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Lessons in Organising: What Trade Unionists Can Learn from the War on Teachers by Gawain Little
RRP: £14.99£9.80'An excellent review of the attack on teachers and their unions, by authors well placed to point to ways to improve the fight back and resistance' - Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary NEU The heart of any trade union is its reps and activists... -
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville 9780226805368
£16.69When it was first published in 2000, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of Democracy in America was lauded in all quarters as the finest and most definitive edition of Tocqueville's classic - complete with the most faithful and... -
Ataturk by Baron Patrick Balfour Kinross
RRP: £18.99£13.15The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East.With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War came the emergence of new nations, chief among them Turkey itself... -
Things Can Only Get Better by John O'Farrell
RRP: £12.99£9.09Like bubonic plague and stone cladding, no-one took Margaret Thatcher seriously until it was too late. Her first act as leader was to appear before the cameras and do a V for Victory sign the wrong way round. She was smiling and telling the British... -
Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do - Expanded Edition by Andrew Gelman 9780691143934
RRP: £15.99£12.61On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on... -
The Art of the Impossible: How to start a political party (and why you probably shouldn't) by Andrew, Simon Reid, Carr 9781785908125
RRP: £12.99£9.02Nothing like it had ever been done before. In January 2019, the Brexit Party was just a name. Over a matter of weeks, the party would be launched, stand candidates across seventy seats and become the largest single party in the European Parliament. ... -
How to Read Numbers: A Guide to Statistics in the News (and Knowing When to Trust Them) by Tom Chivers
RRP: £9.99£6.80Every 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... -
The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin by Brad Meltzer 9781804184332
RRP: £25.00£16.24From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.In 1943, as the war against... -
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes 9780141395098
RRP: £12.99£8.98'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... -
Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity by Justin Baldoni
RRP: £10.99£7.25A 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... -
Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919-63 for OCR Second Edition by Geoff Layton
£25.61Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
Peter Kennard: Visual Dissent by Peter Kennard
RRP: £29.99£19.80This fully illustrated anthology showcases key images from Peter Kennard's work as Britain's foremost political artist over the last fifty years. The book centres around Kennard's images, photomontages and illustrations from protests, year by year,... -
Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge by Catherine Tan 9780231206136
RRP: £28.00£21.36Movements that take issue with conventional understandings of autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability, have become increasingly visible. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine... -
The Break-Up of Britain by Tom Nairn 9781781683200
RRP: £16.99£11.47In this classic text, first published in 1977, Tom Nairn memorably depicts the 'slow foundering' of the United Kingdom on the rocks of imperial decline, constitutional anachronism and the gathering force of civic nationalism. Rich in comparisons between... -
In Trump's Shadow: The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP by David M Drucker
RRP: £14.99£9.80With 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... -
The New Working Class: How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes by Claire Ainsley 9781447344186
RRP: £13.99£11.40Recent 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... -
The Suffragette Bombers: Britain's Forgotten Terrorists by Simon Webb
RRP: £14.99£10.95In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women's Social and Political Union; better known as the... -
Escaping the Rabbit Hole: How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic, and Respect by Mick West
RRP: £12.99£11.58The Earth is flat, the World Trade Center collapse was a controlled demolition, planes are spraying poison to control the weather, and actors faked the Sandy Hook massacre.... All these claims are bunk: falsehoods, mistakes, and in some cases, outright... -
Burn It Down!: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution by Breanne Fahs 9781788735391
RRP: £14.99£10.10Burn It Down! is a testament to what is possible when women are driven to the edge. Collecting over seventy-five manifestos from around the world, Burn It Down! is a rallying cry and a call to action. Among this quarrel- some sisterhood, you'll find ACT... -
Hamas: From Resistance to Government by Paola Caridi 9781609803827
RRP: £15.99£11.33Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609803827Author Paola CaridiFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 585g -
Before the Dawn: An Autobiography by Gerry Adams 9781847179166
RRP: £13.99£10.95Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams offers a unique, intimate account of his childhood in working-class Belfast and the turbulent years of social activism that followed. First published in 1996 - at a time when politics in the North was at an impasse, and the... -
