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Arguing for a Better World: How to talk about the issues that divide us by Arianne Shahvisi
RRP: $25.80$15.54'Brings cooling clarity to the heat of today's culture wars' Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent Empire'Allows us to not only interrogate our own views, but to persuade others using reason and optimism. A must read' Aaron Bastani, author of Fully... -
The Silk Road: A New History by Valerie Hansen
RRP: $23.85$17.65The Silk Road is as iconic in world history as the Colossus of Rhodes or the Suez Canal. But what was it, exactly? It conjures up a hazy image of a caravan of camels laden with silk on a dusty desert track, reaching from China to Rome. The reality was... -
Contextual Safeguarding: The Next Chapter by Molly Manister
RRP: $28.37$22.20How do we respond to harm faced by young people beyond their front doors? Can practitioners keep young people safe at school, in their neighbourhoods or with their friends when social care systems are designed to work with families? The Contextual... -
The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light by Paul Bogard 9780007428212
RRP: $14.18$10.69Streetlamps, neon signs - an ever-present glow that has changed the natural world and adversely affected our health; Paul Bogard illuminates the problems caused by a lack of darkness. We live awash in artificial light. But night's natural... -
Civilization or Barbarism by Diop
RRP: $23.16$15.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556520488Author Cheikh Anta DiopFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Lawrence Hill & Co.Publisher Lawrence Hill & Co.Weight(grams) 607g -
Cleopatra and the Undoing of Hollywood: How One Film Almost Sunk the Studios by Patrick Humphries
RRP: $25.80$20.45There had been stars before. There had been films prior to Cleopatra. But in all the cynical, greedy, magical, histrionic history of the movies, there had never been a combination like that of Elizabeth Taylor and Cleopatra.Other films may have taken... -
Map of a Plantation by Jenny Mitchell 9781912876464
RRP: $14.19$11.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912876464Author Jenny MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Indigo Dreams PublishingPublisher Indigo Dreams PublishingWeight(grams) 138g -
The Birth of the Gods and the Origins of Agriculture by Jacques Cauvin
RRP: $34.82$31.06Jacques Cauvin has spent many years researching the beginnings of the Neolithic in the Near East, excavating key sites and developing new ideas to explain the hugely significant cultural, social and economic changes which transformed mobile... -
Keeper Of Genesis by Robert Bauval
RRP: $14.18$10.02FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS AND THE ORION MYSTERY'An exciting book . . . deservedly a bestseller' SPECTATOR___________________________________________In Keeper of Genesis, Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval present a tour de... -
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by Cameron McWhirter 9781250009067
RRP: $23.21$16.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250009067Author Cameron McWhirterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)... -
It's Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong
RRP: $16.76$10.94A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point. When Michela Wrong's Kenyan friend John Githongo appeared one cold February morning on the doorstep of her London... -
Queen of Thieves: An unforgettable new voice in gangland crime saga by Beezy Marsh
RRP: $12.89$8.77'A colourful tale of love, lust, making good and revenge' The Sun 'Gripping from the very first page... this fast-paced, amoral story should appeal to fans of Peaky Blinders' The Lady Gangland was a man's world - but the women knew differentLondon,... -
Ulrich Beck: A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society by Gabe Mythen 9780745318141
RRP: $41.28$31.58Ulrich Beck has emerged as one of the leading thinkers of the age. His principal claim to fame is as author of the widely acclaimed 'Risk Society', first published in 1986. Since this time, Beck's work has had a profound effect on the trajectory of... -
Liquid Life by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745635156
RRP: $20.63$18.59'Liquid life' is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant... -
Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022 by Andrea Elliott
RRP: $14.18$10.02Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is... -
Suspicious Minds by Rob Brotherton
RRP: $15.47$11.71'A first class book' Sunday Times We're all conspiracy theorists. Some of us just hide it better than others. Conspiracy theorists do not wear tin-foil hats (for the most part). They are not just a few kooks lurking on the paranoid fringes of... -
Fifty-one Moves by Ben Ashcroft 9781904380245
$13.52It is shocking that although just one per cent of children are taken into care by local authori-ties, almost 30 per cent of prisoners have been in care. Ben Ashcroft's heart-rending account of abandonment, loneliness and rejection in family life, the... -
Otaku: Japan's Database Animals by Hiroki Azuma 9780816653522
RRP: $18.05$16.90In Japan, obsessive adult fans and collectors of manga and anime are known as otaku. When the underground otaku subculture first emerged in the 1970s, participants were looked down on within mainstream Japanese society as strange, antisocial loners... -
Sweetening the Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Birth Control by Holly Grigg-Spall 9781780996073
RRP: $16.76$14.78"Holly Grigg-Spall is fearless, and her courageous advocacy on behalf of women whose stories are too often silenced is a model for others trying to make positive change through health activism. Read the book and get inspired, get angry, and most... -
BTEC Tech Award Health and Social Care Student Book by Brenda Baker
RRP: $29.79$27.35full coverage of all three components, structured to match the speccontent broken down into 1 hour lessons to help with your planning and deliveryplenty of case studies and examples that students can relate toadditional features including key terms, 'did... -
Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig
RRP: $15.47$10.14A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as... -
The Theory of Covert Surveillance: The Surveillance Training Course Handbook by Peter Jenkins
$52.25This surveillance training manual has been compiled as a learning aid, guide and reference book for the surveillance operative - both novice and experienced alike who is undergoing surveillance or bodyguard training. For those teaching surveillance... -
Doing Academic Research: A Practical Guide to Research Methods and Analysis by Ted Gournelos
RRP: $23.21$19.63Online student resource material cab be accessed under the 'Support Materials' tab at https://www.routledge.com/9780367207939Doing Academic Research is a concise, accessible, and tightly organized overview of the research process in the humanities,... -
Persecution: An absolutely gripping crime thriller by R. C. Bridgestock
RRP: $11.60$7.51Lock your windows. Lock your door. And don't look outside...At the local university a series of incidents is raising alarm. Someone is breaking into students bedrooms through the windows.But things get even more serious when a corpse is discovered on the... -
The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012 by Carlos Barrios 9780061833830
RRP: $12.89$12.37The year 2012 marks the end of the Mayan calendar - the date that indicates the beginning of the Prophecy of the Sun and denotes the dramatic transition from one major phase of our world into another. Many read this as the date of the apocalypse. This... -
Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Lyrical and uncompromising - Suhaiymah writes to disrupt' - gal-dem Islamophobia is everywhere. It is a narrative and history woven so deeply into our everyday lives that we don't even notice it - in our education, how we travel, our healthcare,... -
Blonde Roots by Bernardine Evaristo 9780141031521
RRP: $12.89$10.00FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER LONGLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2009 WINNER OF THE ORANGE YOUTH PANEL AWARD 2009 FINALIST FOR THE HURSTON WRIGHT LEGACY AWARD 2010 'A phenomenal book. It is so ingenious and so novel... -
Mother Reader: Essential Writings on Motherhood by Moyra Davey
RRP: $23.21$15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583220726Author Moyra DaveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 345Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 518g -
An A-Z of Social Work Theory by Malcolm Payne
RRP: $28.37$23.18Puzzled by terminology, skills, law, or theory? Revising for your placement or exam? Then look no further! This series of concise and easy-to-use A-Zs will be your guide. Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this book will... -
Social Work with Children and Families by Maureen O'Loughlin
RRP: $37.40$30.16'An excellent introduction to social work with children and families. It links practice with legislation and highlights relevant research findings'. - Mr Dan Burrows,Cardiff School of Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University Working with... -
Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction by Elizabeth Vargas
RRP: $18.05$15.12From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interview George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of... -
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story Of A Real Fake by Frank Abagnale
RRP: $12.89$10.07I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches'. Frank W Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert... -
Shoes: The Complete Sourcebook by John Peacock
RRP: $38.70$26.32Here, in over 2,000 specially drawn illustrations, is the most comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of shoes ever published. John Peacock charts the development of every kind and style of footwear for both men and women from earliest times... -
Generation Rent: How Greed Killed the Housing Dream by Chloe Timperley
$17.35The Guardian top 5 books on the housing crisis in the UK ''The housing crisis is just getting started,' warns Timperley in this important book.' - MARTIN CHILTON, THE INDEPENDENT 'An essential read about a broken housing market.' - PETER APPS,... -
Cannibal Error: Anti-Film Propaganda and the 'Video Nasties' Panic of the 1980s by David Kerekes 9781909394957
RRP: $33.53$21.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909394957Author David KerekesFormat PaperbackPage Count 596Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress -
Calcio: A History of Italian Football by John Foot
RRP: $19.34$12.51The first history of Italian football to be written in English, 'Calcio' is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the... -
Holy Food: How Cults, Communes, and Religious Movements Influenced What We Eat - An American History by Christina Ward 9781934170946
RRP: $41.27$26.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934170946Author Christina WardFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Process MediaPublisher Process Media -
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco by Peter Shapiro
RRP: $16.76$11.04Disco emerged from the fall-out of the Black Power Movement and an almost exclusively gay scene in a blaze of poppers, strobe lights, tight trousers, hysterical diva vocals and synthesized beats in the late sixties. As a genre, disco radically re-defined... -
Theorising Literary Islands: The Island Trope in Contemporary Robinsonade Narratives by Ian Kinane 9781783488070
RRP: $52.89$48.83Theorising Literary Islands is a literary and cultural study of both how and why the trope of the island functions within contemporary popular Robinsonade narratives. It traces the development of Western "islomania" - or our obsession with islands - from... -
The Ku Klux Klan: An American History by Kristofer Allerfeldt 9781803990163
RRP: $32.25$24.43For the past 150 years, the Ku Klux Klan has murdered and tortured its way through US history. By reputation it is one of the most notorious and ultra-violent terrorist groups in the world; even today the Klan occasionally rears its ugly, trademarked,...