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A James Connolly Reader by Shaun Harkin
RRP: $35.68$25.35Considered by many to be Ireland's most important revolutionary, James Connolly devoted his life to struggles against exploitation, oppression and imperialism. Active across the world, Connolly was a peerless organiser, sharp polemicist, and highly... -
Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by Bill Moyer 9780865714182
RRP: $63.00$26.25Citizen activism has achieved many positive results. But the road to success for social movements is often complex, usually lasting many years, with few guides for evaluating the precise stage of a movement's evolution to determine the best way forward... -
Conscripts of Modernity: The Tragedy of Colonial Enlightenment by David Scott
RRP: $46.18$40.30At this stalled and disillusioned juncture in postcolonial history-when many anticolonial utopias have withered into a morass of exhaustion, corruption, and authoritarianism-David Scott argues the need to reconceptualize the past in order to reimagine a... -
Parties and People: England 1914-1951 by Ross McKibbin 9780199605170
RRP: $69.28$54.10The 'sequel' to his best-selling Classes and Cultures, Ross McKibbin's latest book is a powerful reinterpretation of British politics in the first decades of universal suffrage. What did it mean to be a 'democratic society'? To what extent did voters... -
Yohannes Iv Of Ethiopia: A Political Biography by Zewde Gabre-Sellassie 9781569020432
RRP: $83.90$54.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569020432Author Zewde Gabre-SellassieFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint Red Sea Press,U.S.Publisher Red Sea Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 721g -
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT Up New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman
$38.39In just six years, ACT UP, New York, a broad and unlikely coalition of activists from all races, genders, sexualities, and backgrounds, changed the world. Armed with rancor, desperation, intelligence, and creativity, it took on the AIDS crisis with an... -
Black Mountain: and other stories Gerry Adams 9781847176301
RRP: $25.18$18.90In this collection, one of Ireland's best-known political figures brings us new and selected stories of politics, of family, of love and of friendship. These are portraits of Ireland, and especially Belfast, old and new, in times of struggle and in times... -
The Birth of Politics: Eight Greek and Roman Political Ideas and Why They Matter by Melissa Lane
$39.77In The Birth of Politics, Melissa Lane introduces the reader to the foundations of Western political thought, from the Greeks, who invented democracy, to the Romans, who created a republic and then transformed it into an empire. Tracing the origins of... -
The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton by William E. Leuchtenburg 9780195176162
RRP: $64.03$49.06The American President is a riveting account of the actions of American presidents in the twentieth century from the assassination of William McKinley in 1901 to Bill Clinton's last night in office in January 2001. William Leuchtenburg, a prize-winning... -
Animal Farm by George Orwell 9780702306136
RRP: $14.68$9.74This Scholastic Classics edition of George Orwell's classic satire novel is perfect for students and Orwell enthusiasts alike. All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others. When the... -
Island Stories: Britain and Its History in the Age of Brexit by David Reynolds
RRP: $35.68$23.67'Concise, elegant and lucid ... A very useful primer on the delusions of an English mentality' Guardian What do we get wrong about Britain's history and its place in the world? ... -
Protest Art by Jessica Lack 9780500296684
RRP: $31.48$20.58An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter. Here is a well-researched, concise guide to protest art, exploring what... -
Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean
RRP: $27.28$17.98Soraya was a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honour of presenting a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi, "the Guide," on a visit he was making the following week. This one meeting - a presentation of flowers, a pat on... -
Butterfly Politics: Changing the World for Women, With a New Preface by Catharine A. MacKinnon 9780674237667
RRP: $35.60$29.09"Sometimes ideas change the world. This astonishing, miraculous, shattering, inspiring book captures the origins and the arc of the movement for sex equality. It's a book whose time has come-always, but perhaps now more than ever."-Cass Sunstein,... -
Democracy Hacked: How Technology is Destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore
RRP: $20.98$14.93Technology has fractured democracy, and now there's no going back. All around the world, the fringes have stormed the palace of the elites and unleashed data miners, dark ads and bots on an unwitting public. After years of soundbites about connecting... -
Labour's Civil War: How infighting has kept the left from power (and what can be done about it) by Patrick Diamond 9781913368593
RRP: $35.68$25.43The biblical adage that 'if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand' remains sound theological advice. It also essential counsel for any political party that aspires to win elections. Though both major parties have been subject to... -
Democracy Defined: The Manifesto by Kenn d'Oudney
$44.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902848280Author Kenn d'OudneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Scorpio Recording Company (Publishing) LtdPublisher Scorpio Recording Company... -
A Freeborn People: Politics and the Nation in Seventeenth-Century England by David Underdown 9780198206125
$174.80A Freeborn People is a provocative exploration of the ways in which the political cultures of the elite and of common people intersected during the seventeenth century. David Underdown shows that the two worlds were not as separate as historians have... -
Kennedy: A Cultural History of an American Icon by Mark White
$67.83During his lifetime, John F. Kennedy created a dazzling image that has been sustained since his assassination in 1963. This book examines how Kennedy succeeded in using his military service in World War II, his literary efforts, his sex appeal, his... -
'kill All The Gentlemen': Class struggle and change in the English countryside by Martin Empson 9781910885697
RRP: $31.48$20.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910885697Author Martin EmpsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks Publications -
