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A People's History of the French Revolution by Eric Hazan
RRP: £25.99£24.21The assault on the Bastille, the Reign of Terror, Danton mocking his executioner, Robespierre dispensing a fearful justice, and the archetypal gadfly Marat - the events and figures of the French Revolution have exercised a hold on the historical... -
Colonizing Kashmir: State-building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal 9781503636033
RRP: £24.99£21.67The Indian government, touted as the world's largest democracy, often repeats that Jammu and Kashmir-its only Muslim-majority state-is "an integral part of India." The region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan, and is considered the world's... -
The Future of Africa: Challenges and Opportunities by Jakkie Cilliers
RRP: £24.99£22.77This open access textbook offers a critical introduction to human and economic development prospects in Africa revolving around three questions: where is Africa today, what explains the current state, and, given historical trends and what we know about... -
Russian Conservatism: Managing Change under Permanent Revolution by Glenn Diesen 9781538150009
RRP: £30.00£26.68Russian conservatism is making a forceful return after a century of experimenting with socialism and liberalism. Conservatism is about managing change by ensuring that modernization evolves organically by building on the past. Conservatism has a natural... -
Yemen in Crisis: The Road to War by Helen Lackner 9781788735537
£19.45The democratic promise of the 2011 Arab Spring has unraveled in Yemen, triggering a disastrous crisis of civil war, famine, militarization, and governmental collapse with serious implications for the future of the region.Fueled by Arab and Western... -
Contemporary Ireland by Eoin O'Malley 9780230516700
£37.16In the last quarter century, Ireland has experienced dramatic political and economic change. This broad-ranging text provides an accessible and up-to-date introduction to Irish society, politics and culture, as well as developments in its economy and... -
Putin & Russia: The Rise of a Dictator by Darryl Cunningham 9781912408917
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408917Author Darryl CunninghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions -
China's Civilian Army: The Inside Story of China's Quest for Global Power by Peter Martin
RRP: £25.49£18.34The untold story of China's rise as a global superpower, chronicled through the diplomatic shock troops that connect Beijing to the world. China's Civilian Army charts China's transformation from an isolated and impoverished communist state to a... -
The Story of China: The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream by Michael Wood
RRP: £32.50£18.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250202574Author Michael WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 885gDimensions(mm) 239mm *... -
Is Socialism Possible in Britain?: Reflections on the Corbyn Years by Andrew Murray
RRP: £14.99£12.55Selected as one of the 15 best political and current affairs books of 2022 by The TimesIs Socialism Possible in Britain? analyses Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as Labour leader and the prospects for parliamentary socialism in a post-Corbyn Britain. Lively and... -
The Road to Ukraine: How the West Lost its Way Frank Furedi 9783110996944
RRP: £22.50£17.32Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the latest chapter in a series of events that have their origins in World War One. The difficult existential questions that emerged before and during this conflict still remain unresolved. Contrary to the claim that wars... -
Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years, Chibok, 2015 and the Conspiracies by Reno Omokri 9780998182971
RRP: £15.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998182971Author Reno OmokriFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint RevmediaPublisher RevmediaWeight(grams) 263g -
Thatcher's Trial: Six Months That Defined a Leader by Kwasi Kwarteng
RRP: £14.99£11.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.A fascinating examination of the leadership of Britain's most controversial post-war Prime Minister from politician and historian Kwasi KwartengAbout the AuthorKwasi Kwarteng was... -
English Questions by Perry Anderson 9780860915911
RRP: £23.99£16.32A set of reflections on British society and culture, this volume falls into two principal parts. The first consists of a pair of essays published in New Left Review in the sixties; "Origins of the Present Crisis," which suggested a general schema for the... -
Russia-Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies by Lilia Shevtsova 9780870032363
RRP: £18.95£13.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870032363Author Lilia ShevtsovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePublisher Brookings Institution -
Rethinking Chinese Politics by Joseph Fewsmith 9781108926607
RRP: £30.99£19.99Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems,... -
From the Fires of War - Ukraine's Azov Movement and the Global Far Right by Michael Colborne
RRP: £27.00£22.25From its roots in revolution and war, Ukraine's Azov movement has grown from a militia of fringe far-right figures and football hooligans fending off Russian-backed forces into a multipronged social movement that has become the envy of the global far... -
The Spectre of Comparison: Politics, Culture and the Nation by Benedict Anderson
RRP: £23.99£22.05"'Come, let us build a Third Kingdom, and in this Third Reich, hey, sisters, you will live happily; hey, brothers, you will live happily; hey, kids, you will live happily; hey, you German patriots, you will see Germany sitting enthroned above all the... -
The Irish Diaries (1994-2003): Alastair Campbell by Kathy Gilfillan
£17.36The four volumes of spokesman and strategist Alastair Campbell's diaries were a publishing sensation.As British Prime Minister Tony Blair's right-hand man, former journalist and political analyst Campbell played a critical role in every aspect of New... -
Africa's First Democrats: Somalia's Aden A. Osman and Abdirazak H. Hussen by Abdi Ismail Samatar
RRP: £27.99£24.14Abdi Ismail Samatar provides a clear and foundational history of Somalia at the dawn of the country's independence when Africa's first democrats appeared. While many African countries were dominated by authoritarian rulers when they entered the... -
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph 9780995266520
