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War And An Irish Town by Eamonn McCann
RRP: €17.84€11.76Eamonn McCann's account of what it is like to grow up a Catholic in a Northern Irish ghetto - first published in 1974 - quickly became a classic account of the feelings generated by British rule. The author was at the centre of events in Derry which... -
My Hair is Pink Under this Veil by Rabina Khan
RRP: €11.89€8.65"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." ... -
Orban: Europe's New Strongman by Paul Lendvai 9781787382206
RRP: €19.03€17.22A 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... -
Inside the Deal: How the EU Got Brexit Done by Dr Stefaan De Rynck
RRP: €29.75€28.17As a close aide to Michel Barnier, Stefaan De Rynck had a front row seat in the Brexit negotiations. In this frank and uncompromising account, De Rynck tells the EU's side of the story and seeks to dispel some of the myths and spin that have become... -
Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature by Durre Shahwar 9781912489749
RRP: €13.08€8.33"The beautiful rolling hills and coastlines are for all of us. Together, we can reimagine the British countryside (and all it represents) and make space so that everyone is welcomed." Gathering brings together essays by women of colour across the UK... -
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... -
To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: €11.89€8.46One 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... -
Critical: Why the NHS is being betrayed and how we can fight for it by Dr Julia Grace Patterson 9780008603526
RRP: €11.89€7.90The true, eye-opening account of how the NHS has been failed and what we can do to save it. 'The NHS is an institution. But it's also a political football, kicked back and forth between politicians for... -
The Benn Diaries: 1940-1990 Tony Benn 9780099634119
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,... -
Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order by Robert Paxton
RRP: €35.70€28.19Robert 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... -
Securing the State by David Omand
RRP: €29.75€26.22Governments recognise that national security in the turbulent conditions of the early twenty-first century must centre on the creation of public confidence that normal life can continue even in the face of threats such as terrorism and proliferation, and... -
The New Snobbery: Taking on modern elitism and empowering the working class David Skelton 9781785906572
RRP: €20.22€14.61An insidious snobbery has taken root in parts of progressive Britain. Working-class voters have flexed their political muscles and helped to change the direction of the country, but in doing so they have been met with disdain and even abuse from elites... -
The American Duchess: The Real Wallis Simpson by Anna Pasternak
RRP: €15.46€10.09'Draws startling parallels with Meghan ... Both were 34 when they met their princes, both are adored children of strong, single mothers, both have a pared-down style and an electric presence and both are evidently worshipped by their Royal partners.' S... -
Alice in Brexitland Lucien Young 9781785036965
RRP: €10.70€7.68Lying on a riverbank on a lazy summer's afternoon - 23rd June 2016, to be precise - Alice spots a flustered-looking white rabbit called Dave calling for a referendum. Following him down a rabbit-hole, she emerges into a strange new land, where up is... -
Gladstone by Roy Jenkins
RRP: €20.22€14.84Winner of the Whitbread Biography of the Year.William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of nineteenth-century British life. He spent sixty-three of his eighty-nine years in the House of Commons and was... -
The Hitler I Knew: The Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief by Roger Moorhouse 9781784389987
RRP: €23.80€17.01"Up to the last moment, his overwhelming, despotic authority aroused false hopes and deceived his people and his entourage. Only at the end, when I watched the inglorious collapse and the obstinacy of his final downfall, was I able suddenly to fit... -
In Europe's Shadow: Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond Robert D. Kaplan 9780812986624
RRP: €17.84€11.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986624Author Robert D. KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm)... -
Who Are We Now?: Stories of Modern England Jason Cowley 9781529017786
RRP: €23.80€20.97A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year 2022'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 Times'Subtle, sophisticated . . . compellingly told ... -
Who Really Runs Britain?: The Private Companies Taking Control of Benefits, Prisons, Asylum, Deportation, Security, Social Care and the NHS Alan White 9781786070661
RRP: €11.89€8.46'Outsourcing' - when will the horror stories stop coming? Every year the government gives private companies like G4S, Serco, Capita and ATOS GBP80 billion of taxpayers' money to handle some of our most sensitive and important services - but where is... -
Babygirl, You've Got This!: Experiences of Black Girls and Women in the English Education System Dr April-Louise Pennant (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781350278998
RRP: €26.17€23.10How 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,... -
Hostile Environment: How Immigrants Became Scapegoats by Maya Goodfellow
RRP: €11.89€9.72Longlisted for the 2019 Jhalak Prize. From the 1960s the UK's immigration policy - introduced by both Labour and Tory governments - has been a toxic combination of racism and xenophobia. Maya Goodfellow tracks this history through to the present day,... -
Ukraine Diaries by Andrey Kurkov
