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The Chancellors: Managing the British Economy in Crisis Times by Howard Davies 9781509549542
RRP: $27.43$18.75When the Treasury lost control of interest rates to the Bank of England in 1997, its status looked under threat. However, it quickly reasserted its power by dominating policymaking across Whitehall and diminishing other ministries in the process. It also... -
Across an Angry Sea: The SAS in the Falklands War: The SAS in the Falklands War by Cedric Delves
RRP: $24.00$21.42In early summer 1982--winter in the South Atlantic--Argentina's military junta invades the Falklands. Within days, a Royal Navy Task Force is assembled and dispatched. This is the story of D Squadron, 22 SAS, commanded by Cedric Delves. The relentless... -
The The Slow Downfall of Margaret Thatcher: The Diaries of Bernard Ingham by Bernard Ingham 9781785904783
RRP: $34.31$21.18Branded `the rough-spoken Yorkshire Rasputin', Bernard Ingham served as Margaret Thatcher's press secretary for virtually all of her eleven-year premiership, adroitly steering the government's relationship with the media - and the Prime Minister's... -
Early Writings by Karl Marx
RRP: $29.14$21.06Written in 1833-4, when Marx was barely twenty-five, this astonishingly rich body of works formed the cornerstone for his later political philosophy. In the Critique of Hegel's Doctrine of the State, he dissects Hegel's thought and develops his own views... -
Rational Choice and British Politics: An Analysis of Rhetoric and Manipulation from Peel to Blair by Iain McLean 9780198295297
$114.31This engaging and original study, by one of Britain's leading scholars of rational choice theory, explores the course of British parliamentary politics over the last 150 years. McLean marries an appealing combination of social science and analytical... -
Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis by Ian Kershaw
RRP: $34.29$25.18Winner of the Wolfson Prize for History, Ian Kershaw's Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis is the concluding second volume of one of the greatest biographies of modern times. No figure in twentieth century history more clearly demands a close biographical... -
Babygirl, You've Got This!: Experiences of Black Girls and Women in the English Education System by Dr April-Louise Pennant 9781350278998
RRP: $37.72$33.29How do Black women experience education in Britain? Within British educational research about Black students, gender distinctions have been largely absent, male-dominated or American-centric. Due to the lack of attention paid to Black female students,... -
A James Connolly Reader by Shaun Harkin
RRP: $29.14$20.70Considered by many to be Ireland's most important revolutionary, James Connolly devoted his life to struggles against exploitation, oppression and imperialism. Active across the world, Connolly was a peerless organiser, sharp polemicist, and highly... -
Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy by Daniel Ziblatt
RRP: $44.58$38.68How do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in Europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s Britain... -
Lawless World: Making and Breaking Global Rules by Philippe Sands
RRP: $18.85$13.33International lawyer Philippe Sands has a unique insider's view of the elites who govern our lives. His sensational revelations in Lawless World changed the political agenda overnight, forcing Tony Blair to publish damning mterial that he'd tried to... -
Brits: The War Against the IRA by Peter Taylor
RRP: $29.14$21.06The third part of the trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Provos and Loyalists In the final part of his trilogy exploring 'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland, Peter Taylor talks to undercover agents of the British state... -
This is Europe: The Way We Live Now by Ben Judah
RRP: $37.74$25.90A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion_____What does it now mean to call yourself... -
Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to destroy European peoples by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
RRP: $30.88$30.34Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913057091Author Richard Coudenhove-KalergiFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Omnia Veritas LtdPublisher Omnia Veritas LtdWeight(grams)... -
Power and Pragmatism by Malcolm Rifkind 9781785900037
RRP: $42.88$30.91Sir Malcolm Rifkind's political career has been as glittering as it has been long-lived. Indeed, as a minister for eighteen years, he has seen longer uninterrupted service than anyone since Lord Palmerston in the early nineteenth century.In both the... -
State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda by Steven Luckert 9780896047143
RRP: $61.73$54.82Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780896047143Author Susan BachrachFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumPublisher United States Holocaust Memorial... -
William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague
RRP: $29.14$19.67William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade. Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able... -
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39 by Florian Illies
RRP: $34.31$22.47A Financial Times 'Book to Read in 2023' 1930s Europe - as the Roaring Twenties wind down and the world rumbles towards war, the great minds of the time have other concerns. Jean-Paul Sartre waits anxiously in a Parisian cafe for his first date... -
A History of the Netherlands: From the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day by Friso Wielenga 9781350379596
RRP: $42.87$37.62Friso Wielenga's detailed history of the Netherlands traces its political development from independence to today, incorporating significant explorations of culture, economics, international relations, colonisation and decolonisation in the process. It... -
Balfour's Shadow: A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel by David Cronin
