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Borderwall as Architecture: A Manifesto for the U.S.-Mexico Boundary by Ronald Rael 9780520283947
RRP: £25.00£19.18Borderwall as Architecture is an artistic and intellectual hand grenade of a book, and a timely re-examination of what the physical barrier that divides the United States of America from the United Mexican States is and could be. It is both a protest... -
Did Singapore Have to Fall?: Churchill and the Impregnable Fortress by Kevin Blackburn
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book provides a sophisticated summary of up-to-date knowledge on the Fall of Singapore, including the critical tensions between Churchill and local commanders. A focus on the role of Churchill, and on his understanding of the guns and Singapore's... -
The Book of Government or Rules for Kings: The Siyar al Muluk or Siyasat-nama of Nizam al-Mulk by Hubert Darke
RRP: £47.99£41.81A translation of a classic 11th-century Persian text on behaviour and conduct in government, written between 1086 and 1091 by Nizam al-Mulk, who for over 30 years was Chief Minister of two successive rulers of the Seljuk, who had created an Empire which... -
A Geek in Korea: Discovering Asia's New Kingdom of Cool by Daniel Tudor
RRP: £15.99£10.93For every fan of K-Pop music, Korean Wave dramas and Kimchi-or anyone intrigued by Korea and Korean culture-A Geek in Korea is a hip, new guide to the land of the Samsung smartphone and Gangnam Style.Author Dan Tudor first arrived in Korea on the eve of... -
The Common Stream by Rowland Parker 9781780600758
RRP: £12.99£8.60This is the story of a village in East Anglia, astride its common stream, a saga of continuity and change which stretches back across a landscape of two thousand years. It took Rowland Parker thirteen years of detective work to piece this jigsaw... -
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev
RRP: £18.99£11.55In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show. Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and... -
Qatar: The Practice of Rented Power by Diana Galeeva 9781032215822
RRP: £39.99£35.06This book explains the parameters of Qatar's political growth by developing an alternative theory of power - 'rented' power.The author demonstrates how Qatar's emergence as a regional power can be solely explained by its capacity as a gas-rich rentier... -
Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society by Beth A. Conklin
RRP: £25.99£22.04Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian... -
A History of the Modern Middle East by William L. Cleveland
RRP: £58.99£51.48A History of the Modern Middle East examines the profound and often dramatic transformations of the region in the past two centuries, from the Ottoman and Egyptian reforms, through the challenge of Western imperialism, to the impact of US foreign... -
The Making of Modern Tibet by A.Tom Grunfeld 9781563247149
RRP: £39.99£35.46An account of Tibet and the Tibetan people that emphasises the political history of the 20th century. This book attempts to reach beyond the polemics by considering the various historical arguments, using archival material from several nations and... -
Modern Greece: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by Stathis Kalyvas
RRP: £10.99£7.77Just a few years ago, Greece appeared to be a politically secure nation with a healthy economy. Today, Greece can be found at the center of the economic maelstrom in Europe. Beginning in late 2008, the Greek economy entered a nosedive that would... -
Ending Empire in the Middle East: Britain, the United States and Post-war Decolonization, 1945-1973 by Simon C. Smith
RRP: £53.99£46.87This book is a major and wide-ranging re-assessment of Anglo-American relations in the Middle Eastern context. It analyses the process of ending of empire in the Middle East from 1945 to the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Based on original research into both... -
South vs North: India's Great Divide by Nilakantan RS
£20.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789393986344Author Nilakantan RSFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Juggernaut PublicationPublisher Juggernaut PublicationDimensions(mm) 250mm * 200mm *... -
International Norms and Local Politics in Myanmar by Yukiko Nishikawa 9781032213668
RRP: £39.99£35.06Nishikawa explores how international norms have been adopted in the local context in Myanmar to project a certain international image, while in fact the authorities are exploiting these norms to protect their own interests.In the liberal international... -
The Chinese Coal Industry: An Economic History by Elspeth Thomson 9780367026875
RRP: £43.99£38.44The coal industry has been and continues to be of critical importance for China's economic modernization. With its huge labour force, country-wide infrastructure, and vital strategic importance for the economy, the industry presents special problems for... -
Midwinter Folk Tales by Taffy Thomas
RRP: £8.99£6.65In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter. Herein you will find magical accounts of the Legend of Tinsel,... -
A History of Cambodia by David P. Chandler
RRP: £49.99£43.50In this clear and concise volume, author David Chandler provides a timely overview of Cambodia, a small but increasingly visible Southeast Asian nation. Praised by the Journal of Asian Studies as an ''original contribution, superior to any other existing... -
The 14th Dalai Lama: Peacekeeping and Universal Responsibility by Mario I. Aguilar 9780367442606
RRP: £27.99£24.28This book outlines the life of spiritual diplomacy of the 14th Dalai Lama and his emergence as a global peace icon. It traces his evolution as a Tibetan Buddhist monk rooted in the Geluk tradition, as a Nobel laureate, and as an internationally... -
British Pan-Arab Policy, 1915-1922 by Isaiah Friedman 9781138507784
RRP: £43.99£38.84In this myth-shattering study Isaiah Friedman provides a new perspective on events in the Middle East during World War I and its aftermath. He shows that British officials in Cairo mistakenly assumed that the Arabs would rebel against Turkey and welcome... -
Russia's Long Twentieth Century: Voices, Memories, Contested Perspectives by Choi Chatterjee
RRP: £39.99£35.06Covering the sweep of Russian history from empire to Soviet Union to post-Soviet state, Russia's Long Twentieth Century is a comprehensive yet accessible textbook that situates modern Russia in the context of world history and encourages students to... -
