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- A teacher's solitary battle to clear his name
233,95 kr. Presumed Guilty outlines the appalling injustices that falsely accused people have to suffer in what has become a symptom of the state's imperfect approach to historical child sex abuse allegations. Warr suggests measures that should be adopted to ensure that fairness and justice prevail.
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- 233,95 kr.
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- My Life as a Newsman
233,95 kr. During a career spanning more than forty years, the award-winning journalist and broadcaster Robin Lustig has lived in, worked in and reported from more than eighty countries. Now, in Is Anything Happening?, he tells the inside story of the triumphs and disasters he experienced along the way.
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- 233,95 kr.
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153,95 kr. Why is unemployment so low in Switzerland but so high in Spain? Why is social housing more successful in Singapore than in France? Why do welfare states across the world function so differently to Britain's? The twentieth century experienced an epochal war between capitalism and communism, but the real winner of the conflict, James Bartholomew argues, was welfare statism. The defining form of government of our age, welfare states have spread across the advanced world and are changing the very nature of modern civilisation. In his bestselling book The Welfare State We're In, Bartholomew controversially argued that the British welfare state has done more harm than good. Many people - including Lady Thatcher - responded by saying, 'If that is the case, what should we do about it?' Now, in this hard-hitting and provocative new contribution, Bartholomew sets out to answer that question. Travelling across the globe, from Australia in the east to San Francisco in the west, he investigates what happens elsewhere in the world and considers which welfare models Britain could potentially follow. His search for the best education, healthcare and support services takes him to eleven vastly different countries as he teases out the advantages and weaknesses of other nations' welfare states and delves into crucial issues such as literacy, poverty and inequality. What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? And is it too late to stop welfare states permanently diminishing the lives and liberties of people around the world?
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- 153,95 kr.
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- An Opportunity for Europe
153,95 kr. An important book about the challenges and opportunities facing environmental policy in the European Union.
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- 153,95 kr.
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- My Life in Football
228,95 kr. Popular ex-professional footballer and manager recalls the story of his career in English football.
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- 228,95 kr.
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- 2012-2015
288,95 kr. Frank, funny and shocking: the inside account of the Coalition government. David Law's account of the 2010 - 2015 government, 'Coalition', was published to wide acclaim
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- 288,95 kr.
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288,95 kr. From Blair to Brown is the second of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former chief press secretary and director of communications and strategy.
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- 288,95 kr.
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- Why Unification is Inevitable and How it Will Come About
118,95 - 183,95 kr. A United Ireland outlines the various political strands conspiring to make a single Irish state the most plausible end-point of this age-old issue and speculate about how this will come about.
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- 118,95 kr.
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153,95 kr. The story of West Ham's final season at Upton Park, from the sad farewells to the anticipation of a new future in Stratford.
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- 153,95 kr.
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- The True Story of Operation Mincemeat
173,95 kr. The Unkown Courier tells the true story of the events that inspired Ben MacIntyre's bestselling Operation Mincemeat. When British Intelligence mislead German High Command by planting a corpse with false top secret plans, it achieved one of the greatest wartime deceptions in history and changed the course of World War Two.
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- 173,95 kr.
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- Aftermath of a Disaster
218,95 kr. This personal account describes how the Hillsborough disaster unfolded; provides an insight into what was happening at South Yorkshire Police headquarters in the aftermath; and gives an objective and compassionate account of the bereaved families' long struggle for justice.
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- 218,95 kr.
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- Off-Grid, on the road and state to state in Trump's America
198,95 kr. Light-hearted and very, very funny - how one man's mid-career crisis turns into an odyssey into the weirder side of American life.
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- 198,95 kr.
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- The Story of My Life
283,95 kr. The story of Philip Harris who created a nationwide retail chain, starting from a market stall in Peckham, south east London. Entering the House of Lords he embarked on a second life creating the first academy school in London, and is as well known for his charitable work as he is for being one of the country's foremost retailers.
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- 283,95 kr.
