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The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400-Year Contest for Power Kerry Brown 9780300272925
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $40.85A vivid history of the relationship between Britain and China, from 1600 to the present The relationship between Britain and China has shaped the modern world. Chinese art, philosophy and science have had a profound effect upon British culture, while... -
Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment by Peter Hallward 9781844674664
RRP: $62.98Booksplease Price: $47.69Long before a devastating earthquake hit in January 2010, Haiti was one of the most impoverished and oppressed countries in the world. However, in the late 1980s a remarkable popular mobilization known as Lavalas ("the flood") sought to liberate the... -
The Strange Survival of Liberal Britain: Politics and Power Before the First World War by Vernon Bogdanor 9781785907623
Booksplease Price: $55.50The turbulent years of 1895 to 1914 changed Britain's political landscape for ever. They saw a transition from aristocratic rule to mass politics and heralded a new agenda which still dominates today. The issues of the period - economic modernisation,... -
The Political Thought of Xi Jinping by Steve Tsang 9780197689363
RRP: $48.28Booksplease Price: $36.77An authoritative examination of "Xi Jinping Thought"--now the official dogma of the Chinese Communist Party--that marshals Xi's personal words and writings to reveal his plan to make "the China Dream of national rejuvenation" a reality in the coming... -
The Tyranny of Nostalgia: Half a Century of British Economic Decline by Russell Jones 9781913019792
RRP: $52.48Booksplease Price: $46.22The performance of the British economy over the past fifty-odd years does not make for comforting reading. Indeed, the story is a depressing catalogue of misapprehensions, missteps, wasted opportunities, crises and humiliations, with all-too-familiar... -
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $34.50Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the... -
The Revenge of Power: How Autocrats Are Reinventing Politics for the 21st Century by Moisés Naím
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $22.32Named one of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022 "An authoritative and intelligent portrait of the global spread of authoritarianism and its dangers...what sets [this] work apart from books like Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny and Michiko Kakutani's The... -
What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except The British) by Michael Peel 9781800961760
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $24.36'A rare writer with the courage to tell Britain some home truths about itself and where it's headed. A much needed book'. - Ian Dunt'What Britain needs at the moment is not to be talked up or talked down, but simply a sense of itself that's underpinned... -
Against Erasure: A Photographic Memory of Palestine Before the Nakba by Teresa Aranguren 9781642599800
RRP: $73.50Booksplease Price: $52.31A unique, stunning collection of images of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a testament to the vibrancy of Palestinian society prior to occupation.This book tells the story, in both English and Arabic, of a land full of... -
Crowfall by Vashti Hardy 9781407197272
RRP: $16.78Booksplease Price: $13.82A rip-roaring, island-hopping adventure - and unforgettable ecological fable - from the award-winning author of Wildspark and Brightstorm. 'Hardy has drunk from the same cup as Philip Reeve and Philip Pullman.' -... -
Public Sector Management by Norman Flynn 9781473925182
RRP: $79.78Booksplease Price: $67.91The 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 New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin by Steven Lee Myers
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.26The epic tale of Vladimir Putin's path to power, as he emerged from obscurity to become one of the world's most important and dangerous leaders.Former New York Times Moscow Bureau Chief Steven Lee Myers has followed Putin since well before the recent... -
Garibaldi: Hero of Italian Unification by Christopher Hibbert 9780230606067
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $32.97Giuseppe Garibaldi was praised for his military genius, his courage, and his charisma. Known as the "Hero of Two Worlds," Garibaldi's military prowess extended to the Americas, where he played a major role in the Brazilian struggle for independence... -
Wish Lanterns: Young Lives in New China by Alec Ash
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $23.02As read on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.This is the generation that will change China. The youth, over 320 million of them in their teens and twenties, more than the population of the USA. Born after Mao, with no memory of Tiananmen, they are destined to... -
Why the Germans Do it Better: Notes from a Grown-Up Country by John Kampfner
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.30***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***BOOK OF THE YEAR IN GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST & NEW STATESMAN'Excellent and provocative... a passionate, timely book.' Sunday Times'A fine new book... thoughtful, deeply reported and impeccably even-handed.' The TimesEmerging... -
Smugglers and States: Negotiating the Maghreb at Its Margins by Max Gallien 9780231212892
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $48.83Smuggling is typically thought of as furtive and hidden, taking place under the radar and beyond the reach of the state. But in many cases, governments tacitly permit illicit cross-border commerce, or even devise informal arrangements to regulate it... -
To Run the World: The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power by Sergey Radchenko 9781108477352
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $46.18What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the... -
The Palestine-Israeli Conflict: A Beginner's Guide Dan Cohn-Sherbok 9780861543700
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.84The essential guide that allows both sides to be heard Rabbi Professor Dan Cohn-Sherbok presents the Israeli perspective, while Dr Dawoud El-Alami presents the Palestinian perspective Updated to cover the most recent events, including the US... -
Reporting the Troubles: Journalists Tell Their Stories of the Northern Ireland Conflict by Deric Henderson
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $21.90In some ways, I didn't - don't - want to remember any of it. Which is not to say that one ever forgets. I don't know any journalist who worked through the Troubles, with its relentless cycle of murders and doorstepping the homes of the dead and funerals... -
