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Essential Public Affairs for Journalists by James Morrison 9780192874597
RRP: £31.99£30.73Knowledge of public affairs matters: this friendly guide is an invaluable read for journalism students and journalists looking for a firm grasp on how central and local governments work, how public services operate, and how political events generate... -
I Will Never See the World Again Yasemin Congar 9781783785155
RRP: £9.99£6.70'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 Prime Minister: The Office And Its Holders Since 1945 by Peter Hennessy
RRP: £19.99£14.28In The Prime Minister: the Office and its Holders since 1945, Peter Hennessy explores the formal powers of the Prime Minister and how each incumbent has made the job his or her own. Drawing on unparalleled access to many of the leading figures, as well... -
Making Sense of New Labour by Alan Finlayson 9780853159568
RRP: £17.00£16.51This book makes sense of New Labour by interpreting its ideas and practices as symptoms of the times in which we live. Making Sense of New Labour is an in-depth study, interpreting a wide range of material, including party political broadcasts and other... -
Party Politics: Volume 2: The Growth of Parties by Sir Ivor Jennings 9780521137942
RRP: £36.99£28.78This 1961 text is the second volume of Party Politics, following Appeal to the People which appeared in 1960. It is an historical analysis of the nature, growth and activity of organised political parties in England, from the parliamentary divisions of... -
Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism Nick Timothy 9781509539185
RRP: £12.99£8.60In these divided and divisive times, what is the future course for our politics? In this ground-breaking book, Nick Timothy, one of Britain's leading conservative thinkers and commentators, explores the powerful forces driving great changes in our... -
Protecting the Ballot: How First-Wave Democracies Ended Electoral Corruption by Isabela Mares
RRP: £30.00£23.29How reforms limiting electoral misconduct completed the process of democratizationBetween 1850 and 1918, many first-wave democracies in Europe adopted electoral reforms that reduced the incidence of electoral malfeasance. Drawing on analysis of... -
The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe's Role in the World by Federiga Bindi
RRP: £35.00£30.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815738114Author Federiga BindiFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm)... -
To End a Civil War: Norway's Peace Engagement with Sri Lanka by Mark Salter
RRP: £25.00£22.43Between 1983 and 2009 Sri Lanka was host to a bitter civil war fought between the Government and the Tamil Tigers, which sought the creation of an independent Tamil state. In May 2009 came the war's violent end with the crushing defeat of the Tamil... -
The Blair Effect 2001-5 by Anthony Seldon 9780521678605
RRP: £34.99£30.49Tony Blair's strong start to his third term, with his role in capturing the Olympic Games for Britain, his statesman-like handling of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on London, his promise of a new start to the European Union and his leadership of... -
The Leveller Revolution: Radical Political Organisation in England, 1640-1650 by John Rees
£33.45The 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... -
Speaking Out: Lessons in Life and Politics Ed Balls 9781784755935
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA life in and out of politics - from the despatch box to the stage on Strictly - by one of Britain's most influential and well-loved political figures. 'Full of anecdote, insight and authenticity' Evening Standard BOOKS OF THE... -
The Informer by Sean O'Callaghan
RRP: £12.99£9.09In 1988 IRA terrorist Sean O'Callaghan walked into a Tunbridge Wells police station and gave himself up. Two years later, in a Belfast courtroom, he pleaded guilty to all charges of which he was accused and received a sentence of 539 years. Since being... -
Demon in Democracy: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies by Ryszard Legutko 9781594039911
RRP: £11.99£11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039911Author Ryszard LegutkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
The Gatekeeper by Kate Fall
RRP: £9.99£5.82'A brilliant vivid and intimate new memoir' The Daily Mail 'For over a decade Kate Fall was the most influential woman in British politics.' Alice Thomson, The Times For eleven years Kate Fall was one of... -
Concentrate Questions and Answers EU Law: Law Q&A Revision and Study Guide by Nigel Foster
RRP: £13.99£13.45Concentrate 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... -
Why Vote Leave by Daniel Hannan 9781784977108 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Confused about the EU referendum? In the dark about which way to vote? Daniel Hannan's invaluable vade mecum will illuminate the whole question, showing why voting to leave is a leap back into the light' Boris Johnson. ... -
Michael Collins: A Biography by Tim Pat Coogan
RRP: £10.99£7.77'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' EconomistWhen President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August 1922 at... -
Jacob's Ladder by Michael Ashcroft 9781785904875
RRP: £20.00£14.88Jacob Rees-Mogg is one of the most prominent and controversial figures in contemporary British politics. He is a man who divides opinion in his own party, in Parliament and across the country. An arch-Brexiteer with significant business interests and... -
The Corona Crash: How the Pandemic Will Change Capitalism by Grace Blakeley
RRP: £8.99£7.40In The Corona Crash, leading economics commentator Grace Blakeley theorises about the epoch-making changes that the coronavirus brings in its wake. We are living through a unique moment in history. The pandemic has caused the deepest global recession... -
The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson by Steve Richards
RRP: £12.99£8.56'Fascinating, revealing and entertaining.' John Humphrys'A pure pleasure to read.' Polly Toynbee'Extraordinary.' Kirsty WarkA landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a... -
Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West and the ""New Cold War by Gordon M. Hahn 9781476669014