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118,95 kr. John Sutherland examines the intergenerational conflict as a new kind of 'war' in which institutional neglect and universal indifference to the old has reached aggressive, and routinely lethal, levels.
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- 118,95 kr.
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- A Life from Print to Panorama
153,95 kr. Tom Mangold is known to millions as the face of BBC television's flagship current affairs programme Panorama. His memoir, Splashed, is packed with revelations about some of the stories which made the headlines during his long journey from print to Panorama.
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- 153,95 kr.
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- The Enigmatic Prime Minister
133,95 - 313,95 kr. The updated paperback edition of the first major biography of Britain's new Prime Minister. New material will cover her premiership during 2017; from invoking Article 50, her meeting with President Trump to the calling of a snap general election.
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- 133,95 kr.
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- (Provocations)
118,95 kr. Contemporary art is obsessed with the politics of identity. Visit any contemporary gallery, museum or theatre, and chances are the art on offer will be principally concerned with race, gender, sexuality, power and privilege.The quest for truth, freedom and the sacred has been thrust aside to make room for identity politics. Mystery, individuality and beauty are out; radical feminism, racial grievance and queer theory are in. The result is a drearily predictable culture and the narrowing of the space for creative self-expression and honest criticism.Sohrab Ahmari's book is a passionate cri de coeur against this state of affairs. The New Philistines takes readers deep inside a cultural scene where all manner of ugly, inept art is celebrated so long as it toes the ideological line, and where the artistic glories of the Western world are revised and disfigured to fit the rigid doctrines of identity politics.The degree of politicisation means that art no longer performs its historical function, as a mirror and repository of the human spirit - something that should alarm not just art lovers but anyone who cares about the future of liberal civilisation.
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- 118,95 kr.
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- The Man Who Broke Enigmas
178,95 kr. The highly eccentric Alfred Dillwyn Knox, known simply as 'Dilly', was one of the leading figures in the British codebreaking successes of the two world wars. During the first, he was the chief codebreaker in the Admiralty, breaking the German Navy's main flag code, before going on to crack the German Enigma ciphers during the Second World War at Bletchley Park.Here, he enjoyed the triumphant culmination of his life's work: a reconstruction of the Enigma machine used by the Abwehr, the German Secret Service. This kept the British fully aware of what the German commanders knew about Allied plans, allowing MI5 and MI6 to use captured German spies to feed false information back to the Nazi spymasters.Mavis Batey was one of 'Dilly's girls', the young female codebreakers who helped him to break the various Enigma ciphers. She was called upon to advise Kate Winslet, star of the film Enigma, on what it was like to be one of the few female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. This gripping new edition of Batey's critically acclaimed book reveals the vital part Dilly played in the deception operation that ensured the success of the D-Day landings, altering the course of the Second World War.
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- 178,95 kr.
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- Rothay Reynolds and the British Press in Nazi Berlin
318,95 kr. A unique insight into life as a foreign correspondent in Berlin, witnessing the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.
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- 318,95 kr.
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- A Journalist's Notes from a Turkish Prison
198,95 kr. Following this July's attempted coup, the international spotlight has fallen on Turkey's increasingly authoritarian government, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Already known for his attacks on press freedom, international observers fear the attempted coup has given Erdogan an excuse to further supress all opposition.In November 2015 Can Dundar, editor-in-chief of the national Cumhuriyet newspaper, was arrested on charges of espionage, helping a terrorist organisation, trying to topple the government and revealing state secrets. Arraigned by the President himself who called for Can to receive two life sentences, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement in Turkey's Silivri prison for three months whilst awaiting trial. Dundar's so-called crime was informing the public of the discovery of a highly illegal covert arms shipment by the Turkish secret service to radical Islamist organisations fighting government forces in Syria. This was a crime that was in the government's interest to conceal, and a journalist's duty to expose.We Are Arrested is Dundar's account of the discovery, the weighing up of the pros and cons of publishing, and the events that unfolded after the decision. Dundar and his colleagues faced police barricades, would-be suicide bombers and assassination attempts, as well as fierce attacks from pro-government media.Incarcerated in Silivri, Can Dundar decided to write down his experiences. Here, in isolation, he learned to appreciate the small things in life. Most importantly, he realised that courage in an age of fear is essential if the public's right to know is to be defended.
