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Silures: Resistance, Resilience, Revival by Ray Howell 9780750998642
RRP: $23.21$17.60Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction by Matt Rowland Hill 9781529113174
RRP: $14.18$10.02An extraordinarily brave memoir about faith, family, shame and addiction - an Observer, New Statesman and Sunday Times Book of the Year'Brilliant... lively, engaging and extremely well written - scrupulously, painfully honest... sharply funny' PANDORA... -
Conspiracies of World War II: Devious Plots, Sinisters Saboteurs and Extraordinary Enigmas by Alexander Macdonald 9781398828834
RRP: $12.89$9.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398828834Author Alexander MacdonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Three Letter Plague: A Young Man's Journey Through a Great Epidemic by Jonny Steinberg
RRP: $21.92$15.84At the end of a steep gravel road in one of the remotest corners of South Africa's Eastern Cape lies the village of Ithanga. Home to a few hundred villagers, the majority of them unemployed, it is inconceivably poor. It is to here that award-winning... -
Illustration, Narrative and The Suffragette: An Illustrative Enquiry by Mireille Fauchon 9781350297524
$31.10Through an investigation of the Holloway prison writings of the suffragette Katie Gliddon, Mireille Fauchon explores illustration as a social research tool and creates within this book a model of practice-based enquiry. Illustrative methods and... -
The World Before Us: How Science is Revealing a New Story of Our Human Origins by Tom Higham
RRP: $14.18$10.02'The who, what, where, when and how of human evolution, from one of the world's experts on the dating of prehistoric fossils' Steve Brusatte, author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 'Fascinating and entertaining. If you read one book on human... -
Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood by Paddy Ladd
RRP: $38.64$32.52This book presents a 'Traveller's Guide' to Deaf Culture, starting from the premise that Deaf cultures have an important contribution to make to other academic disciplines, and human lives in general. Within and outside Deaf communities, there is a need... -
Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide by Filippo Coarelli
RRP: $41.28$32.46This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated... -
Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions by Cass R. Sunstein 9780195305104
RRP: $33.53$23.94Cass Sunstein and Martha Nussbaum bring together an all-star cast of contributors to explore the legal and political issues that underlie the campaign for animal rights and the opposition to it. Addressing ethical questions about ownership, protection... -
Toxic Heritage: Legacies, Futures, and Environmental Injustice by Elizabeth Kryder-Reid 9781032429977
RRP: $47.72$42.48Toxic Heritage addresses the heritage value of contamination and toxic sites and provides the first in-depth examination of toxic heritage as a global issue.Bringing together case studies, visual essays, and substantive chapters written by leading... -
An Intimate History Of Humanity by Theodore Zeldin
RRP: $16.76$11.73'The book that changed my life... a constant companion' Bill Bailey'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily TelegraphThis extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at... -
Why Public Space Matters by Setha Low
RRP: $27.08$23.66Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental... -
This Thread of Gold: A Celebration of Black Womanhood by Catherine Joy White
RRP: $25.80$15.03Weaving together narratives that celebrate the triumph of Black female resistance, Catherine Joy White takes us on a unique journey through the eyes of positive and inspiring disruptors. Throughout history, acts of defiance have taken place in secret, in... -
We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements by Lynn M. Stephen
RRP: $30.95$26.88A massive uprising against the Mexican state of Oaxaca began with the emergence of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) in June 2006. A coalition of more than 300 organizations, APPO disrupted the functions of Oaxaca's government for six... -
Abolition Revolution by Aviah Sarah Day
RRP: $19.34$12.64**Winner of the Bread and Roses Prize 2024** **Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2023** George Floyd's murder in Minneapolis triggered abolitionist shockwaves. Calls to defund the police found receptive ears around the world. Shortly... -
Qualitative Media Analysis by David L. Altheide 9781452230054
RRP: $43.85$38.82In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult media documents of various types. Authors David L. Altheide and Christopher J. Schneider show readers how to obtain, categorize, and analyze these different... -
The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality by Celine Bessiere
RRP: $43.80$35.36Two leading social scientists examine the gender wealth gap in countries with officially egalitarian property law, showing how legal professionals-wittingly and unwittingly-help rich families and men maintain their privilege.In many countries, property... -
Catching Melanie's Killer by Julie McKay
RRP: $11.60$7.77*Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023* *Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers' Association Awards 2023* The... -
North of South: An African Journey by Shiva Naipaul
RRP: $15.47$10.87In the 1970s Shiva Naipaul travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. Through his experiences, the places he visited and his various encounters, he aimed to discover what 'liberation', 'revolution' and 'socialism' meant... -
Working with Distressed Young People by Bob Harris 9781844452057
RRP: $41.27$34.00Anyone working in the caring professions and education who wishes to understand the causes of difficult, disturbing and dangerous behaviour in young people and to find out how to change it, will find this book useful. It shows how distress and... -
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie
