Politics , Society & Current Affairs

Charles Handy / The Elephant And The Flea

   Bookseller Charles Handy's best-selling new book looks at how individuals (the fleas in his analogy) relate to multi-national conglomerates (the elephants). In addition to addressing how and why...

Damian Corless / GUBU Nation PB

     Over fifty jaw-dropping tales of the unexpected, and the just plain ludicrous. All of our books are second hand, and while you may not get the exact copy shown in the picture, all of our...

Bernard Lewis /The Crisis of Islam : Holy War and Unholy Terror

   The great scholar of Islam directly confronts the events of September 11th and the reasons behind Islamic terrorism in the modern world - a Sunday Times bestseller.President Bush has made it...

Conor O'Clery / May You Live in Interesting Times

As a pioneering foreign correspondent, Conor O’Clery has been witness to some of the major world events of the past thirty years, including the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran–Iraq war, the...

P. J. O'Rourke / Parliament of Whores

    Examines every aspect of government, attending a political convention, the presidential election and inauguration, Congress, the Supreme Court and a small town meeting in New Hampshire. He...

Paul Mason / Why it's still kicking off everywhere : the new global revolutions

    Originally published in 2012 to wide acclaim, this updated edition, Why It's STILL Kicking Off Everywhere, includes coverage of the most recent events in the wave of revolt and revolution...

Naomi Klein / This Changes Everything

   Naomi Klein's international bestseller This Changes Everything is a must-read on our future, one of the defining and most hopeful books of this era.Forget everything you think you know about...

Larry Flynt / Sex, Lies and Politics

    It takes a hustler to know one. In his explosive new book, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt lays bare the vast right-wing conspiracy that brought George W. Bush to power four years ago. He shows...

Peter Stalker / The No-nonsense Guide to International Migration

    Goods and money can move easily in free markets, but not people. Almost every day there are news reports of would-be migrants locked in cargo holds, foundering in small boats or discovered in...

P. J. O'Rourke / Republican Party Reptile

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Shyam Bhatia / Saddam's Bomb

   The authors reveal how Saddam Hussein ordered his scientists to develop a nuclear bomb that would make him the most powerful Arab ruler of modern times, forcing the West to think twice about...

Matt Cooper / How Ireland Really Went Bust

   The definitive account of the tumultuous events that led to Ireland going broke in 2010From the night the Irish government guaranteed the debts of Irish banks in September 2008 Ireland was on a...

Bernard Levin / In These Times

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Wayne Ellwood / The No-nonsense Guide to Globalisation

 Commercial culture and the Western consumer model have seeped into every corner of the globe while gaps in wealth, food security and social provision continue to grow. This "No Nonsense Guide to...

Naomi Klein / Fences and Windows : Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Globalization Debate

 The story of the rise of the movement that wanted accountable, improved globalization.For two years Naomi Klein wrote a weekly column for Canada's leading newspaper, the Globe & Mail (syndicated...

Robert Kagan / Paradise and Power : America and Europe in the New World Order

     After years of mutual resentment and tension, there is a sudden recognition that the real interests of America and its allies are diverging sharply and that the transatlantic relationship...

Dan Gardner / Risk : The Science and Politics of Fear

   We are the safest humans who ever lived - the statistics prove it. And yet the media tells a different story with its warnings and scare stories. How is it possible that anxiety has become the...

Mary Minihan / Dail Spats

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John Pilger / The New Rulers of the World

   John Pilger is one of the world's most renowned investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. In this fully updated collection, he reveals the secrets and illusions of modern imperialism...

Ariel Levy / Female Chauvinist Pigs : Woman and the Rise of Raunch Culture

 Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the 'pornification' of other women, and themselves. This is a world where simulating sex for baying crowds...

Barbara Ehrenreich / Going To Extremes : Notes from a Divided Nation

    America is a grotesquely polarized society and becoming more so all the time. In this razor-sharp, funny and terrifying collection of pieces, Barbara Ehrenreich shows how the widening gap...

Andrew Marr / The Making of Modern Britain

   In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of...

Michael Kranish / Trump Revealed

   **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**`Excellent book... skilful and meticulous' David Aaronovitch, The TimesHailed as `authoritative' and `essential', Trump Revealed is the indispensable and updated...

Paul Roberts / The End of Oil : The Decline of the Petroleum Economy and the Rise of a New Energy Order

    Billions of people around the world enjoy an unprecedented standard of living based on one thing: oil. And each year we demand more. We produce and consume energy not simply to heat, feed,...

Hugh Miles / Al Jazeera : How Arab TV News Challenged the World

      With more than fifty million viewers, Al Jazeera is one of the most widely watched news channels in the world. It's also one of the most controversial. Set up by the eccentric Emir of...

Amy Chua / World on Fire : How Exporting Free-market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability (Large Paperback)

 

Noam Chomsky / Hopes and Prospects

 Hopes and Prospects is Noam Chomsky's indispensable analysis of the world at present and a roadmap for the futureIn Hopes and Prospects, Noam Chomsky examines the challenges of our early...

Michael Wolff / Fire and Fury

 SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLERWith extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of...

