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Captured by a Vision: A Memoir by Ken Newell
£16.34"...we are more than capable of transforming our own country." These are the words of an Irish Presbyterian minister who participated in some of the most important events in the recent history of Northern Ireland. Ken Newell was born in North... -
The British Aircraft Industry and American-led Globalisation: 1943-1982 by Takeshi Sakade 9780367651213
RRP: £39.99£35.06Sakade challenges the narrative that the focus of British manufacturing went "from Empire to Europe" and argues rather that, following the Second World War, the key relationship was in fact trans-Atlantic.There is a commonly accepted belief that, during... -
Society, Medicine and Politics in Colonial India by Biswamoy Pati
RRP: £39.99£35.06The history of medicine and disease in colonial India remains a dynamic and innovative field of research, covering many facets of health, from government policy to local therapeutics. This volume presents a selection of essays examining varied aspects of... -
The Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture by Roger J. Davies
RRP: £14.99£9.80In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture.Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explored: aimai... -
Memories and Postmemories of the Partition of India by Anjali Roy
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book examines the afterlife of Partition as imprinted on the memories and postmemories of Hindu and Sikh survivors from West Punjab to foreground the intersection between history, memory and narrative. It shows how survivors script their life... -
The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands by Alex Niven 9781399414012
RRP: £12.99£9.09"Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North." Madeleine Bunting, author of Labours of Love: the... -
Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War by Thomas De Waal
RRP: £25.99£22.44"Brilliant."-Time "Admirable, rigorous. De Waal [is] a wise and patient reporter."-The New York Review of Books "Never have all the twists and turns, sad carnage, and bullheadedness on all side been better described-or indeed, better explained..... -
American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard
RRP: £18.00£11.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143122029Author Colin WoodardFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 138mm... -
After Empire: Melancholia or Convivial Culture? by Paul Gilroy
RRP: £38.99£34.22Paul Gilroy's After Empire - in many ways a sequel to his classic study of race and nation, There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack - explores Britain's failure to come to terms with the loss of its empire and pre-eminent global standing.Drawing on texts... -
Until We Are Free: My Fight For Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: £15.99£11.61'POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING ...' SUNDAY TIMES In this powerful book, Dr Shirin Ebadi, Iranian human rights lawyer and activist, tells of her fight for reform inside Iran, and the devastating backlash she faced after winning the Nobel Peace Prize... -
India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism by Waltraud Ernst
RRP: £43.99£38.44This is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book sheds new light on diversities related to the princely states such as health policies and practices,... -
Soft Power With Chinese Characteristics: China's Campaign for Hearts and Minds by Kingsley Edney
RRP: £29.99£26.64This book examines the Chinese Communist Party's attempts to improve China's image around the world, thereby increasing its "soft power." This soft, attractive form of power is crucial if China is to avoid provoking an international backlash against its... -
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
RRP: £30.00£22.55Europe - and the question of whether to stay in or leave - has dominated British politics for the last three years. Yet how much do you really know about the Continent?From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret... -
Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin by Sonia Ryang 9780415379397
RRP: £39.99£35.06Koreans in Japan are a barely known minority, not only in the West but also within Japan itself. This pioneering study analyses these relations in the context of the particular conditions and constraints that Koreans face in Japanese society. The... -
The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel by Ilan Pappe
RRP: £12.99£11.46A vivid and incisive analysis of the complex relationship between Israel and its Palestinian citizens written by an acclaimed Israeli historian For more than 60 years, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have lived as Israeli citizens within the... -
England: A Class of Its Own: An Outsider's View by Professor Detlev Piltz
RRP: £20.00£14.98A wry, affectionate and amusing take on English class and customs from an outsider's perspective. For years German lawyer and author Detlev Piltz has been observing England, its life, customs and above all its classes. He argues that whenever an... -
The Nature of Social Reality: Issues in Social Ontology by Tony Lawson 9780367188931
RRP: £37.99£33.38The social sciences often fail to examine in any systematic way the nature of their subject matter. Demonstrating that this is a central explanation of the widely acknowledged failings of the social sciences, not least of modern economics, this book sets... -
Cultures of Disaster: Society and Natural Hazard in the Philippines by Greg Bankoff
RRP: £47.99£41.81Engagingly written with 34 graphs and 15 tables showing climate changes and the history of hazards in the PhilippinesWith the current threat of global warming, this is something that will affect other countries in the futureThis study will be of interest... -
Civil Unrest and Governance in Hong Kong: Law and Order from Historical and Cultural Perspectives by Michael H.K. Ng
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines important social movements in Hong Kong from the perspectives of historical and cultural studies. Conventionally regarded as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has yet witnessed many demonstrations and... -
