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The French Revolution facilitated the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, but after gaining power he knew that his first task was to end it. In this book William Doyle describes how he did so, beginning with the three large issues that had destabilized revolutionary France: war, religion and monarchy...

The Declaration of Arbroath, 6 April, 1320, is one of the most remarkable documents to have been produced anywhere in medieval Europe. Signed by 51 Scottish nobles, it confirms Scotland’s status as an independent sovereign state with the right to use military action if unjustly attacked. Quoted...

Japan's Contested War Memories is an important and significant book that explores the struggles within contemporary Japanese society to come to terms with Second World War history. Focusing particularly on 1972 onwards, the period starts with the normalization of relations with China and the...

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The leading statesman of nineteenth-century Britain, a figure who bestrode the political world like a Colossus, is 'Gladstone' to modern biographers. In order to signal the difference between Wheeler's approach and those of earlier biographers, the subject of this book is known as William, his...

Every American president, from Washington to Biden: Their lives, policies, foibles, and legacies, assessed with clear-eyed authority and wit. From Washington to Jefferson, Lincoln to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Kennedy to Nixon, Reagan to Obama and Biden, the 45 United States presidents have left...

Veiled Threats challenges the idea that women in violent terrorist groups lack agency. Too often, these women are assumed to be controlled by men: their fathers, their husbands, or some other male relative. Mia Bloom contests this narrow understanding. Although extremist groups often control...

Old Gods, New Enigmas is the highly-anticipated book by the best-selling author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums. Old Gods, New Enigmas is the highly-anticipated book by the best-selling author of City of Quartz and Planet of Slums. Mike Davis spent years working factory jobs and sitting...

How race shapes expectations about whose losses matter In democracies, citizens must accept loss; we can’t always be on the winning side. But in the United States, the fundamental civic capacity of being able to lose is not distributed equally. Propped up by white supremacy, whites (as a group)...

How do foreign policymakers learn from history? When do states enter alliances? Why have some small powers chosen to enter alliances whereas others have stayed neutral? In Crucible of Beliefs, Dan Reiter uses work in social psychology and organization theory to build a formative-events model of...

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“The best book to explain the world J. D. Vance came from is Max Fraser’s Hillbilly Highway.”—Jessica Wilkerson, author of To Live Here, You Have to Fight: How Women Led Appalachian Movements for Social Justice Over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, as many as eight million whites...

Poverty is something we all want to see less of. So why does it prove so difficult to tackle? Can empathy help fix it? 'An important and necessary book exploring the chronic empathy deficit around global poverty, offering surprising and compelling solutions to one of the greatest injustices of...

The definitive feminist analysis of reproductive and 'caring' labor to emerge from Italian feminism of the 1970s Emerging from the great social upheavals that contested the sexual and racial divisions of labor globally in the 1970s, Leopoldina Fortunati's classic work expands and transforms how...

How America’s greatest marketing triumph in World War II shaped race, ethnicity, and class in modern America The World War II Bond Campaign is a history of the World War II bond drive led by the federal government, an effort called the most successful marketing operation in history. By the war’s...

An eye-opening and exceptional view of the Ford presidency by one of his closest and most-trusted advisors. Except for his wife Betty, no one was closer to Gerald Ford during his presidency than Bob Barrett. Bob carried the “nuclear football”—the American nuclear codes—and could not let Ford...

A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons. Access to good food is the litmus test of a society’s commitment to social justice and sustainable development. This book explores the ‘good food revolution’ in public institutions, asking what broader lessons...

Managing the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government. While the technical and financial elements of climate transition are vast, the social challenges are even greater. If local populations and workers feel the transitions are not “just”...

The most accessible, succinct introduction to the principal international relations theories, with an emphasis on how theory can be used to analyse key global issues. Introduction to International Relations and Global Politics provides students with a complete understanding of theory and how it...

Bringing together critical race, queer and decolonial analytical approaches, visual analysis, and multimodal discourse analysis, this book explores the discursive strategies deployed by African luxury brands in an age of cross-platform, intertextual branding. Building on literature examining the...

‘Makes the case for Annie Besant as a truly eminent Victorian, as brilliant and fearless as she was beautiful’ The Times _ London, 1877. A petite young woman stands before an all-male jury, about to risk everything. She takes a breath, and opens her defence. Annie Besant and her confidant...

AWARDED THE GERMAN NON-FICTION PRIZE 2022 'Malinowksi’s work is a near-masterpiece, relating a story not synthesised in this way before, and about which any number of self-serving myths exist' - Simon Heffer, The Telegraph ‘Stephan Malinowski's brilliant book strikes a balance between the...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the...

Based on decades of research, this book explores global social change processes through the concepts of social change organisations (SCOs) and social change makers (SCMs) – the individuals working within and alongside SCOs. The book delves into a vast array of compelling social justice issues...

Sol Plaatje is one of South Africa’s most important political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress, a leading spokesman for black opinion throughout his life, and the author of three well-known books...

China’s growing power and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrust geopolitics back to the centre of the global stage, but the old geopolitical frameworks, with their positivist methods and their emphasis on structural determinants, will not enable us to understand the increasingly dangerous...

This provocative book offers the first sustained critique of the theory and practice of pacification. In his new book, critical theorist Mark Neocleous engages in a sustained critique of the theory and practice of pacification. Combining philosophical analysis with historical detail, Neocleous...

'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph In this revised and updated paperback edition, award-winning journalist John Sweeney goes behind...

The runaway #1 New York Times bestseller 'Timely and fascinating... There are many astonishing vignettes... an important book' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling' New York Times As Hitler's ascendancy began to make a...

What would women do with their lives if they had more time? The riveting, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the way work is valued 'The women of the world are serving notice. We want wages for every dirty toilet, every indecent assault, every painful childbirth, every cup of...

In My Early Life, Churchill describes his education and his experience in four wars on three continents as a young officer and newspaper correspondent, including his cavalry charge against the Dervishes at Omdurman in the Sudan and his capture and escape from a Boer prisoner of war camp in South...

'Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations' THE TIMES How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations? When Rowan was sixteen, she only...

China’s growing power and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have thrust geopolitics back to the centre of the global stage, but the old geopolitical frameworks, with their positivist methods and their emphasis on structural determinants, will not enable us to understand the increasingly dangerous...

The wave of popular uprisings that swept across the Arab world starting in December 2010 rattled regimes from Morocco to Oman. However, Lebanon's sectarian system proved immune to the domestic and regional pressures unleashed by the Arab Spring. How can this be explained? How has the country's...

Learn on your terms with Romero's GOVT, 12th Edition. Combining an easy-reference paperback or eBook with robust resources and an innovative online experience, the text presents an accessible and concise overview of American government that equips you with anywhere, anytime learning tools...

This book was first published in 1964. Everything in politics has changed since then why a reprint? Because moral criticisms of governments haven’t changed. Indeed, historical comparison suggests a disconcerting similarity. We still accept a liberal-democratic morality and politics and believe...

A unique comparative study of how authoritarian elites construct and control secret police agencies. Throughout history, dictators have constructed secret police agencies to neutralize rivals and enforce social order. But the same agencies can become disloyal and threatening. This book explores...

A deadly game of revenge and betrayal Former assassin Acid Vanilla finds herself drawn back into danger when an old acquaintance seeks her help in San Sebastian. Forced into a shaky partnership to steal a valuable artifact, Acid must confront her demons and face off against her lethal rival...

US narratives misrepresented the Sino-American dispute over Taiwan, inflated the danger of war, underestimated that China would prevail. The author presents contrarian arguments contesting mainstream US views on the danger of a Sino-American war over Taiwan's status. They contend that these...

Sub-state nationalism is linked to lack of inclusion and authoritarian implementation of post-independence state nationalism. Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This Element focuses on...

Sub-state nationalism is linked to lack of inclusion and authoritarian implementation of post-independence state nationalism. Nationalism is a political phenomenon with deep roots in Southeast Asia. Yet, state attempts to create homogenous nations met with resistance. This Element focuses on...

Challenging nuclearism explores how a deliberate ‘normalisation’ of nuclear weapons has been constructed, why it has prevailed in international politics for over seventy years and why it is only now being questioned seriously. The book identifies how certain practices have enabled a small group...

In 2011, Syrians took to the streets demanding freedom. Brutal government repression transformed peaceful protests into one of the most devastating conflicts of our time, killing hundreds of thousands and displacing millions. The Home I Worked to Make takes Syria’s refugee outflow as its point...

Betrayal cuts deep. Revenge cuts deeper. In a world where loyalty has no meaning, former assassin, code name Acid Vanilla, is on a quest for vengeance. Her journey reaches its climax in war-torn Iran. With ISIS on her heels and a global crisis unfolding, she's abducted and held hostage in a...

She made peace with her bloodstained past. Now someone wants to take her future. Former assassin Acid Vanilla and her friend Spook Horowitz's fledgling agency takes a dark turn when a missing person case plunges them into London's criminal underworld. As Acid embraces her violent nature, the...

Trust no one. Fight everyone. Never say die. In the heart of Montana Acid Vanilla finds herself entangled in a vicious turf war between a motorcycle gang and corrupt police. When her partner, Spook, vanishes, she must navigate a treacherous web of deceit and violence to find her. Teaming up...

A deadly game begins… Ex-assassin Acid Vanilla faces her darkest fears as she confronts the aftermath of her friend's brutal murder. With the dangerous Darius Duke at large and the shocking revelation that he might be her brother, Acid must navigate a treacherous world of secrets and...

In a city of shadows, an assassin emerges to wreak her revenge. Betrayed by her colleagues, Acid Vanilla, the deadliest assassin at Annihilation Pest Control, embarks on a globe-trotting mission of bloody retribution. In Hanoi, she faces her greatest challenge yet: infiltrating a shadowy...

Trust no one. Survive at all costs. Ex-assassin Acid Vanilla finds herself trapped on a remote island, pursued by twisted trophy hunters who paid top dollar for the thrill of the kill. Unarmed and outnumbered, she must navigate a treacherous landscape of dense jungles and deadly deception to...

