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Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe by Emily Greble
RRP: £30.49£26.75Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe shows that Muslims were citizens of modern Europe from its beginning and, in the process, rethinks Europe itself. Muslims are neither newcomers nor outsiders in Europe. In the twentieth century, they have been... -
Ten Thousand Eyes: The amazing story of the spy network that cracked Hitler’s Atlantic Wall before D-Day by Richard Collier 9781804366660
RRP: £12.99£8.18'Without the networks of the French Resistance, the invasion would not have been possible' Major General Walter Bedell Smith, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary ForceDays after France fell in June 1940, Charles de Gaulle appointed... -
Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the Remaking of Israel by Dan Ephron 9780393353242
RRP: £12.99£11.46The 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... -
China vs America: 2021 by Oliver Letwin 9781785906848
£14.48China's rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the country's authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival... -
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,... -
Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War by Eline van Ommen 9780520390768
£19.59Nicaragua Must Survive tells the story of the Sandinistas' innovative diplomatic campaign, which captured the imaginations of people around the globe and transformed Nicaraguan history at the tail end of the Cold War. The Sandinistas' diplomacy went far... -
London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race by Kennetta Hammond Perry 9780190909949
£22.77Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain't no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity... -
Hailing the State: Indian Democracy between Elections by Lisa Mitchell 9781478018766
£20.84In Hailing the State, Lisa Mitchell explores the methods of collective assembly that people in India use to hold elected officials and government administrators accountable, demand inclusion in decision making, and stage informal referendums. Mitchell... -
Illiberal Europe?: Eastern Europe from the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the War in Ukraine by Leon Marc
RRP: £18.99£12.84Eighteen years have passed since ten countries from Central & Eastern Europe joined the European Union and more than three decades since the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989 - but ignorance about what is popularly still called Eastern Europe is as... -
Scotland's Future History by McHardy Stuart
£5.94McHardy presents a new approach to history, changing our mindset to look at Scotland as the centre of our story. Rather than starting from the Mediterranean, from the classical/Christian bias we have been taught for centuries. Rather than being a remote... -
Russia'S Dead End: A Kremlin Insider's Testimony from Gorbachev to Putin by Andrei A. Kovalev
£26.90Elite-level Soviet politics, privileged access to state secrets, knowledge about machinations inside the Kremlin-such is the environment in which Andrei A. Kovalev lived and worked. In this memoir of his time as a successful diplomat serving in various... -
Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression by Tony Roberts
£24.11Since the so-called Arab Spring, citizens of African countries have continued to use digital tools in creative ways to ensure that marginalised voices are heard, and to demand for the rights they are entitled to in law: to freely associate, to form... -
The Nazi Occult by Kenneth Hite 9781780965987
RRP: £13.99£12.40In the dark dungeons beneath Nazi Germany, teams of occult experts delved into ancient and forbidden lore, searching for lost secrets of power. This book tells the complete history of the Nazi occult programs, from their quests for the Ark of the... -
Think Tanks: The New Knowledge and Policy Brokers in Asia by James G. McGann 9780815732914
RRP: £39.00£34.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815732914Author James G. McGannFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm)... -
Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring by Michael J. Willis
£19.52The overthrow of the regime of President Ben Ali in Tunisia on 14 January 2011 took the world by surprise. The popular revolt in this small Arab country and the effect it had on the wider Arab world prompted questions as to why there had been so little... -
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998 by Benny Morris 9780679744757
RRP: £24.00£17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsNominated for National Jewish Book Awards 1999.Book InformationISBN 9780679744757Author Benny MorrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random... -
Friendly Fire: how Israel became its own worst enemy by Ami Ayalon
RRP: £18.99£12.83A powerful personal testimony and an urgent call for Israel to change direction, from an unexpected source: the former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet. Raised on a kibbutz by parents who had fled the Holocaust, Ami Ayalon's life... -
Leon Battista Alberti: The Chameleon's Eye by Caspar Pearson 9781789145212
RRP: £17.95£12.92One of the most brilliant and original authors and architects of the entire Renaissance, Leon Battista Alberti's output encompassed engineering, surveying, cryptography, poetry, humour, political commentary and more. He employed irony, satire and playful... -
From Triumph to Crisis: Neoliberal Economic Reform in Postcommunist Countries by Hilary Appel
RRP: £28.99£24.42The postcommunist countries were amongst the most fervent and committed adopters of neoliberal economic reforms. Not only did they manage to overcome the anticipated domestic opposition to 'shock therapy' and Washington Consensus reforms, but many... -
The Government and Politics of the European Union by Neill Nugent
RRP: £36.99£33.88The definitive textbook on EU politics and governance, now in its 8th edition, has been thoroughly updated to take into account the ongoing developments and evolution of the EU. Major changes, recent developments, and the crises that have befallen the... -
The Second World War: A Marxist History by Chris Bambery 9780745333014
