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Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela 9781509809592
RRP: £25.00£18.55'I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest . . . But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not... -
Qatar and the Arab Spring by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
RRP: £37.50£32.77Qatar and the Arab Spring offers a frank examination of Qatar's startling rise to regional and international prominence, describing how its distinctive policy stance toward the Arab Spring emerged. In only a decade, Qatari policy-makers - led by the... -
Untraceable by Sergei Lebedev
RRP: £18.99£17.42'A superb literary thriller' The Times, Book of the Week 'A thriller dipped in poison... Lebedev shares some of le Carre's fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil' New York Times An extraordinary and angry Russian novel about poisons of... -
A Demon-Haunted Land: Witches, Wonder Doctors, and the Ghosts of the Past in Post-WWII Germany by Monica Black
RRP: £15.99£11.87In the aftermath of World War II, a succession of mass supernatural events swept through war-torn Germany. A messianic faith healer rose to extraordinary fame, prayer groups performed exorcisms, and enormous crowds traveled to witness apparitions of the... -
Ancestral Voices in Irish Politics: Judging Dillon and Parnell by Prof Paul Bew 9780192873705
RRP: £25.00£21.19The story of Charles Stewart Parnell, one of the greatest Irish leaders of the nineteenth century and also one of the most renowned figures of the 1880s on the international stage, and John Dillon, the most celebrated of Parnell's lieutenants. As Paul... -
The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967 by Fouad Ajami 9780521438339
RRP: £20.99£18.77How have Arab political ideas and institutions evolved since the 1967 War? How have the Arabs contended with the external influences to which their wealth has exposed them? What are the implications of the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Fouad Ajami... -
The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa: Money, War and the Business of Power by Alex de Waal 9780745695587
RRP: £16.99£15.22The Real Politics of the Horn of Africa delves into the business of politics in the turbulent, war-torn countries of north-east Africa. It is a contemporary history of how politicians, generals and insurgents bargain over money and power, and use of war... -
What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East? by Dmitri V. Trenin 9781509522316
RRP: £14.99£11.22The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. Today, more than ever, this deeply-troubled region is the focus of power games between major global players vying for international influence. Absent from this scene for the past quarter century, Russia is... -
Cafe Europa: Life after Communism by Slavenka Drakulic 9780140277722
£16.65"Slavenka Drakulic is a journalist and writer whose voice belongs to the world." -Gloria SteinemToday in Eastern Europe the architectural work of revolution is complete: the old order has been replaced by various forms of free market economy and de jure... -
The Making Of A Premier: Zhao Ziyang's Provincial Career by David L Shambaugh
RRP: £39.99£35.06How did Zhao Ziyang rise through the provincial apparatus of the Chinese Communist Party to become premier in 1980? How did he develop the policies of economic reform in the provinces that have now become national policy? What does Zhao Ziyang's... -
The Lebanese Connection: Corruption, Civil War, and the International Drug Traffic by Jonathan Marshall
RRP: £34.00£29.56Long before Mexico, Colombia, and Afghanistan became notorious for their contributions to the global drug traffic, Lebanon was a special target of U.S. drug agents for harboring the world's greatest single transit port in the international traffic in... -
Proceedings Before the European Patent Office: A Practical Guide to Success in Opposition and Appeal, Second Edition by Marcus O. Muller 9781788115339
RRP: £62.95£56.00The second edition of this acclaimed and widely-used book has been thoroughly updated in light of, among others, the revised Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal, which entered into force in January 2020. It provides the first detailed... -
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot - The Great Mistake of Scottish Independence by Lloyd
RRP: £12.99£8.60The Scottish nationalists seek to end the United Kingdom after 300 years of a successful union. Their drive for an independent Scotland is now nearer to success than it has ever been. Success would mean a diminished Britain and a perilously insecure... -
Gwangju Uprising: The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea by Hwang Sok-yong
RRP: £30.00£25.58On 18th May 1980, student activists gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju to protest the coup d'etat and martial law government of General Chun Doo-hwan. The security forces responded with unmitigated violence, and over the next ten days hundreds... -
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron by Tim Bale
RRP: £26.99£17.99The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why... -
The Eu: An Obituary by John Gillingham
RRP: £21.99£18.49With Britain leaving the EU, now is the time for an obituary for the EU as an institution. In this short, rigorously argued book, updated after Brexit, John R. Gillingham tells the history of an idea that has soured and withered away. He reveals the... -
How To Change It: Make a Difference by Joshua Virasami
RRP: £6.99£5.13Introducing the new 'How To...' series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides._______________________________________________________How to Change It: your indispensable guide to activismIs it possible to... -
Backstop Land by Glenn Patterson
RRP: £13.99£12.61'Funny, wise, entertaining and illuminating, this book is one of the best things to come out of the Brexit saga' FINTAN O'TOOLE. 'Read this absorbing book to understand why, since 2016, we have been playing with fire. There is no longer any excuse for... -
Property Rights and Property Wrongs: How Power, Institutions, and Norms Shape Economic Conflict in Russia by Timothy Frye 9781316610107
£26.43Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 to 2012, Timothy Frye examines how political power, institutions, and norms shape property rights for firms... -
United Kingdom by Adrian Bingham 9781509537563
RRP: £12.99£8.60The United Kingdom has been at the heart of global history for centuries - as a conqueror, an engine of international trade, and a symbol of modernity. It was the first industrial nation, the centre of the world's biggest empire, and the home of an... -
The History of the Communist Party of Great Britain: v.5: Cold War, Crisis and Conflict: The CPGB 1951-68 by John Callaghan 9780853159582
