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A Ritual Geology: Gold and Subterranean Knowledge in Savanna West Africa by Robyn d'Avignon
RRP: £21.99£19.19Set against the ongoing corporate enclosure of West Africa's goldfields, A Ritual Geology tells the untold history of one of the world's oldest indigenous gold mining industries: Francophone West Africa's orpaillage. Establishing African miners as... -
Viruses: A Natural History by Dr. Marilyn J. Roossinck 9780691237596
RRP: £30.00£20.49A comprehensive and richly illustrated introduction to the world of virusesAs parasites that are often hundreds of times smaller than bacteria, viruses exist in and on everything, everywhere. Rapidly evolving, they are highly opportunistic and... -
Arts, Culture and Community Development by Rosie Meade
RRP: £26.99£20.84How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities? Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community... -
My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself by Rian Malan
RRP: £12.99£9.09WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand... -
Slave Species of the Gods: The Secret History of the Anunnaki and Their Mission on Earth by Michael Tellinger
RRP: £21.00£15.98* Reveals compelling new archaeological and genetic evidence for the engineered origins of the human species, first proposed by Zecharia Sitchin in The 12th Planet * Shows how the Anunnaki created us using pieces of their own DNA, controlling our... -
Cows Pigs Wars And Witches by Marvin Harris
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679724681Author Marvin HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
Salmon Wars: The Dark Underbelly of Our Favorite Fish by Catherine Collins
RRP: £23.99£15.77A decade ago, farmed Atlantic salmon replaced tuna as the most popular fish on North America's dinner tables. We are told salmon is healthy and environmentally friendly. The reality is disturbingly different. In Salmon Wars, investigative journalists... -
The Complete Fundraising Handbook by Nina Botting Herbst 9781784820459
RRP: £42.00£37.64If you are a fundraiser or someone who needs to raise money for your organisation or scheme, you cannot be without this book. Never out of print since it was published in 1992, the book has more than earned its place on your fundraising department's... -
Quantitative Social Science Data with R: An Introduction by Brian J Fogarty
RRP: £38.99£31.98Relevant, engaging, and packed with student-focused learning features, this book provides the basic step-by-step introduction to quantitative research and data every student needs. Gradually introducing applied statistics and the language and... -
The Land of the White Horse: Visions of England by David Miles
RRP: £24.95£16.75The White Horse at Uffington is an icon of the English landscape - a sleek, almost abstract figure 120 yards long which was carved into the green turf of the spectacular chalk scarp of the North Wessex Downs in the early first millennium bc. For... -
Right to Die?: Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide and End-of-Life Care by John Wyatt
RRP: £9.99£7.11The case for assisted suicide can seem so compelling. Surely it can't be wrong to help desperate people to kill themselves? Don't we have a right to take our own lives in certain circumstances? There are no trite or easy answers. John Wyatt helps us... -
The Future of Planning: Beyond Growth Dependence by Dr. Yvonne Rydin 9781447308409
RRP: £23.99£18.66For the past half-century, the planning system has operated on the basis of a growth-dependence paradigm. It has been based on market-led urban development and has sought to provide community benefits from a share of development profits. However, we do... -
Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions by Eve Livingston
RRP: £9.99£6.80With the world changing at breakneck speed and workers at the whim of apps, bad bosses and zero-hours contracts, why should we care about unions? Aren't they just for white-haired, middle-aged miners anyway? The government constantly attacks unions,... -
The Mesolithic in Britain: Landscape and Society in Times of Change by Chantal Conneller
RRP: £35.99£32.09The Mesolithic in Britain proposes a new division of the Mesolithic period into four parts, each with its distinct character.The Mesolithic has previously been seen as timeless, where little changed over thousands of years. This new synthesis draws on... -
Ireland's Trees by Niall Mac Coitir
RRP: £11.99£11.61Niall Mac Coitir brings to life the myths, legends and folklore associated with native Irish trees, much of which persists to this day. Two main themes emerge: the tree as a marker of important places such as royal sites or holy wells, and the role of... -
The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden 9780099506171
RRP: £10.99£7.77'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today' Mishal HusainAn award-winning microhistory that examines the death of David Oluwale and institutionalised police racism in Britain.When, in May 1969,... -
The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden
RRP: £25.00£19.99A provocative and timely case for how the science of genetics can help create a more just and equal societyIn recent years, scientists like Kathryn Paige Harden have shown that DNA makes us different, in our personalities and in our health-and in ways... -
The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization by Daniel K. Richter 9780807843949
RRP: £46.95£45.29Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League--the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras--to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America. He... -
The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion by J.G. Frazer
RRP: £22.00£13.36Published originally in two volumes in 1890, this extraordinary study of primitive myth and magic, collected from sources around the world, led Frazer to identify parallel patterns of ritual, symbols and belief across many centuries and many different... -
Still Standing: The Ti Kais of Dominica by Adom Philogene-Heron