Noreena Hertz / The Silent Takeover : Global Capitalism & the Death of Democracy

 The way we are governed is changing; so is our economy. Government has less and less power to influence how we live our lives, while the private sector has more power than ever to control what we do...

Michael Moore / The Official Fahrenheit 9-11 Reader

 From director and political activist Michael Moore, The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader is the official companion to the Oscar-winning documentary that broke box-office records around the world...

Michael Wolff / Fire and Fury : Inside the Trump White House (Large Paperback)

 With extraordinary access to the Trump White House, Michael Wolff tells the inside story of the most controversial presidency of our time.The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy,...

Michael Heseltine / Life in the Jungle : My Autobiography (Hardback)

   Michael Heseltine has enjoyed one of the most colourful and creative careers of modern British politics. This autobiography tells the story not only of his political life, but also of his...

Eamon Gilmore / Leading Lights : The People Who've Inspired Me (Large Paperback)

 In this book the Leader of the Labour Party makes surprising revelations about people who have influenced him personally and politically. It is an enjoyable read and a fascinating insight into the...

Will Hutton / Them And Us : Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society (Large Paperback)

 The suddenness and depth of the recession has raised questions about the workability of capitalism not seen since the 1930s. One of the constraints on recovery is the growing belief that if the old...

Ken Whelan / Bertie Ahern : Taoiseach and Peacemaker (Large Paperback)

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Tony Connelly / Brexit and Ireland : The Dangers, the Opportunities, and the Inside Story of the Irish Response (Large Paperback)

 Brexit represents the single greatest economic and foreign-policy challenge to the Irish state since the Second World War. There is hardly any area of Irish life that won't be affected.More than any...

Eamon Gilmore / Inside the Room : The Untold Story of Ireland's Crisis Government (Large Paperback)

 March 2011, in Ireland: Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore have just formed a coalition government between Fine Gael and Labour Party. Ireland's banks are broken, unemployment is heading toward half a...

Jason Burke / Al-Qaeda : The True Story of Radical Islam

 Jason Burke has produced the definitive account of Islamic militancy - revolutionising our understanding of Al-Qaeda, retelling its history from scratch and critically exploding the myths that form...

Noam Chomsky / Power And Terror : Post 9-11 Talks and Interviews

 In this, his first new book since the international bestseller "9-11," Noam Chomsky presents his latest thinking on terrorism and U.S. foreign policy, focusing on alternatives to the current course...

Charles Handy / The Age Of Unreason

 We will not survive unless we adapt to the way the world is changing. The Age of Unreason is an inspiring vision of an era of new discoveries, new enlightenment and new freedoms. It helps us to...

Ruairi Quinn / Straight Left : A Journey in Politics (Hardback)

 Having spent thirty-five years committed to Irish politics, Ruairi Quinn has now written about his own journey - a journey that has taken him to the heights of power as Labour's first ever Minister...

Roy Hattersley / Choose Freedom : Future of Democratic Socialism (Hardback)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton / What Happened (Hardback)

 The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller`A compelling read' - Financial Times`A sporadically absorbing, pleasingly vengeful and often darkly funny account of one woman's bid for presidential history.'...

Barry Desmond / Finally and in Conclusion : A Political Memoir (Large Paperback)

 Barry Desmond's habit of telling it like he saw it kept him close to controversy during 30 years in politics from the 1960s to the 1990s, repeatedly challenging the once high and mighty, from beef...

John Cooney / Battleship Bertie : Politics in Ahern's Ireland (Large Paperback)

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Eric Schlosser / Reefer Madness : ... and Other Tales from the American Underground

 From the author of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser's Reefer Madness: and Other Tales from the American Underground follows the money to uncover made the country rich: porn, pot and exploitation.In...

James Gleick / Faster : The Acceleration of just about everything

 Time rules our lives. The frenetic purpose - more than we want to admit, is to save time. Think of one of those conveniences that best convey the most elemental feeling of power over the passing...

Chris Patten / What Next? : Surviving the Twenty-first Century

 A Financial Times Book of the Year, Chris Patten's What Next? Surviving the Twenty-First Century is a frank and witty survey of our geopolitical future.At the start of the twenty-first century, the...

Raymond Smith - Garret : The Enigma - Garret Fitzgerald - PB - 1985

A paperback edition ( simultaneous with the hardcover) , 1985 , of journalist and author Raymond Smith's book on Taoiseach and FG leader Garret Fitzgerald - Garret - The Enigma.  Moderate to heavy...

Joe Joyce & Peter Murtagh - The Boss - Charles J. Haughey in Government PB Irish Politics 1st Ed 1983

A paperback first edition , 1983 of the classic study of Charlie Haughey as Taoiseach in the early 1980's - The Boss, published by Poolbeg Press. Controversial and groundbreaking in it's time, it...

David Remnick / The Bridge : The Life and Rise of Barack Obama

 The rise of Barack Obama is one of the great stories of this century: a defining moment for America, and one with truly global resonance. This is the book of his phenomenal journey to election,...

Thomas Friedman - the World is Flat - A Brief History of the Globalized World in the 21st Century HB 2005

The beginning of the twenty-first century will be remembered, Friedman argues, not for military conflicts or political events, but for a whole new age of globalization - a `flattening' of the world...