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Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula by Laleh Khalili
RRP: €14.27€9.35On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities-iron ore, coal, oil-arrive in its ports, and fleets of container ships leave with manufactured goods in all directions. The oil that fuels... -
CEO, China: The Rise of Xi Jinping by Kerry Brown
RRP: €16.65€16.49China has become the powerhouse of the world economy, its incredible boom overseen by the elite members of the secretive and all-powerful communist party. But since the election of Xi Jinping as General Secretary, life at the top in China has changed... -
Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir
RRP: €13.08€9.25'Determination, grit and humour shine through' Lindsey Hilsum, ObserverNineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.A growing number of intrepid Arab and... -
Stalin, Vol. II: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941 by Stephen Kotkin
RRP: €22.60€16.67A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of what will surely rank as one of the greatest historical achievements of... -
How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina
RRP: €20.22€14.61A trailblazing collection of writing from Binyavanga Wainaina's extraordinary life 'In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country. It is hot and dusty with rolling grasslands and huge herds of animals and tall, thin people who are starving. Or it... -
A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism: Pattern and Change in Indonesia by Etin Anwar
RRP: €47.59€41.72A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism offers a new insight on the changing relationship between Islam and feminism from the colonial era in the 1900s to the early 1990s in Indonesia.The book juxtaposes both colonial and postcolonial sites to show the changes... -
Return to the Source: Selected Texts of Amilcar Cabral, New Expanded Edition by Amilcar Cabral
RRP: €20.22€16.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685900045Author Amilcar CabralFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The EU in Association Agreement Negotiations: Challenges to Complex Policy Coordination by Daniel Schade 9781032401096
RRP: €47.59€41.72Through its focus on EU Association Agreement negotiations, this book goes beyond the study of traditional EU trade negotiations and puts the spotlight on the increasing number of negotiations where trade relations are discussed alongside political ones... -
A People's History of Football by Mickaël Correia 9780745346861
RRP: €20.22€13.73'A fascinating journey through the game's history [as] a vehicle of change' Shaka Hislop 'Correia takes us around the world to examine how football has produced the kind of political energy that can change minds and even topple governments' Dave Zirin... -
Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic
RRP: €13.08€8.81Europe is still a divided continent. In the place of a fallen Berlin wall, there is a chasm between the East and the West. Are these differences a communist legacy, or do they run even deeper? What divides us today? To say simply that it is the... -
A Day Like Today: Memoirs by John Humphrys
RRP: €23.80€21.44'The bombshell book everyone is talking about' DAILY MAIL 'A radio genius ... the maestro of the show' EVENING STANDARD As presenter of Radio 4's Today, the nation's most popular... -
The Future of Wales by Rhys Thomas 9781911545637
RRP: €10.70€7.45Wales is a nation of contradictions. It boasts incredible natural resources and crushing poverty; fierce patriotism and a stark north/south divide; an energy surplus, and some of the highest bills in the UK. It also has a famously rugby-mad culture - but... -
A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe by Milan Kundera
RRP: €11.90€7.98The people of Central Europe cannot be separated from European history; they cannot exist outside it; but they represent the wrong side of this history; they are its victims and outsiders.In a moment of historic peril and uncertainty in mainland Europe,... -
The New Russia by Mikhail Gorbachev 9781509523610
RRP: €17.84€11.66After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking confrontation with the West, remain for many a mystery. Not for Mikhail... -
Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French
RRP: €33.31€28.16In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the... -
Private Island: Why Britain Now Belongs to Someone Else by James Meek
RRP: €10.70€7.16"The essential public good that Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and now Cameron sell is not power stations, or trains, or hospitals. It's the public itself. it's us." In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy - rail,... -
Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order by Robert Paxton
RRP: €35.70€27.63Robert O. Paxton's classic study of the aftermath of France's sudden collapse under Nazi invasion utilizes captured German archives and other contemporary materials to construct a strong and disturbing account of the Vichy period in France. With a new... -
Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace by Leo McKinstry
RRP: €15.46€10.66Chosen as a Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail'A masterpiece' Frederick Forsyth 'Beautifully written... unlikely to be surpassed' Simon Heffer'Superb' Daily Mail, Book of the Week'Terrific' ObserverThroughout history there have been... -
Queer and Trans African Mobilities: Migration, Asylum and Diaspora by B Camminga
RRP: €27.36€22.30Winner, ASR Best Africa-Focused Edited Collection by the African Studies Review Recent years have seen increased scholarly and media interest in the cross-border movements of LGBT persons, particularly those seeking protection in the Global North ... -
Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines by Amandeep Sandhu 9780143459316
RRP: €34.45€24.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143459316Author Amandeep SandhuFormat PaperbackPage Count 594Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 216mm * 135mm * 36mm -
