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  • A Complete Identity

    The Youthful Hero in the Work of G. A. Henty and George MacDonald

    by Rachel E. Johnson ...
    This book offers an examination of the hero figure in the work of G. A. Henty (1832-1902) and George MacDonald (1824-1905) and a reassessment of oppositional critiques of their writing. It demonstrates the complementary characteristics of the hero figure which construct a complete identity commensurate with the Victorian ideal hero. The relationship between the expansion of the British Empire and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Voice, Silence and Gender in South Africa's Anti-Apartheid Struggle

    The Shadow of a Young Woman

    by Rachel E. Johnson ...
    Series series New Historical Perspectives
    In 1978, amidst the aftermath of the Soweto Uprisings and after being held in detention without charge for over a year, a young black woman who had just turned eighteen, stepped into the witness box at Kempton Park Circuit Court, north-east of Johannesburg. She was there to testify in the apartheid State’s case against eleven Soweto school student activists, on trial for sedition. She confirmed ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

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  • Centrism

    The Story of an Idea (An Origin Story Book)

    by Ian Dunt, Dorian Lynskey ...
    Series series An Origin Story Book
    AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'Provides clarity, scholarship, wit and essential insight into why our world is the way it is' Adam Rutherford'I wish I could make Ian and Dorian's work mandatory' Sathnam SangheraA coherent political philosophy or a vacuous cop-out? A pragmatic middle way between the extremes of left and right or a cynical strategy to secure power and neuter debate?Politicians have long ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Values, Voice and Virtue

    The New British Politics

    by Matthew Goodwin ...
    *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**A Financial Times 2023 book to watch*'Forceful ... The fundamental thrust of Goodwin's argument is right ... a new centre ground of British politics is being formed - even if both parties have yet to fully comprehend it' The TimesWhat has caused the recent seismic changes in British politics, including Brexit and a series of populist revolts against the elite? ... ... Read more

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  • The Politics of Human Rights

    The Quest for Dignity

    by Sabine C. Carey, Mark Gibney, Steven C. Poe ...
    Human rights is an important issue in contemporary politics, and the last few decades have also seen a remarkable increase in research and teaching on the subject. This book introduces students to the study of human rights and aims to build on their interest while simultaneously offering an alternative vision of the subject. Many texts focus on the theoretical and legal issues surrounding human ... Read more

    $41.89 USD

  • Border Nation

    A Story of Migration

    by Leah Cowan ...
    Series series Outspoken by Pluto
    'A must-read manifesto for border abolition' - gal-demBorders are more than geographical lines - they impact all our lives, whether it’s the inhumanity of deportations, or a rise in racist attacks in the wake of the EU referendum. Border Nation shows how oppressive borders must be resisted.Laying bare the web of media myths that vilify migrants, Leah Cowan dives into the murky waters of corporate ... Read more

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  • Empire's Endgame

    Racism and the British State

    by Gargi Bhattacharyya, Adam Elliott-Cooper, Sita Balani, Kerem Nişancıolu, Kojo Koram, Dalia Gebrial, Nadine El-Enany, Luke de Noronha ...
    Series series FireWorks
    'Rigorous, impassioned and urgent' - Ash SarkarWe are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly remade. As movements against colonial legacies and state violence coincide with the rise of authoritarian regimes, it is the lens of racism, and the politics of race, that offers the sharpest focus.In Empire's Endgame, eight leading scholars ... Read more

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  • The Truth about Crime

    Sovereignty, Knowledge, Social Order

    by Jean Comaroff, John L. Comaroff ...
    In this book, renowned anthropologists Jean and John L. Comaroff make a startling but absolutely convincing claim about our modern era: it is not by our arts, our politics, or our science that we understand ourselves—it is by our crimes. Surveying an astonishing range of forms of crime and policing—from petty thefts to the multibillion-dollar scams of too-big-to-fail financial institutions to the ... Read more

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  • Our Time Is Now

    Sex, Race, Class, and Caring for People and Planet

    by Selma James ...
    For over sixty years, Selma James has been organizing from the perspective of unwaged women who, with their biological and caring work, reproduce the whole human race—along with whatever other labor they are performing. This work goes on almost unnoticed everywhere on the planet and in every culture. When this work is not economically prioritized, politically protected, or socially supported there ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Farm Killings in South Africa

    by Nechama Brodie ...
    Dr Nechama Brodie challenges many of the myths used to narrate farm killings. She includes nearly a century of news reports, statistical data, legal cases and expert research on violence on farms, including violence experienced by farm labourers and in black communities surrounding mostly white-owned farmlands. Farm Killings in South Africa provides a compelling and heart-breaking record of the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Soweto Uprisings

    Counter Memories of June 1976

    by Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu ...
    2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprisingsWhen the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 took place, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, the author of this book, was a 14-year-old pupil at Phefeni Junior Secondary School. With his classmates, he was among the active participants in the protest action against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.Contrary to the generally accepted views, both ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Language of Brexit

    How Britain Talked Its Way Out of the European Union

    by Dr Steve Buckledee ...
    Investigating the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK, The Language of Brexit explores the ways in which 'Brexit' campaigners utilised language more persuasively than their 'Remain' counterparts. Drawing parallels with effective political discourse used worldwide, this book highlights the linguistic features of an increasingly popular style of political campaigning.Concentrating on the highly successful ... Read more

    $89.99 USD