Political Process

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812975284Author Shirin EbadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 210gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455540471Author John DickersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint TwelvePublisher TwelveWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 33mm

An inspiring collection of original writing from world-leading 'green' voices on why contact with nature is vital for our mental, physical and social wellbeing Already, concrete outweighs every tree, bush and shrub on Earth. Nature deprivation is a...

It is easy to feel helpless in the face of the torrent of information about environmental catastrophes taking place all over the world. In this powerful and provocative book, Scottish writer and campaigner Alastair McIntosh shows how it is still possible...

‘Funny and compulsively readable’ – Louis TherouxWhat if a tiny, shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room? In Them Jon Ronson sets out to find this room, with the help of the extremists – Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen – that...

A 2022 Best Comedy Book, VultureA rousing call for liberals and progressives to pay attention to the emergence of right-wing comedy and the political power of humor. "Why do conservatives hate comedy? Why is there no right-wing Jon Stewart?" These sorts...

There is much to learn from modern left-wing activism in Ireland. A rich tapestry of movements, including republicans, social democrats, trade unions, Trotskyists and anarchists, they have been battling neoliberalism and austerity with vigour,...

*The memoirs of Boris Johnson, complete and unabridged, including all the great material he had to take out for being either too incendiary or too obviously made up*Ghostwritten by Lucien Young, while Boris was sunbathing on a donor's private island...

Every day, most of us will read or watch something in the news that is based on statistics in some way. Sometimes it'll be obvious - 'X people develop cancer every year' - and sometimes less obvious - 'How smartphones destroyed a generation'. Statistics...

A #1 New York Times Bestseller! "I read it cover-to-cover. I did not intend to, but I started at the beginning and didn't put it down until it was over."-Rachel Maddow, MSNBCThis book almost didn't see the light of day as government officials tried to...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITY The effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our time. In this engaging and provocative new book, beloved actor, director, and social activist...

What 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524760854Author Brown Austin ChanningFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 281g

"Rarely has a short book accomplished so much as Terborg-Penn's seminal work. With the utmost attention to detail Terborg-Penn examines the contributions of black suffragist stalwarts . . . It undoubtedly will become the definitive work on African...

A Guardian and Lit Hub most anticipated book of 2024An exhilarating biography of the iconic poet, essayist and activist Audre Lorde Read these chapters like a collection of poems that speak in chorus in all directions. Understand each word as an...

The 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...

"With breath-catching insight and enveloping compassion, Sunaura Taylor shares a secret of epochal urgency: people living with injury and impairment have much to teach about how to survive, and perhaps even thrive, on an injured and impaired planet...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The best political book of the year' Andrew Marr 'A superb work of storytelling and reporting. Sets new...

Throughout American history, some social movements, such as organized labor and the Christian Right, have forged influential alliances with political parties, while others, such as the antiwar movement, have not. When Movements Anchor Parties provides a...

History is written by the winners, they say. And more often than not, it is written about them too. A library's worth of books have been published chronicling the UK's Prime Ministers - those individuals who somehow made it to the top of the greasy pole...

The unknown story of the election that set the tone for today's fractured politics A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2023: Politics "The book is a delightful demolition of the many political myths that continue to muddy our understanding of that...

In January 2012, the hacker collective Anonymous brought down the FBI website in response to planned American laws against internet piracy. In 2011, LulzSec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at VISA, Mastercard and PayPal...

Why do some adults think it's fine to hit children? Why does the school system fail so many pupils? And when their future is on the line, why can't children vote? How we treat children isn't fair. Despite the lip service paid to their rights, children...

Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published. It concentrates not simply on Stalin as dedicated...

Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground is the internet. On one side the "alt right" ranges from the once obscure neo-reactionary and white separatist movements, to geeky subcultures like...

BOOK OF THE YEAR, The Times, Guardian and ProspectWas Harold Wilson a bigger figure than Denis Healey? Was John Major more 'prime ministerial' than Michael Heseltine? Would David Miliband have become prime minister if it were not for his brother Ed?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781683701798Author Catherine MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Evergreen FarmPublisher Evergreen FarmWeight(grams) 1205g

A frank, gripping, moving - and controversial - autobiography from one of the most idiosyncratic and effective politicians of the last fifty years. His political convictions, his distance from New Labour, and his direct, plain-speaking style and...

'The life of man, solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short' Written during the chaos of the English Civil War, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan asks how, in a world of violence and horror, can we stop ourselves from descending into anarchy? Hobbes' case for a...

From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers. Superbloom...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761037702Author Jerry WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Ingram PublishingPublisher Ingram PublishingWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

100 Acts of Minor Dissent is an account of an entire year spent living provocatively. From successful campaigns against Royal Parks and multinationals, to arts and crafts with porn mags, from annoying estate agents, to raising cinema workers' wages,...

A WATERSTONES BEST POLITICS BOOK OF 2023 'Passionate, clever, and often very funny' Marina Hyde'A wonderful meditation on populism, nationalism, politics and truth' Rory StewartWe live in an age of fury and confusion. A new crisis erupts before the last...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996426558Author Llewellyn Rockwell JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Ron Paul Institute for Peace and ProsperityPublisher Ron Paul Institute for...

Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of people in the UK still identify as working class, yet no...

Apostle of Liberty: The World-Changing Leadership of George Washington' is a biography of the great man, but in truth it is more than a mere biography. It also looks at his unique personal qualities as a leader and how these qualities marked him as a...

Apologies 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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870206785Author Elizabeth AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Honno LtdPublisher Honno LtdWeight(grams) 181g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062397348Author Howard ZinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 784Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943591077Author Mark DiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Resistance ManifestoPublisher Resistance ManifestoWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...