Social Science

Born since the mid-1990s, Generation Z is the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and it is the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them?...

"I find myself talking to you about all the great joys, all the agonies, all my thoughts..." Letter to Eva Konikova, 1946 Out of the thousands of letters Tove Jansson wrote a cache remains that she addressed to her family, her dearest confidantes, and...

Some people facing violence and persecution flee. Others stay. How do households in danger decide who should go, where to relocate, and whether to keep moving? What are the conditions in countries of origin, transit, and reception that shape people's...

Maike Mullenders was just twenty-one when police broke the devastating news her father had taken his own life. Not only that, but he also left behind a handwritten confession suggesting that he had been 'physically inappropriate with my daughter'. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670093687Author Peggy MohanFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint PenguinPublisher Penguin Random House IndiaDimensions(mm) 220mm * 140mm * 30mm

Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M. Sapolsky here presents the human animal in all its quirkiness and diversity.In these remarkable essays, Sapolsky once again deploys his compassion and insights into...

I once believed that we only had to put in place the conditions for equality for the remnants of old-fashioned sexism in our culture to wither away. I am ready to admit that I was wrong.'Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism,...

In the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, it was widely assumed that society ought to foster the breeding of those who possessed favorable traits and discourage the breeding of those who did not. Controlled human breeding, or "eugenics" as...

As the most advanced frontier construction of its time, and as definitive evidence of the Romans' time in Scotland, the Antonine Wall is an invaluable and fascinating part of this country's varied and violent history. For a generation, from about AD 140...

For many years we've listened to and learned about the unforgettable events in history. All very remarkable, yet all very male - where on earth were the women?!In this book, you will meet some of the most fascinating females in herstory, all of whom have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932551597Author D J ShortFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Quick American a division of Quick Trading Co ,U.S.Publisher Quick American a division of...

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. When No Logo was first...

Tracing its beginnings as an underground society which sprang up in Sicily, to the Mob which went on to run organised crime throughout Italy and America, The Mafia: The First 100 Years tells the gripping story of the most mythical and misunderstood...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060924652Author Russ RymerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Packed with practical advice and research quick tips, this book is the perfect companion to your health research project. It not only explains the theory of qualitative health research so you can interpret the studies of others, but also showcases how to...

This book explores the global impact of the Syrian conflict, and the roles of Russia, Iran and the US in its wake. It looks closely at origins of political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by analysing the growing influence of...

Julien Benda's classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The "treason of the intellectuals" is a phrase that evokes much but is inherently ambiguous. The book bearing this title is well known but little understood. This edition is introduced by...

Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869) is one of the most celebrated works of social criticism ever written. It has become an inescapable reference-point for all subsequent discussion of the relations between politics and culture, and it has...

The Viking Conquest of England in 1016 - a far tougher and more brutal campaign than the Norman Conquest exactly half a century later - saw two great warriors, the Danish prince Cnut and his equally ruthless English opponent King Edmund Ironside, fight...

On the night of the 2000 presidential election, Americans watched on television as polling results divided the nation's map into red and blue states. Since then the color divide has become symbolic of a culture war that thrives on...

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out'Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780960229475Author J. A. RogersFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Helga M. RogersPublisher Helga M. Rogers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905674398Author John WyverFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Wallflower PressPublisher Wallflower PressWeight(grams) 446gDimensions(mm) 230mm * 159mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Book InformationISBN 9780452264014Author August WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books...

Western society has become estranged from the borders and social boundaries that have for centuries given meaning to human experience. This book argues that the controversy surrounding mass migration and physical borders runs in parallel and is closely...

Drawing on Foucauldian theory and 'social harm' paradigms, Naughton offers a radical redefinition of miscarriages of justice from a critical perspective. This book uncovers the limits of the entire criminal justice process and challenges the dominant...

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Northern Africa is dominated by the Sahara Desert, stretching across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea. This book is about the people who lived around the edges of the Desert and the different ways in which they responded to its...

A Metro book of the year Interweaving the social, political, and personal, in 1947 Elisabeth Asbrink chronicles the year that 'now' began. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes...

Hate crime is a particularly pernicious form of criminal behaviour that has significant impacts upon victims, their families and wider communities. In this substantially revised and updated edition the book examines the nature, extent and harms of hate...

Plenty of books offer useful advice on how to get better at making quick-thinking, intuitive choices. But what about more consequential decisions, the ones that affect our lives for years, or centuries, to come? Our most powerful stories revolve around...

An ambitious study of the ways opera has sought to ensure its popularity by keeping pace with changes in media technology. From the early days of television broadcasts to today’s live streams, opera houses have embraced technology as a way to reach new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996421812Author William E. JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint We Heard You Like BooksPublisher We Heard You Like Books

A comprehensive history and typology of the European knightly sword from c.1050 to c.1550, that draws on evidence from literature and art as well as from archaeology. The resplendent image of the medieval knight is symbolised by his sword, a lethal...

From Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of I Choose Elena, comes an immersive polyphonic memoir exploring the intricacies of abuse, trauma, and shame. Through the voices of women, trans and non-binary people around the world and her own deeply moving...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952559891Author Neil MortonFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint PrimastaPublisher PrimastaWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Siblings and all the lateral relationships that follow from them are clearly important and their interaction is widely observed, particularly in creative literature. Yet in the social, psychological and political sciences, there is no theoretical...

Combining frontline investigation with startling new data, Tristram Stuart's Waste shows how the way we live now has created a global food crisis - and what we can do to fix it. With shortages, volatile prices and nearly one billion people hungry, the...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 ORWELL PRIZE'Eye-opening, extraordinary insights into ordinary lives' Financial Times 'Superb' Literary ReviewThe remarkable story of a unique series of studies that have touched the lives of almost everyone in Britain todayIn ...

A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma. Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of...