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1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume I by John H. Gill 9781848327573
RRP: $39.88$29.42The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. He would win many battles in his future campaigns, but never again would one of Europe's great powers lie broken at his feet. In this respect 1809 represents a high point of the First... -
What's Left?: How the Left Lost its Way by Nick Cohen
RRP: $20.98$14.93From the much-loved, witty and excoriating voice of journalist Nick Cohen, a powerful and irreverent dissection of the agonies, idiocies and compromises of mainstream liberal thought. Nick Cohen comes from the Left. While growing up, his... -
Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World by Oliver Bullough
RRP: $37.78$21.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250621467Author Oliver BulloughFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm)... -
Gastronativism: Food, Identity, Politics by Fabio Parasecoli 9780231202077
RRP: $42.00$33.37Winner, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards - Food - Food Heritage - USANominee, Book Award in Food Issues and Advocacy, James Beard FoundationThe Italian political right is outraged by halal tortellini and a pork-free lasagna served at the Vatican. In India,... -
Global Politics: A New Introduction Jenny Edkins 9781138060296
RRP: $92.38$84.08The third edition of Global Politics: A New Introduction continues to provide a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages directly with the issues in global politics that students are most interested in,... -
Winner Take All: China's Race For Resources and What It Means For Us by Dambisa Moyo
RRP: $23.08$16.32Our planet's resources are running out. The media bombards us with constant warnings of impending shortages of fossil fuels, minerals, arable land, and water and the political Armageddon that will result as insatiable global demand far outstrips supply... -
The Quiet Before: On the unexpected origins of radical ideas by Gal Beckerman 9781529177404
RRP: $23.08$16.32'The Quiet Before is a fascinating and important exploration of how ideas that change the world incubate and spread.' Steven Pinker'Filled with insightful analysis and colourful storytelling... Rarely does a book give you a new way of looking at social... -
The Post-American World: And The Rise Of The Rest by Fareed Zakaria
RRP: $23.08$16.32The growth of countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya is generating a new landscape. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, highest-grossing movies and most advanced mobile phones are now all being made outside Europe and the... -
Enlightenment's Wake: Politics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age by John Gray
RRP: $27.28$25.07John Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream readership to a man who was already one of the UK's most well respected thinkers and political theorists.Gray wrote... -
ABOLITION, FEMINISM, NOW by Angela Y. Davis
RRP: $31.48$20.01In this landmark work, four of the world's leading scholar-activists issue an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism.As a politics and as a practice, abolitionism has increasingly shaped our political moment,... -
People Without Power: the war on populism and the fight for democracy by Thomas Frank
RRP: $20.98$14.07Everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Donald Trump. Brexit. European right-wing extremists. All have been accused of populism. But what does this often thrown about, yet generally misunderstood, term actually mean? The real story of... -
China: Fragile Superpower by Susan Shirk 9780195373196
RRP: $29.38$22.76Once a sleeping giant, China today is the world's fastest growing economy--the leading manufacturer of cell phones, laptop computers, and digital cameras--a dramatic turn-around that alarms many Westerners. But in China: Fragile Superpower, Susan L... -
Realpolitik: A History by John Bew
RRP: $48.28$34.19Since its coinage in mid-19th century Germany, Realpolitik has proven both elusive and protean. To some, it represents the best approach to meaningful change and political stability in a world buffeted by uncertainty and rapid transformation. To others,... -
To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change by Alfred W McCoy
RRP: $41.98$29.32In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes-from the devastating Black Death of 1350 through the coming climate crisis of 2050-has produced a relentless succession... -
Federalism: A Very Short Introduction by Mark J. Rozell
RRP: $18.88$13.88Early Americans were suspicious of centralized authority and executive power. Casting away the yoke of England and its king, the founding fathers shared in this distrust as they set out to pen the Constitution. Weighing a need for consolidated leadership... -
The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab by Carl Miller
RRP: $23.08$16.32**Winner of the Transmission Prize 2019**THE OLD GODS ARE DYING.Giant corporations collapse overnight. Newspapers are being swallowed. Stock prices plummet with a tweet.NEW IDOLS ARE RISING IN THEIR PLACE. More crime now happens online than offline... -
Elections without Order: Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin by Richard Rose 9780521016445
RRP: $65.08$49.98Russians want both free elections and order, but order - a sense of predictability in everyday life and the rule of law - has been in short supply. This is the challenge that Russia presents to Vladimir Putin. This 2002 book is about Russia's attempt to... -
Securing the State and its Citizens: National Security Councils from Around the World by Paul O'Neill
$52.82The global security situation is challenging and constantly changing. Responding to threats requires the effective coordination of the various levers of national power. These must now go beyond the traditional diplomatic, information, military and... -
Bordering on Chaos: Mexico's Roller-Coaster Journey toward Peace by Andre Oppenheimer 9780316650250
RRP: $52.48$37.04A political examination of contemporary Mexico.Book InformationISBN 9780316650250Author Andre OppenheimerFormat HardbackPage Count 12Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 431g -
There Is No Unhappy Revolution: The Communism of Destitution Marcello Tari 9781942173168
RRP: $27.28$18.12"A powerful case for the persistent questioning and existential interruption that accompanies that pursuit of [happiness and revolution], and fuels it, and constitutes and ruptures its vagrant, open end."-Fred Moten, author of In the Break: The... -