RRP: £18.00£17.05This is Volume Five of a comprehensive history of the British Communist Party in the twentieth century, and covers the period from 1951 to 1968. The cold war was at its most intense during this period, and it was also the time of the dramas of 1956 -... -
Franco and the Condor Legion: The Spanish Civil War in the Air by Michael Alpert 9781788311182
RRP: £35.00£31.35The Spanish Civil War was fought on land and at sea but also in an age of great interest in air warfare and the rapid development of warplanes. The war in Spain came a turning point in the development of military aircraft and was the arena in which new... -
Outside In by Peter Hain 9781849544108
RRP: £12.99£9.09Peter Hain has lived an extraordinary life. Formerly an 'outsider' he became an 'insider', one of the last Labour government's most effective ministers. He held an array of glittering posts in the British political establishment, from key roles in the... -
Brexit and British Politics by Geoffrey Evans 9781509523863
RRP: £15.99£14.41Brexit has changed everything - from our government, to our economy and principal trading relationship, to the organization of our state. This watershed moment, which surprised most observers and mobilized previously apathetic sections of the electorate,... -
Defying Hitler: The White Rose Pamphlets by Alexandra Lloyd
RRP: £15.00£11.59'Long Live Freedom!' - Hans Scholl's last words before his execution The White Rose (die Weisse Rose) resistance circle was a group of students and a professor at the University of Munich who in the early 1940s secretly wrote and distributed anti-Nazi... -
Collective Emotions and Political Violence: Narratives of Islamist Organisations in Western Europe by Maéva Clément 9781526167699
RRP: £25.00£17.92How do collective actors move from moderate politics to (violent) extremism? Faced with high risks of repression and implosion, they need to legitimate such radical change to keep members and followers committed to collective action. Drawing on the... -
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot by Masha Gessen 9781847089342
RRP: £9.99£6.70On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot staged a performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. Dressed in their trademark brightly coloured dresses and balaclavas, the women performed... -
Capitalism Beyond Mutuality?: Perspectives Integrating Philosophy and Social Science by Subramanian Rangan 9780198825067
RRP: £105.00£95.96Our quest for prosperity has produced great output but not always great outcomes. The growing list of concerns includes climate and natural capital, abuse of wealth and market power, economic insecurity, gender bias and disparity, competitive and... -
Cameron's Coup: How the Tories took Britain to the Brink by Polly Toynbee
RRP: £9.99£6.70*Includes updated post-election material.*The NHS devastated without so much as a by-your-leave; Gen Y hung out to dry; legal aid cut for the vulnerable; social housing on the brink of collapse . . .Cameron has been busy.Margaret Thatcher sold off the... -
A Constitution of the People and How to Achieve - What Bosnia and Britain Can Learn From Each Other by Aarif Abraham
RRP: £35.00£29.22Britain does not have a written constitution. It has rather, over centuries, developed a set of miscellaneous conventions, rules, and norms that govern political behavior. By contrast, Bosnias constitution was written, quite literally, overnight in a... -
Myanmar's Rohingya Genocide: Identity, History and Hate Speech by Ronan Lee 9780755602476
RRP: £22.99£20.11The genocide in Myanmar has drawn global attention as Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be presiding over human rights violations, forced migrations and extra-judicial killings on an enormous scale. This unique study draws on... -
Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler: How a British Civil Servant Helped Cause the Second World War by Adrian Phillips 9781785904752
RRP: £20.00£14.69In Fighting Churchill, Appeasing Hitler Adrian Phillips presents a radical new view of the British policy of appeasement in the late 1930s. No one doubts that appeasement failed, but Phillips shows that it caused active harm - even sabotaging Britain's... -
The Huthi Movement in Yemen: Ideology, Ambition and Security in the Arab Gulf by Abdullah Hamidaddin
RRP: £22.99£18.88The Huthi rebels in Yemen are a resistance movement going back decades. Their coup against Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in 2015 - and the subsequent Yemeni civil war and the intervention of the Arab coalition in support of Hadi - has brought... -
The Fate of Third Worldism in the Middle East: Iran, Palestine and Beyond by Rasmus C. Elling 9780861547289
RRP: £30.00£20.95In the latter half of the twentieth century, a revolutionary idea promised to upend the global order. Anti-imperialist militancy, bolstered by international solidarity, would lead to not only the national liberation of oppressed peoples but universal... -
Peacocks In Paradise by Anna Nicholas 9781838311001
RRP: £9.99£6.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838311001Author Anna NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Burro BooksPublisher Burro Books -
The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy by Suisheng (Sam) Zhao
RRP: £27.99£23.66China is unique in modern world history. No other rising power has experienced China's turbulent history in its relations with neighbors and Western countries. Its sheer size dominates the region. With leader Xi Jinping's political authority unmatched,... -
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis 9781608465644
RRP: £12.99£9.87In these essays, interviews and speeches, Angela Y. Davis illuminates connections between struggles against state violence and oppression throughout history and around the world. Reflecting on the importance of black feminism, intersectionality and... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns
RRP: £28.00£21.36Why violence in the Congo has continued despite decades of international intervention Well into its third decade, the military conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been dubbed a "forever war"-a perpetual cycle of war, civil unrest, and... -
The Dialectic Is in the Sea: The Black Radical Thought of Beatriz Nascimento by Beatriz Nascimento 9780691241203
RRP: £25.00£19.18Collected writings by one of the most influential Black Brazilian intellectuals of the twentieth centuryBeatriz Nascimento (1942-1995) was a poet, historian, artist, and political leader in Brazil's Black movement, an innovative and creative thinker... -
House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb
RRP: £12.99£8.48A powerful and intensely human insight into the civil war in Zimbabwe, focusing on a white farmer and his maid who find themselves on opposing sides. One bright morning Nigel Hough, one of the few remaining white farmers in Mugabe's Zimbabwe,...