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Orientalism by Edward W. Said
RRP: $14.18$10.02The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and... -
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
RRP: $12.89$7.71From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published... -
Collins German Dictionary and Grammar: Two books in one by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: $19.34$13.03The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning. An up-to-date easy-reference German to English and English to German Collins dictionary and a user-friendly grammar guide in one handy volume. A clear layout, cultural... -
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr 9780061125874
RRP: $45.15$32.62An 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 notes, special introductions by experts in the... -
Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living by Linnea Dunne
RRP: $14.18$9.55Step aside Hygge. Lagom is the new Scandi lifestyle trend taking the world by storm. This delightfully illustrated book gives you the lowdown on this transformative approach to life and examines how the lagom ethos has helped boost Sweden to the No.10... -
Collins German Pocket Dictionary: The perfect portable dictionary by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: $12.89$8.57The home of trusted German dictionaries for everyday language learning. A modern German to English and English to German Dictionary offering excellent coverage of today's German language, culture and usage. The clear presentation makes it easy... -
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs 9780679644330
RRP: $23.87$19.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Sidney Hillman Prize 1961.Book InformationISBN 9780679644330Author Jane JacobsFormat HardbackPage Count 640Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA... -
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth
RRP: $14.18$10.02The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen.54 per cent of Icelanders believe in... -
Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas
RRP: $19.34$14.02'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn epic... -
The Italians by John Hooper
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Hooper has written a fascinating, affectionate and well-researched study that delivers the tantalising flavour of a country as hot, cold, bitter and sweet as an affogato' The Telegraph'This portrait of a nation is required reading for anyone heading to... -
Byker Revisited: Portrait of A Community Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen 9781904794424
RRP: $38.70$28.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904794424Author Sirkka-Liisa KonttinenFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Northumbria University PressPublisher McNidder & Grace -
Understanding the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991 by Charles Clarke
RRP: $29.03$25.70This book addresses a crucial question: the contribution of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the historic dissolution of the USSR in 1991, which in turn led to regained independence for the Baltic States in that year. This is an important history,... -
Ox Against the Storm: A Biography of Tanaka Shozo: Japans Conservationist Pioneer Kenneth Strong 9781873410141
RRP: $30.95$27.08Recounts the lifelong struggle of the 19th-century pioneer environmental conservationist.About the AuthorKenneth StrongBook InformationISBN 9781873410141Author Kenneth StrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint RoutledgeCurzonPublisher Taylor & Francis... -
Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones 9780199235698
RRP: $11.60$8.32Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and... -
Collins Spanish Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: For advanced learners and professionals by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: $51.60$37.20The world's leading Spanish to English and English to Spanish bilingual dictionary. The perfect resource for all advanced students of the Spanish and English languages. With more than 310,000 words, meanings and phrases and 442,000... -
Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill
RRP: $16.76$11.13A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine In this major work of daring criticism and analysis, scholar and political commentator Marc Lamont Hill and Israel-Palestine expert Mitchell Plitnick... -
The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society by Heather MacDonald 9781566633963
RRP: $19.34$14.87Critics have attacked the foolishness of some of today's elite thought from many angles, but few have examined the real-world consequences of those ideas. In The Burden of Bad Ideas, Heather Mac Donald reports on their disastrous effects throughout our... -
A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium by Chris Harman
RRP: $16.76$14.72In this monumental book, Chris Harman achieves the impossible-a gripping history of the planet from the perspective of the struggling people throughout the ages.From earliest human society to the Holy Roman Empire, from the Middle Ages to the... -
Dogs and Demons: The Fall of Modern Japan by Alex Kerr
RRP: $20.63$14.98The decades of Western adulation for the Japanese 'economic miracle' failed to notice a key point: that in the pursuit of this miracle the Japanese had turned their country into a degraded, concrete shambles - a wilderness of bad planning, corruption and... -