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- 198,95 kr.
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- A Nightmare Called North Korea
198,95 kr. Using extensive research, interviews and his own experiences, JP Floru uncovers the oddities and tragedies at the heart of the world's most secretive regime.
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- 198,95 kr.
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- Tales of Mischief, Mayhem & Guerrilla Warfare in the EU Referendum Campaign
118,95 kr. Published for the first time in paperback, with an extra chapter covering the Bad Boys' exploits on the campaign trail with Donald Trump.
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- 118,95 kr.
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- The Definitive Story of Why the UK Voted for Brexit
233,95 kr. The definitive story behind the historic Brexit vote.
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- 233,95 kr.
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- The Honorary Jew - How Britain's Jews Helped Shape the Iron Lady and Her Beliefs
348,95 kr. The Honorary Jew sheds new light on significant events, influences and people hitherto unexplored in the career of Margaret Thatcher.
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- 348,95 kr.
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- In or out
108,95 kr. Revised and updated edition of the essential guide to what will happen if Britain leaves the EU, and how it will affect you.
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- 108,95 kr.
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- The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government
153,95 kr. When David Cameron and Nick Clegg stepped out into the rose garden at No. 10 to launch the first coalition government since the Second World War, it was amid a sea of uncertainty. Some doubted whether the coalition could survive a full term - or even a full year. Five years later, this bold departure for British politics had weathered storms, spending cuts and military strikes, rows, referendums and riots. In this compelling insider account, David Laws lays bare the inner workings of the coalition government from its birth in 2010 to its demise in 2015. As one of the chief Lib Dem negotiators, Laws had a front-row seat from the very beginning of the parliament. Holding key posts in the heart of government, he was there for the triumphs, the tantrums and the tactical manoeuvrings. Now, he brings this experience to bear, revealing how crucial decisions were made, uncovering the often explosive divisions between and within the coalition parties, and candidly exploring the personalities and positions of the leading players on both sides of the government. Honest, insightful and at times shocking, Coalition shines a powerful light on perhaps the most fascinating political partnership of modern times.
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- 153,95 kr.
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- How the European Union changed Britain - what to keep and what to scrap
118,95 kr. Brexit will transform Britain's relationship with the EU, but this book shows how the EU also transformed Britain. Clearly laying out the options for our post-Brexit world, David Charter has produced the one guide that anyone interested in the future of the United Kingdom will need to read.
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- 118,95 kr.
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- My Year Fighting For My Political Life
153,95 kr. During the 2015 general election, the contest in Gavin Barwell's constituency of Croydon Central was by any measure - the amount of money spent, the frequency of visits by ministers, the volume of literature delivered or the number of political activists pounding the streets - one of the most intensive constituency campaigns this country has ever seen. At the end of it, after an experience both physically and psychologically gruelling, Gavin had clung on by the skin of his teeth, and had a story well worth telling. Journalists produce a great deal of commentary on the leaders of our political parties, their campaign strategies and key messages. Elections, however, are won and lost on the pavements of only about 100 so-called marginal constituencies - places like Croydon Central.This book gives an unparalleled insight into what it's like to be an MP defending an ultra-marginal seat. It answers questions such as:Why do activists knock on your door - do they really think a quick conversation is going to change your mind?What is it like to find yourself splashed across the front page of a national newspaper?How do you cope with the very real possibility that you might be out of a job tomorrow?How to Win a Marginal Seat is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how campaigning is conducted at the coalface of British politics.
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- 153,95 kr.
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- How Bullshit Conquered the World
173,95 kr. The first guide to the buzzword of 2017 from award-winning journalist, James Ball. This book explores the idea of post-truth head on, and in the process comes to some shattering conclusions.
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- 173,95 kr.
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118,95 kr. 5,000 of the funniest one-liners ever told in one definitive volume.
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- 118,95 kr.