Propaganda

A detailed and compelling political study of how elite forces shape mass media.Edward S Herman and Noam Chomsky investigate how an underlying elite consensus structures mainstream media. Here they skilfully dissect the way in which the marketplace and...

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization...

In a Reformation kingdom ill-used to queens, Elizabeth I needed a very particular image to hold her divided country together. The 'Cult of Gloriana' would elevate the queen to the status of a virgin goddess, aided by authors, musicians, and artists such...

'A lively and well-researched history and critique' - Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, the Guardian has been a key institution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990263484Author Grant EnnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Daraja PressPublisher Daraja PressWeight(grams) 820g

'A fun history of political dishonesty' The TimesIn a history full of wit and acumen, Private Eye journalist Adam Macqueen dissects the gripping stories of the biggest political lies of the last half-century, from the cover-up of Churchill's stroke to...

Lakoff researches how framing influences reasoning, or how the way we say something often matters much more than what we say. the Guardian Over a quarter of a million copies sold worldwide! Ten years after writing the definitive, international...

Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788793987654Author Vernon ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Korsgaard PublishingPublisher Korsgaard PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm)...

In this book the author chronicles the abuse by the British state of emergency laws: harassment and intimidation of civilians; injuries and deaths caused by rubber and plastic bullets; collusion between British security forces, British intelligence and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632460172Author William LutzFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig PublishingWeight(grams) 291g

In Stories Are Weapons, best-selling author Annalee Newitz traces the way disinformation, propaganda and violent threats-the essential tool kit for psychological warfare-have evolved from military weapons deployed against foreign adversaries into tools...

Reviewing the evidence, documents, and connections, The Illuminati: The Secret Society That Hijacked the World, by award-winning journalist and author Jim Marrs shines a light on the history, workings, continuing influence, and pernicious and hidden...

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 *...

One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986073120Author Dr Graeme MacqueenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Each year, Israel's young men and women are drafted into compulsory military service and are required to engage directly in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is by its nature intensely complex and is played out under the full glare of...

Within seventeen years of the first public broadcast in Britain, the nation again found itself at war. As the Second World War progressed, the BBC eventually realised the potential benefits of public radio and the service became vital in keeping an...

"An engaging, balanced and thoroughly researched history. It is often a moving and amusing tale containing plenty of mavericks and colourful episodes." (Lawrence James, The Times)Auntie's War is a love letter to radio. The British Broadcasting...

A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Foreign Affairs Best Book of the YearAn Atlantic Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the YearHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracyHitler,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632462046Author Edward BernaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig Publishing

In this powerful book, journalist and film maker John Pilger strips away the layers of deception, dissembling language and omission that prevent us from understanding how the world really works. From the invisible corners of Tony Blair's Britain to...

The sheer magnitude of the Holocaust has commanded our attention for the past sixty years. The extent of atrocities, however, has overshadowed the calculus Nazis used to justify their deeds.According to German wartime media, it was German citizens who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781614277873Author Joost A M MeerlooFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Martino Fine BooksPublisher Martino Fine BooksWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)...

Following a remarkable epoch of greater dispersion of wealth and opportunity, we are inexorably returning towards a more feudal era marked by greater concentration of wealth and property, reduced upward mobility, demographic stagnation, and increased...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999359171Author David SedgwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint SandgrounderPublisher SandgrounderWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781722502805Author Edward BernaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint G&D MediaPublisher G&D Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815738862Author Jonathan RauchFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm)...

Social media platforms do not just circulate political ideas, they support manipulative disinformation campaigns. While some of these disinformation campaigns are carried out directly by individuals, most are waged by software, commonly known as bots,...

Celebrated anthropologist Margaret Mead, who studied sex in Samoa and child-rearing in New Guinea in the 1920s and '30s, was determined to show that anthropology could tackle the psychology of the most complex, modern societies in ways useful for waging...

LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017How do we discuss serious ideas in the age of 24-hour news? What was rhetoric in the past and what should it be now? And what does Islamic State have in common with Donald Trump?We've never had more information or more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062795991Author Clint WattsFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781962572583Author Edward L BernaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Warbler ClassicsPublisher Warbler ClassicsWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II cult to anti-Western conspiracy theories, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970312594Author Edward BernaysFormat PaperbackPage Count 175Imprint Ig PublishingPublisher Ig PublishingWeight(grams) 137g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890643Author Mike RothschildFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Winner of the Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust ResearchThe scale and the depth of Nazi brutality seem to defy understanding. What could drive people to fight, kill, and destroy with such ruthless ambition? Observers and historians have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943591091Author Mark DiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Resistance ManifestoPublisher Resistance ManifestoWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Prescient and even more relevant than when originally released in 2019, this Memorial Edition of War With Russia ? provides keen perspective to help readers understand the current Ukraine crisis. Are we in a new Cold War with Russia? Does Vladimir Putin...

This is the dramatic story of how a noted tech venture capitalist, an early mentor to Mark Zuckerberg and investor in his company, woke up to the serious damage Facebook was doing to our society and set out to try to stop it. ...