RRP: £28.99£24.38The Ukrainian drama, which burst onto the headlines in autumn 2013, was one long and complex in its making. In contrast to other studies of the Ukrainian conflict, the present study examines in detail its historical background and complex causality-from... -
The Butcher of Poland: Hitler's Lawyer Hans Frank by Garry O'Connor 9781803995908
RRP: £14.99£11.55The life of Bavarian Hans Frank, one of the ten war criminals hanged at Nuremburg in 1946, has not received the full attention the world has given to other Nazi leaders. In many ways, he warrants it more. His life symbolised Germany's hubristic and... -
My Secret Brexit Diary: A Glorious Illusion Michel Barnier 9781509550869
RRP: £25.00£16.78In June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As the EU's chief negotiator, for four years Michel Barnier had a seat at the table as the two sides thrashed out what 'Brexit' would really mean. The result would change... -
Ever Closer Union?: Europe in the West by Perry Anderson
RRP: £16.99£14.10The European Union is a political order of peculiar stamp and continental scope, its polity of 446 million the third largest on the planet, though with famously little purchase on the conduct of its representatives. Sixty years after the founding treaty,... -
Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews by Michael Smith 9781785900549
RRP: £11.99£8.60As the horror of Nazism tightened its grip on Germany, Jews found themselves trapped and desperate. For many, their only hope of salvation came in the form of a small, bespectacled British man: Frank Foley. Working as a Berlin Passport Control Officer,... -
Lawfare by Geoffrey Robertson 9780008607890
RRP: £10.99£7.25How Russians, the Rich and the Government Try to Prevent Free Speech and How to Stop Them. 'ESSENTIAL' Amal Clooney'AUTHORITATIVE' Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC'IMPORTANT 'Baroness Helena Kennedy KC'COULD HARDLY BE MORE... -
The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell 9780008436988
RRP: £25.00£16.53'If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts' PHILIPPA GREGORY ... -
Without the State: Self-Organization and Political Activism in Ukraine by Emily Channell-Justice
RRP: £22.99£20.01Without the State explores the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests - a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine - through in-depth ethnographic research with leftist, feminist, and student activists in Kyiv. The book discusses the concept of... -
The Younger Pitt Vol 2: The Reluctant Transition by John Ehrman 9780094667501
£26.46The first volume of this biography left Pitt at a peak in both home and foreign affairs. Darker years, however, were to follow. This, the second volume of three, sees Britain and France at war and political and economic unrest at home threatening Pitt's... -
Italian Communism in Transition: The Rise and Fall of the Historic Compromise in Turin, 1975-1980 by Stephen Hellman 9780195053357
£69.52This is a study of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) during the most critical period of its recent history. In the mid-1970s, the PCI almost succeeded in entering the national government; by the end of that decade, it had been relegated to the opposition... -
Ctrl Alt Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy by Tom Baldwin
RRP: £25.00£21.79Something has gone badly wrong: people loathe politicians, distrust the press and increasingly fear each other. It's easy to blame Russian trolls, Facebook news feeds, or the sinister manipulation of 'big data' -- but these are all symptoms of an... -
The Fall of Boris Johnson: The Full Story by Sebastian Payne 9781035016563
RRP: £10.99£7.51The Fall of Boris Johnson is the explosive inside account of how a prime minister lost his hold on power. From Sebastian Payne, former Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times and author of Broken Heartlands.Winner of the Parlimentary Book AwardsA New... -
Left, Right, Wrong: Politics has lost its way - a route map for change Sir Robin Wales 9781915603937
RRP: £11.99£8.43Public services are in crisis. NHS backlogs, police forces in disarray and a housing crisis growing ever worse. Whole areas of our national infrastructure are in a mess including energy, water and rail. In this book, Sir Robin Wales and Clive Furness... -
The Accidental Spy by Sean O'Driscoll
RRP: £8.99£6.45The astonishing, gripping and long-awaited inside story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary spy.After years of living in semi-isolation, David Rupert speaks for the first time about how a trucker from New York ended up being recruited to the... -
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain by Fintan O'Toole 9781789540994 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99£2.29'A wildly entertaining but uncomfortable read... Pitilessly brilliant' JONATHAN COE. 'There will not be much political writing in this or any other year that is carried off with such style' The Times. A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'A quite... -
Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain by Fintan O'Toole
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A wildly entertaining but uncomfortable read... Pitilessly brilliant' JONATHAN COE. 'There will not be much political writing in this or any other year that is carried off with such style' The Times. A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'A quite... -
Fractured Union: Politics, Sovereignty and the Fight to Save the UK by Michael Kenny 9781805260523
RRP: £20.00£17.84The question of the United Kingdom's survival, once taken for granted, looms large in British politics. This book uncovers the roots of today's crisis, revealing MPs' and civil servants' assumptions in their understanding of the Union, and profound... -
Who Are We Now?: Stories of Modern England by Jason Cowley
RRP: £10.99£7.51A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 'I can't tell you how refreshing it is in these polarised times to read a book on politics that doesn't have an axe to grind . . . an essential read.' - The Sunday TimesJason Cowley, editor-in-chief of the New... -
The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett by Richard Ingrams 9780006388258
RRP: £14.99£11.66A remarkably perceptive and vivid life of one of England's greatest radicals. The early years of the 19th-century were ones of misery and oppression. The common people were forced into conditions of extreme poverty by enclosures and the...