The South Korean warship Cheonan was sunk in mysterious circumstances on 26 March 2010. The remarkable events that followed are analysed by Tim Beal and woven into a larger study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea and US concern about the rise of China. South...

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The election of the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) to power in Bolivia in 2006 marked a historic break from centuries of foreign domination and indigenous marginalisation. Evo Morales, leader of the MAS, became the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Kepa Artaraz looks at the Morales'...

'Inspiring […] A powerful call to action for all who believe we can create a more democratic and ecological society' - Debbie Bookchin, journalist, author, daughter of Murray Bookchin How can we unlock society’s potential to shift the course of the climate crisis? So many of us feel helpless in...

This book provides a new analytical framework that investigates the way in which the EU changes its foreign policy after crisis. Adapting existing theorising of foreign policy change to a single framework applicable to the EU context, Ikani provides a toolbox to explain the process of change and...

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is an urgent and necessary reckoning about what it means to live in the West today. As an immigrant, Omar El Akkad believed the West offered freedom and justice for all. Over the past twenty years he reported on the various Wars on Terror...

A Waterstones Best Memoir of 2024 An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book for 2024 The captivating true story of an underdog business – a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher’s Britain – from a woman at the heart of the women’s liberation movement. What was it like to start a feminist...

A NEW YORKER, ESQUIRE, HISTORY TODAY AND THE CONVERSATION BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinson 'One of the most talked-about books to the moment … Limitarianism floats the heretical idea that fixing society isn’t...

From the award-winning writer and thinker, an essential reckoning with the war in Gaza, its historical conditions, and moral and geopolitical ramifications 'Courageous and bracing, learned and ethical, rigorous and mind-expanding' NAOMI KLEIN 'Mishra has made a powerful contribution to the...

A gripping reconstruction of the daring escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989 - and how it led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘Beautifully written . . . The Picnic reads like a thriller’ Peter Frankopan 'Exhilarating' Observer 'Intensely moving' Sunday Times...

Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and reshapes communities. This book is highly relevant to those interested in the ever- expanding field...

A daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online. As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women. Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting as propagandists...

Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power. 'The book about Keir Starmer we have all been waiting for. It is impossible to fully understand this government unless you read it' TIM SHIPMAN From electoral wipeout in 2019 to...

The careful distillation of a lifetime’s writing by the internationally renowned art historian T.J. Clark, who addresses key issues of art’s relationship with politics. Is art obliged to engage with politics? If so, how? By taking sides in political struggle; by singing the song of the...

The powerful new book on protest in Britain from award-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen 'The story of British activism through photographs' GUARDIAN 'Powerful … will move you to action' ELLE A most anticipated book of 2025 in Guardian, Independent and Elle Resistance presents a...

Heralded by stunning reviews, Perlstein's best-selling NIXONLAND begins in the blood and fire of the Watts riots - one week after President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, and nine months after his historic landslide victory over Barry Goldwater seemed to have heralded a permanent liberal...

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Offering the most thought-provoking introduction to EU law. Written in a highly readable narrative style, the book provides students with a succinct yet sophisticated analysis of the core aspects of the subject, while also equipping them with the tools for further exploration. Figures and tables...

A Most Paradoxical Question and a Vision of African Political Philosophy What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey? In this shining, wide-ranging inquiry, Minna Salami explores these...

Yonah Bob and Ilan Evyatar describe how Israel has used cyberwarfare, targeted assassinations, and sabotage of Iranian facilities to great effect, sometimes in cooperation with the United States. Even as it takes lethal action, Israel has managed to alter the politics of the Middle East...

Who became Britain's first Prime Minister on 3 April 1721? When was Karl Marx born? Where and when was the first battle of the Wars of the Roses? When did Big Ben first bong? When did the first British woman cast her vote? (Clue: It wasn't 1918.) Find the answers to these questions and many more...

Dispatches from the Diaspora brings together the vibrant journalism of one of the leading Black voices spanning the Atlantic, providing a must-read for anyone interested in the way we understand contemporary issues of race and identity. Between following Nelson Mandela during his first election...

Уперше амбіції, стратегія і вплив Кім Йо Чжон стають темою ретельного дослідження у книзі Сон-Юн Лі, експерта з корейських та східноазійських студій. Кім Йо Чжон не тільки обличчя режиму, але й політична гравчиня, чиї дії визначають глобальний порядок. Розуміння особистості Кім Йо Чжон — це...

Examines geopolitics as a battle of visions whose outcome will be determined by technological dominance rather than physical territorial control. World politics has changed, claims Bruno Maçães. Geopolitics is no longer simply a contest to control territory: in this age of advanced technology...

An inspirational and compelling collection of stories from XR scientists detailing their personal responses to the climate and ecological crisis and the motivations that led them to work with XR. With a foreword by Chris Packham. In this important and timely book, scientists from a broad range...

Нова монографія професора Петра Іванишина присвячена націософській герменевтиці, яка ще відома як націоцентрична чи національно-екзистенціальна теорія розуміння. У монографії у межах концептуальних нарисів досліджуються різні філософські, методологічні та наукові аспекти цього фундаменту...

A groundbreaking history of how the 'war on terror' changed virtually every aspect of American life, from the nature of citizenship to the cars Americans bought and the TV they watched For twenty years after September 11, the war on terror was simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. With all of...

An updated edition of David Boaz’s timeless primer on libertarianism, with a new preface by the author. Libertarianism—the philosophy of personal and economic freedom—has deep roots in Western civilization and in American history, with increasing appeal to those dissatisfied with the status...

Big ideas matter in politics, and they spark fierce debates about the future of our society. This pathbreaking new textbook examines the key political ideas that shape our lives today. Political Theory: Why Big Ideas Matter takes a unique disruptive approach by creating conversations between...

A sweeping global history of the birth of modern Greece In 1821, a diverse territory in the southern Balkans on the fringe of the Ottoman Empire was thrust into a decade of astounding mass violence. The Greek Revolution and the Violent Birth of Nationalism traces how something new emerged from...

An extraordinary first-hand account of the building of Expo 2020 When Ground Shifts is the extraordinary first-hand account of the United Arab Emirates' successful bid to host the first World Exposition ever to be held anywhere in the Middle East, South Asia or Africa. As the minister...

Humankind is now at the crossroads of perhaps our most unique moment in our short history as a species on Earth. Given enough computing power, data, and time, it is inevitable that at some point in our not-too-distant future, we will succeed in creating a form of artificial intelligence that far...

Does the UK’s constitution sufficiently protect our democracy from a rogue prime minister? In light of the resurgence of the far Right across Europe and some of the rhetoric of the 2024 General Election, which carried whiffs of political authoritarianism, Could It Happen Here? explores the...

A dystopian masterpiece - the powerful and prophetic novel that defined the twentieth century. The year is 1984. War and revolution have created an unrecognisable world. Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is total and The...

The problem with expertise and the dark side of the equation knowledge = power. Experts are not infallible. Treating them as such has done us all a grave disservice and, as The Weaponization of Expertise makes painfully clear, given rise to the very populism that all-knowing experts and their...

'Absorbing' - The Guardian 'Illuminating' - Vogue 'Fascinating' - Pandora Sykes In Nostalgia, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience and psychology with the history of medicine and emotions to explore the evolution of nostalgia from seventeenth-century Switzerland (when it was held...

‘Chokepoints is a compelling and dramatic narrative about the new shape of geopolitics’ Wall Street Journal ‘A gripping, firsthand account. Unparalleled.’ Chris Miller, author of Chip War Globalisation was once hailed as the great leveller, bringing prosperity to all. But the world has...

The untold history of how pro-Israel lobbying groups influence US and British policy In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how over a century of aggressive lobbying changed the map of the...

'A TIMELY AND IMPORTANT BOOK' - ORLANDO FIGES 'SPELLBINDING' - ANDREI KURKOV ONE OF HISTORY TODAY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2024 For more than a millennium, the Russian Orthodox Church has shown astonishing survival skills - from the Mongol yoke to tsarist demagoguery and enlightenment, from Soviet...

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE A FINALIST FOR THE MOORE PRIZE A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping and rigorous crime story about the murder of a once thriving democracy, exposing an arsenal of lethal weapons, some wielded on the streets, others in the courts and press' NAOMI KLEIN...

From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has seen it all. A Woman Like Me takes readers through Diane’s incredible journey, painting a vivid picture of growing up in...

The fact that communism did not prevail does not mean we are still in capitalism. Capitalist relations are undergoing systemic transformation and becoming something that might even be worse. Bringing together analyses from different fields-law, technology, Marxism, and psychoanalysis-Jodi Dean...

An insider’s guide to our economy, from the bestelling author and creator of Unlearning Economics An insider's guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us. ‘A fascinating examination of the failures of modern economics, and how these failures are harming us all' Grace Blakeley...

The author of the acclaimed Marx at the Margins analyses the late Marx on Indigenous communism, gender, and anti-colonialism. In his late writings, Marx went beyond the boundaries of capital and class in the Western European and North American contexts. Kevin Anderson carries out a systematic...

A history of the largely forgotten peasant revolution that swept central and eastern Europe after World War I—and how it changed the course of interwar politics and World War II As the First World War ended, villages across central and eastern Europe rose in revolt. Led in many places by a...

THE MUST-READ BOOK ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST FLASHPOINT 'Magnificent ... As exciting to read as it is important' Peter Frankopan 'Fascinating ... essential reading' Helen Thompson 'Alarming and uplifting' John Kampfner The Baltic will decide the course of the West in the coming years. These...

A WATERSTONES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 My son's death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it's possible to find meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love. And in finding them, transform. Resilience is a seed that we all bear inside us. It germinates in...

A radical and empowering primer for the next generation of activists looking to create meaningful, inclusive and sustainable change 'Essential brain food' Condé Nast Traveler 'As much a manifesto as a guide' Los Angeles Times 'Read this book and save the planet' Soho House Notes THE GUIDE TO A...

From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely forgotten WWII propagandist Sefton Delmer - and what we can learn from him today. From one of our leading experts on disinformation, the incredible true story of the complex and largely...

