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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... -
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
RRP: £15.99£13.41The 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... -
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... -
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 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... -
The Banality of Evil: Hannah Arendt and 'The Final Solution' by Bernard J. Bergen 9780847692101
RRP: £42.00£36.93This 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... -
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
RRP: £10.99£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
RRP: £33.95£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
RRP: £29.99£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
RRP: £17.95£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
RRP: £37.99£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
RRP: £35.00£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 Major Premiership: Politics and Policies under John Major, 1990-97 by Peter Dorey 9780333736814
RRP: £89.99£89.87This book examines the politics and policies of the Major governments from 1990 to 1997. It examines how and why the Major governments sought to reform the civil service, local government, education, social security, and industrial relations, and the... -
Assignment Moscow: Reporting on Russia from Lenin to Putin by James Rodgers 9781350356108
RRP: £16.99£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 Changing Face Of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Spies, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare by Nick Turse 9781608463107
RRP: £16.99£9.00Following 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... -
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... -
Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 (Vol. II) by Monty Noam Penkower 9781618113177
RRP: £77.99£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... -
Justice Denied: Friends, Foes and the Miners' Strike by David Allsop 9780850367300
RRP: £18.99£16.98TV portraits of the Miners' strike of 1984/5 stressed the violence of the pickets and responsible policing. This book challenges those images, looks at the impact of the strike on participants, and reflects on ongoing controversies and community pride... -
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... -
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£11.98Apologies 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
RRP: £25.00£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... -
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... -
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£16.67When 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
RRP: £35.00£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... -
The Social and Political Thought of Archie Mafeje by Bongani Nyoka 9781776145942
RRP: £25.99£23.26Social scientist Archie Mafeje, who was born in the Eastern Cape but lived most of his scholarly life in exile, was one of Africa's most prominent intellectuals. This ground-breaking book is the first to consider the entire body of Mafeje's oeuvre and... -
Mussolini and his Generals: The Armed Forces and Fascist Foreign Policy, 1922-1940 by John Gooch 9780521856027
RRP: £50.99£46.85This is the first authoritative study of the Italian armed forces and the relationship between the military and foreign policies of Fascist Italy from Mussolini's rise to power in 1922 to the catastrophic defeat of 1940. Using extensive new research,... -
European Integration: A Political History by Mark Gilbert 9781538106815
RRP: £35.00£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... -
Hitler at Home by Despina Stratigakos 9780300222920
£45.38A revelatory look at the residences of Adolf Hitler, illuminating their powerful role in constructing and promoting the dictator’s private persona both within Germany and abroad Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble-rouser to statesman coincided with a... -
Old World, New World: The Story of Britain and America by Kathleen Burk 9780349119199
£22.77In OLD WORLD, NEW WORLD Kathleen Burk sets out to tell the story of Britain and America across four hundred years, from colonisation to Iraq. There are two strands to this story. The first is the grand narrative that takes in the British colonisation of... -
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... -
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo by Michela Wrong 9780060934439
RRP: £19.99£14.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060934439Author Michela WrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 313g