RRP: £21.50£15.04Still Standing is a celebration of the vanishing vernacular architecture of Dominica. These small wooden homes, ingeniously crafted and carefully adapted to their environment, have survived hurricanes and earthquakes; in contrast to many modern concrete... -
Doing Optimality Theory: Applying Theory to Data by John J. McCarthy 9781405151368
RRP: £39.95£35.04Doing Optimality Theory brings together examples and practical, detailed advice for undergraduates and graduate students working in linguistics. Given that the basic premises of Optimality Theory are markedly different from other linguistic theories,... -
When Surface Was Depth by Michael Bracewell 9780306811302
£16.01He's the only person to whom The Velvet Underground ever played as an audience of one, the first British writer to talk to Patti Smith after her seventeen-year hiatus from rock. One reviewer hailed his previous book England is Mine as "surely the... -
Women in the War by Lucy Fisher 9780008456115
RRP: £20.00£18.02'An important contribution to our recent history' ANDREW MARR 'Absorbing and important' JOAN BAKEWELL 'One of my favourite reads of 2021' GARETH RUSSELL ... -
Burton Dassett Southend, Warwickshire: A Medieval Market Village by Nicholas Palmer 9781032430010
RRP: £35.99£31.69Southend, one of five medieval settlements in Burton Dassett parish, Warwickshire, was the site of a market promoted by the manorial lord Bartholomew de Sudeley, with a charter being obtained in 1267. The settlement prospered, becoming known as Chipping... -
The Conversation: Shortlisted for the FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award 2021 by Robert Livingston 9780241502860
RRP: £14.99£10.95SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021 FT BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021Racial divisions play out as starkly in the workplace as they do in wider society. What can YOU do to eradicate the bias and create a more diverse, inclusive and... -
The Dragon: Fear and Power by Martin Arnold
RRP: £30.00£21.95Dragons are a global phenomenon, one that has troubled mankind for thousands of years. From the fire-breathing beasts of North European myth and legend to the Book of Revelation's Great Red Dragon of Hell, from those supernatural agencies of imperial... -
Sensational: A New Story of our Senses by Ashley Ward
RRP: £20.00£13.10'A future classic of popular science' Mail on Sunday Why do women have a better sense of smell than men? Has the iPhone changed how we touch? Does the Danube really look blue when you're in love? Our senses are at the heart of how we navigate... -
Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms by Floyd E. Toole
RRP: £59.99£50.70Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and Rooms, Third Edition explains the physical and perceptual processes that are involved in sound reproduction and demonstrates how to use the processes to create high-quality... -
Anti-Racism in Higher Education: An Action Guide for Change by Arun Verma
RRP: £19.99£15.76How is your institution enabling Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff and students to thrive? Is your institution effectively tackling racism? Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the higher education sector has started making bold... -
The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World by Michael Luca
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542272Author Michael LucaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care by Joan C. Tronto
RRP: £43.99£38.44In Moral Boundaries Joan C. Tronto provides one of the most original responses to the controversial questions surrounding women and caring. Tronto demonstrates that feminist thinkers have failed to realise the political context which has shaped their... -
Hanged at Liverpool by Steve Fielding
RRP: £14.99£11.55Over the years the high walls of Liverpool's Walton Gaol have contained some of the most infamous criminals from the north of England. Taking over from the fearsome Kirkdale House of Correction as the main centre of execution for Liverpool and other... -
Garcia: A Signpost To New Space by Charles Reich 9780306812538
£13.66Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) is an American icon. The guitarist and de facto leader of the Grateful Dead was a gregarious talker, keenly engaged with the new world exploding around him. In 1972, Garcia was visited by Charles Reich, a Yale law professor, and... -
Skills in Solution Focused Brief Counselling and Psychotherapy by Paul Hanton
RRP: £37.99£31.08In recent years solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) has emerged as the therapy of choice for many health and social care professionals. Its simplicity and brevity means it is effective, economical and adaptable across many settings, and it also has a... -
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis by Daniel Lavelle 9781472279125
RRP: £12.99£8.60***Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Raw and... -
Notes From Underground by Stephen Duncombe
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621064848Author Stephen DuncombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Microcosm PublishingPublisher Microcosm Publishing -
Migrants and City-Making: Dispossession, Displacement, and Urban Regeneration by Ayse Caglar
RRP: £21.99£19.19In Migrants and City-Making Ayse Caglar and Nina Glick Schiller trace the participation of migrants in the unequal networks of power that connect their lives to regional, national, and global institutions. Grounding their work in comparative... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
RRP: £7.99£5.79Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Revolution At Point Zero (2nd. Edition): Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle by Silvia Federici
RRP: £16.99£10.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629637976Author Silvia FedericiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Talking to My Mum: A Picture Workbook for Workers, Mothers and Children Affected by Domestic Abuse by Ravi K. Thiara
RRP: £29.99£29.09Talking to My Mum is an activity pack for five-eight-year-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences.Based on the authors' work with families who have...