Книжка Генрі Кіссінджера — уславленого політолога, дипломата, радника з національної безпеки та державного секретаря США в 1960–1970-ті роки — осмислює підстави сучасної кризи міжнародного права. Ставлячи під сумнів існування єдиної загальноприйнятої моделі світового порядку, у своєму...

A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justice From the ' War on Terror' to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything...

The idea of a sharing economy has gripped the public imagination in recent years, mainly driven by the rise of new technologies. But what is the meaning of sharing resources in response to the world’s greater social, ecological and military crises? In The Sharing Economy, Mohammed Sofiane...

Inside Houthi-held Yemen, Dr Abdulkader Al-Guneid share the harrowing account of his 300-day imprisonment. Prison Time in Sana'a tells the story of Dr Abdulkader Al-Guneid's harrowing experience inside jail in Yemen's capital shortly after it was taken over by Houthi rebels. In his hometown of...

A Working Woman: The Remarkable Life of Ray Strachey is a traditional biography of a very untraditional woman. Tug-of-love child, Ward in Chancery, pampered schoolgirl, pioneer car driver, would-be electrical engineer, triumphant suffragist, political lobbyist, historian, biographer, novelist...

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In this long-awaited follow-up to his critically acclaimed 1967 classic, Six Seconds in Dallas, Josiah Thompson reveals major new forensic discoveries since the year 2000 that overturn previously accepted 'facts' about the Kennedy assassination. Together they provide what no previous book on the...

In his first essay, "Languages and Their Implications," J. G. A. Pocock announces the emergence of the history of political thought as a discipline apart from political philosophy. Traditionally, "history" of political thought has meant a chronological ordering of intellectual systems without...

A sweeping history of southeastern Europe from antiquity to the present that reveals it to be a vibrant crossroads of trade, ideas, and religions. We often think of the Balkans as a region beset by turmoil and backwardness, but from late antiquity to the present it has been a dynamic meeting...

Sovereign wealth funds are state-controlled pools of capital that hold financial and real assets, including shares of state enterprises, and manage them to grow the nation’s base of sovereign wealth. The dramatic rise of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in both number and size—this group is now...

Housing is increasingly unaffordable in many parts of the UK, with prices and rents rising much faster than earnings because, over many decades, far too few homes have been built. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the homes shortage has become more acute - sending housing affordability to the top...

J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn were titanic figures in midcentury America, wielding national power in government and the legal system through intimidation and insinuation. Hoover’s FBI thrived on secrecy, threats, and illegal surveillance, while McCarthy and Cohn will forever be...

A new history of Asian peace since 1979 that considers America’s paradoxical role After more than a century of recurring conflict, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region have managed something remarkable: avoiding war among nations. Since 1979, Asia has endured threats, near-miss crises, and...

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) was founded in 1990 as the first NGO devoted to advancing LGBT human rights worldwide. How, this book asks, is that mission translated into practice? What do transnational LGBT human rights advocates do on a day-to-day basis and...

People protest to try to change the world, because they think they can help change the world, and sometimes they do. But not by themselves, and generally not just how and when they want. This incisive book explains how groups of ordinary individuals can affect the world, what makes it possible...

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Led by Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE has become deeply embedded in the contemporary system of international power, politics, and policy-making. Only an independent state since 1971, the seven emirates that constitute the UAE represent not only the most successful Arab federal experiment but also...

Although they have become more frequent in recent years, Irish political memoirs are still relatively rare. Even rarer still are political memoirs that still are frank, newsworthy and fun, like this one from Mary O’Rourke. She writes of personal and political events; of her family background...

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Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle. Bonaparte’s love of the written word...

The environment has traditionally been a marginal concern in international relations, but the climate crisis has highlighted the importance of the relationship between society and the natural world. In The ideal river, Joanne Yao offers a remarkable account of how nineteenth-century efforts to...

This book approaches the English Channel as a border which connected, as much as it separated, France and England in the eighteenth century. Rather than a natural frontier between natural enemies, this book approaches the English Channel as a shared space, which mediated the multiple relations...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2024 A BEST BOOK OF 2024 BY THE NEW YORKER From the Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of Ghost Wars, the inside story of America's long and ruinous relationship with Saddam Hussein The Achilles Trap masterfully untangles the people, ploys of power...

Why have we failed so badly to end men’s violence against women? What can we actually do about it? This insightful, provocative and practical handbook suggests a bold and potentially game-changing solution. Pioneering educator, expert scholar, and activist Jackson Katz has spent the last 30...

The rarely told story of Savitri Devi—a Frenchwoman and one of Hitler's most powerful advocates In this window onto the roots and evolution of international neo-Nazism, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke reveals the powerful impact of one of fascism's most creative minds. Savitri Devi's influence on...

The very best, most detailed and most comprehensible picture of political life in Imperial Germany available in any language. It marks a new stage in the development of our knowledge about the practice and culture of popular politics in the nineteenth century--not just in Germany, but in the...

Thomas Mann and Albert Camus understood something many political scientists still find difficult to fathom. Deprived of any coherent theory, fascism is characterised by its politics of resentment, stirring up of anger and fear, xenophobia, need for scapegoats, and by its hatred of the life of...

"It may be cold comfort in this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room. . . . And we are trying to do what's right even when Donald Trump won't."--An anonymous senior administrative official in an op-ed published in a New York Times op-ed, September 5, 2018...

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Women are not persons.' That was the ruling of the Court of Appeal when Gwynneth Bebb challenged the Law Society to allow her to take exams and become a solicitor. The case was dismissed because only 'persons' (i.e. males) could become members of the Law Society and it proved the depth of...

Although the Middle Ages saw brilliant achievements in the diverse nations of East Central Europe, this period has been almost totally neglected in Western historical scholarship. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages provides a much-needed overview of the history of the region from the time...

“Superb… A tour de force.” —Ebrahim Moosa “Provocative… Aydin ranges over the centuries to show the relative novelty of the idea of a Muslim world and the relentless efforts to exploit that idea for political ends.” —Washington Post When President Obama visited Cairo to address Muslims...

"No doubt Gottfried's book will rank among the most scholarly and convincing responses to the delirium of the present."― Éléments A conservative take on the antifascist movement Antifascism argues that current self-described antifascists are not struggling against a reappearance of interwar...

Football is the most popular sport on the planet partly because it’s so simple to play – but as philosopher, novelist and avid fan Stephen Mumford shows, behind the straightforward rules of the game there lurks a world of intriguing complexity. Mumford considers the intellectual basis upon which...

Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the ivied halls of academe to rue the nation's shame, has answered yes in both word and deed. In Achieving Our Country, one of America's foremost philosophers challenges this lost...

In Sociology of Corruption, David Jancsics provides a fresh approach to the study of corruption in Hungary, which once seemed to be the most likely of the ex-communist bloc nations to catch up to the West and is, according to many experts and scholars, a country with a highly corrupt dynamic...

Це книжка, що може назавжди змінити ваше ставлення до навколишнього світу і навіть змусити переглянути свої переконання і погляди. «Соціалізм» – книжка відомого економіста і мислителя, уродженця Львова, Людвіга фон Мізеса. Це найважливіше дослідження соціалізму, коли-небудь написане науковцем...

William Morris is perhaps best known today for the beautiful textile designs he created under the banner of Morris & Co, which continue to decorate homes around the globe. As one of the leading lights of British socialism, however, he is less well known, and this series of Morris's Manifestos...

The first comprehensive discussion of Leo Strauss's writings on Islamic political thought. In this book, Rasoul Namazi offers the first in-depth study of Leo Strauss' writings on Islamic political thought, a topic that interested Strauss over the course of his career. Namazi's volume focuses on...

Examining democracies from a comparative perspective helps us better understand why politics—or, as Harold Lasswell famously said, "who gets what, when, and how"—differ among democracies. American Difference: A Guide to American Politics in Comparative Perspective takes the reader through...

Explains why the politics of Japan is dominated by a single party: the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). The governance of Japan presents a puzzle: it is a democracy yet is dominated by a single party that wins almost all elections. Stanger still, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its...

America's electricity network is under attack, with catastrophic consequences. Domestic terrorists have the grid in their sights and they've already planted their malware. What they don't know, is their operation is being offered to the highest bidder. And America's enemies will pay almost...

This book evidences the cyclical failures of online safety policy and challenge conventional policy and educational approaches to tackling online harms, and provide a robust argument for a critical, evidence-based approaches which align with the needs of those we claim to wish to protect. It...

Offers a history of the Treaty of Lausanne, outlining the decade of war that preceded it and its enduring impact in the Middle East and beyond. The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in Switzerland in July 1923, officially settled the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied forces. Not only...

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Airliners are falling out of the sky. The United States is on lockdown. The President is about to punish the country behind the atrocities. But Adam Drake knows they're making a terrible error. A lawyer and former Special Forces Tier 1 operator, Drake has evidence that it’s a false flag...

A nuclear device slips across the U.S. border, Adam Drake races to prevent a catastrophe. The lawyer and former Special Forces Tier 1 operator pursues a terrorist mastermind from Oregon to Mexico, suspecting he's involved when radiation is detected in California. Convinced the threat is...

Radicalized in prisons, recruited and trained to be deadly assassins, they’re invisible, working menial jobs no one notices. A silent army is assembled to avenge the martyrs killed by US drones. The plan is to publicly kill a long list of VIPs, starting with someone close to the American...

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For ordinary people today, the future seems dark and forbidding. In generations gone by, parents looked forward with optimism, confident their children would do better. Not anymore. Standards of living continue to fall. Our institutions seem redundant, our cities dilapidated and dysfunctional...

A "tour de force" (Harry Belafonte) now finally in paperback An electrifying and traumatic encounter in the sixties crystallised the fraught conflict between conscience and politics – between morality and power – in addressing race. In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James...

The first English translation of a new set of lectures by Henri Bergson at the College de France. For 15 years, Henri Bergson, the most important French philosopher of the early 20th-century, taught at the Collège de France. Speaking without notes, most of his classes are now lost to history...

This book explores Britain’s involvement in the Dhofar War of 1963-1976, focusing on the military aspects of this conflict in Southern Oman. It reveals how both the Conservative and Labour governments in office during this time provided military and security assistance to Oman’s rulers without...