RRP: $29.14$22.90This is the controversial history of the British government's involvement in the Zionist project, from the Balfour Declaration in 1917 to the present day. Written by the British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, the Declaration stated 'His... -
Almost Perfekt: How Sweden Works And What We Can Learn From It by David Crouch
RRP: $25.71$16.06'Engaging' Money Week'A sharp-eyed account of what makes Sweden modern, resilient and rather different' Professor Jonas HinnforsSWEDENA country that defies the laws of economic gravity. A land with high wages, strong unions and generous welfare. A... -
Reporting the Troubles: Journalists Tell Their Stories of the Northern Ireland Conflict by Deric Henderson
RRP: $25.71$21.53In 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... -
To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: $17.14$12.20One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy. 'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday Times Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary... -
The Forging of a Rebel by Arturo Barea
RRP: $25.71$17.50The Forging of a Rebel is an unsurpassed account of Spanish history and society from early in the twentieth century through the cataclysmic events of the Spanish Civil War. Arturo Barea's masterpiece charts the author's coming-of-age in a bruised and... -
A Purposeful Life: What I’ve Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change by Dawn Butler 9781911709329
RRP: $32.57$21.41'Dawn Butler is a history-making, game-changing, ceiling-smashing politician.This powerful book offers a fascinating insight into both the personal and political sides of her journey.'Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London'When I was younger my parents taught me to... -
Housing Policy in the UK by David Mullins 9780333994344
$78.29Housing Policy in the UK is a major new textbook that traces the emergence of a 'new comprehensive housing policy' in the wake of the Communities Plan and regionalisation. Grounded in cutting-edge research and analysis, it provides a clear account of the... -
The Idea of Civil Society by Adam B. Seligman
RRP: $82.33$65.88As the countries of East-Central Europe struggle to create liberal democracy and the United States and other Western nations attempt to rediscover their own tarnished civil institutions, Adam Seligman identifies the neglect of the idea of "civil society"... -
How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations by Gavin Esler
RRP: $17.14$12.78'An eloquent, forensic examination of resurgent English nationalism as the force that has driven Brexit and may now break up the United Kingdom' Jonathan Coe 'A fascinating book that draws on poetry, literature and on-the-ground reporting' The Times ... -
Agent Cicero: Hitler’s Most Successful Spy by Mark Simmons 9781803995281
RRP: $22.28$16.07ELYESA BAZNA WAS THE HIGHEST-PAID SPY IN HISTORY.Working for the British ambassador in Ankara in 1943, Bazna photographed top-secret documents and sold them to the Nazis. So started his career as a 'walk-in', a freelance spy whose loyalties lay with the... -
The Tyranny of Nostalgia: Half a Century of British Economic Decline by Russell Jones 9781913019792
RRP: $42.87$36.98The 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... -
How Britain Ends: English Nationalism and the Rebirth of Four Nations by Gavin Esler 9781800241053
RRP: $25.71$23.07'An eloquent, forensic examination of resurgent English nationalism as the force that has driven Brexit and may now break up the United Kingdom' Jonathan Coe 'A fascinating book that draws on poetry, literature and on-the-ground reporting' The Times ... -
Brexit Unfolded by Christopher Grey 9781785906923
RRP: $25.71$18.63Britain's 2016 vote to leave the EU divided the nation, unleashing years of political turmoil. The result has been a sulphurous atmosphere in which many remain unreconciled to Brexit whilst, in a tragic irony, some of those most committed to it are angry... -
Lost World of British Communism by Raphael Samuel
RRP: $22.28$19.40The Lost World of British Communism is a vivid account of the Communist Party of Great Britain. Raphael Samuel, one of post-war Britain's most notable historians, draws on novels of the period and childhood recollections of London's East End, as well as... -
Intelligence and National Security Policymaking on Iraq: British and American Perspectives by James P. Pfiffner 9780719077470
RRP: $34.29$29.91The decision to go to war in Iraq has had historic repercussions throughout the world. The editors of this volume bring together scholarly analysis of the decision-making in the U.S and U.K. that led to the war, inside accounts of CIA decision-making,... -
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China II by Xi Jinping 9787119111636
RRP: $27.36$24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787119111636Author Xi JinpingFormat PaperbackPage Count 515Imprint Foreign Languages PressPublisher Foreign Languages PressWeight(grams) 1000g -
People Like Us: Margaret Thatcher and Me by Caroline Slocock 9781785904608
RRP: $17.14$12.11As a young civil servant, Caroline Slocock became the first ever female private secretary to any British Prime Minister, and was at Margaret Thatcher's side for the final eighteen months of her premiership. A left-wing feminist, Slocock was no natural... -
The EU in Association Agreement Negotiations: Challenges to Complex Policy Coordination by Daniel Schade 9781032401096
RRP: $68.59$60.14Through 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... -
Spying on the World: The Declassified Documents of the Joint Intelligence Committee, 1936-2013 by Richard J. Aldrich
RRP: $53.17$44.68This is a documentary history of how intelligence influenced Britain's policy response to key 20th century events. For more than 50 years, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been central to the secret machinery of the British Government, acting... -
Cafe Europa: Life After Communism by Slavenka Drakulic
RRP: $18.85$12.69Europe 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: $34.31$30.91'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: $15.42$10.74Wales 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...