The Digital Rights Delusion: Humans, Machines and the Technology of Information by Andrea Monti 9781032447308
RRP: £29.99£26.64This book examines the ever-increasing impact of technology on our lives and explores a range of legal and constitutional questions that this raises. It considers the extent to which concepts such as 'cyberspace' and 'digital rights' advance or undermine... -
Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 by Wm. Theodore De Bary
RRP: £42.00£33.43A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students... -
The Caucasus: An Introduction by Thomas De Waal
RRP: £14.99£13.09In this new updated version of The Caucasus, Thomas de Waal introduces readers to this complex region. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and the breakaway territories that have tried to split away from them constitute one of the most diverse and challenging... -
Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East: Viewing Imperialism in its Proper Perspective by Shih-tsung Wang
RRP: £39.99£35.06This study explains how Salisbury viewed cultural conflicts between the East and the West, how he treated Oriental nationality and nationalist aspirations in British dominions in the East, and how he directed British policy in the Eastern world in a time... -
A Genealogy of Islamic Feminism: Pattern and Change in Indonesia by Etin Anwar
RRP: £39.99£35.06A 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... -
Museums and Heritage Tourism: Theory, Practice and People by White Chris
RRP: £17.99£16.04This book examines the symbiotic relationship between museums, heritage attractions and tourism, using a range of international case studies. Divided into three clear sections, the author first outlines a theoretical framework for understanding the role... -
Hindu Nationalism in India: Ideology and Politics by Bhuwan Jha
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century. The authors provide a thorough overview of the... -
Antarctica by Gabrielle Walker
RRP: £16.99£11.27There have been many books about Antarctica in the past, but all have focused on only one aspect of the continent - its science, its wildlife, the heroic age of exploration, personal experiences or the sheer awesome beauty of the landscape- but none have... -
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s battle for its inner soul by Isabel Kershner 9781915590220
RRP: £25.00£16.13One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books for 2023 A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people at a critical juncture in their country's history. Despite Israel's determined... -
Postmodernism and China by Xudong Zhang
RRP: £27.99£24.06Few countries have been so transformed in recent decades as China. With a dynamically growing economy and a rapidly changing social structure, China challenges the West to understand the nature of its modernization. Using postmodernism as both a global... -
The Political Economy Of U.s. Policy Toward South Africa by Kevin Danaher 9780367310448
RRP: £39.99£35.06By 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... -
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
RRP: £14.99£9.80Once upon a time, a group of libertarians got together and hatched the Free Town Project, a plan to take over an American town and completely eliminate its government. In 2004, Grafton, NH, a barely populated settlement with one paved road, turned that... -
China's Influence and the Center-periphery Tug of War in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific by Brian C.H. Fong
RRP: £39.99£35.06Bringing together a team of cutting-edge researchers based in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries, this book focuses on the tug of war between China's influence and forces of resistance in Hong Kong, Taiwan and selected countries in its... -
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation by Ang Cheng Guan 9781032009278
RRP: £39.99£35.06A History of the Manila Pact and the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) from its establishment in 1954 until its dissolution in 1977.The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) has received meagre scholarly attention in comparison to other key... -
The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands by Alex Niven
RRP: £20.00£15.38"Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North." Madeleine Bunting, author of Labours of Love: the... -
Negus: Majestic Tradition of Ethiopia by Miguel F. Brooks 9789768184153
RRP: £12.99£8.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789768184153Author Miguel BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint LMH PublishingPublisher LMH PublishingWeight(grams) 304g -
Lebanon: A Country in Fragments by Andrew Arsan
RRP: £19.99£17.84Lebanon seems a country in the grip of permanent crisis. In recent years it has suffered blow after blow, from Rafiq Hariri's assassination in 2005, to the 2006 July War, to the current Syrian conflict, which has brought a million refugees streaming into... -
Rural Geography: Processes, Responses and Experiences in Rural Restructuring by Michael Woods 9780761947615
RRP: £55.00£45.08"Michael Woods has taken on the formidable task of giving an overview of rural places and society in advanced economies as a single author and has presented a book that rightly deserves to be called state-of-the-art." - Geographische Rundschau ... -
The Syrian Conflict: The Role of Russia, Iran and the US in a Global Crisis by Ghaidaa Hetou
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book explores the global impact of the Syrian conflict, and the roles of Russia, Iran and the US in its wake. It looks closely at origins of political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by analysing the growing influence of... -
Clueless in Tokyo by Betty Reynolds 9780804857222
RRP: £10.99£7.40A perfect introduction to Japan and Japanese culture, this illustrated culture and travel guide contains loads of original drawings as well as the Japanese script for key words and phrases.Some people take photos, but artist Betty Reynolds captures... -
Betrayal Of Palestine: The Story Of George Antonius by Susan Boyle
RRP: £54.99£47.72This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betrayal of Palestine is an important and innovative work...