A damning account of the latest transformation in mass incarceration, revealing how powerful nonprofits and so-called progressives used the language of social movements to build new jails. In 2019, after unyielding pressure from activists, New York City seemed poised to close the detested...

Exploring reason of state in a global monarchy, this book bridges the gap between theory and practice in political thought. Exploring reason of state in a global monarchy, The Power of Necessity examines how thinkers and agents in the Spanish monarchy navigated the tension between political...

In this work, Chomsky explores the West’s uses and abuses of the principle of "human intervention." An updated foreword by Jean Bricmont explores the ongoing crises of humanitarian intervention in Afghanistan, Libya, Palestine, Syria, and Ukraine and reaffirms Chomsky’s excoriating critiques of...

“An instant classic….an intellectual feast and an existential feat!” —Cornel West “By intertwining autobiography and conceptual critique, Geuss underlines the idea that in order to gain a critical perspective on liberalism, it is necessary to become almost bilingual: able to speak the language...

This book explains how citizens are using referendums to challenge decisions taken by the European Union. The opening chapters compare the two chief institutions of electoral democracy: parliamentary elections to decide who governs, and referendums to decide policies. The EU relies on...

Augusto Boal saw theatre as a mirror to the world, one that we can reach into to change our reality. This book, The Theatre of the Oppressed, is the foundation to 'Forum Theatre', a popular radical form practised across the world. Boal's techniques allowed the people to reclaim theatre...

Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed maritime security governance...

This book argues that the UK, as a post-modern globalised state, will require means to have influence over events and opponents that threaten the UK's interests in the 21st century, and that its means is the Royal Navy. However, unlike other studies, this research emphasizes the role of...

This book examines the role of everyday action in accepting, resisting and reshaping interventions, and the unique forms of peace that emerge from the interactions between local and international actors. Building on critiques of liberal peace-building, it redefines critical peace and conflict...

For the last century, the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West. Why Turkey is Authoritarian offers a radical challenge to this conventional narrative. Halil Karaveli highlights the danger in viewing events in Turkey as a...

Springer Book Archives Adopting a unique situation-oriented perspective, this book studies the occurence and control of aggression on the micro-, meso-, and macro-levels of physical and social ecologies. The wide ranging viewpoint clarifies important aspects of all forms of aggression to provide...

With passion and originality, within this new book, Samuels presents powerful material on culture and politics (including a critical take on political violence) and a compassionate account of the role of an individual when it comes to progressive politics. Initial chapters include his commentary...

The rapid and tumultuous technological transformation of our societies has triggered a self-exploratory public debate about what it means to be human. What are our human potential, talents, and powers – what, essentially, is our place in the modern world? Will a culture of machines out-compete a...

Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in Nonfiction A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year “Sweeping…A new way to make sense not only of the past, but of the contemporary culture wars.” —New York Times Book Review “A provocative culmination of Slotkin’s field-defining arguments on the...

An institutional history of Indian parliament, democracy and politics combining archival materials, interviews and visuals. While there is overwhelming support for democracy in India and voter turnout is higher than in many Western democracies, there are low levels of trust in political parties...

Explores the central role of petitions in reshaping the political culture of the United Kingdom in their nineteenth-century heyday. Between 1780 and 1918, over one million petitions from across the four nations were sent to the House of Commons. A Nation of Petitioners is the first study of this...

Europe was forged out of the ashes of the Napoleonic Wars by means of a collective fight against revolutionary terror. After twenty-six years of unprecedented revolutionary upheavals and endless fighting, the victorious powers craved stability after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. With the threat of...

Examines the persistent gender gap in political ambition, despite changes to the electoral environment over the last 20 years. It Takes More Than a Candidate remains the only systematic account of the gender gap in political ambition. Based on national surveys of more than 10,000 potential...

A critical and multifaceted analysis of the problems created by the politics and communicated representation of contemporary warfare. This book seeks to critically review and evaluate the changes and consistencies in how warfare is interpreted and represented by academics, mass media outlets and...

Explores how the US maintains a consensual world order in partner nations with flexible and regular channels of leadership turnover. Since the end of World War II, the United States has maintained a unique system of partnerships and alliances, known as the US world order. Within this order, it...

In this intellectual biography of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century, David T. Byrne reveals the fascinating life of James Burnham. Beginning his intellectual career as a disciple of Leon Trotsky, Burnham preached socialist revolution to the American working...

This text teaches basic R skills to political science students with no programming background. Intended specifically for the students who need to learn R for a class and who have no interest in R or may even be afraid of or hostile to it, this text builds an awareness of basics, confidence, and...

We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we’re living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant, resource-rich landmass possesses the bulk of the global population, industrial might and potential military power; it touches all four of the great oceans...

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This book considers China’s recent engagement in the Middle East, to what extent its approach has fundamentally changed, and how this role change has been received by regional and other actors. Based on content analysis, qualitative interviews, and archival records analysis, the author examines...

A unique insider perspective of daily life in New York City’s most notorious house of correction While most people behind bars at Rikers Island are detainees awaiting the settlement of their cases, a smaller population have already been convicted and are serving sentences deemed too short for...

Draws inspiration from Aristotle’s philosophy and argues that the good life is only achievable within a state, updating the ancient concept of a common good for contemporary, pluralistic societies. There is no good human life outside of a state, and the good state enables us to live well...

Analyses of state power in Morocco have always been mired in exoticism or exceptionalism. The Kingdom is said to be a prototype of political immobility; a country caught in the authoritarian and conservative grip of its monarch, known as the ‘Commander of the Faithful’; a state in need of...

As one of the foundational texts in the field of postcolonial writing, Barbara Harlow’s Resistance Literature introduced new ground in Western literary studies. Originally published in 1987 and now reissued with a new Preface by Mia Carter, this powerfully argued and controversial critique...

How do we – and how should we – engage with the natural environment through the concepts of rights and responsibilities? In this book, Michael Cox develops the theory and practice of environmental property rights, moving beyond simplistic assumptions that do not reflect the diversity of...

How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary field. In Erased...

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A photographic awakening to our vast shared potential and creative energy for change, from the beloved social media curator Stephen Ellcock 'Perfect for our time' Adrian Searle, Guardian An extraordinary collection of powerfully inspiring imagery on the nature of challenge and change. Features...

A brilliant, original investigation into the radical shift of power as invisible rulers create bespoke realities revolutionizing politics, culture, and society. Anyone who wishes to destroy legitimate political and social power has a new weapon. It is the anarchist's dream, a force so...

In The Habitation Society, leading economic and political sociologist Fred Block argues that we are at a time of “blocked transition” from one mode of economic and social organization to another. We now have a habitation economy because most people work at creating, maintaining or improving the...

This textbook is a comprehensive, student-friendly guide to understanding the fundamentals of public administration. It examines the recent developments and relevant theoretical underpinnings in an accessible manner. Public Administration: Helps students grasp key dialectical interconnections...

The Art and Science of Leadership delves into what it takes to be an effective leader. With strong theoretical coverage and cutting-edge research, the text provides a cross-cultural and integrative analysis of leadership in today's organizations. The 8th Edition continues its focus on...

Was the UK electorate talked into Brexit? This book shows how Brexit propaganda swayed voters in the 2016 referendum. Were we talked into Brexit? And who is 'we'? It's impossible to do politics without words and a context to use them in. And it's impossible to make sense of the phenomenon of...

The Element details the Jewish Settlement Movement, the Israeli State, and contained radicalization during the Gaza Pullout struggle. This Element explores the Jewish Settlement Movement's campaign against the Gaza Pullout as a case of contained radicalization. Despite the presence of militant...

A landmark work from one of our leading political theorists A sympathetic critique that attempts to free Left politics from its own snares, States of Injury explores how woundedness became a basis for contemporary political identity. Without condemning identity politics, Wendy Brown carefully...

Organizational Climate and Culture breaks down the barriers between the fields of organizational climate and organizational culture to encourage a broader understanding of how an organization’s environment affects its functioning and performance. Building on in-depth reviews of the development...

Discusses how we should think politically about the ways in which AI and Repro-tech structurally change society. Not a day goes by without a new story on the perils of technology: from increasingly clever machines that surpass human capability and comprehension to genetic technologies capable of...

Through interviews, news analysis, and personal observation, Meredith D. Clark presents the first book about how Black Twitter users carved out a vital space for fast-paced, incisive commentary on Black life in America not found in the mainstream press. Since 1827, when Freedom's Journal, the...

Tropical Despotisms reveals the alarm that spread among France's Caribbean possessions during the period between the Seven Years' War and the Revolution and the determination to cultivate a new patriotic community rooted in the Enlightenment principles of honor and civic virtue. Following...

A study of the continued appeal of economic nationalism. The Lure of Economic Nationalism addresses the continued appeal of economic nationalism. It places economic nationalism in both historical and contemporary contexts, from mercantilism and the writings of Friedrich List to Brexit in the...

A study of why the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean took different paths to peace and stability and its lessons for international order today In this book Amitav Acharya and Manjeet S. Pardesi compare the interplay of power and ideas in the ancient Mediterranean and Indian Ocean to...

How universities can become centers of healing and social justice. How universities can become centers of healing and social justice. In Liberating the Classroom, Tessa Hicks Peterson shows how universities can transform into places that directly disrupt injustice and work toward personal and...

Acclaimed author Colum McCann tells the story of Diane Foley, whose son Jim was kidnapped and killed by ISIS, exploring what it takes to keep going in the face of unimaginable pain and the power of channelling that pain to help others. 'An extraordinary story of grace, forgiveness and moral...

"If you are in ministry, this book is a must-read for you and your ministry team—not just once, but once a year." –Paul David Tripp How do we keep from drifting away from what makes us who we are? How do we even know we're drifting? In this provocative new book, Jared C. Wilson discusses the...

A beautiful commemorative edition of Dr. Martin Luther King's essay "Letter from Birmingham Jail,” part of Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. With an afterword by Reginald Dwayne Betts On April 16, 1923, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., responded to an open letter written...

Religion plays a central role in a variety of social movements, including many that are not explicitly faith-based. This book provides the first systematic analysis of the ways religion contributes to diverse movements for social change. It draws on a variety of case studies, from the US and...