RRP: €15.46€10.82Acclaimed author Andrey Kurkov gives powerful insight into life in Kyiv following the 2013 protests and before the 2022 Russian invasion.-16 DegreesC, sunlight, silence. I drove the children to school, then went to see the revolution. I walked between... -
Xi Jinping: The Governance of China II Xi Jinping 9787119111643
RRP: €24.93€21.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9787119111643Author Xi JinpingFormat HardbackPage Count 515Imprint Foreign Languages PressPublisher Foreign Languages PressWeight(grams) 1200g -
Attlee and Churchill: Allies in War, Adversaries in Peace by Leo McKinstry
RRP: €17.84€12.14Chosen 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... -
Mad Men & Bad Men: When British Politics Met Advertising by Sam Delaney
RRP: €11.89€7.97How did a bunch of unelected, unaccountable admen end up running British politics?What happened when a rag-tag band of scruffs and smart-arses invaded Westminster, sprinkling creative fairy dust over earnest politicians? How much did snappy slogans and... -
Ataturk Patrick Kinross 9781842125991
RRP: €22.60€15.65The definitive biography of the father of modern Turkey, a powerful figure in the still-unfolding drama of the Middle East.With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War came the emergence of new nations, chief among them Turkey itself... -
Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU: The Brexit edition of The Trouble with Europe: 'Bootle is right on every count' - Guardian by Roger Bootle 9781473668478 [USED COPY]
RRP: €15.46€2.75"I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a spectacularly good record." Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times "Bootle is right on every count." The Guardian HOW... -
Making a Success of Brexit and Reforming the EU: The Brexit edition of The Trouble with Europe: 'Bootle is right on every count' - Guardian Roger Bootle 9781473668478
RRP: €15.46€10.23"I recommend our diplomats and ministers read this book: it will provide them with an intellectual backbone. On the big calls [Bootle] has a spectacularly good record." Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times "Bootle is right on every count." The Guardian HOW... -
Ideologies and Political Theory: A Conceptual Approach by Michael Freeden 9780198294146
RRP: €72.59€53.99Ideologies play a crucial role in the way we understand and shape the political world. But no one has yet satisfactorily explained the nature of ideologies themselves. In this important study, Michael Freeden offers a ground-breaking approach to the... -
The Art of the Impossible: How to start a political party (and why you probably shouldn't) by Andrew, Simon Reid, Carr 9781785908125
RRP: €15.46€11.02Nothing like it had ever been done before. In January 2019, the Brexit Party was just a name. Over a matter of weeks, the party would be launched, stand candidates across seventy seats and become the largest single party in the European Parliament. ... -
The Women in the Room: Labour's Forgotten History by Nan Sloane
RRP: €47.60€36.15In February 1900 a group of men representing trade unionists, socialists, Fabians and Marxists gathered in London to make another attempt at establishing an organisation capable of getting working-class men elected to Parliament. The body they set... -
Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39 by Florian Illies
RRP: €23.80€15.59A 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... -
Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century by Michele Dillon
€71.50The revised third edition of the text that combines classical and contemporary theories of sociological theory Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition of an Introduction to Sociological Theory offers an in-depth introduction to classical and... -
The Political Aesthetics of the Armenian Avant-Garde: The Journey of the 'Painterly Real', 1987-2004 by Angela Harutyunyan
RRP: €41.65€29.87This book addresses late-Soviet and post-Soviet art in Armenia in the context of turbulent transformations from the late 1980s to 2004. It explores the emergence of 'contemporary art' in Armenia from within and in opposition to the practices, aesthetics... -
The Dream of Rome by Boris Johnson
RRP: €11.89€7.90Focussing on how the Romans made Europe work as a homogenous civilisation and looking at why we are failing to make the EU work in modern times, this is an authoritative and amusing study from bestselling author Boris Johnson. In addition to... -
The Monarchy of Fear: A Philosopher Looks at Our Political Crisis by Martha C. Nussbaum 9780192897718
RRP: €17.84€13.03'A manifesto for hope' Literary Review From one of the world's most celebrated moral philosophers comes a thorough examination of the current political crisis and recommendations for how to mend a divided country. For decades, Martha C. Nussbaum... -
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 In/Out Question: Why Britain Should Stay in the EU and Make it Better by Hugo Dixon 9781496146670
RRP: €10.12€8.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496146670Author Hugo DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace -
Exploring British Politics Mark Garnett (University of Lancaster) 9781032351667
RRP: €44.02€39.90Exploring British Politics is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the subject. Fully updated and revised, the new edition covers developments since 2016 in the role of the executive, parliament, the civil service, political parties, general... -
Is Ireland Neutral: The Many Myths of Irish Neutrality by Conor Gallagher
RRP: €21.41€15.41Neutrality has, supposedly, long been a pillar of the Irish national identity. But examining the concept reveals it to be a vague, flimsy and elastic notion that, throughout history, various governments have been happy to stretch or, in some cases,...