The Britannias: An Island Quest by Alice Albinia 9780241669631
RRP: $32.25$23.25SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR'A dazzlingly brilliant book' Hannah Dawson'Fascinating, often exhilarating ... Albinia is an intrepid, imaginative guide' TLSThe Britannias tells the story of Britain's islands and how they are... -
The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands by Alex Niven 9781399414012
RRP: $16.76$11.73"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... -
A History of the Modern Middle East William L. Cleveland 9780367516468
RRP: $46.43$40.88A 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... -
A History of America in 100 Maps Susan Schulten 9780712352178
RRP: $38.70$27.09In this richly visual narrative, acclaimed historian Susan Schulten explores five centuries of American history through maps. From the voyages of European discovery to the digital age, she reveals the many ways that maps have shaped history. Whether made... -
Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds: The original, classic book on TCKs David C. Pollock 9781473657663
RRP: $28.38$19.30'This book is the 'bible' for anyone who wants to understand the blessings and the curses of growing up multiculturally' -Wm. Paul Young, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The ShackIn this third edition of the ground-breaking, global classic,... -
Collins Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie by Sid Waddell 9780007247820
RRP: $10.31$7.47Gain an insight into the English language via one of the UK's richest dialects: Geordie. From George Stephenson to The Animals to Viz, the North East has long had a successful creative culture, developing alongside its industrial history. ... -
The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics by Gabriela Nouzeilles
RRP: $30.95$27.40Excessively European, refreshingly European, not as European as it looks, struggling to overcome a delusion that it is European. Argentina-in all its complexity-has often been obscured by variations of the "like Europe and not like the rest of Latin... -
Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants by Hsiao-Hung Pai
$27.40Each year, 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China's GDP, but is an unorganized... -
Collins German Dictionary Complete and Unabridged: For advanced learners and professionals by Collins Dictionaries
RRP: $64.50$45.38Bag the perfect A-Level German dictionary this Back to School. Comprehensive and authoritative, the ideal German to English and English to German bilingual dictionary for advanced students of German and professionals, this dictionary has been... -
Antarctica by Gabrielle Walker
RRP: $21.92$14.54There 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 Japanese Mind: Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture Roger J. Davies 9780804832953
RRP: $19.34$12.64In 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... -
Until We Are Free: My Fight For Human Rights in Iran by Shirin Ebadi
RRP: $20.63$14.98'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... -
The Arab Gulf States and the West: Perceptions and Realities - Opportunities and Perils by Dania Koleilat Khatib 9781138585362
RRP: $174.15$151.81This book examines the changing image of the Arab Gulf States in the West. It addresses the question of perception in international relations and how the Arab States of the Gulf have pursued various endeavors to project themselves into Western... -
Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future by Pervez Hoodbhoy
RRP: $54.17$47.41This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Hoodbhoy expertly maps the journey of the region from many... -
The Mountains Are High: a year of escape and discovery in rural China by Alec Ash 9781914484377
RRP: $21.92$14.94What is it like to radically change your life? Writer Alec Ash meets the Chinese who are doing just this, 'reverse migrating' from the cities to the remote countryside of southwest China - and joins them himself, in an extraordinary and inspiring journey... -
Vietnam: Rising Dragon by Bill Hayton
RRP: $16.76$14.78An "enlightening and persuasive" (Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books) survey of Vietnam as an emerging Asian power The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. A breathtaking... -
The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary -- Leather Edition by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
RRP: $90.30$59.95Available 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... -
The Case for Palestine: An International Law Perspective by John Quigley 9780822335399
RRP: $30.95$26.69John Quigley brings a necessary international law perspective to bear on the seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this updated edition of his important book. Since 2000, the cycle of bloodshed and retribution has spiraled increasingly... -
Europe: A History by Norman Davies
RRP: $38.70$29.09Europe - 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... -
The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel Ilan Pappe 9780300184327
RRP: $16.76$14.78A 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: $25.80$19.76A 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...