This straightforward, easy-to-understand textbook inspires tools for improving job performance, productivity, and morale in law enforcement. The groundbreaking first edition of Gold Medal Policing, inspired by work with Olympic athletes, confirmed the importance of mental readiness in frontline...

The Craft of Political Research is a nontechnical introduction to research design and analysis in political science, emphasizing the choices we make when we design a research project and analyze its results. The book’s approach centers on asking an interesting research question, then designing...

Bringing key Shakespeare texts into dialogue with feminist socio-legal research, this book investigates the notion of a ‘crime of passion’ – indicatively, wife-killing. Its key concern is to bring attention to a cultural and legal revolution widely overlooked even in the law field where it...

Conservatives and progressives rarely agree on much—but one thing many agree upon is that it’s not OK to be a moderate. This book shows they are wrong. In Why It’s OK to be a Moderate, Marcus Arvan shows how many of history’s worst evils have resulted from far-right and far-left radicalism, how...

‘Jane Robinson is brilliant at putting the women back into history and her biography of Barbara Leigh Bodichon, a Victorian feminist we should all be grateful to, is as entertaining as it is necessary.’ - Daisy Goodwin You have probably not heard of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon but you...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The essential blueprint for a better future, from the leading economist and Labour rising star ‘Stellar: brilliant, incredibly pragmatic’ Rory Stewart ‘No one has done more to re-inject sanity into our national policy’ Emily Maitlis 'Everyone should read this book...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION Discover the essential, must-read book about how the UK legal system is failing women, as told by one of Britain’s foremost lawyers. 'This is a brilliant and important book. Harriet is a trailblazer and has done so much to get justice for...

The People's Revolution of 1789 analyzes the historic events that unleashed a vast panoply of anarchic, destructive, and creative disorders that demolished France's Old Regime and founded a new revolutionary order. It captures the complex and dynamic interplay of uprisings, elections, meetings...

The true story of The Report from Iron Mountain: a fake government report published in 1967 that, despite being exposed as a hoax, has become a beacon for far right, militia movements. How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as...

Compelling and accessible, this Very Short Introduction challenges the perception of borders as passive lines on a map, revealing them instead to be integral forces in the economic, social, political, and environmental processes that shape our lives. Highlighting the historical development and...

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"He is FAKE NEWS, a total LOSER, and no one should waste their time or money in buying this boring and obviously fictitious book!" Donald Trump, President of the United States "Gripping-a veritable harvest of slime, sycophancy and sleaze that tells the story of Trump 2.0, an aggrieved pugilist...

Who works for the government and why does their work matter? Michael Lewis, bestselling author of The Big Short and The Fifth Risk, along with an all-star team of writers and storytellers, takes us on a riveting journey into a hidden world The government is a vast, complex system that...

'A very valuable field manual for those who want to change our economies for the better' Ha-Joon Chang 'Excellent' Danny Dorling'Just the book economists should read . . . The Alternative has the approachable style of a moderate but the bold convictions of a radical' Washington Post A...

‘An important and deeply moving book’ Telegraph ‘This gripping, inflaming book, itself an act of fury, shows how revenge can transmute into politics or be crushed by it’ Larissa MacFarquhar Brittany Smith, a young woman from Stevenson, Alabama, killed a man she said raped her in her own home...

'EXCELLENT' - THE TLS 'HUGELY IMPRESSIVE' - THE INDEPENDENT 'AN ASTONISHINGLY FINE HISTORY' - COUNTRY LIFE 'FASCINATING' - DAILY MAIL The history of the world's most successful military alliance, from the wrecked Europe of 1945 to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. As they signed NATO into...

From the acclaimed, bestselling author of the Bad Birdwatcher trilogy, comes an enchanting celebration of the transformative power of spring 'A book that filled me from first to last with a rapture as transcendent and thrilling as that which spring yearly provides ... I absolutely adored it!'...

Published as a standalone on International Woman's Day, the essay that became a touchstone of the feminist movement and inspired the term 'mansplaining', with an afterword on its origins. Published as a standalone on International Woman's Day, the essay that became a touchstone of the feminist...

‘Feminism is hated because women are hated’ Why do some women support Right-wing movements, even though they curtail their freedoms? Andrea Dworkin’s timeless, visionary analysis goes to the heart of this contradiction, exploring the Right’s positions on abortion, sexuality, racism and...

'Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping' PETER FRANKOPAN 'A true-life thriller' ANNE APPLEBAUM From the bestselling author of Kleptopia comes a true story...

The first insider account of life as a chief whip inside Westminster, from MP Simon Hart, who has served under Johnson and Sunak. The Sunday Times Top 5 Bestseller 'A remarkable insight into a critical moment. Hart’s wit and tolerance makes his record of a system in crisis all the more...

The explosive debut from political commentator Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule breaks down how the power of ordinary people is under attack by an elite minority – and how we can redirect our energy to the real problem at hand. The explosive debut from political commentator Ash Sarkar, Minority Rule...

This new edition of An Introduction to Middle East Politics continues to provide an expansive survey of Middle East politics, thoroughly revised and restructured in response to events currently taking place. Written in a lively and accessible manner, MacQueen takes students on a tour of the...

How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity—and how a saner approach is possible For close to a decade, the U.S. government has been preoccupied with the threat of China, fearing that the country will “eat our lunch,” in the words of Joe...

The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis A New Yorker “Best Book of 2024” Selection “The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for...

The #1 Sunday Times bestseller 'Explosive and beautifully told … these truths can set us free' - Danny Dorling 'This book is dynamite – shining a spotlight on the evils of neoliberalism, shattering the myth that ‘there is no alternative’, and laying the foundations for a new politics' -...

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A free media is inextricably linked to a healthy democracy, but in many parts of the world liberal democracies are deemed to be dying or on the demise – a demise that many forms of media have enabled while heralding themselves as democracy’s saviour. The hollowing out of democracy in these ways...

'Eye-opening, thought-provoking and deeply enjoyable, What is Free Speech? is a work of great profundity and brilliance’ William Dalrymple A fresh and exciting approach to one of the most controversial subjects of our time ‘Free Speech!’ is a clarion call all over the world, yet what it means...

Why do some people become radicalized? Who is most susceptible to ideological thinking? Can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas? 'Massively important...Zmigrod is a joyful and compelling writer' Tom Calver, The Sunday Times ‘If I had to pick one, Zmigrod’s would be my book to watch out for...

A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong. In Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, Anne Somerset masterfully traces Victoria’s political evolution, from...

'Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city' Paul Du Noyer '[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling detail . . . You should read this book' Guardian Liverpool is a unique city within the United...

«Культура скасування» стала звичною частиною сучасного життя в країнах Заходу. В ім’я прогресу, рівності, толерантності та справедливості все більше слів, ідей, наукових досліджень і поглядів оголошуються єретичними. Іноді аргументовано, та зазвичай імпульсивно інтернет-натовпи в соцмережах...

Книжка журналіста-аналітика Ростислава Хотина вміщує статті, в яких проаналізовано й висвітлено минулі й сучасні події, важливі для політичного вектора України. Після прочитання цих матеріалів можна краще зрозуміти, які були передумови для здобуття Україною незалежності 1991 року й чому для...

Fear of cancel culture has gripped the world, and it turns out to be an old fear in a new get-up. In this incisive new work, Adrian Daub analyzes the global spread of cancel culture discourse as a moral panic, showing that, though its object is fuzzy, talk of cancel culture in global media has...

Is a diplomat’s life really as glamorous as a royal visit, or as dramatic as a coup d’état in Turkey? Leigh Turner is a former British ambassador who led posts in Ukraine, Turkey and Austria. In this witty globe-trotting adventure through one of the most intriguing careers a person can have...

A Journey Through America introduces insightful commentary on our American democracy. Author Lawrence Kadish draws from over eighty-five years of lived experience, allowing him to celebrate our nation’s strengths, reflect on our self-inflicted errors, and draw attention to the challenges of a...

What has gone wrong with the left-and what leftists must do if they want to change politics, ethics, and minds. Leftists have long taught that people in the West must take responsibility for centuries of classism, racism, colonialism, patriarchy, and other gross injustices. Of course...

From a celebrated military historian, a highly engaging and thought-provoking exploration of why the United States has failed again and again in irregular wars and military campaigns from Vietnam to Afghanistan. Since the early 1960s, the United States has fought in four major wars and a...

This book explores the critical issue of how to manage the ever-increasing demand for social care in Britain’s ageing society. With informal care from family members and friends now the dominant form of adult social care in the UK, this precarious system is struggling to provide enough support...

Explores the connection between the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and Northern Ireland’s Catholic Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the influence of the 1965 Montgomery to Selma march on the 1969 Belfast to Derry march and providing an oral history–based account of pivotal events such as...

The legal and institutional foundations of Turkey’s water diplomacy within its historical and geographical contexts. ‘Turkey’s Water Diplomacy’ delineates the institutional and legal foundations of transboundary water policy-making in Turkey, paying special attention to the evolution of...

War is urbanising. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the largest and most intense battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. In the Ukraine War, Russian and Ukrainian troops have converged on urban areas, Kyiv, Mariupol, and Bakhmut, to fight...

Speak your mind, always. Hypocrisy challenges this rule of authenticity, and for this very reason hypocrisy is judged negatively, as intentional inconsistency between thoughts and words, between belief and behaviour. Does this make the hypocrite a silent saboteur of the moral order? A person who...

For Washington, China is a strategic competitor: the only country with both the will to reshape the world order and, increasingly, the means to do so. For Europe, the People's Republic is a 'partner for cooperation, an economic competitor and a systemic rival'. For NATO, it is a 'decisive...

In this unrepentant and revealing memoir, Dan Mulvihill, a leading figure in Irish republicanism recounts his fight for an Irish Republic over several decades and his central involvement in key events throughout the twentieth century. Dan Mulvihill was at the heart of many of the most iconic and...

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice A sweeping history of the rise of personal choice in the modern world and how it became equated with freedom Choice touches virtually every aspect of our lives, from what to buy and where to live to whom to love, what profession to practice, and even...

