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The Companion Species Manifesto: Dogs, People and Significant Otherness by Donna J. Haraway 9780971757585
RRP: £10.95£8.65"The Companion Species Manifesto" is about the implosion of nature and culture in the joint lives of dogs and people, who are bonded in "significant otherness". In all their historical complexity, Donna Haraway tells us, dogs matter. They are not... -
High Windows by Philip Larkin 9780571260140
RRP: £12.99£8.56Larkin's final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms. Many of the poems in the collection, which includes some of his... -
Pharmanomics: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health by Nick Dearden 9781804291450
RRP: £18.99£15.65Big Pharma Puts Profits Over PeopleIn Pharmanomics, investigative journalist Nick Dearden digs down into the way we produce our medicines and finds that Big Pharma is failing us, with catastrophic consequences.Big Pharma is more interested in profit than... -
Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives by Hannah Critchlow
RRP: £22.00£14.96'A lively examination of communal endeavour... important and correct' - Steven Poole, The GuardianAt a time of existential global challenges, we need our best brainpower to solve them.So how do we create genius environments, help our brains flourish and... -
What Makes Civilization?: The Ancient Near East and the Future of the West by David Wengrow
RRP: £14.99£10.95The targeted destruction of ancient sites and monuments in the Middle East provokes widespread outrage in the West. But what is our connection to the ancient Near East? In this updated edition of What Makes Civilization? archaeologist David Wengrow... -
Talking to Children About Race by Loretta Andrews
RRP: £12.99£9.09"It's easier to build strong children than repair broken men and women. This book provides an incredible opportunity for parents and guardians to start important conversations early on." - Guvna B, rapper, author and broadcaster "Books like this are... -
Love, Learning Disabilities and Pockets of Brilliance: How Practitioners Can Make a Difference to the Lives of Children, Families and Adults by Sara Ryan
RRP: £20.99£20.15This is a book written to celebrate the humanity of people, and to share experiences of what brilliant care and support can look like for families with learning disabled or autistic children and adults.Sara Ryan steers clear of jargon and 'doublespeak'... -
Good Afternoon, Gentlemen, the Name's Bill Gardner by Bill Gardner
RRP: £9.99£6.85He arrived to rally the troops, the main man in the Inter City Firm and his greeting passed into football fan history. 'Afternoon, gentlemen, the name's Bill Gardner.' That introduction alone was often enough to provoke sheer terror in his opponents. He... -
A Little Gay History of Wales by Daryl Leeworthy
RRP: £11.99£9.00A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day. Drawing on a rich array of archival sources from across Britain, together with oral testimony and material culture, this pioneering study... -
An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
RRP: £6.99£5.13Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also... -
How to Think Like an Anthropologist by Matthew Engelke 9780691178783
£35.64From an award-winning anthropologist, a lively, accessible, and at times irreverent introduction to the subjectWhat is anthropology? What can it tell us about the world? Why, in short, does it matter? For well over a century, cultural anthropologists... -
The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted during the War for the Union by James M. McPherson
RRP: £15.99£11.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033904Author James M. McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 335gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Defiant Dreams: The Journey of an Afghan Girl Who Risked Everything for Education by Sola Mahfouz 9780857528803
RRP: £16.99£12.28'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing''Stories like this inspire me. Seeing the way people like Sola Mahfouz think about the world reinforces my optimism about the future.' BILL GATESAt age eleven, Sola Mahfouz was told she... -
Propaganda Blitz: How the Corporate Media Distort Reality by David Edwards
RRP: £14.99£9.80Do you trust the liberal media? While the tabloid and right-wing press - the Sun, The Times, the Mail and the Express - are constantly criticised for dangerous bias, outlets like the BBC and the Guardian are trusted by their readers to report in the... -
The Other Side of Sadness (Revised): What the New Science of Bereavement Tells Us About Life After Loss by George Bonanno
RRP: £14.99£11.69The conventional view of grieving--encapsulated by the famous five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance - is defined by a mourning process that we can only hope to accept and endure. In The Other Side of Sadness,... -
Tomorrow's People: The Future of Humanity in Ten Numbers by Paul Morland 9781529045994
RRP: £20.00£17.62'Morland predicts the future of humanity in 10 illuminating statistics (could the Japanese and Italians now go the way of the dodo?) and looks back to how ebbs and flows of population have shaped history' - The Daily Telegraph 'The Best Books for Summer... -
Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism by Janice G Raymond
RRP: £19.95£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925950380Author Janice RaymondFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Spinifex PressPublisher Spinifex PressWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm... -
Diploma Democracy: The Rise of Political Meritocracy by Mark Bovens 9780198790631
£88.32Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western... -
Full Steam Ahead: How the Railways Made Britain by Peter Ginn
RRP: £25.00£17.43The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life - from trade and transportation to health and recreation. Full Steam Ahead reveals how the world we live in... -
What is Islamophobia?: Racism, Social Movements and the State by Narzanin Massoumi 9780745399577
RRP: £16.99£13.35As racist undercurrents in many western societies become manifestly entrenched, the prevalence of Islamophobia - and the need to understand what perpetuates it - has never been greater. Critiquing the arguments found in notionally left accounts and... -
The Combat Soldier: Infantry Tactics and Cohesion in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries by Anthony King 9780198843771
