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  • No Tradesmen and No Women

    The Origins of the British Civil Service

    de Michael Coolican ...
    Is our civil service fit for purpose? Michael Coolican takes John Reid's damning statement about the Home Office as his point of departure for a comprehensive overview and evaluation of the machinery behind the government and the people who make public services work on a daily basis.Beginning with Henry VIII's chief minister Thomas Cromwell, Michael Coolican takes us on an odyssey through the ... Leer más

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  • The Prime Ministers

    The Parliamentary Book Award-winning account of Britain's leaders - a must-read for anyone interested in British politics and history

    de Iain Dale ...
    The ultimate guide to every Prime Minister there's ever been: 55 profiles by 55 different politicians, journalists and academics compiled by leading political commentator Iain DaleWinner of the 2020 Parliamentary Awards for Best Political Book by a Non-ParliamentarianA Times Political Book of the Year 2020*Featuring a foreword by Boris Johnson*-----It has almost been 300 years since Sir Robert ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Five Giants [New Edition]

    A Biography of the Welfare State

    de Nicholas Timmins ...
    A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEARA LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARThe award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century.‘A masterpiece’ Sunday TimesGiant Want. Giant Disease. Giant Ignorance. Giant Squalor. Giant Idleness.These were the Five Giants that loomed over the post-war reconstruction... ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • The Blunders of Our Governments

    de Anthony King, Ivor Crewe ...
    Let us take a look back over three decades of outrageous political mishaps – with a new introduction from Sir Ivor Crewe covering Brexitblunder /ˈblʌndə(r)/, n.A gross mistake; an error due to stupidity or carelessness.There are a handful of cock-ups that we remember all too well, from the poll tax to the Millennium Dome. However, the list is longer than most of us realize – and it’s growing. With ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Posh Boys

    How English Public Schools Ruin Britain

    de Robert Verkaik ...
    ‘The latest in the series of powerful books on the divisions in modern Britain, and will take its place on many bookshelves beside Reni Eddo-Lodge’s Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race and Owen Jones’s Chavs.’–Andrew Marr, Sunday Times‘In his fascinating, enraging polemic, Verkaik touches on one of the strangest aspects of the elite schools and their product’s domination of public ... Leer más

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  • A Short History of Ireland

    de Breandán Ó hEithir, Brendan O'Brien ...
    Series series Short Histories
    A short, accessible and entertaining history from one of Ireland's best-loved writers, now updated to bring our country's story right up to date.It deals with prehistory, the Celts, Christianity, the Vikings, the Normans. The various conquests and rebellions are covered, including Cromwell, Wolfe Tone, the 1916 Rising.Linking past to present, it brings history up to date, providing an interesting ... Leer más

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  • Understand Irish History: Teach Yourself

    de Finbar Madden ...
    Understand Irish History is a comprehensive guide to a fascinating history. You will explore Irish reformation and restoration, culture, religion and society as well as more recent conflicts and their impact. Taking you from ancient Ireland to the present day, it will give you an understanding of the background to events that have dominated the headlines in recent years.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • This Great Calamity: The Great Irish Famine

    The Irish Famine 1845-52

    de Christime Kinealy ...
    The Great Famine of 1845-52 was the most decisive event in the history of modern Ireland. In a country of eight million people, the Famine caused the death of approximately one million, while a similar number were forced to emigrate. The Irish population fell to just over four million by the beginning of the twentieth century.Christine Kinealy's survey is long established as the most complete, ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Impossible Office?

    The History of the British Prime Minister

    de Anthony Seldon, Jonathan Meakin, Illias Thoms ...
    Marking the third centenary of the office of Prime Minister, this book tells its extraordinary story, explaining how and why it has endured longer than any other democratic political office in world history. Sir Anthony Seldon, historian of Number 10 Downing Street, explores the lives and careers, loves and scandals, successes and failures, of all our great Prime Ministers. From Robert Walpole and ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Independence

    An Argument for Home Rule

    de Alasdair Gray ...
    Gray argues that a truly independent Scotland will only ever exist when people in every home, school, croft, farm, workshop, factory, island, glen, town and city feel that they too are at the centre of the world.Independence asks whether widespread social welfare is more possible in small nations such as Norway and New Zealand than in big ones like Britain and the U.S.A. It describes the many ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Independence or Union

    Scotland's Past and Scotland's Present

    de T. M. Devine ...
    There can be no relationship in Europe's history more creative, significant, vexed and uneasy than that between Scotland and England. From the Middle Ages onwards the island of Britain has been shaped by the unique dynamic between Edinburgh and London, exchanging inhabitants, monarchs, money and ideas, sometimes in a spirit of friendship and at others in a spirit of murderous dislike.Tom Devine's ... Leer más

    $11.39 USD

  • A United Ireland

    Why Unification Is Inevitable and How It Will Come About

    de Kevin Meagher ...
    For over two centuries, the 'Irish question' has dogged UK politics. Though the Good Friday Agreement carved a fragile peace from the bloodshed of the Troubles, the Brexit process has shown a largely uncomprehending British audience just how uneasy that peace always was – and thrown new light on Northern Ireland's uncertain constitutional status.Remote from the British mainland in its politics, ... Leer más

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