What is at stake when journalism is threatened? Does society still need journalists? Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world: economic decline, online disinformation, the rise of AI, authoritarian curbs on freedom of the press, and violence against journalists. In such a...

The shocking story of how the British government locked up thousands of innocent people – then forgot about them. Through the early twentieth century, the British Government locked away over 50,000 innocent people. Their ‘crimes’? Being poor and unyielding. This is their story. A HISTORY TODAY...

‘Who better to guide us through the chaotic world of the last 25 years than one who had a ringside seat for much that went on, and who writes about it with such insight and skill? This is a must read book.’ - Sir Anthony Seldon, author of Truss at 10 'In my time working on Europe, João Vale de...

My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't wait very long. Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the...

Harnessing the power of storytelling for political progress Mythocracy examines the narrative mechanisms that script our lives through the stories we tell one another. Digging beneath common anxieties about fake news, Yves Citton looks at the attention economy, which organises our political...

Why does nothing work in Britain? It's harder than ever to get a GP appointment. Burglaries go unpunished. Rivers are overrun with sewage. Real wages have been stagnant for years, even as the cost of housing rises inexorably. Why is everything going wrong at the same time? It's easy to blame...

‘A copy should be on every desk not just in the Home Office, but throughout government. A brilliant and hugely timely book.' Caroline Lucas, author of Another England What is it like to arrive on our shores with nothing and be pushed to the margins of society? Who stands to gain from an asylum...

Timely and important, O’Ruairc reveals the forgotten history of the Irish far right from the 1920s up to the present, when secretive mobs are burning asylum centres and targeting politicians. In November 2023, the Dublin riots shocked Ireland and the wider world. They were sparked by a knife...

'Few people have shown more commitment to investigative journalism than Patrick Alley. His latest book is a vivid, compelling testament to the importance of revealing corruption and wrong-doing and shining a light into dark places, wherever in the world they are.' -Peter Geoghegan, author of...

Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears take on seven myths that distort our ideas of England and where the country is heading. A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘Challenging, forensic, compelling' SATHNAM SANGHERA ‘Pure centrist erotica. A myth-busting chronicle of bad-tempered, Brexit-riven England' SUNDAY...

Lisbon, 25 April 1974. Over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls. On its fiftieth anniversary, this is the story of the revolution that changed Portugal’s fate. 25 April 1974, Lisbon. Over the course of a single day, Europe’s oldest fascist regime falls. On its 50th...

Liz Truss's disastrous premiership was the shortest and most chaotic in British history. In the space of just 49 days, Truss attempted to remould the economy, triggered a collapse in the value of Sterling and was forced into a series of embarrassing U-turns that ultimately led to her...

16 recipes testifying to the sisterhood and solidarity forged in the most notorious prisons in Iran 'A fighting woman cannot be imprisoned because her voice is louder than prison walls. This book is proof.' Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner How do you cheer up a woman who has spent hours...

Турбулентність у світі набула глобальних масштабів. Як зрозуміти, чому сучасний світ спіткали випробування? Що є джерелами криз і потрясінь у політиці, економіці, суспільстві, енергетичній сфері? Які ще зміни чекають на людство? Не існує простих пояснень, але розуміння важливих процесів може...

Історико-політичний трактат «Державець» став найвідомішим творінням видатного італійського політичного діяча, мислителя, письменника Нікколо Мак'явеллі (1469–1527). У ньому автор розкрив закономірності суспільно-політичних явищ, максимально відверто виклав свої думки щодо методів здобуття й...

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER – 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, now fully updated with brand new content to reflect the changing global geopolitical landscape since it was first published in 2015 ‘One of the best books about geopolitics you could...

A searing argument-and work of meticulous scholarship-about how American political scientists misinterpreted the elite theory of democracy and in so doing made our political system vulnerable to oligarchic takeover. Do competitive elections secure democracy, or might they undermine it by...

This volume analyses the transformation of social sectarianism into political sectarianism across the Arab world. Using a framework of social theories and socio-historical analysis, the book distinguishes between 'ta'ifa', or 'sect', and modern 'ta'ifiyya', 'sectarianism', arguing that...

Winner of the US - Russia Relations Book Prize from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Vladimir Putin's first invasion of Ukraine, in 2014, set off a global economic clash, as the West used its clout with international markets to deter and penalise the Kremlin. The...

A major investigation of the possibility of a new type of revolution in our epoch by the leader of the French radical left In summer 2024, France stood on the brink of a far-right takeover. But the disaster was avoided thanks to a New Popular Front of parties headed by long-standing left-wing...

Non-Alignment is back with a vengeance. In recent years, the number of countries embracing this venerable approach to foreign policy has increased exponentially, making it a force to be reckoned with in world affairs. The war in Ukraine, the expansion of the BRICS group, and the conflict in...

Kathleen Lonsdale was a groundbreaking chemist who was instrumental in developing the science of crystallography. She was also a midlife convert to Quakerism who campaigned for peace and prison reform. Horrified by the dropping of the first atomic bombs, Lonsdale felt that the entire scientific...

The controversial case for why building more housing will not solve the housing problem Against Landlords overturns the stale assumptions and YIMBY delusions as to why housing in the UK is so poor, and why rent is so high. Bano lays the blame squarely at the feet of landlordism, which boosts...

Збірник творів визначного історика, ідеолога українського націоналізму, політв'язня і публіциста професора Валентина Мороза охоплює його праці за різні періоди і на різну тематику. Вибрані твори об'єднані незламною волею до перемоги української національної ідеї та пристрасним гострим стилем...

Not for everyone the title of Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary or other such hallowed callings; the vast majority of the House of Commons is made up of backbenchers - the power behind the constitutionally elected throne. Here is a guide for anyone and everyone fascinated by the quirks and...

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How the Middle East can achieve political change and social progress The Middle East is in upheaval: a widening chasm between state and society, the failure of governing elites to address citizens’ genuine grievances, massive economic mismanagement—all made worse by repeated interventions by...

An essential history of Wahhābism from its founding to the Islamic State In the mid-eighteenth century, a controversial Islamic movement arose in the central Arabian region of Najd that forever changed the political landscape of the Arabian Peninsula and the history of Islamic thought. Its...

A collection of insightful and revealing quotations on a wide range of subjects from the father of modern politics Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) is the father of modern political thought, but he is also one of the greatest writers of the Renaissance and his wisdom and style extend far beyond...

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A look at the origins of British abolitionism as a problem of eighteenth-century science, as well as one of economics and humanitarian sensibilities How did late eighteenth-century British abolitionists come to view the slave trade and British colonial slavery as unnatural, a "dread perversion"...

The UK edition of the collected letters between two groundbreaking queer black feminist poets. Poets Audre Lorde and Pat Parker first met in 1969; they began exchanging letters regularly five years later. Over the next fifteen years, Lorde and Parker shared ideas, advice, and confidence through...

Mao launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in 1966 to purge his critics and blood a new generation of fighters. Ten years later, almost two million people had been killed and much of China's heritage, from precious manuscripts to ancient temples, had been obliterated. The shadow of...

The devastating tale of a young Jewish boy, coping alone on the streets of Nazi-occupied Amsterdam ‘I was on the street and I was free – but what now?’ This is the story of Lex Lesgever: a young Jewish boy who found himself alone on the streets of wartime Amsterdam, the only survivor of his...

How might a twenty-first-century revolution against class society succeed? 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 Marx to C. L. R. James, The Future of...

Does the British monarchy still have a place in today’s society? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s ‘exit’ cast light on institutional racism, multiple allegations around Prince Andrew highlighted troubling attitudes to gender and power, while the abolition of monarchy in Barbados accentuated its...

A Palestinian prisoner’s memoir of thirty years’ captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose me as the witness of what it said and did Nasser Abu Srour grew up in a refugee camp in the West Bank, on the outskirts of...

Tyrants seize control of states and empires with military hardware such as swords and guns, but their armoury contains another forceful weapon: language. In this entertaining and revealing history, professional speechwriter Guy Doza charts how some of the most bloodthirsty and energetic...

A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedom Despite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation...

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When Maiwand Banayee was 16, he wanted to become a suicide bomber for the Taliban. In this inspiring tale of survival and self-discovery, the reader will follow Maiwand's journey down a dark path and his ultimate redemption. Growing up in Kabul amid the Afghan wars, he witnessed atrocities...

Do boycotts work? Should arms sales be stopped? What about supplying weapons to the good guys? In How Wars End an international expert explains how we can act to bring about peace in an age of escalating war. In 2003 Jan van Aken almost helped stop a war. But as he was preparing to go to Baghdad...

Нова книжка Боба Вудворда, дворазового лауреата Пулітцерівської премії та найавторитетнішого політичного журналіста сучасності, розкриває залаштункову історію трьох великих конфліктів: російського вторгнення до України, кривавої бійні на Близькому Сході й боротьби за американське президентство...

«Держава» - діалог Платона, присвячений проблемі ідеальної держави. Написаний у 360 р. до н.е. З точки зору Платона, держава є виразом ідеї справедливості. У діалозі вперше чітко визначаються філософи як люди, здатні осягнути те, що вічно є тотожним самому собі. У діалозі міститься систематика і...

Незважаючи на значний поступ демократії в усьому світі, останніми роками спостерігається підвищення інтересу до застосування методів фашистської політики навіть у найрозвиненіших демократичних країнах. Чим викликані такі тенденції і як їх розпізнати? Чому фашизм піднімає голову на теренах Європи...

Бенджамін Франклін (1706-1790) – один із батьків-засновників США, політичний діяч, дипломат, вчений, письменник, журналіст, видавець. Він був тим, хто скріпив своїм підписом Декларацію незалежності США, Конституцію США і Версальський мирний договір 1783 року, що формально завершив війну за...

Дмитро Донцов (1883-1973) посідає особливе місце в історії української політичної думки ХХ сторіччя. Його думки і погляди мали значний, а подекуди й вирішальний вплив на сучасників, готуючи молоде покоління до боротьби за незалежність України. Серед українських ідеологів, творчість яких...