The Great Firewall of China: How to Build and Control an Alternative Version of the Internet by James Griffiths
RRP: £35.00£26.62'Readers will come away startled at just how fragile the online infrastructure we all depend on is and how much influence China wields - both technically and politically' - Jason Q. Ng, author of Blocked on Weibo 'An urgent and much needed reminder... -
State Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century by Francis Fukuyama
RRP: £9.99£7.11Weak or failed states - where no government is in control - are the source of many of the world's most serious problems, from poverty, AIDS and drugs to terrorism. What can be done to help? The problem of weak states and the need for state-building has... -
Politically Homeless by Matt Forde
RRP: £10.99£7.40'Rarely is such an important book this funny. And rarely is such a funny book this important' - RICHARD OSMAN'The second funniest book I have read about being a Labour supporter from Blair to Brexit' - JOHN O'FARRELL'Matt Forde is brilliant at finding... -
Compromise in an Age of Party Polarization by Jennifer Wolak
RRP: £24.49£20.78Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns. Compromise in Congress seems hard to reach, but do politicians deserve all the blame? Legislators who refuse to... -
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli 9780140449150
RRP: £8.00£5.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140449150Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm)... -
Bed for the Night by David Rieff 9780743252119
RRP: £24.99£17.99Draws 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 Children's Inquiry: How the state and society failed the young during the Covid-19 pandemic by Liz Cole
RRP: £9.99£7.11Despite being least affected by the virus itself, children and young people bore the brunt of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions. When schools were closed, playgrounds taped up and play outlawed, children's lives were closed down. The catastrophic impact on... -
American Politics For Dummies - UK by Matthew Alan Hill 9781118920510
RRP: £16.99£11.94The simplest way to get to grips with the American political system American Politics For Dummies is an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book... -
Six Minutes in May: How Churchill Unexpectedly Became Prime Minister by Nicholas Shakespeare
RRP: £12.99£9.09A fascinating and dramatic investigation into the events that led to Winston Churchill becoming Prime Minister against the odds.'A gripping story of Churchill's unlikely rise to power' Observer London, May 1940. Britain is under threat of invasion and... -
The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown
RRP: £12.99£9.09* UPDATED WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR *CHOSEN BY BILL GATES AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016Archie Brown challenges the widespread belief that 'strong leaders', dominant individual wielders of power, are the most successful and admirable. Within... -
Campaign Confessions: Tales from the War Rooms of Politics by John Laschinger
RRP: £15.99£11.04A National Bestseller!Canada's Only Full-Time Political Campaign Manager - 50 Campaigns in 45 Years with 30 VictoriesJohn Laschinger opens the doors to the backrooms and war rooms of the political campaigns he has run, providing lessons for aspiring... -
Haldane: The Forgotten Statesmen Who Shaped Modern Britain by John Campbell 9781787383111
RRP: £30.00£26.43Can you name the creator of the Territorial Army and the British Expeditionary Force? The man who laid the foundation stones of MI5, MI6, the RAF, the LSE, Imperial College, the 'redbrick' universities and the Medical Research Council? This book... -
FDR by Jean Edward Smith
RRP: £26.00£18.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Francis Parkman Prize 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780812970494Author Jean Edward SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 880Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House... -
Promises to Keep: on life and politics by Joe Biden 9781913348823
RRP: £9.99£6.70President Joe Biden tells the story of his extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama's beloved, influential vice president. 'I remain captivated by the possibilities of politics and public service. In fact, I believe that my... -
The War Against the BBC: How an Unprecedented Combination of Hostile Forces Is Destroying Britain's Greatest Cultural Institution... And Why You Should Care by Patrick Barwise
RRP: £12.99£9.09There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment provider, and the global face of Britain. It's our most trusted... -
The Scottish Suffragettes by Leah Leneman
RRP: £8.99£7.40An inspiring look at the remarkable women who fought so tirelessly for equality. Using new material, this study moves away from the ardent activists in London and focuses on the campaign for the vote for women in Scotland. Non-militant 'suffragist'... -
Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States by Edward Foley, Capuchin
RRP: £21.99£20.33The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence... -
The Despot's Accomplice: How the West is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy by Brian Klaas
RRP: £15.99£14.28For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces... -
Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions by Eve Livingston
RRP: £9.99£6.80With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren't they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway? The government constantly attacks unions,...