Infinitely Full of Hope: Fatherhood and the Future in an Age of Crisis and Disaster Tom Whyman 9781913462253
RRP: $23.08$15.54A philosophical memoir about becoming a father in an increasingly terrible world. Can I hope the child growing in my partner's womb will have a good-enough life? For Kant, philosophy boiled down to three key questions: "What can I know?", "What... -
Russia's Politics of Uncertainty by Mary McAuley 9780521479769
RRP: $77.68$59.60In this book Mary McAuley explores the political reactions of elites and society in the Russian Federation in the years following the collapse of communist party rule and the break-up of the USSR. Spanning two republics and four regions, the book offered... -
A Short History of World War II by DK
RRP: $39.88$29.42Discover the story of the world's deadliest war. Combining expert historical insight with accounts of combatants and civilians, this important book offers a brilliant summary of the most important military, strategic, and political events across all... -
Wokelore: Boris Johnson's Culture War and Other Stories by Hardeep Matharu
RRP: $27.28$18.33Following the story wherever it goes can take you to some unexpected placesWokelore is a thought-provoking collection of more than fifty articles, essays and stories you won't find anywhere else. The first book from the independent and fearless newspaper... -
Realpolitik: A History by John Bew 9780199331932
RRP: $49.33$37.53Realpolitik is approaching its 160th birthday, though it has existed as a form of statecraft for centuries and is arguably as old as the conduct of foreign affairs itself. Associated with great thinkers from Machiavelli to Kissinger, it is deeply rooted... -
How To Change It: Make a Difference by Joshua Virasami
RRP: $14.68$10.77Introducing the new 'How To...' series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides._______________________________________________________How to Change It: your indispensable guide to activismIs it possible to... -
Property Rights and Property Wrongs: How Power, Institutions, and Norms Shape Economic Conflict in Russia by Timothy Frye 9781316610107
RRP: $54.58$46.18Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 to 2012, Timothy Frye examines how political power, institutions, and norms shape property rights for firms... -
The British Constitution by Anthony King 9780199576982
RRP: $92.38$73.37In the latter part of the nineteenth century Walter Bagehot wrote a classic account of the British constitution as it had developed during Queen Victoria's reign. He argued that the late Victorian constitution was not at all what people thought it was... -
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume II by John H. Gill
RRP: $35.68$26.63In the second volume of this epic work, John H. Gill traces Napoleon's progress as he sought to complete his victory over the Habsburgs. The war had erupted on April 10th with Austria's invasion of Germany and Italy. After just two weeks, Napoleon had... -
Why Governments Get It Wrong: and how they can get it right by Dennis C. Grube
RRP: $42.00$29.00'This humane, accessible and lucid work will enlighten any voter, and remind any would-be - or currently serving - politician of the pitfalls to avoid' - TLSBarely a week goes by without another government U-turn and with the cost of living crisis and... -
Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris
RRP: $35.60$24.38"A civil but honest dialogue...As illuminating as it is fascinating."-Ayaan Hirsi AliIs Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem to be drawn to extremism? And what do words like jihadism and fundamentalism... -
Aryans Charles Allen 9789357312684
RRP: $52.50$35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789357312684Author Charles AllenFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint Hachette IndiaPublisher Hachette Book Publishing India Pvt LtdWeight(grams)... -
The Lost Future: And How to Reclaim It by Jan Zielonka
RRP: $41.98$34.48A timely and compelling argument for a revitalized and restructured global politics The future seems increasingly uncertain. Our democracies are failing to prevent financial crises, energy shortages, climate change, and war-so how can we look to the... -
Making Global Society: A Study of Humankind Across Three Eras by Barry Buzan 9781009372183
RRP: $56.68$47.88Barry Buzan proposes a new approach to making International Relations a truly global discipline that transcends both Eurocentrism and comparative civilisations. He narrates the story of humankind as a whole across three eras, using its material... -
A World History of Political Thought J. Babb 9781786435545
RRP: $65.00$60.10A World History of Political Thought is an outstanding and innovative work with profound significance for the study of the history of political thought, providing a wide-ranging, detailed and global overview of political thought from 600 BC to the 21st... -
Russia Against the Rest: The Post-Cold War Crisis of World Order by Richard Sakwa 9781316613511
RRP: $48.28$40.57In this book Richard Sakwa provides a new analysis of the end of the Cold War and the subsequent failure to create a comprehensive and inclusive peace order in Europe. The end of the Cold War did not create a sustainable peace system. Instead, for a... -
The Assault on Liberty: What Went Wrong with Rights by Dominic Raab 9780007293391
RRP: $27.28$17.81An urgent and necessary polemic on the government's assault on our fundamental freedoms and the proliferation of Human Rights. From 42 days detention to ASBOs, as citizens of modern Britain we are seeing some of our fundamental freedoms being... -
Rethinking Chinese Politics by Joseph Fewsmith 9781108926607
RRP: $65.08$41.98Understanding Chinese politics has become more important than ever. Some argue that China's political system is 'institutionalized' or that 'win all/lose all' struggles are a thing of the past, but, Joseph Fewsmith argues, as in all Leninist systems,... -
The China Fantasy: Why Capitalism Will Not Bring Democracy to China by James Mann
RRP: $39.59$30.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112921Author James MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House AustraliaWeight(grams)... -
Russia-Lost in Transition: The Yeltsin and Putin Legacies by Lilia Shevtsova 9780870032363
RRP: $39.80$28.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870032363Author Lilia ShevtsovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePublisher Brookings Institution