Ми опинилися в новому химерному світі постправди, фальшивих новин і тривоги. У цій книжці американський філософ і духовний лідер Кен Вілбер пропонує концептуальний ключ до розуміння сучасних політичних і культурних подій. Хай вас не бентежить, що її написано для американців на американському...

Від авторів світового бестселера «Чому нації занепадають». ТЕМАТИКА Економіка, політика, історія, світоглядна література. ПРО ЩО КНИЖКА Свобода в історії людства завжди була рідкістю. Між гнітом деспотичної держави й насильством від бездержав’я пролягає вузький коридор до свободи. На думку...

Ґолда Меїр була першою жінкою — очільницею держави в новітній історії, однією із засновників Ізраїлю, успішною політикинею, справжньою «залізною леді». Її відданість створенню й захисту єврейської батьківщини від лютих ворогів та підступних союзників сформувала політику Близького Сходу наступних...

Книга 1. Прогрес. Десять причин з нетерпінням чекати на майбутнє Юхан Норберг, відомий шведський політолог та економіст, науковий співробітник Інституту Катона, народився в Стокгольмі в 1973 році. Себе характеризує як ліберала в рамках класичної європейської традиції (Лок, Сміт і т. д.). Його...

В автобіографії видатний американський генерал Джим Меттіс ділиться універсальними уроками лідерства. Описуючи свій досвід командування в Іраку та Афганістані, НАТО, взаємодію з адміністраціями різних президентів США, він розкриває основи військової стратегії, аналізує різні тактичні підходи в...

«Чому нації занепадають» — це справжня класика економічної та політичної літератури. За версією Марка Цукерберга, — одна із найкращих книг, виданих у 2015 році. Бестселер New York Times, одна із улюблених книг Білла Гейтса. ТЕМАТИКА КНИГИ Політика, економіка, суспільні науки, державотворення...

Свобода — це цінність, яка уможливлює будь-що інше. «Про свободу» — це нова книжка провідного американського мислителя-інтелектуала Тімоті Снайдера, в якій він ретельно аналізує суть свободи та доводить, що це щось значно більше, аніж звичайна відсутність обмежень. Спираючись на праці провідних...

Вдома й на роботі ми щодня борсаємося в потужному потоці інформації, що плине із соцмереж, сайтів, новинних порталів. Украй рідко ставимо під сумнів факти, що споживаємо в інфопросторі. А він стає дедалі токсичнішим: фейки, пропаганда, висмикнуті з контексту слова отруюють. Час фільтрувати...

Для України немає значення, що відбуватиметься з росією після закінчення нашої війни. Але війна для тих, хто живе в росії, після цього як раз і почнеться, і кожен буде змушений зайняти в ній свою сторону — вони вже визначені. Ця книга адресована росіянам, яким сьогодні соромно (вони врятуються)...

Для України немає значення, що відбуватиметься з росією після закінчення нашої війни. Але війна для тих, хто живе в росії, після цього як раз і почнеться, і кожен буде змушений зайняти в ній свою сторону — вони вже визначені. Ця книга адресована росіянам, яким сьогодні соромно (вони врятуються)...

«Ми — з УНСО» — найбільш захоплюючий літопис одіозної групи політичних корсарів кипучих 1990-их. У той час під стягами цієї організації об’єдналися рекордно виразні фракції українських пасіонаріїв. Штурвал лідерства почергово опинявся в руках найколоритніших джокерів доби — таких як Анатолій...

Україна зіткнулася і веде війну з сильним, зловісно безпринципним ворогом - ядерною Росією. Вистояти в конфронтації і успішно стримати натиск її непримиренності і агресії - дуже серйозна задача для цього покоління українців. Саме результативне стримування буде означати для України перемогу...

Можливо, через 20 років події, пережиті Україною у 2014-2016 роках, сприйматимуться не як низка випробувань, а як початок нової епохи. Один з ключових діячів цього періоду - глава Адміністрації Президента України Борис Ложкін розповідає у цій книжці про те, як будувалася нова українська держава...

Возможно, лет через 20 события, пережитые Украиной в 2014-2016 годах, будут восприниматься не как череда испытаний, а как начало новой эпохи. Одно из ключевых действующих лиц этого периода – глава Администрации Президента Украины Борис Ложкин рассказывает в этой книге о том, как строилось новое...

Італійський політик, філософ, історик, письменник, поет і комедіограф Нікколо Мак’явеллі (1469—1527) особливої слави зажив своїм знаменитим твором «Державець» (1513), в якому він зробив спробу сформулювати загальні закони політичного життя, викласти суть «ремесла політика», а також визначити...

In this book the experts of the National Institute for Strategic Studies of Ukraine present the unprecedented study of the phenomenon of the world hybrid war, which manifested itself in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The nature of the hybrid war was analyzed in the context of the global...

Дмитро Донцов (1883—1973) посідає особливе місце в історії української політичної думки ХХ сторіччя. Його думки і погляди мали значний, а подекуди й вирішальний вплив на сучасників, готуючи молоде покоління до боротьби за незалежність України. Серед українських ідеологів, творчість яких так...

«Хроніки передбачень» є збіркою новел, які створювались понад десятиріччя. І тому їх сукупна цінність значно вища, ніж кожної окремо. Зібрані разом, вони нагадують «віртуальну екскурсію» у другу половину історичного періоду незалежності України і водночас надають унікальну можливість наживо...

Життєву, творчу, громадську й політичну позиції Івана Федоровича Драча (нар. 1936 р.), видатного українського поета, культурного, громадського і політичного діяча, визначають інтелектуалізм і раціоналізм. Вони тісно між собою переплетені й взаємодіють в усіх видах діяльності митця, залишивши...

Пропаганда присутствует в любом обществе и во все времена. Она может быть политической, а может продвигать здоровый образ жизни, правильное питание или моду. В разные исторические периоды пропаганда приходит вместе с религией или идеологией. Чаще всего мы сталкиваемся с политической пропагандой...

В книге «Истернизация. Подъем Азии и спад Америки от Обамы до Трампа и дальше» Гидеон Рахман, обозреватель по международным вопросам газеты Financial Times, предлагает взглянуть с высоты птичьего полета на трансформацию — которую некоторые называют катастрофой — мирового порядка после Второй...

У своїй новій книзі Євген Магда визначає причини гібридної агресії Росії проти Європи, роблячи акцент на конфлікті в Україні. Він не лише проводить історичні аналогії та інформує жителів Європи про небезпеку, яку несуть дії Кремля, але й пропонує варіанти протидії. Книга розрахована на людей...

В своей новой книге Евгений Магда исследует причины гибридной агрессии России против Европы, делая акцент на конфликте в Украине. Он не только проводит исторические аналогии и указывает жителям Европы на исходящую от действий Кремля опасность, но и предлагает варианты противодействия. Книга...

In his new book, Yevhen Mahda identifies the causes of Russia’s hybrid aggression against Europe, focusing on conflict in Ukraine. He not only conducts historical analogies and informs the inhabitants of Europe about the dangers that the Kremlin carries, but also offers options for...

Книга необхідна тим, хто збирається брати участь у виборчих кампаніях в якості кандидата або організатора. Чи достатньо того, що вдасться почерпнути з цієї книги, для перемоги на виборах? Ні, не достатньо. Але без цих знань перемогти неможливо. До уваги читачів — уроки класичних компаній...

Що таке політика? Що таке емансипація? Якої долі зазнають революції в історії? На що здатні народні рухи та колективні практики? Чи є сенс сьогодні говорити про лівих і правих? Як протистояти авторитарній владі, хай навіть вона перебирається в «ліберальні» та «демократичні» шати?.. На ці та...

У книжці автор розмірковує про незнищенність української національної ідеї, стверджує віру в непереможність українського народу, щиросердно висловлює думки націоналіста, який інтереси України ставить понад власні. Для широкого загалу. https://www.yakaboo.ua/ua/neznischennist-2113194.html

The Apology of Socrates was written by Plato. In fact, it’s a defensive speech of Socrates that he said in a court noted down by Plato. The main subject of the speech is a problem of the evil. Socrates insists that neither death nor death sentence is evil. We shouldn’t be afraid of the death...

Thomas Paine was born in Great Britain; he came to America at the age of 37 for the first time. He is rightly considered to be the Anglo-American writer, philosopher, publicist, as well as “American godfather” for supporting separatist spirits and inspiring Americans to fight for their...

Democracy in America is a classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville. Its title translates as On Democracy in America, but English translations are usually simply entitled Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic revolution that he believed had been occurring over...

Two Treatises of Government is a work by an English teacher and philosopher John Locke about the state origin and its role in the society, the “civilized” form of government in contradiction to the tyrannical monarchy that became a basis for the civil society idea. In The First Treatise, Locke...

Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil is a book written by an English materialist philosopher Thomas Hobbes about problems of the state existence and development. Leviathan is a name of a Bible monster, a symbol of nature powers that belittles a...

Author of the book deduces laws of governing, uniform for the different countries, different times and societies. Action and the identity of modern sovereigns — presidents, prime ministers, leaders of parties influence millions of citizens. In the book it is shown, what logic is followed by...

Reflections on the Revolution in France by an English-Irish politician Edmund Burke is a philosophico-political treatise that widely criticizes the revolutionary method programms for rebuilding the society. It was written in the middle of the French Revolution in 1790. The treatise caused a wide...

Two Treatises of Government is a work by an English teacher and philosopher John Locke about the state origin and its role in the society, the “civilized” form of government in contradiction to the tyrannical monarchy that became a basis for the civil society idea. In The First Treatise, Locke...

The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Of Principalities). However, the printed version was not published...

By the seventeenth century, the name Machiavelli (since The Prince’s publication in 1532) had become synonymous with diabolical cunning, a meaning that it still carries today. Аt the same time Sir Thomas More (1477 - 1535) was the first person to write of a 'utopia', a word used to describe a...

У науковій монографії колективу авторів Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка й Університету Марії Кюрі-Склодовської з Любліна (Республіка Польща) на основі широкого кола джерел здійснено комплексний аналіз польсько-українських міждержавних відносин в умовах викликів та...