China and the New International Order by Gungwu Wang
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book explores China's place in the 'new international order', from both the international perspective and from the perspective within China. It discusses how far the new international order, as outlined by George Bush in 1991 after the collapse of... -
North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors by Daniel Tudor 9780804844581
RRP: £16.99£14.45**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist** Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent... -
A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears) by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling 9781541788510
RRP: £22.99£15.17Once 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... -
Understanding Japanese Society by Joy Hendry
RRP: £36.99£32.53In this welcome brand new fifth edition of the bestselling textbook Understanding Japanese Society, Joy Hendry takes the reader into the heart of Japanese life.Providing a clear and accessible introduction to Japanese ways of thinking, which does not... -
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary -- Leather Edition by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
RRP: £70.00£46.47Available in a stunning leather-bound edition, an accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive study... -
Iran: A Beginner's Guide by Homa Katouzian 9781780742724
RRP: £9.99£6.41Since the 1979 revolution, Iran has been locked in conflict with the United States and Europe. Personified in the West by a series of bogeymen from Ayatollah Khomeini to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, this villainous mask obscures a far more complex identity,... -
The Holocaust and the Nakba: A New Grammar of Trauma and History by Bashir Bashir
RRP: £35.00£27.21In this groundbreaking book, leading Arab and Jewish intellectuals examine how and why the Holocaust and the Nakba are interlinked without blurring fundamental differences between them. While these two foundational tragedies are often discussed... -
The Hemshin: History, Society and Identity in the Highlands of Northeast Turkey by Hovann Simonian 9781138874619
RRP: £44.99£39.68The Hemshin are without doubt one of the most enigmatic peoples of Turkey and the Caucasus. As former Christians who converted to Islam centuries ago yet did not assimilate into the culture of the surrounding Muslim populations, as Turks who speak... -
That's Not English: Britishisms, Americanisms and What Our English Says About Us by Erin Moore 9781784701918
RRP: £10.99£7.77In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. You'll discover why Americans give - and take - so many bloody compliments and never, ever say 'shall'... -
The Making Of A Premier: Zhao Ziyang's Provincial Career by David L Shambaugh
RRP: £39.99£35.06How did Zhao Ziyang rise through the provincial apparatus of the Chinese Communist Party to become premier in 1980? How did he develop the policies of economic reform in the provinces that have now become national policy? What does Zhao Ziyang's... -
The Chinese Party-State in the 21st Century: Adaptation and the Reinvention of Legitimacy by Andre Laliberte 9780415692182
£10.59As the Chinese Communist Party continues to move away from socialism, it faces a growing number of challenges to the claim that it represents the sole legitimate governing body in China. In order to reaffirm itself as the most effective force for keeping... -
Global Shadows: Africa in the Neoliberal World Order by James Ferguson
RRP: £23.99£20.41Both on the continent and off, "Africa" is spoken of in terms of crisis: as a place of failure and seemingly insurmountable problems, as a moral challenge to the international community. What, though, is really at stake in discussions about Africa, its... -
The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron by Tim Bale
RRP: £26.99£17.99The Conservatives are back, and back with a bang two election wins in a row and, providing they can hold things together, in a pretty good position to win another. But many questions about their recent past, present, and future still remain. Just why... -
India in the Second World War: An Emotional History by Diya Gupta
RRP: £30.00£26.43In 1940s India, revolutionary and nationalistic feeling surged against colonial subjecthood and imperial war. Two-and-a-half million men from undivided India served the British during the Second World War, while 3 million civilians were killed by the... -
Neutrality in International Law: From the Sixteenth Century to 1945 by Kentaro Wani
RRP: £43.99£38.44Neutrality is a legal relationship between a belligerent State and a State not participating in a war, namely a neutral State. The law of neutrality is a body of rules and principles that regulates the legal relations of neutrality. The law of neutrality... -
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture by Kam Louie
RRP: £26.99£22.29At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion... -
Voices of Early Modern Japan: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life During the Age of the Shoguns by Constantine Vaporis
RRP: £36.99£32.93In this newly revised and updated 2nd edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis offers an accessible collection of annotated historical documents of an extraordinary period in Japanese history, ranging from the unification of... -
Routledge Handbook of Political Islam by Shahram Akbarzadeh 9781138577824
RRP: £48.99£48.87The Routledge Handbook of Political Islam provides a multidisciplinary overview of the phenomenon of political Islam, one of the key political movements of our time. Drawing on the expertise from some of the top scholars in the world, it examines the... -
For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and Their Enemies by Robert Irwin
RRP: £15.99£11.61Robert Irwin's history of Orientalism leads from Ancient Greece to the present. He shows that, whether making philological comparisons between Arabic and Hebrew, cataloguing the coins of Fatimid Egypt or establishing the basic chronology of Harun... -
Dubai: Gilded Cage by Syed Ali 9780300152173
RRP: £18.99£18.48In less than two decades, Dubai has transformed itself from an obscure Gulf emirate into a global center for business, tourism, and luxury living. It is a fascinating case study in light-speed urban development, hyperconsumerism, massive immigration, and...