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: €38.68€22.54Apologies 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 *... -
Woman Life Freedom: Voices and Art from the Women’s Protests in Iran by Malu Halasa 9780863569722
RRP: €17.84€12.82Jina Mahsa Amini's death at the hands of Iran's Morality Police on 16 September 2022 sparked widespread protests across the country. Women took to the streets, uncovering their hair, burning headscarves and chanting 'Woman Life Freedom' - 'Zan Zendegi... -
New World In Our Hearts: Michael Albert Interviews Noam Chomsky by Noam Chomsky 9781629638683
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638683Author Noam ChomskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Labour Takes Power: The Denis MacShane Diaries 1997-2001 by Denis MacShane 9781785908392
RRP: €29.75€20.78With the strong possibility of Labour forming our next government, it is fascinating to consider the last time the party stood on the verge of power, back in 1997. At that time, future Europe Minister Denis MacShane had a ringside seat that he would... -
Magical Thinking in Public Policy: Why Naive Ideals about Better Policymaking Persist in Cynical Times by John Boswell 9780192848789
RRP: €90.44€82.23This book explores why naive ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be 'magical thinking' in public policy. Contemporary policy scholarship tends to be cynical... -
Under the Wire by Paul Conroy
RRP: €15.46€10.23NOW A MAJOR FEATURE DOCUMENTARYDetermined to cover the Syrian regime's brutal crackdown on dissent and the devastating impact of the war on Syria's civilians, veteran photographer Paul Conroy and Marie Colvin,one of the foremost war correspondents of her... -
Profound Patterns: Islamic Art at Home: 2022 by Adam Williamson 9781906069285
RRP: €23.74€19.56This beautiful book showcases artwork produced by people across the globe from their bedrooms and kitchens as part of online art classes during lockdown in 2020, during 65 unique classes, with over 20,000 registrations. Humans have an innate attraction... -
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich 9780399588822
RRP: €23.80€13.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399588822Author Svetlana AlexievichFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Orban: Europe's New Strongman by Paul Lendvai 9781787382206
RRP: €19.03€16.84A no-holds-barred biography of Viktor Orban, the most successful--and arguably most dangerous--politician in Hungarian history. Through a masterly and cynical manipulation of ethnic nationalism, and deep-rooted corruption, Prime Minister Orban has... -
Hitler: A Global Biography by Brendan Simms 9780465022373
€31.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780465022373Author Brendan SimmsFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint Basic Civitas BooksPublisher INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES USWeight(grams)... -
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years by Nelson Mandela 9781509818174
RRP: €26.16€17.62'I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest . . . But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not... -
Concentrate Questions and Answers EU Law: Law Q&A Revision and Study Guide by Nigel Foster
€16.99Concentrate Q&A EU Law is part of the Concentrate Q&A series, the result of a collaboration involving hundreds of law students and lecturers from universities across the UK. The series offers you better support and a greater chance to succeed on your law... -
UK Government and Politics for AS/A-level (Fifth Edition) by Peter Fairclough 9781471889233
€42.45Inspire political thinking with our bestselling politics textbook, fully updated for the 2017 specifications; combining up-to date commentary and analysis with case studies and features, all to help students get their best grade. Covering key topics for... -
My Hair is Pink Under this Veil by Rabina Khan
RRP: €11.89€8.40"In 2015, when I ran to be mayor in Tower Hamlets, a smartly dressed middle-class man saw me wearing a headscarf and asked me what colour my hair was underneath it. I gave him a big smile. 'Pink,' I replied. Did I win his vote? I rather doubt it." ... -
In the Camps: Stories from China's High-Tech Penal Colony by Darren Byler
RRP: €15.46€10.19A revelatory account of what is really happening to China's Uyghurs'Intimate, sombre, and damning... compelling.' Financial Times'Chilling... Horrifying.' Spectator'Invaluable.' TelegraphIn China's vast northwestern region, more than a million and a half... -
Princess: Stepping Out Of The Shadows by Jean Sasson
RRP: €10.70€7.68In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey... -
The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990 by Tony Benn
RRP: €20.22€14.61The Benn Diaries, embracing the years 1940-1990, are already established as a uniquely authoritative, fascinating and readable record of political life. The selected highlights that form this single-volume edition include the most notable events,... -
The Political Economy Of U.s. Policy Toward South Africa by Kevin Danaher 9780367310448
RRP: €47.59€41.72By tracing U.S. involvement in South African political and economic development since the late 1800s, this book analyzes U.S. corporate and government motives for maintaining the political status quo in South Africa. In recent decades, according to the... -
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil 9781787334014
RRP: €22.60€16.20A Uyghur poet's piercing memoir of life under the most coercive surveillance regime in history***LITHUB'S #1 BEST-REVIEWED NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023*****A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023****AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***WINNER OF THE... -
The Middle East Crisis Factory: Tyranny, Resilience and Resistance by Iyad El-Baghdadi
RRP: €17.84€15.86Why is the Middle East a crisis factory, and how can it be fixed? What does the future look like for its 500 million people? And what role should the West play? Iyad El-Baghdadi and Ahmed Gatnash tell the story of the modern Middle East as a series of...