Георгій Георгійович Почепцов - доктор філологічних наук, професор, письменник-фантаст, учений, експерт в галузі інформаційної політики та комунікаційних технологій, автор понад 50 книг на цю тему, а також автор понад 20 книг для дітей. Заслужений журналіст України, член Національної спілки...

Навіть в наш час нам невідомі повні масштаби проникнення Комітету держбезпеки СРСР у життя країни. Він прагнув управляти всім, в тому числі і масовою свідомістю, а також в радянські часи керував усіма Інформаційними та віртуальними потоками. Утримував ту модель світу, яка так була важливою для...

Книга, яку ви тримаєте в руках, ставить низку незручних, проте дуже вчасних запитань. Як закінчить своє правління президент Путін? Як у цей час поводитимуться різні російські інститути (як армія, МВС і ФСБ, так і регіональні еліти й олігархи)? Як на ці події реагуватимуть інші зовнішні гравці...

African American history is the part of American history that looks at the past of African Americans or Black Americans. Of the 10.7 million Africans who were brought to the Americas until the 1860s, 450 thousand were shipped to what is now the United States. Most African Americans are descended...

Франк Зірен – один із провідних німецьких експертів з Китаю, автор книжок, журналіст та документаліст, з 1994 року живе в Китаї. У своїй книжці він глибоко аналізує динамічний розвиток цієї держави протягом останніх десятиліть та детально описує різні аспекти її розвитку – від автомобільної...

Benjamin Franklin is the only one of America’s founding fathers to have signed all three of their foundational documents: The Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the 1783 Treaty of Paris. These documents underpinned the establishment of the United States of America as a...

Reader, in this volume we compiled the most outstanding works of the famed writer Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859). A historian and statesman, de Tocqueville’s foundational work, Democracy in America (1835, 1840) featured an educated, novel analysis of the state-political structure and...

У книзі на широкому фактичному матеріалі дається аналіз основних тенденцій розвитку міжнародних відносин XX століття. Викладено у популярній формі основні положення програми курсу «Міжнародні відносини та світова політика». Посібник розрахований на студентів гуманітарних факультетів вищих...

Італійський політик, філософ, історик, письменник, поет і комедіограф Нікколо Мак’явеллі (1469—1527) особливої слави зажив своїм знаменитим твором «Державець» (1513), в якому він зробив спробу сформулювати загальні закони політичного життя, викласти суть «ремесла політика», а також визначити...

Зазвичай вітчизняні гуманітарії ставлять у центр своїх досліджень Україну, лише принагідно вдаючись до ширших контекстів. Автор спробував вийти за межі цієї традиції. У центрі його уваги — Східна Європа як ідеологічний конструкт, що склався у ХХ ст. і нині продовжує шукати властиву для нього...

During his lifetime, Caesar was regarded as one of the best orators and prose authors in Latin —even Cicero spoke highly of Caesar's rhetoric and style. Only Caesar's war memoirs The Gallic Wars and The Civil War have survived. These narratives were written and published annually during or just...

His most ambitious book was the four volume narrative The Winning of the West, focused on the American frontier in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Roosevelt said that the American character—indeed a new "American race" (ethnic group) had emerged from the heroic wilderness hunters and Indian...

Володимир Філенко (нар. 1955 року у селі Шелудьківка на Харківщині) — український політик. Був заступником голови Народної Ради, народним депутатом першого, третього, четвертого і шостого скликань, головою однієї з перших партій в посткомуністичній Україні — Партії демократичного відродження...

Це нове видання, доповнене і розширене, книжки провідного дипломата і політика Анатолія Максимовича Зленка, який проаналізував зовнішньо-політичну діяльність України за всі роки її новітньої історії, зробивши це через призму власного досвіду. Це — портрет України дипломатичної, написаний на тлі...

Збірка есеїв провідних українських інтелектуалів покликана запросити широкі кола громадян до відкритого діалогу про основні питання нашого сьогодення й майбутнього. На яких засадах будувати нову Україну, українську державу? Якими є основи української політичної нації, ключові параметри нашої...

Практичний посібник підготовлено Когутом Юрієм Івановичем – експертом з більш ніж 20-ти річним практичним досвідом в сфері кібербезпеки та корпоративної безпеки бізнесу, та є першим українським виданням, в якому системно розкриті питання феномену кібертероризму в світі, ризики та загрози...

This book profoundly and systematically revealed the problem of energy wars and their consequences, as well as energy security issues: the framework of the world energy market in current conditions, technologies of “lobbying” by the world's leading energy players of projects in the energy sector...

Боротьба за енергетичні ресурси між державами та об'єднаннями держав упродовж останніх п'ятдесяти років не послаблюється – від її результату залежить не лише енергозабезпечення багатьох країн, а й доля розвитку демократій на політичній карті світу. На глобальному рівні енергоресурси вперше були...

У книжці відомої французької публіцистки (н. 1948) розкрито джерела російського націоналізму, пояснено його спрямовану проти всього людства агресивну сутність (адже, якщо перефразувати відомі слова Путіна, «нам потрібний такий світ, де буде тільки Росія»), викрито злочинний характер російського...

У новій книжці Олександра Красовицького вміщено інтерв’ю з десятьма дуже різними за віком, фахом та життєвим досвідом людьми, яких об’єднує прагнення покінчити з агресією російської федерації і відновити Україну, зробивши її більш могутньою, економічно розвиненою і по-справжньому демократичною...

У війні проти Росії Україна захищає не тільки свій суверенітет, але й світовий ліберальний порядок, який постав перед загрозою авторитаризму путінської Росії. Чи вдасться нам подолати зло авторитаризму, відстояти свободу і врятувати світ від занепаду демократії? Книжка «Свобода та її вороги...

So much has already been written concerning the evils of slavery, and by men so much more able to portray its horrid form than I am, that I might well be excused if I were to remain altogether silent on the subject; but however much has been written, however much has been said, and however much...

Born in Bermuda to a house slave in 1788, Mary Prince suffered the first of many soul-shattering experiences in her life when she was separated from her parents and siblings at the age of twelve. Subjected to bodily and sexual abuse by subsequent masters, she was bought and sold several times...

Захоплива і новаторська оповідь про те, як усі посли Рузвельта в Європі, окрім одного, неправильно оцінили Гітлера та його наміри. Ця книжка про піднесення Третього Рейху в Німеччині та шлях до війни з точки зору чотирьох американських дипломатів у Європі, які були свідками цих подій: Джозефа...

Росія програла нинішню «велику» війну – у цьому немає сумнівів. Бойові дії ще триватимуть, але своїх стратегічних цілей в Україні Кремль вже ніколи не досягне. То чому ж ця війна взагалі стала можливою і чому Москва вірила у свій блискавичний успіх на полі бою? Яке значення має Україна для...

Якщо запитати в когось ім’я відомої політикині, найімовірніше, у відповідь почуємо ім’я європейське чи американське. І це вкотре підтвердить, як мало ми знаємо про жінок у політиці з інших частин світу. Книжка «Жіночий емірат? Політикині мусульманського світу» — це історії відомих політичних і...

This work examines the nature of the relationship between the British Government and the Polish Government-in-Exile, 1939-1945. The relationship was extremely difficult owing to the extremity of the time and the situations of the two governments. Before 1939 there had been little contact between...

In the aftermath of the Second World War Italy had the largest communist party of any Western European nation. With the extreme left of the political spectrum barred from participation in government, industrial and political strife were commonplace in the Italy of the 1960s, frequently resulting...

In February 2019, the Indian Air Force struck at targets in Pakistan in retaliation for a terrorist attack on a convoy of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force in Kashmir. The next day, Pakistan retaliated in an inconclusive air battle. These were the most recent actions in a conflict between...

Олександр Красовицький (нар. 1967, Харків) — видавець, директор і головний редактор видавництва «Фоліо». У книжковий бізнес прийшов на початках Незалежності, коли в усіх книгарнях переважала російська продукція, а українські законодавці геть не переймалися створенням сприятливих умов для...

Історія свідчить, що найоптимальніші умови для повної реалізації народу – його розвиток у незалежній національній державі. Саме створення та зміцнення національних держав є однією з основних тенденцій ХХ століття, яка має всі підстави зберегтися у ХХІ столітті. Прогнозна етнополітична карта...

Промови Володимира Зеленського надихають і навіть викликають захоплення. Значна група політичних та бізнес-лідерів перебувають під глибоким враженням від його виступів та презентацій. Марек Стончек намагається знайти відповідь: чому так відбувається? Що стоїть за комунікаційним феноменом В...

Олександр Красовицький продовжує бесіди-інтерв’ю з відомими українцями, синхронізуючи історію країни з біографіями героїв. У третій книжці «10 розмов про майбутню Україну» десять різних за фахом та життєвим досвідом людей, патріотів, говорять про своє усвідомлення ключових подій минулих...

Микола Іванович Міхновський (1873–1924) — український політичний і громадський діяч кінця XIX — початку XX ст. Його брошура «Самостійна Україна», написана 1900 року, якийсь час виконувала роль політичної програми Революційної української партії. Вперше праця була видана у Львові 1900-го. Твір...

Дослідження американського історика Воррена А. Коена висвітлює міжнародні відносини США від кінця XVIII століття й до завершення президентства Барака Обами. Автор аналізує зміни в зовнішній політиці американської держави впродовж її історії, взаємозв’язок внутрішньої політики і зовнішньої, вплив...

"The Complete Strategy Collection, Illustrated" is a comprehensive anthology that brings together some of the most influential and timeless works on strategy and warfare. This captivating collection includes "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli, "The Book of Five...

Книжка «50 видатних творів. Політика» дає уявлення про твори провідних лідерів від Авраама Лінкольна й Вінстона Черчилля до Маргарет Тетчер, а також про твори, які змінили уми людей і світ. Вона охоплює часовий проміжок у 2500 років, правих і лівих, мислителів і діячів, економістів (Мансур...

Приватні шпигуни є невидимою силою, яка формує наш сучасний світ: вони впливають на наші вибори та політику уряду й формують статки компаній. Що ще підступніше, вони також вдивляються в наше особисте життя, як ніколи раніше, використовуючи найсучасніші доступні технології, щоби прослуховувати...