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The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and 'The Final Solution' by Bernard J. Bergen 9780847692101
£38.76This highly original book is the first to explore the political and philosophical consequences of Hannah Arendt's concept of 'the banality of evil,' a term she used to describe Adolph Eichmann, architect of the Nazi 'final solution.' According to Bernard... -
Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain by Imogen Tyler 9781848138513
RRP: £24.95£24.64Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain, exploring how particular groups of people are figured as revolting and how they in turn revolt against their abject subjectification. The book utilizes a number... -
The New Few: Or a Very British Oligarchy by Ferdinand Mount 9781847399359
RRP: £8.99£5.82This was supposed to be the era when democracy came into its own, but instead power and wealth in Britain have slowly been consolidated the hands of a small elite, while the rest of the country struggles financially and switches off politically. We are... -
The Adventures of Owen Hatherley in the Post-Soviet Space by Owen Hatherley
RRP: £18.99£13.15The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a place that really existed, but it is long dead. By now, the word "Soviet" should be as meaningless as "Hapsburg". Yet it endures, as in the wave of "de-communisation" in Ukraine or the strange idea that the... -
Theresa May: The Enigmatic Prime Minister by Rosa Prince 9781785902734
£7.93Twenty days after Britain's dramatic vote to leave the European Union, with the government still reeling from the political aftershock, a new Prime Minister captured Downing Street. Few were more surprised by this unexpected turn of events than Theresa... -
Putin: The explosive and extraordinary new biography of Russia’s leader by Philip Short 9781847923387
£16.70'Magisterial' - Guardian'Outstanding' - Ian KershawVladimir Putin is a pariah to the West.Alone among world leaders, he has the power to reduce the United States and Europe to ashes in a nuclear firestorm and has threatened to do so. He invades his... -
My Country, My Life: Fighting for Israel, Searching for Peace by Ehud Barak
RRP: £25.00£18.02From the former Prime Minister and most decorated solder in Israel's history, this is essential reading to understand today's Israel-Palestine conflict and the precarious path to a two-state solution.'There is scarcely one of Israel's security or... -
China's Crony Capitalism: The Dynamics of Regime Decay by Minxin Pei
£27.41When Deng Xiaoping launched China on the path to economic reform in the late 1970s, he vowed to build "socialism with Chinese characteristics." More than three decades later, China's efforts to modernize have yielded something very different from the... -
The Way Thais Lead: Face as Social Capital by Larry S. Persons 9786162151163
£26.50This fascinating study explores how face functions as social capital for leaders in Thai society. It examines the anatomy of Thai face, ways to gain, lose, and maintain face, patron-client dynamics, and the sources and paradigms of power. Ethnographic... -
Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call by Arthur Manuel
£14.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (History) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781771135566Author Arthur ManuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Between the... -
Public Sector Management by Norman Flynn 9781473925182
£32.08The seventh edition of the bestselling Public Sector Management is a rich and insightful description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government. NEW to the seventh edition: Now set in an international context... -
The Islamic State in Africa: The Emergence, Evolution, and Future of the Next Jihadist Battlefront by Jason Warner 9781787383906
£31.24In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald the Caliphate's death knell, and many now forecast its imminent demise. Yet its affiliates... -
The Collapse of Globalism by John Ralston Saul
RRP: £10.99£7.32Globalization is dead. Nation states are resurgent, international trade has enriched the few rather than the promised many, and democratic values are on the retreat. The shining-eyed optimism of more open, more equal societies has given way to... -
Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin by James Rodgers 9781350356108
£13.16The story of western correspondents in Russia is the story of Russia's attitude to the west. Russia has at different times been alternately open to western ideas and contacts, cautious and distant or, for much of the twentieth century, all but closed off... -
Japan's Effectiveness as a Geo-Economic Actor: Navigating Great-Power Competition by Yuka Koshino
RRP: £18.99£16.87Geo-economic strategy - deploying economic instruments to secure foreign-policy aims and to project power - has long been a key element of statecraft. In recent years, it has acquired even greater salience given China's growing antagonism with the United... -
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk by Adam Plowright 9781785783623
RRP: £8.99£6.08'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... -
The Changing Face Of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare by Nick Turse 9781608463107
RRP: £14.95£9.35Following the failures of the Iraq and Afghan wars, as well as military lite' methods and counterinsurgency, the Pentagon is pioneering a new brand of global warfare predicated on special ops, drones, spy games, civilian soldiers, and cyberwarfare. It... -
Machiavelli: On Politics and Power by Niccolo Machiavelli
RRP: £14.99£9.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632062567Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Restless BooksPublisher Restless Books -
Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 (Vol. II) by Monty Noam Penkower 9781618113177
£75.00This comprehensive account examines the growing conflict between Arab and Jew in Palestine that first surfaced clearly in the pivotal years 1933-1939, and which proved to be an irreconcilable rift once the leadership of both peoples refused to accept... -
Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink by Wasserstrom Jeffrey