RRP: $19.34$13.16A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARBringing valuable lessons from the cutting edge of communication science, Conflicted does for our verbal communication what Thinking Fast and Slow did for our inner decision-making. 'One of my favourite writers . . ... -
English Humour for Beginners by George Mikes
RRP: $14.18$10.02'To write a book is hard; to write a funny book is harder; to write a funny book both wise and funny is the prerogative of Mr. Mikes' The Times_________________________If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour.So... -
Photography: A Critical Introduction by Liz Wells
RRP: $51.59$46.52Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it... -
The Hip Hop Wars: What We Talk About When We Talk About Hip Hop--and Why It Matters by Tricia Rose
$20.79Hip-hop is in crisis. For the past dozen years, the most commercially successful hip-hop has become increasingly saturated with caricatures of black gangstas, thugs, pimps, and 'hos. The controversy surrounding hip-hop is worth attending to and examining... -
Some Wear Leather, Some Wear Lace: The Worldwide Compendium of Postpunk and Goth in the 1980s by Andi Harriman
RRP: $56.70$52.80It was a scene that had many names: some original members referred to themselves as punks, others, new romantics, new wavers, the bats or the morbids. 'Goth' did not gain lexical currency until the late 1980s. But no matter what term was used, 'postpunk'... -
Sluts: The truth about slutshaming and what we can do to fight it by Beth Ashley 9780241675236
RRP: $19.34$14.13From award-winning journalist Beth Ashley comes a groundbreaking investigation into the history of slutshaming, how it continues to affect us today and what we can do to fight it.Whore. Hoe. Jezebel. Harlot. Slut. Five words. One meaning.But what exactly... -
Social Work and Human Development by Janet Walker 9781526468796
$34.92Social work engages with people across the life course, and social workers are expected to work with groups of people at very different stages of their life. Developing a thorough understanding of human growth to encompass the whole of the life course is... -
Gender Swapped Fairy Tales by Karrie Fransman
RRP: $25.80$19.57Discover a collection of fairy tales unlike the ones you've read before . . . Once upon a time, in the middle of winter, a King sat at a window and sewed. As he sewed and gazed out onto the landscape, he pricked his finger with the needle, and three... -
365 Gays of the Year (Plus 1 for a Leap Year): Discover LGBTQ+ history one day at a time by Lewis Laney
RRP: $21.92$14.69*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AWARDS 2023*'A fascinating, whistle-stop tour of LGBTQIA+ icons and allies from across the globe and throughout history... This will be a great LGBTQIA+ reference book for years to come.' Peter... -
A Gift of Hope by Danielle Steel
RRP: $12.89$9.17THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERIn her powerful memoir His Bright Light, Danielle Steel opened her heart to share the devastating story of the loss of her beloved son. In A Gift of Hope, she shows us how she transformed that pain into a campaign of... -
Eating for England: The Delights and Eccentricities of the British at Table by Nigel Slater
RRP: $14.18$9.35Written in a style similar to that of Nigel Slater's multi-award-winning food memoir 'Toast', this is a celebration of the glory, humour, eccentricities and embarrassments that are the British at Table. The British have a relationship with... -
The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods by Julia Brannen
RRP: $45.15$38.34The SAGE Handbook of Social Research Methods is a must for every social-science researcher. It charts the new and evolving terrain of social research methodology, covering qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in one volume. The Handbook includes... -
The Pet Shop Boys and the Political: Queerness, Culture, Identity and Society by Dr Bodie A. Ashton 9781350331563
RRP: $28.37$26.56The Pet Shop Boys came of age at a time of deep socio-political tension. From the rise of sexual politics and awareness to Thatcherite neoliberalism and the Cold War, this book explores the cultural and political impact of the band and offers a... -
Questions of Anthropology by Charles Stafford 9781845207489
RRP: $38.69$34.37Anthropology today seems to shy away from the big, comparative questions that ordinary people in many societies find compelling. Questions of Anthropology brings these issues back to the centre of anthropological concerns.Individual essays explore birth,... -
Coercive Control by Charlotte Barlow 9781032228006
RRP: $25.79$22.82This book offers a critical appreciation of the nature and impact of coercive control in interpersonal relationships. It examines what this concept means, who is impacted by the behaviours it captures, and how academics, policymakers, and policy... -
In Her Footsteps by Lonely Planet
RRP: $23.21$17.22Discover the lives and locations of trailblazing women who changed the course of history as you journey to the heart of women's activism, history and creativity through the ages. From the temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt and Empress Dowager Cixi's... -
Biocultural Creatures: Toward a New Theory of the Human by Samantha Frost
RRP: $25.79$22.63In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging the idea of human exceptionalism as well as other theories of... -
John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside by Henry Bell
RRP: $21.92$14.89'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of... -
Privilege by Guinevere Glasfurd 9781529342925
RRP: $12.89$8.77'Tightly plotted and hugely readable' Jane Rogers, author of PROMISED LANDS'Marvellous . . . fans of immersive historical fiction, the 18th century, all things French and a dash of peril, this one's for you' Emily Brand, author of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE... -
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley Milgram
RRP: $12.89$9.17Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a...