RRP: £26.99£17.59The Second World War casts a long shadow, portrayed as a necessary and paradigmatic war that defeated fascism. During recent wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, US presidents and British prime ministers have tried to claim they were following in the... -
The Caribbean in Europe: Aspects of the West Indies Experience in Britain, France and the Netherland by Colin Brock 9780714632636
RRP: £135.00£117.28This book is the fourth in a series of volumes to emerge from the commemoration by the University of Hull of the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire, and in particular an international conference held to discuss some of... -
The Shocking History of the Eu by Zina Cohen 9781797966915
RRP: £7.99£7.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781797966915Author Zina CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently Published -
Aleppo: The Rise and Fall of Syria's Great Merchant City by Philip Mansel
£11.75A poignant testament to the city shattered by Syria's civil war. Aleppo lies in ruins, a casualty of Syria's brutal civil war. Its streets are cloaked in darkness, its population scattered, its memories ravaged. But this was once a vibrant world city,... -
Seamus Mallon: A Shared Home Place by Seamus Mallon
RRP: £28.95£19.11As one of Northern Ireland's most prominent nationalist politicians, Seamus Mallon has always sought the genuine reconciliation of conflicting traditions using only peaceful means. This is his personal testament. In A Shared Home Place, Mallon evokes... -
The Passion by Patrick Keddie
£27.13In 1981 a young semi-professional footballer - known as `Imam Beckenbauer' for his piety and his dominant style of play - has his career cut short after a confrontation with Turkey's military junta. His name was Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and three decades... -
The Dragon Throne: China's Emperors from the Qin to the Manchu by Jonathan Fenby
RRP: £12.99£8.60They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. The long-lived Han emperor Wudi (r. 141-87 BC), who developed China as a centralized Confucian state. The... -
The Rise and Fall of Imperial China: The Social Origins of State Development by Yuhua Wang
£23.29How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese stateChina was the world's leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two centuries and now rising to dominance again. What factors led to imperial China's decline? The... -
Constructing National Interests: The United States and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Jutta Weldes 9780816631117
£19.19Not simply an "event" or merely an "incident," the 1962 standoff between the U. S. and the Soviet Union over missiles in Cuba was a crisis, which subsequently has achieved almost mythic significance in the annals of United States foreign policy. Jutta... -
Lenin: A Revolutionary Life by Christopher Read 9780415206495
RRP: £32.99£29.16From a highly distinguished author on the subject, this biography is an excellent scholarly introduction to one of the key figures of the Russian Revolution and post-Tsarist Russia. Not only does it make use of archive material made newly available in... -
Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain: The Institutional Origins of a Multicultural Nation by Randall Hansen 9780199240548
£84.35In this ground-breaking book, the author draws extensively on archival material and theortical advances in the social sciences literature on citizenship and migration. Citizenship and Immigration in Postwar Britain examines the transformation since 1945... -
Africa since Independence by Paul Nugent 9780230272880
£35.23An indispensable introductory textbook that provides students with a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. Paul Nugent explores a range of key concerns including the impact of HIV and... -
Spain and the Early Stuarts, 1585-1655 by Albert J. Loomie
£35.06These studies focus on Spain's relations with England from the last stages of the Elizabethan war to the opening years of the Cromwellian regime. Particular attention is given to the issue of religion and to the character and conduct of peacetime... -
Edible Insects: A Global History by Gina Louise Hunter 9781789144468
RRP: £12.99£9.09An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in the West. Why are some disgusted at the thought of eating insects while others find them delicious? Edible Insects: A Global History provides a broad... -
Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future by Pervez Hoodbhoy 9781032270234
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Hoodbhoy expertly maps the journey of the region from many... -
Corbynism: A Critical Approach by Matt Bolton
RRP: £16.99£12.55From the moment Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader, Corbynism has been dismissed, derided or romanticised, but rarely taken seriously as a set of ideas on its own terms. This book critically outlines the shared understanding of capitalism and its... -
Libya's Fragmentation by Wolfram Lacher
RRP: £24.99£21.78Shortlisted for the Conflict Research Society's 2021 Book of the Year Prize Shortlisted for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society 2021 Book Prize After the overthrow of the Qadhafi regime in 2011, Libya witnessed a dramatic breakdown of centralized... -
The Mahogany Pod: a memoir of endings and beginnings by Jill Hopper 9781912235933
RRP: £14.99£9.80'A work of literature: beautifully written, meticulously structured and heart-rending.' Observer; What if you knew from the beginning how your relationship was going to end? When Jill Hopper first met Arif, they were living in a shared house on the... -
Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism by Professor David Birmingham 9780821412428
£14.24The first African statesman to achieve world recognition was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who became president of the new Republic of Ghana in 1960. He campaigned ceaselessly for African solidarity and for the liberation of southern Africa from white... -
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk by Adam Plowright
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening StandardTHE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISHFrom total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in just a few years, at 39, France's youngest leader...