In China's Wake: How the Commodity Boom Transformed Development Strategies in the Global South by Nicholas Jepson 9780231187978
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $42.36In the early 2000s, Chinese demand for imported commodities ballooned as the country continued its breakneck economic growth. Simultaneously, global markets in metals and fuels experienced a boom of unprecedented extent and duration. Meanwhile,... -
Europe's Leadership Famine: Portraits of defiance and decay 1950-2022 by Tom Gallagher 9780993465444
RRP: $37.78Booksplease Price: $33.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993465444Author Tom GallagherFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Scotview PublicationsPublisher Scotview PublicationsWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm)... -
Changing Lives in Laos: Society, Politics, and Culture in a Post-Socialist State by Vanina Boute 9789814722261
RRP: $69.30Booksplease Price: $61.89During the last two decades, Laos has undergone major transformations due to a massive influx of foreign investment. Improved communications and new forms of mobility have dramatically altered rural life. Changing Lives in Laos brings together... -
Once Upon a Time in Russia: The Rise of the Oligarchs and the Greatest Wealth in History by Ben Mezrich
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $14.07A gripping and shocking insight into Russia's most influential oligarchs, including Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky, from New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires.To understand the state of Russia today, one must understand... -
Little First Stickers Flowers by Caroline Young 9781474986571
RRP: $12.58Booksplease Price: $9.09This charming book is just waiting to be filled with beautiful flower stickers. It includes colourful scenes of all kinds of gorgeous meadows, woodlands and gardens, all brimming with birds, bees, bugs and butterflies. With labels for the stickers,... -
I Will Never See the World Again Yasemin Congar 9781783785155
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.60'A deeply moving memoir... We owe Ahmet Altan a tremendous debt for the strength he has shown in sharing his story with us' Jon McGregor Written from the confines of a prison cell in Istanbul, one of Turkey's greatest living novelists reflects upon... -
The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650 by John Rees
Booksplease Price: $69.49The Levellers, formed out of the explosive tumult of the 1640s and the battlefields of the Civil War, are central figures in the history of democracy. In this thrilling narrative, John Rees brings to life the men-including John Lilburne, Richard... -
The War That Doesn't Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo by Jason K. Stearns 9780691224510
RRP: $39.88Booksplease Price: $31.65Why 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... -
Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring by Gregory Makoff 9781647123970
RRP: $50.40Booksplease Price: $42.82The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on... -
Psychoanalysis Under Occupation: Practicing Resistance in Palestine by Lara Sheehi 9781032078694
RRP: $81.88Booksplease Price: $68.86Heavily influenced by Frantz Fanon and critically engaging the theories of decoloniality and liberatory psychoanalysis, Lara Sheehi and Stephen Sheehi platform the lives, perspectives, and insights of psychoanalytically inflected Palestinian... -
China's Asian Dream: Empire Building along the New Silk Road by Tom Miller
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $18.00'China', Napoleon once remarked, 'is a sleeping lion. Let her sleep, for when she wakes she will shake the world.' In 2014, President Xi Jinping triumphantly declared that the lion had awoken. From holding its ground in trade wars with the US, to... -
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.84From Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary India. India is an immensely diverse country with many... -
Politics in the Republic of Ireland John Coakley (University College Dublin, Ireland) 9781032357652
RRP: $79.78Booksplease Price: $77.85Building on the success of previous editions, Politics in the Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of government and politics in this seventh edition.Written by some of the foremost experts on Irish... -
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $15.33Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph A major literary event: a newly published... -
Developments in British Politics 10 by Richard Heffernan 9781137494740
Booksplease Price: $84.76In recent years British politics has seemed increasingly unpredictable. The Conservative Party's return to single-party government in 2015 surprised commentators and the electorate alike, and Labour's choice of Jeremy Corbyn as its leader marked a... -
Vision or Mirage: Saudi Arabia at the Crossroads by David Rundell
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $24.59'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central... -
The Kremlin School of Negotiation Igor Ryzov 9781838852917
RRP: $31.48Booksplease Price: $22.89Negotiating is something that we all do, whether at work or at home. But what if we come across someone who just won't give in? How can we defend ourselves against manipulation? And how do we say 'no' without compromising a deal?Legend has it that the... -
Terror on the Tube: Behind the Veil of 7/7 - An Investigation by Nick Kollerstrom 9781615777372
Booksplease Price: $31.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615777372Author Nick KollerstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 568g -
MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 Keith Jeffery 9781408810057
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $30.98'Reads like the script for a Bond film' Mail on Sunday A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of... -
Lenin: Responding to Catastrophe, Forging Revolution Paul Le Blanc 9780745348346
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $24.51'Brings out the practical activism, principled politics, and revolutionary patience crucial to organizing the oppressed on a rapidly over-heating planet' - Jodi Dean 'Crackling with intellectual life' - Lars T. Lih Vladimir Lenin lies in a tomb in... -
Copper King in Central Africa: Corporate Organisation, Labour Relations, and Profitability of Zambia's Rhokana Corporation by Hyden Munene 9781538146422
RRP: $195.30Booksplease Price: $152.29Copper King in Central Africa offers a detailed account of the corporate history of the Rhokana/Rokana Corporation and its Nkana mine. Thematically and chronologically organised, it explores the discovery of viable ores on the Northern Rhodesian/Zambian...