the end of the Second World War. During that time the division within the party over Europe has been the enduring drama of British politics - from Churchill's decision not to join the... -
Spinning Out: Climate Change, Mental Health and Fighting for a Better Future by Charlie Hertzog Young
RRP: $16.76$10.73'Utterly brilliant - engaging, thrilling, disturbing, revelatory, explosive' GEORGE MONBIOT'This extraordinary book, written with startling honesty and vulnerability, traces Charlie's remarkable journey from deep despair to resistance, reconnection and... -
Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship by Stephen Vines
RRP: $25.80$23.53'Defying the Dragon' tells a remarkable story of audacity: of how the people of Hong Kong challenged the PRC's authority, just as its president reached the height of his powers. Is Xi's China as unshakeable as it seems? What are its real interests in... -
Power Trip: A Decade of Policy, Plots and Spin by Damian McBride 9781785908385
RRP: $19.34$14.36From 1999 to 2009, Damian McBride worked at the heart of the Treasury and No. 10. He was a pivotal member of Gordon Brown's inner circle before a notorious scandal propelled him out of Downing Street and onto the front pages. When he released his memoir... -
Bed for the Night by David Rieff 9780743252119
RRP: $32.24$22.43Draws on first-hand accounts from war zones throughout the world to illustrate a growing gap between humanitarian ambition and capability, tracing the histories of major organizations while noting the impact of their advocacy beliefs. Reprint. 15,000... -
The Rise of the Right: English Nationalism and the Transformation of Working-Class Politics Simon Winlow (Teeside University) 9781447328483
RRP: $18.05$14.71The shock Brexit result highlighted a worrying trend: underemployed white men and women who have seen their standard of living fall, their communities disintegrate and their sense of value, function and inclusion diminish, desperately want a mainstream... -
Guilty Of Journalism: The Political Prosecution of Julian Assange by Kevin Gosztola
RRP: $18.05$11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644212721Author Kevin GosztolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
The State Debate by Simon Clarke 9780333548592
RRP: $128.99$115.93The 1990s promise to be a period of rapid political change, as old political boundaries dissolve and new political forces emerge. These changes throw into question our understanding of capitalism and socialism, of the character of the nation state, and... -
The Sayings of Benjamin Disraeli by Benjamin Disraeli
RRP: $11.60$7.91The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - with a new foreword by Lord Lexden. Disraeli was one of the least orthodox of Prime Ministers. He was an adventurer who fought his way to 'the... -
Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin 9781668013571
RRP: $25.80$17.11From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the enduring legacy of far-right terrorist Timothy McVeigh, including the January 6th insurrection. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a...