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Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop? by Chris van Tulleken 9781529903591
RRP: $20.63$15.98THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023AN ECONOMIST, DAILY MAIL, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING and AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES,... -
The Bias That Divides Us: The Science and Politics of Myside Thinking by Keith E Stanovich
RRP: $42.57$29.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045759Author Keith E. StanovichFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Managing Children's Homes: Developing Effective Leadership in Small Organisations by Sarah Byford
RRP: $36.11$34.46Managing Children's Homes focuses on leadership, effective management, the allocation of resources, and ensuring positive outcomes for young people in residential care.The book develops an interdisciplinary understanding of what needs to be taken into... -
Believing in Me by Deborah Somorin
RRP: $23.21$16.71Homeless at 13, pregnant at 14: life was not working out the way young Deborah Somorin had hoped. And yet, Deborah is now a chartered accountant at Ernst & Young, founder of housing body Empower the Family and mother of a 13-year-old. How was... -
Housing, urban governance and anti-social behaviour: Perspectives, policy and practice by John Flint
RRP: $38.69$29.70This book is the first comprehensive volume exploring an issue of growing importance to policy makers, academics, housing practitioners and students. It brings together contributions from the most prominent scholars in the field to provide a range of... -
Great Mistakes in Education Policy: And How to Avoid Them in the Future by Ruth Lupton
RRP: $21.92$17.52Education policies should drive success and equity but in many countries they are failing to do so. Situating the cases of England and Australia within broader global policy trends, this book critically analyses what has gone wrong. Drawing on extensive... -
Breathe: Tackling the Climate Emergency by Sadiq Khan
RRP: $21.92$14.54'A breath of fresh air' Observer'Passionate and authentic' GQ'Refreshing and galvanising' Vogue'Rousing and thoughtful' Independent'Quite the page-turner' Evening StandardTo win the climate war, you first need to win the climate argument.For many years,... -
Designing Public Space for an Ageing Population: Improving Pedestrian Mobility for Older People by Charles Musselwhite 9781839827457
RRP: $61.91$51.63Designing Public Space for an Ageing Population examines the barriers older people face by being a pedestrian in the built environment and demonstrates how to overcome them. Drawing on research carried out across the globe, and framed around Bourdieu's... -
The Great Demographic Reversal: Ageing Societies, Waning Inequality, and an Inflation Revival by Charles Goodhart 9783030426569
RRP: $32.24$29.37This original and panoramic book proposes that the underlying forces of demography and globalisation will shortly reverse three multi-decade global trends - it will raise inflation and interest rates, but lead to a pullback in inequality. "Whatever the... -
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America by Beth Macy
RRP: $12.89$9.17Now a major TV series on Disney+ 'A shocking investigation... Dopesick is essential' The Times 'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer 'A deep - and deeply needed - look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks 'Essential... -
Inside American Education by Thomas Sowell 9780743254083
RRP: $32.19$20.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743254083Author Thomas SowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Free PressPublisher Free PressWeight(grams) 572gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 155mm * 25mm -
The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb: Founder of Save the Children by Clare Mulley
RRP: $16.76$11.73An unconventional biography of an unconventional woman. Eglantyne Jebb, not particularly fond of children herself, nevertheless dedicated her life to establishing Save the Children and promoting her revolutionary concept of human rights. In this... -
Confessions of a Rogue Nuclear Regulator by Gregory B Jaczko 9781476755779
RRP: $21.93$14.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476755779Author Gregory B JaczkoFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities and Our Planet – One Bite at a Time by Mark Hyman
RRP: $14.18$9.55Our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies is food. What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the... -
Metropolis: A History of Humankind's Greatest Invention by Ben Wilson
RRP: $16.76$11.73From the Sunday Times bestselling author, a dazzling, globe-spanning history of humankind's greatest invention: the city.'Brilliant...enchanting' Evening Standard 'Exhilarating' New York TimesThe story of the city is the story of civilisation. From Uruk... -
Hunger Pains: Life inside Foodbank Britain by Kayleigh Garthwaite 9781447329114
RRP: $20.63$16.58WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY PETER TOWNSEND PRIZE 2017 Welcome to Foodbank Britain, where emergency food provision is an increasingly visible and controversial feature of ongoing austerity. We know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be... -
Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
RRP: $25.79$20.73This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology, it focuses on central topics such as... -
In Whose Interest?: The Privatisation of Child Protection and Social Work by Ray Jones
RRP: $25.79$20.33What is the social cost of privatising public services? And what effect has the failure of previous privatisations had on their provision? This book, by best-selling author and expert social worker Ray Jones, is the first to tell the story of how... -
The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth by Jeremy Rifkin 9781800751965
RRP: $16.76$11.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800751965Author Jeremy RifkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
The Welfare State: A Very Short Introduction by David Garland
