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Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria by Nikolaos Van Dam
RRP: €17.84€13.98Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone which operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements including ISIS as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis... -
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: €22.60€13.28In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show. Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and... -
Nemesis: The Hunt for Brazil's Most Wanted Criminal by Misha Glenny
RRP: €15.46€10.82'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND. This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil's most notorious criminal. FATHER. A man who tried to... -
Roger Casement in Death: Or Haunting the Free State by W.J. Mc Cormack 9781900621779
RRP: €26.18€25.05Roger Casement, the retired British consular official tried for treason and executed for securing German rifles to help the 1916 Rising in Ireland, has been a focus of controversy since the 1930s, with specific reference to the so-called Black diaries... -
Mandela: In Honor of an Extraordinary Life by Makaziwe Mandela 9780847872008
RRP: €68.43€65.08A tribute to her father, Makaziwe Mandela shares the most definitive portrait of Nelson Mandela to date, revealing the man behind the anti-apartheid movement that changed the world. One of Time magazine s Most Important People of the Twentieth Century,... -
China: Fragile Superpower by Susan Shirk 9780195373196
RRP: €16.65€12.90Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L... -
China Coup: The Great Leap to Freedom by Roger Garside
RRP: €23.80€18.91An expert's take on how a coup in China could launch a transition to democracy. This short book predicts-contrary to the prevailing consensus-that China's leader Xi Jinping will very soon be removed from office in a coup d'etat mounted by rivals in the... -
The Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang
RRP: €26.18€21.13A metropolis with a population of about 11 million, Wuhan sits at the crossroads of China. It was here that in the last days of 2019, the first reports of a mysterious new form of pneumonia emerged. Before long, an abrupt and unprecedented lockdown was... -
Russia and the Future of Europe: Views from the Capitals by Michael Kaeding 9783030956509
RRP: €53.54€48.29This book sheds light on how Member States and EU neighbours relate to Russia. It includes their historical, financial and political ties, as well as the public perception of the national population vis-a-vis Russia. Each chapter... -
Moldova: A History by Rebecca Haynes
RRP: €27.36€27.00Moldova is a new nation-state with a long history. Despite only recently gaining independence, following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova's roots stretch all the way back to the Principality of Moldavia, established in 1359. After centuries... -
The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific: Strategy, Order, and Regional Security by Catherine L. Grant
RRP: €44.03€39.21A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly... -
Honor and the Political Economy of Marriage: Violence against Women in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq by Joanne Payton
RRP: €34.50€29.70'Honor' is used as a justification for violence perpetrated against women and girls considered to have violated social taboos related to sexual behavior. Several 'honor'-based murders of Kurdish women, such as Fadime Sahindal, Banaz Mahmod and Du'a... -
Will China Dominate the 21st Century? Jonathan Fenby 9781509510979
RRP: €17.84€16.16China's spectacular growth and expanding global role have led to visions of the 21st century being dominated by the last major state on earth ruled by a Communist Party. In this new edition of his widely acclaimed book, renowned China expert Jonathan... -
China's Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road by Tom Miller
RRP: €13.08€9.97'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared that the lion had awoken. From holding its ground in trade wars with the US, to... -
The Remainder by Alia Trabucco Zeran 9781911508328
RRP: €11.90€8.33Santiago, Chile. The city is covered in ash. Three children of ex-militants are facing a past they can neither remember nor forget. Felipe sees dead bodies on every corner of the city, counting them up in an obsessive quest to square these figures with... -
Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring by Gregory Makoff 9781647123970
RRP: €28.56€23.79The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on... -
Blood and Silk: Power and Conflict in Modern Southeast Asia Michael Vatikiotis 9781474602037
RRP: €13.08€8.81'A lively and learned guide to the politics, personalities and conflicts that are shaping a dynamic group of countries' FINANCIAL TIMES'A fascinating and many-layered portrait of Southeast Asia' THANT MYINT-UWhy are the region's richest countries such as... -
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel by Dan Ephron 9780393353242
RRP: €15.46€13.64The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Orthodox Jew Yigal Amir, twenty years ago this November, remains the most consequential event in the country's recent history. Killing a King relates parallel stories over the two years leading up to the... -
The Angel Of Grozny: Life Inside Chechnya - from the bestselling author of The Bookseller of Kabul Asne Seierstad 9781844083961
RRP: €13.08€7.70'The best book in English about one of the world's most brutal and under-reported conflicts ... fascinating' Christina Lamb, Sunday TimesIn the early hours of New Year's Eve 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into... -
Nigeria's Soldiers of Fortune: The Abacha and Obasanjo Years by Max Siollun
RRP: €32.73€28.70In the cataclysmic decade that is the focus of this book, Nigeria was subject to several near-death experiences. These began when the country nearly tore itself apart after the northern-led military government annulled the results of a 1993 presidential... -
A Dream Deferred: Guyanese Identity and the Shadow of Colonialism by Stephen Spencer 9781870518772
RRP: €9.51€6.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870518772Author Stephen SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Hansib Publications LimitedPublisher Hansib Publications LimitedWeight(grams) 173g -
Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution Paul Le Blanc 9780745348346
RRP: €20.22€13.73'Brings out the practical activism, principled politics, and revolutionary patience crucial to organizing the oppressed on a rapidly over-heating planet' - Jodi Dean 'Crackling with intellectual life' - Lars T. Lih Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in... -
Living with Hitler: Accounts of Hitler's Household Staff by Krause Karl Wilhelm 9781784382971
RRP: €23.79€17.47This collection paints a picture of Hitler from members of his household in the unique position of being seemingly ever-present, yet totally unconnected to events. The reader is introduced to Hitler's Bodyguard Karl Krause (1934-39), his house... -
Max Beaverbrook: Not Quite A Gentleman by Charles Williams 9781849547468
RRP: €29.75€21.71Financial magician, flamboyant politician, minister in both world wars, press baron, serial philanderer, Winston Churchill's boon companion in the dark days of 1940-41 and in his later years, Max Beaverbrook was without a doubt one of the most colourful... -
British Politics Simon Griffiths (Goldsmiths College, University of London Department of Politics, London, UK) 9781137603005
RRP: €45.21€41.33Fully revised and updated third edition of a popular, established textbook, providing a definitive introduction to Britain's politics, political institutions and processes. Comprehensively re-worked and re-structured to better align with courses, this... -
The Making and Unmaking of a Zionist: A Personal and Political Journey by Antony Lerman 9780745332765
RRP: €27.36€18.05Antony Lerman traces his five-decade personal and political journey from idealistic socialist Zionist to controversial critic of Israel's aggression towards the Palestinians. As head of an influential UK Jewish think tank, he operated at the highest... -
Inside the U D A: Volunteers and Violence by Colin Crawford 9780745321066
RRP: €33.31€25.67This book is a unique insight into the beliefs and political ideology of the Ulster Defence Assocation (UDA) and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). Featuring interviews with key members of these paramilitary groups, many conducted inside the Maze prison,... -
We're Here Because You Were There: Immigration and the End of Empire by Ian Patel 9781839767999
RRP: €14.27€11.54What are the origins of the hostile environment against immigrants in the UK? Patel retells Britain's recent history in an often shocking account of state racism that still resonates today. In a series of post-war immigration laws from 1948 to 1971,... -
Women and Gender in Iraq: Between Nation-Building and Fragmentation by Zahra Ali
RRP: €28.55€24.72Since the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the challenges of sectarianism and militarism have weighed heavily on the women of Iraq. In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide-range of interviews with a variety of women involved in women's... -
Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction by Kirill Nourzhanov 9781793650795
RRP: €35.70€31.75Central Asia often evokes images of imperial power rivalry dating back to the 19th century. Yet as the region's international politics becomes more complex in the age of globalization, the need for new ways of looking at its many actors is more pressing... -
Putin's Playbook: Russia's Secret Plan to Defeat America by Rebekah Koffler
RRP: €15.46€9.73With a new introduction about the crisis in Ukraine.Putin's Playbook is urgently essential reading. A former U.S. intelligence specialist who was born and raised in the Soviet Union explains what Vladimir Putin wants and how he plans to get it. Russia's... -
Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping by Klaus Mühlhahn 9780674248311
RRP: €27.31€22.92"Thoughtful, probing...a worthy successor to the famous histories of Fairbank and Spence [that] will be read by all students and scholars of modern China."-William C. Kirby, coauthor of Can China Lead?It is tempting to attribute the rise of China to Deng... -
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning by Eve Fairbanks
RRP: €23.79€14.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476725277Author Eve FairbanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm *... -
Catch-67: The Left, the Right, and the Legacy of the Six-Day War by Micah Goodman
RRP: €15.46€13.64A controversial examination of the internal Israeli debate over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a best-selling Israeli author"A must for anyone who wants to understand the tectonic forces underlying Israeli politics."-Rabbi Robert Orkand, Reform... -
Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo by Ernesto Che Guevara
RRP: €17.84€13.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644210727Author Ernesto Che GuevaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab by Carl Miller
RRP: €13.08€9.25**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019**THE OLD GODS ARE DYING.Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet.NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline... -
Elections without Order: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin by Richard Rose 9780521016445
RRP: €36.88€28.32Russians want both free elections and order, but order - a sense of predictability in everyday life and the rule of law - has been in short supply. This is the challenge that Russia presents to Vladimir Putin. This 2002 book is about Russia's attempt to... -
Untitled by John Stapleton 9780007415588
RRP: €11.89€7.90'The bombshell book everyone is talking about' DAILY MAIL 'A radio genius ... the maestro of the show' EVENING STANDARD As presenter of Radio 4's Today, the nation's most popular... -
Advanced Introduction to European Union Law: Second Edition Jacques Ziller 9781035323135
RRP: €21.36€19.59Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid... -
The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters by Megan Walsh
RRP: €14.27€9.52What does contemporary China's diverse and exciting fiction tell us about its culture, and the relationship between art and politics? The Subplot takes us on a lively journey through a literary landscape like you've never seen before: a vast...