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Why Fascism Is on the Rise in France: From Macron to Le Pen
This book explains why the far right is on the rise in France and how Emmanuel Macron's rule is leading to a possible Le Pen victory. Recently, polls have indicated...
Inequality and the Labyrinths of Democracy
Classical liberalism regarded universal suffrage as a mortal threat to property. So what explains the advent of liberal democracy, and how stable today is the marriage between representative government and...
The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune
Communism comes from the future, but its hopes haunt our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory, from...
The H-Word: The Peripeteia of Hegemony
Few terms are so widely used in the literature of international relations and political science, with so little agreement about their exact meaning, as hegemony. In the first full historical...
Capitalism and the Sea: The Maritime Factor in the Making of the
The global ocean has through the centuries served as a trade route, strategic space, fish bank and supply chain for the modern capitalist economy. While sea beds are drilled for...
Can We Talk About Israel? (Revised and Updated): A Guide for the
An essential, accessible guide to one of the most complex, controversial topics in the world, from a leading expert on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-now revised and updated. Israel-and its...
Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage
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Jordan Peterson's Twelve Rules for Life meets Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's Extreme Ownership in this tough-love leadership book from a Navy SEAL and rising star in Republican politics. In...
International Relations of Asia
A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title This is the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the international relations of Asia and the Indo-Pacific. The Asian region has become the...
A Life and a Half: The Unexpected Making of a Politician
WINNER OF BEST BIOGRAPHY BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN, WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 2026 The gripping, remarkably candid story of one man's unorthodox life before politics, from Labour minister and Sunday Times -bestselling...
Kartography
_______________ 'A boisterous tribute to her home town that crackles with the chaos of Pakistani political life' - The Times 'Deftly woven and provocative ... Shamsie's blistering humour and ear...
The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle
'If you had assumed you knew everything about these two men of destiny, Richard Vinen's shrewd, provocative book will make you think again' DOMINIC SANDBROOK, THE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF...
Zbig: The Life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, America's Cold War Prophet
*A FINANCIAL TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025* 'For anyone who wants to understand the history of America and the world, this is a useful and important book'...
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India...
Six Minutes to Winter: Nuclear War and How to Avoid It
'Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed' - George Monbiot 'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call' - David...
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold
An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped...
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern
Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an...
China Resurrected: A Modern Geopolitical History
China's rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. This book follows China's geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from struggling to defend herself...
Silent Coup: How Corporations Overthrew Democracy
As European empires crumbled in the 20th century, the power structures that had dominated the world for centuries were up for renegotiation. Yet instead of a rebirth for democracy, what...
A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell
When we think about George Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who - between puffs on his cigarette - composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned...
A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell
When we think about George Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who - between puffs on his cigarette - composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned...
Off-White: The Truth About Antisemitism
From Diane Abbott's recent letter in the Observer, to Whoopi Goldberg's assertion that the Holocaust wasn't about race, it still seems that no one can agree on what antisemitism actually...
S. O. S. Bonheur
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodCondition remarks: Language - French TextIn a near-future Europe where a totalitarian regime has outlawed unhappiness and mandated compulsory joy, S.O.S. Bonheur presents a chilling portrait...
Alfred Deakin: A Biography
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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew figures loom as large in the founding of modern Australia as Alfred Deakin — statesman, orator, journalist, and...
Secondhand Pelican Economics & Politics Bargain Book Box SP4000
$120.00 AUD
Secondhand Pelican Economics & Politics Bargain Book Box SP4000 Twenty-four 1960s and 70s Pelicans in the classic blue covers: Galbraith, Baran and Sweezy’s Monopoly Capital, Michael Young’s The Rise of...
The Politics Of Upheaval
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the turbulent crucible of the mid-1930s, America stood at a crossroads...
Smuts: 2. The Fields Of Force 1919–1950
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn the turbulent decades following the First World War, few figures navigated the shifting tectonic plates of global politics with...
The Germans: Power Struggles And The Development Of Habitus In The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat drives a civilised nation to the brink of barbarism? The Germans confronts this haunting question...
Liberalism In Nineteenth-Century Europe
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of revolution and reform, nineteenth-century Europe became the great battleground for one...
British Colonies
$6,000.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Vol I: British North America; Volume II: Australia; Volume III: New Zealand, Tasmania; Volume IV: Africa and the West Indies;...
Everybody Matters: A Memoir
Shortlisted for the Political Book Awards 2013 Political Book of the Year The first woman President of Ireland, who became UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson has spent...
Wine Politics: How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and
After reading this intriguing book, a glass of wine will be more than hints of blackberries or truffles on the palate. Written by the author of the popular, award-winning website...
India: the road ahead
The sequel to No Full Stops in India, Mark Tully's most popular book so far Since the Indian economy was liberated from bureaucratic, socialist controls in 1991, it has developed...
Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
"Astonishing...Brings to life a thriving - and rather civilized - empire" - The Telegraph "sparkles with energy, insight and passion... difficult to put down." Nicholas Morton, BBC History Magazine Control...
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Is the pope atheist? Why can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? This book is all about why having skin in the...
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister: Three Women at the Heart of
A major new biography from the internationally bestselling author of Wild Swans, Mao and Empress Dowager Cixi- a gripping story of sisterhood, revolution and betrayal, and three women who helped...
Choose Your Weapons: The British Foreign Secretary
When writing his magnificent life of Robert Peel, Douglas Hurd found himself caught up again in a debate that has always fascinated him as a former diplomat and Foreign Secretary...
This Land: The Struggle for the Left
#1 Bestselling author of Chavs and The Establishment returns with an urgent analysis of where the Left - and Britain - goes next We live in an age of upheaval....
Koba The Dread
'Indignant, angry, personal and strangely touching - Koba the Dread carries a punch, artfully delivered' New York Times Koba the Dread is the successor to Amis's celebrated memoir, Experience. It...
Chemical and Biological Warfare: A Comprehensive Survey for the
The armaments of chemical and biological warfare (CBW), as Eric Coddy shows in this introduction for the concerned layman, are now widely held not just by nation-states, but by terrorist...
The Planetary Bargain: Corporate Social Responsibility Comes of Age
Exploring many of the most pertinent ethical and economic issues of our time, this book offers both new insights and innovative solutions. Including case studies of international companies and analysis...
Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State
A wild ride through the destruction of the American government - and the unsung heroes who tried to stop it - by the No. 1 bestselling author of The Big...
Cadre Country: How China Became the Chinese Communist Party
Since the founding of the Communist Party in China just over a century ago, there is much the country has achieved. But who does the heavy lifting in China? And...
Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen and Leadership in Wartime
Using the example of great modern leaders - Lincoln, Clemenceau, Churchill and Ben Gurion - all of whom were without military experience, Supreme Command argues that, in fact, civilian statesman...
The English Parliament in the Middle Ages (Sandpiper Books)
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The book titled The English Parliament in the Middle Ages (Sandpiper Books) by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Open Letters: Selected Writings
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The book titled Open Letters: Selected Writings by the author Vaclav Havel. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Heart of War: On Power, Conflict and Obligation in the
This book, written by one of the most highly regarded experts on global security, is a controversial look at the changing face of war and the role of the military...
Cairo 1921: Ten Days that Made the Middle East
The first comprehensive history of the 1921 Cairo Conference which reveals its enduring impact on the modern Middle East Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out...
Only in Australia: The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian
This edited volume is about the Australian difference and how Australia's economic and social policy has diverged from the approach of other countries. Australia seems to be following a 'special...