RRP: $11.60$8.32Welfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a... -
The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars
RRP: $25.80$18.51__________Out now: The most entertaining and fascinating book about architecture and design, from the wildly popular podcast 99% Invisible. __________A New York Times Bestseller'Full of surprises and quirky information . . . a fascinating journey through... -
The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All by Mary Childs
RRP: $28.37$18.78From the host of NPR's Planet Money, the deeply-investigated story of how one visionary, dogged investor changed American finance forever. Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad,... -
A Practical Guide to Highways Planning & Development by Tom Graham 9780993583698
RRP: $64.50$56.45The only book out there to draw together all the disparate law on highways in development projects Managing and providing highways and highway improvements looms large in many building projects but the law and rules regulating their part in the planning... -
In Defense of Public Debt by Barry Eichengreen
RRP: $33.53$24.10A dive into the origins, management, and uses and misuses of sovereign debt through the ages. Public debts have exploded to levels unprecedented in modern history as governments responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing economic crisis. Their... -
A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Corona by Peter Hennessy
RRP: $25.80$18.43One of our most celebrated historians shows how we can use the lessons of the past to build a new post-covid society in BritainThe 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain... -
Movement: how to take back our streets and transform our lives by Thalia Verkade
RRP: $19.34$12.64Our dependence on cars is damaging our health - and the planet's. Movement asks radical questions about how we approach the biggest urban problem, reflecting on the apparent successes of Dutch cities. Making our communities safer, cleaner, and greener... -
The Murdoch Method: Notes on Running a Media Empire by Irwin Stelzer
RRP: $25.80$17.88An exclusive, insider viewpoint on the "Murdoch Method" from his right-hand man and adviser, Irwin Stelzer.Rupert Murdoch is one of the most notorious and successful businessmen of our age. Now, for the first time, an insider within the Murdoch empire... -
Trust in Public Life by Claire Gilbert
RRP: $10.31$7.21A deep and thoughtful reflection on trust in the context of public life.Trust in Public Life is a collection of essays addressing the importance of trust in public life and how public servants can engender and sustain it. In "The Roots of Trust," Anna... -
Investing To Save The Planet: How Your Money Can Make a Difference by Alice Ross
RRP: $19.34$14.13'This book presents a salient truth: every investor - no matter how large or small - has the power to help address our climate crisis and build a more sustainable world. Together, we can and must act now' Al Gore, former Vice President of the United... -
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
RRP: $34.83$23.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112709Author Kate AscherFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 275mm *... -
Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage America by Barbara Ehrenreich
RRP: $12.89$8.64Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. Leaving her home, she took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Nickel and Dimed... -
Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes by Andre Viljoen
RRP: $46.43$41.40This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural... -
Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Blyth
RRP: $16.76$11.73Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of... -
The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban Landscape by Brian Ladd
RRP: $27.09$21.57In the twenty years since its original publication, The Ghosts of Berlin has become a classic, an unparalleled guide to understanding the presence of history in our built environment, especially in a space as historically contested--and emotionally... -
The North Will Rise Again: In Search of the Future in Northern Heartlands by Alex Niven 9781399414012
RRP: $16.76$11.73"Incorporating sharp questions and big ideas, Niven shifts deftly between history, politics, culture and literature to offer a fascinating and provocative analysis of the marginalisation of the North." Madeleine Bunting, author of Labours of Love: the... -
Safeguarding Children and Young People Online: A Guide for Practitioners by Claudia Megele 9781447331827
RRP: $24.50$19.39Drawing on the latest research, theory and practice, this is the first book to provide social workers with an evidence-based, practical guide to safeguarding children and young people from abuse, in a world of sexting, selfies and snap chat. It... -
The Urban Block: A Guide for Urban Designers, Architects and Town Planners by Jonathan Tarbatt
RRP: $54.18$44.34The block is no more than the land and building area defined by streets. It is the nature of the interface between the two, which has a critical impact on the quality of the spaces between those buildings. The importance of the block to city life is well... -
Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military by Neil deGrasse Tyson 9780393064445
RRP: $30.95$27.23In this fascinating foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist and "the world's best science communicator" (Times Literary Supplement) Neil deGrasse Tyson and writer-researcher Avis Lang... -
PsychoPolitics by Peter Sedgwick 9780745347226
RRP: $25.79$17.22'A powerful and impassioned defence of psychiatry, urging the Left to confront the harsh realities of mental illness' - William Davis, author of The Happiness Industry A new edition of one of the most significant and credible critiques of the... -
Crash Course: If You Want to Get Away with Murder Buy a Car by Woodrow Phoenix
RRP: $15.54$14.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951491017Author Woodrow PhoenixFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Street Noise BooksPublisher Street Noise Books