RRP: £11.99£8.00On the frontlines of the battle for democracy in ChinaThe rise of Hong Kong is the story of a miraculous post-War boom, when Chinese refugees flocked to a small British colony, and, in less than fifty years, transformed it into one of the great financial... -
China's Revolutions in the Modern World: A Brief Interpretive History by Rebecca E. Karl
RRP: £18.99£15.65China's emergence as a twenty-first-century global economic, cultural, and political power is often presented as a story of what Chinese leader Xi Jinping calls the nation's "great rejuvenation," a story narrated as the return of China to its "rightful"... -
Last Punisher: A SEAL Team THREE Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi by Kevinrocke Lacz 9781501127267
RRP: £18.99£12.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501127267Author Kevinrocke LaczFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 226mm *... -
The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia by Madawi Al-Rasheed
£22.03In 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi regime operatives, shocking the international community and tarnishing the reputation of Muhammad bin Salman, the kingdom's young, reformist crown prince. Domestically, bin Salman's reforms have... -
Joseph Chamberlain: A Most Radical Imperialist by Travis L. Crosby
£22.01Joseph Chamberlain was a dynamic orator, notable reformer and superb parliamentary tactician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In his early political career Chamberlain was a radically minded Liberal Party member and a supporter of political... -
The Last President of Europe: Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World by William Drozdiak
RRP: £22.00£14.56When Emmanuel Macron won the presidency of France he was a political novice with a brand new party who had swept all traditional political forces aside. He quickly emerged as the strongest voice on behalf of the EU, especially once Angela Merkel... -
Nehru's India: A History in Seven Myths by Taylor C. Sherman
£27.74An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in IndiaNehru's India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two... -
European Integration: A Political History by Mark Gilbert 9781538106815
£32.49Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider... -
Handbook of South American Governance by Christopher Wylde
RRP: £43.99£38.84Governance in South America is signified by strategies pursued by state and non-state actors directed to enhancing (some aspect of) their capabilities and powers of agency. It is about the spaces and the practices available, demanded or created to 'make... -
Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain by Hakim Adi 9780745347653
RRP: £22.99£15.17'A wonderful showcase of the most exciting work happening in Black British History and a rousing call to action' Christienna Fryar, historian of Britain and the Caribbean The history of African and Caribbean people in Britain is centuries long... -
Seven Absolute Rights: Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada's Rule of Law by Ryan Alford 9780228000785
RRP: £34.95£23.10For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism and proliferating... -
The Freedom Convoy: Three Weeks That Shook the World by Andrew Lawton
RRP: £13.99£9.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989555934Author Andrew LawtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint The Sutherland House Inc.Publisher The Sutherland House Inc. -
The News Machine: Hacking: The Untold Story by James Hanning 9781908096951
£12.86The first book on the tabloid news machine and its phone-hacking scandals in the mould of bestselling Flat Earth News.About the AuthorJames Hanning is Deputy Editor of the Independent on Sunday.Book InformationISBN 9781908096951Author James HanningFormat... -
For Tibet, with Love: A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World by Isabel Losada 9780747572855
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think 'No, this cannot be', and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it's time to act' So begins Isabel Losada's extraordinary FOR TIBET WITH LOVE in... -
Behind the Kingdom's Veil: Inside the New Saudi Arabia Under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by Susanne Koelbl
RRP: £28.95£19.04A First-Hand Look at Saudi Arabian Life as Few Outsiders Have Seen It"It's like watching a movie - just better," Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, Oxford University, Arabic and Islamic Studies.2020 Finalist Sarton Women's Literary Award for Nonfiction#1 Bestseller... -
Oblivion by Sergei Lebedev
RRP: £8.99£7.07One of the first twenty-first century Russian novels to probe the legacy of the Soviet prison camp system by one of Russia's finest young writers. A young man travels to the vast wastelands of the Far North to uncover the truth about a shadowy... -
Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place by Mike Martin
£16.14In 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan.Traversing two and a half thousand miles of... -
Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe by Benjamin Martill
RRP: £15.00£13.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787352766Author Benjamin MartillFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 495g -
Reconsidering Stagnation in the Brezhnev Era: Ideology and Exchange by Dina Fainberg 9781498529952
£38.76This volume contributes to a growing reevaluation of the Brezhnev era, helping to shape a new historiography that gives us a much richer and more nuanced picture of the time period than the stagnation paradigm usually assigned to the era. The essays... -
Eagle Down: The Last Special Forces Fighting the Forever War by Jessica Donati
RRP: £22.00£14.56In 2013, President Obama began the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan. But only a year into the withdrawal, Obama began allowing the U.S. military to resume combat operations, relying almost entirely on U.S. Special Operations forces. It was the beginning... -
Orbanland: Why Viktor Orban's Hungary Matters by Lasse Skytt
RRP: £11.99£8.00From Europe to America, political landscapes have shifted in recent years in a way summed up in microcosm no better than by the trajectory of one small country, Hungary--whose leader, Viktor Orban, has gained outsized international notoriety as the bad...