Conversations With Myself by Nelson Mandela
RRP: $35.68$27.89Conversations With Myself is a moving collection of letters, diary entries and other writing that provides a rare chance to see the other side of Nelson Mandela's life, in his own voice: direct, clear, private. An international bestseller, Conversations... -
Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives by Philip N. Howard
RRP: $47.25$39.80Technology is breaking politics-what can be done about it? Artificially intelligent "bot" accounts attack politicians and public figures on social media. Conspiracy theorists publish junk news sites to promote their outlandish beliefs. Campaigners... -
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir by Dick Cheney 9781439176221
$30.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439176221Format PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
The Dictatorship Syndrome by Alaa Al Aswany 9781912208593
RRP: $27.28$19.09The study of dictatorship in the West has acquired an almost exotic dimension. But authoritarian regimes remain a painful reality for billions of people worldwide who still live under them, their freedoms violated and their rights abused. They are... -
Here to Stay, Here to Fight: A Race Today Anthology Paul Field 9780745339757
RRP: $41.98$28.04From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and... -
Angela Merkel: The Chancellor and Her World by Stefan Kornelius
RRP: $20.98$14.93With the Eurozone engulfed in an unprecedented crisis, one political figure looms largest of all, Angela Merkel, the leader of its most powerful economy. While foreign affairs have become the central issues of her chancellorship in this crucial election... -
Britain at the Polls 2010 by Nicholas Allen 9781849208468
RRP: $77.68$63.82'The Britain at the Polls series always asks-and answers, often with new insights-the key questions about British general elections. And few elections in living memory pose as many big questions as that of May 2010.' - Martin Kettle, The Guardian 'For... -
Striking Women: Struggles & Strategies of South Asian Women Workers from Grunwick to Gate Gourmet by Anitha Sundari 9781912064861
RRP: $37.80$35.76Who were the women who fought back at Grunwick and Gate Gourmet? Striking Women gives a voice to the women involved as they discuss their lives, their work and their trade unions. Striking Women is centred on two industrial disputes, the famous... -
Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean 9781611856101
RRP: $35.68$24.32"In 2011, Annick Cojean, senior reporter at Le Monde and special correspondent for Tripoli, wrote a shock article titled "Gaddafi's sexual slave", which told the story of Soraya, a twenty-two-year old Libyan woman who had been kidnapped and held captive... -
Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang 9781642860009
RRP: $25.18$16.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642860009Author Sisonke MsimangFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint World Editions LtdPublisher World Editions Ltd -
Racism and the Tory Party: From Disraeli to Johnson by Mike Cole
RRP: $75.58$66.55Racism is an endemic feature of the Tory Party. Tracing the history of that racism, Racism and the Tory Party investigates the changing forms of racism in the party from the days of Empire, including the championing of imperialism at the turn of the 20th... -
One Hand Tied Behind Us: Rise of the Women's Suffrage Movement by Jill Liddington 9781854891112
RRP: $35.68$32.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Fawcett Society Book Prize 1990.Book InformationISBN 9781854891112Author Jill LiddingtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Rivers Oram PressPublisher Rivers... -
Fighting for Life: Becoming a Force for Change in a Wounded World by Lila Rose
RRP: $31.48$20.37What makes your heart break for our broken world? You want to make a difference in the world. You're concerned about all the problems you see, the injustices and the suffering. But you don't know where to begin. Designed for the aspiring activist or... -
The Maximalist: The Rise and Fall of Tony O'Reilly by Matt Cooper 9780717167210
RRP: $67.18$48.87An Irish epic, The Maximalist documents in unflinching detail and with great subtlety the meteoric rise and slow unravelling of an Irish icon. 'Biography of the Year.' The Sunday Times 'Biography of the Year.' Sunday Business Post ... -
From cattle-herding to editor's chair: A forgotten founder of the ANC by Richard Thema 9780795708541
RRP: $29.38$24.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780795708541Author Richard ThemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Kwela BooksPublisher Kwela BooksWeight(grams) 1g -
Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box: 50 Things You Need to Know About British Elections Philip Cowley 9781849547550
RRP: $31.48$23.00Shortlisted for the Practical Politics Book of the Year at The Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2015. Have you ever wondered...- what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? - whether people are claiming to vote when they... -
New Human Rights Movement: Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression by Peter Joseph 9781946885142
RRP: $27.28$25.18Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization,... -
In Trump's Shadow: The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP by David M Drucker
RRP: $31.48$21.32With Trump's four years in the White House now in the rearview, an unprecedented period in American political history is concluded. The transition, however, has set off a mad scramble for control of a Republican Party that for so long has reflected the... -
Hearts and Minds: The Battle for the Conservative Party from Thatcher to the Present by Oliver Letwin 9781785903113
RRP: $42.00$31.25An important new book by one of the Britain's great liberal thinkers, Hearts and Minds is part memoir, part political history and part history of ideas. In it, former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin explains how the central ideas and policies of the... -
The Unlikely Candidate: What Losing an Election Taught Me about How to Change Politics Ali Milani (Labour Party politician, councillor and activist.) 9781447361596
RRP: $27.28$21.32Across the Western world, people are desperate for a radical shift in politics and for new kinds of politicians. Primary defeats for established figures and shock results in referendums are becoming the norm, while outsiders are shaking up political...