£12.67Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Fighter Master Folland and the Gladiators by Derek N. James 9780752443973
RRP: £16.99£12.94Although Henry P. Folland never received the public acclaim accorded to the Spitfire and Hurricane's designers, more than 7,000 examples were built of the seventeen fighters he designed. His first biplane fighter, the Royal Aircraft Factory's S.E.5/5a,... -
Collieries, Communities and the Miners' Strike in Scotland, 1984-85 by Jim Phillips 9780719096723
RRP: £25.00£21.79This book, available at last in paperback, analyses the 1984-85 miners' strike by focusing on its vital Scottish dimensions, especially the role of workplace politics and community mobilisation. The year-long strike began in Scotland, with workers... -
The British General Election of 1987 by David Butler 9780333467930
RRP: £99.99£89.87The 1987 election, which returned Mrs Thatcher for a record-breaking third term, was notable for a new level of campaigning professionalism. This book, the thirteenth in a series that has covered every election since the Second World War, examines in... -
Night Haunts: A Journey Through the London Night by Sukhdev Sandhu
£16.49Traditional depictions of London at night have imagined a lawless orgy of depravity and pestilence. But is Britain's capital after dark now as bland and unthreatening as an evening in any new provincial town? Sukhdev Sandhu journeys across the city to... -
The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World by Vijay Prashad
RRP: £14.99£14.16The landmark alternative history of the Cold War from the perspective of the Global South, reissued in paperback with a new introduction by the authorIn this award-winning investigation into the overlooked history of the Third World-with a new preface by... -
Laboratories of Terror: The Final Act of Stalin's Great Purge in Soviet Ukraine by Lynne Viola 9780197647554
RRP: £24.99£22.52Laboratories of Terror explores the final chapter of Stalin's Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine. When the Communist Party Central Committee and the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR halted mass operations in repression in November 1938, large... -
Responses to 7 October: Universities by Rosa Freedman 9781032805566
RRP: £18.99£16.87One of three volumes responding to the 7 October attack, Universities focuses on the heartland of contemporary antisemitic thinking, which is scholarship; and its reflection in student discourse on campus.Contributions go back to Sartre and to debates of... -
The Undercover Nazi Hunter: Unmasking Evil in Post-War Germany by Wolfe Frank 9781526738738
RRP: £25.00£18.02Wolfe Frank was Chief Interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials where he was dubbed 'The Voice of Doom'. A playboy turned resistance worker he had fled Germany for England in 1937 having been branded an 'enemy of the state - to be shot on sight'. Initially... -
On Europe by Margaret Thatcher 9780008257361
RRP: £6.99£5.13First published in her pioneering treatise Statecraft, the opinions and projections of the former Prime Minister on Europe remain potent and resoundingly prophetic. Margaret Thatcher foresaw the European Union as a swelling superstate,... -
A History of West Africa Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) 9781032055947
RRP: £35.99£32.09This book introduces readers to the rich and fascinating history of West Africa, stretching all the way back to the stone age, and right up to the modern day.Over the course of twenty seven short and engaging chapters, the book delves into the social,... -
A Thief's Justice: A completely gripping historical mystery by Douglas Skelton
RRP: £16.99£11.20London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice-cold...'An immersive, action-packed thriller with intrigue in the air and threats around every corner' The Herald'Great fun ... the language is colourful and the action never stops' Laura... -
From Commune to Capitalism: How Chinaas Peasants Lost Collective Farming and Gained Urban Poverty by Zhun Xu
RRP: £20.00£16.44"Zhun Xu's careful analysis debunks the conventional wisdom about the supposed failure of agricultural collectives in China. Xu's reassessment of the path of agrarian change in China since 1949, which relies on interviews with peasants as well as... -
Long Shot: My Life As a Sniper in the Fight Against ISIS by Azad Cudi
RRP: £5.99£4.51'A book to marvel at, learn from, and return to again and again' John le CarreThe incredible inside story of a Kurdish sniper in the battle against ISIS As Syria imploded in civil war in 2011, Kurdish volunteers in the north rose up to free their... -
Zen Terror in Prewar Japan: Portrait of an Assassin by Brian Daizen Victoria 9781538131664
RRP: £30.00£23.88Can Buddhism, widely regarded as a religion of peace, also contribute to acts of terrorism? Through an insider's view of right-wing ultranationalism in prewar Japan, this powerful book follows a band of Zen Buddhist-trained adherents who ardently... -
America and the China Threat: From the End of History to the End of Empire by Paolo Urio
RRP: £25.00£19.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949762501Author Paolo UrioFormat PaperbackPage Count 476Imprint Clarity PressPublisher Clarity Press -
Beauty Sleep by Kathryn Evans 9781474954877
RRP: £7.99£7.66Winner of the CrimeFest award for Best Crime Novel for Young AdultsWho am I? What am I? When am I?Laura can't remember who she is. But the rest of the world knows. Because Laura is famous - a dying girl who was frozen until she could be cured. A... -
The Shanghai Free Taxi: Journeys with the Hustlers and Rebels of the New China Frank Langfitt 9781474612333
RRP: £9.99£6.80As any traveller knows, the best and most honest conversations take place during car rides. So when journalist Frank Langfitt wanted to learn more about the real China, he started driving a cab - and discovered a country amid seismic political and... -
Jacinda Ardern: Leading with Empathy by Supriya Vani
RRP: £20.00£13.50'It takes courage to be an empathetic leader. And I think if anything the world needs empathetic leadership now, perhaps more than ever.' Jacinda Ardern Jacinda Ardern was swept to office in 2017 on a wave of popular enthusiasm dubbed 'Jacindamania'... -
Dissidents among Dissidents: Ideology, Politics and the Left in Post-Soviet Russia by Ilya Budraitskis
£19.99Ilya Budraitskis, one of the country's most prominent leftist political commentators, explores the strange fusion of free-market ideology and postmodern nationalism that now prevails in Russia, and describes the post-Soviet evolution of its left. He...