£38.64How do small groups of combat soldiers perform on the battlefield and maintain their cohesion under fire? Why are they willing to fight for each other? These questions have long intrigued social scientists, military historians, and philosophers. Based on... -
Do Something For Nothing by Joshua Coombes 9781911632160
RRP: £16.99£14.52For fans of Humans Of New York and The Pursuit of Happyness.'A big-hearted and world-shaking idea' - Nick Cave 'Turn a common, everyday act into something potentially transformative.' - Michael Sheen'Moving and inspiring' - Johann Hari'Small acts of love... -
Crip Genealogies by Mel Y. Chen
RRP: £23.99£21.24The contributors to Crip Genealogies reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship and activism. They challenge the white, Western, and Northern rights-based... -
Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police, and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks 9781250215789
RRP: £20.00£12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250215789Author Virginia EubanksFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
Forbidden Kinder: The 1932 Mass Trespass Re-visited by Keith Warrender 9780946361489
RRP: £17.95£15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946361489Author Keith WarrenderFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Willow Publishing,TimperleyPublisher Willow Publishing,Timperley -
The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change by David Harvey
RRP: £28.95£25.07In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.About the AuthorDavid Harvey is Professor of Geography at the... -
Key Concepts in Childhood Studies by Allison James
RRP: £34.99£28.71"Arranged alphabetically, core ideas about 'Agency' and 'Development' through to 'Socialisation' and 'Youth' are explained in straightforward language, with a concise introduction to key theoretical debates, as well as up to date references." ... -
Diwali 50 Activity Book: Storytime, Dance-along, Craft, Recipes, Puzzles, Word games, Coloring & More! by Vivek Kumar 9781945792458
£6.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945792458Author Ajanta ChakrabortyFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Bollywood GroovePublisher Bollywood GrooveWeight(grams) 186gDimensions(mm) 279mm *... -
Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences of Coming Out from Across the LGBTQ+ Spectrum by Emma Goswell
RRP: £14.99£14.16'Uplifting and triumphant' JUNO DAWSON'This book is vital' RUSSELL T DAVIES'A brilliant resource' LADY PHYLL'A must-read for anyone grappling with coming out' RIYADH KHALAF'Inspirational' PETER TATCHELL"He told me being gay was nothing to be ashamed of."... -
Neither Settler nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities by Mahmood Mamdani 9780674987326
RRP: £24.95£20.29Shortlisted for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural UnderstandingMaking the radical argument that the nation-state was born of colonialism, this book calls us to rethink political violence and reimagine political community beyond... -
Introducing Media Studies: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar
RRP: £7.99£5.46The media is ubiquitous. Every day we watch hours of TV, listen to the radio, read newspapers and magazines, go to the cinema, sit in front of videos or surf the Web. These information commodities exercise enormous influence and power over all of us... -
The Psychology of Sex by Meg-John Barker
RRP: £12.99£11.94What can psychology teach us about sex?How do different bodies and brains respond sexually?How can we prevent people being stigmatised for their sexuality?The Psychology of Sex takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have... -
Planting Clues: How plants solve crimes by David J. Gibson 9780198868606
RRP: £22.49£15.94Discover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from their use as evidence in the trials of high profile murderers such as Ted Bundy to high value botanical trafficking and poaching. We are all familliar with the role of blood spatters... -
The Loki Variations: The Man, The Myth, The Mischief by Karl Johnson 9781912489688
RRP: £7.50£4.94Loki, ever the shapeshifter, has never been more adaptable across pop culture. Whether it's deep in the stories from Norse mythology, the countless offshoots and intepretations across media, or even the prolific Loki that has come to dominate our screens... -
Technology in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Guide by Kate Anthony
£40.89Over recent years information technology has become an increasingly important part of counselling and psychotherapy. This innovative and broad-ranging text, with contributions from internationally leading figures, provides an up-to-the-minute, precise... -
Celebrity: How Entertainers Took Over The World and Why We Need an Exit Strategy by Marina Hyde
RRP: £15.99£11.61These days, entertainers no longer just entertain: they advocate dubious 'religions', work for the United Nations, get face-time with heads of state and monopolise problems they are infinitely qualified to solve - problems like Africa, the Middle East,... -
Private Censorship by J.P. Messina 9780197581902
RRP: £22.99£19.56Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. In other historical periods, such concerns may have marked reactions to book bans and burnings. Often, they followed prosecutions and subsequent jailtime for things... -
The Ethical Stripper: Sex, Work and Labour Rights in the Night-time Economy by Stacey Clare
RRP: £10.99£7.47'As educational as it is enlightening ... Read this' SARA PASCOE'Passionately argued, meticulously researched and angry as hell ... leads the reader beyond the strip club and on to the battlefield where sex workers fight for their rights' KATE... -
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom by Bell Hooks
RRP: £35.99£31.65In Teaching Critical Thinking, renowned cultural critic and progressive educator bell hooks addresses some of the most compelling issues facing teachers in and out of the classroom today.In a series of short, accessible, and enlightening essays, hooks... -
Bent Coppers by Graeme McLagan
RRP: £10.99£7.40The inside story of a secret unit that has worked under cover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police since the early 1990s.'If you want a book that is genuinely 'unputdownable' read BENT COPPERS' Johnny Vaughan, THE SUN'A very engaging read -...