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Unlikely Friendships: Dogs: 37 Stories of Canine Compassion and Courage by Jennifer S. Holland 9780761187288
RRP: £10.99£8.29A new book from the New York Times bestselling series. Enhanced with beautiful full-color photographs, these true stories of camaraderie, affection, and remarkable bravery are from the author of the New York Times bestsellers Unlikely Friendships,... -
Expedition Britannic: Diving Titanic's Sister Ship by Rick Ayrton 9781909455412
RRP: £25.00£17.62What does it take to dive Titanic's sister ship? This huge vessel from a bygone golden age of ocean travel lies at over 100 metres (330') below the surface. It is not a dive for the faint-hearted. Requiring meticulous planning, precise execution and good... -
Of Blood and Sweat: Black Lives and the Making of White Power and Wealth by Clyde W. Ford
RRP: £12.99£8.48"Ford's overlap of past and present, narrative and commentary is masterful, and makes this volume all the more valuable to those readers wise enough to allow the past to inform the future. Of Blood and Sweat is a myth-busting work of genius that will... -
All That Is Solid: How the Great Housing Disaster Defines Our Times, and What We Can Do About It by Danny Dorling
RRP: £15.99£11.61In All That is Solid Danny Dorling offers an agenda-shaping look at the UK's dangerous relationship with housing - and how it's all going to come crashing downHousing was at the heart of the financial collapse, and our economy is now precariously reliant... -
Witness to Roswell, 75th Anniversary Edition: Unmasking the Government's Biggest Cover-up by Thomas J. Carey
RRP: £17.99£14.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637480038Author Thomas J. CareyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/WeiserWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770 by Emily Cockayne
RRP: £12.99£11.46A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay Modern city-dwellers suffer their share of unpleasant experiences-traffic jams, noisy neighbors,... -
The Unfinished Politics of Race: Histories of Political Participation, Migration, and Multiculturalism by Les Back 9781009261357
RRP: £26.99£22.80The Unfinished Politics of Race argues that the past few decades have seen important transformations in the politics of race. Contending that existing accounts have focused narrowly on the mainstream political sphere, this study argues that there is a... -
Women's Experiences in the Holocaust: In Their Own Words by Agnes Grunwald-Spier
RRP: £12.99£8.48This book brings to light women's experiences in the Holocaust. It explains why women's difficulties were different to those of men. Men were taken away and the women were left to cope with children and elderly relatives and obliged to take on new roles... -
Person-Centred Therapy in Focus by Paul Wilkins
RRP: £41.99£34.36Person-Centred Therapy in Focus provides a much-needed exploration of the criticisms levelled against one of the most widespread forms of therapeutic practice. Characterized by its critics as theoretically `light', culturally biased and limited in... -
Man and Nature: Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. Marsh 9781513136226
RRP: £11.99£8.00After being appointed the United States Minister Resident to the Ottoman Empire in 1849, George P. Marsh had the opportunity to travel the world and visit the sites of ancient civilizations. Troubled by what he saw, Marsh came to the conclusion that... -
Adventures in Stationery: A Journey Through Your Pencil Case by James Ward
RRP: £10.99£7.77We are surrounded by stationery: half-chewed Cristal Bics and bent paper clips, rubber bands to fiddle with or ping, blunt pencils, rubbers and Tipp-ex are integral parts of our everyday environment. So much so that we never think about where they come... -
The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality by Celine Bessiere
RRP: £33.95£27.41Two 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... -
Hanged at Birmingham by Steve Fielding 9780752452609
RRP: £14.99£11.55For decades the high walls of Birmingham's Winson Green Gaol have contained some of the country's most infamous criminals. Until hanging was abolished in the 1960s it was also the main centre of execution for convicted killers from all parts of the... -
East of Acre Lane by Alex Wheatle
RRP: £9.99£6.64'Alex Wheatle writes from a place of honesty and passion' Steve McQueen, director of Small Axe East of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing from... -
Crowds and Power by Professor Elias Canetti 9780374518202
RRP: £28.00£16.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374518202Author Professor Elias CanettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux... -
The Influence of Islam on Medieval Europe by Prof. W. Montgomery Watt
RRP: £28.99£23.38In this admirable book Montgomery Watt traces the influence of Islam in medieval Europe, looking in detail at commerce, science and technology, philosophy, and the development of European self-awareness.ReviewsProfessor Watt's book is a fascinating and... -
Control: Mkultra, Chemtrails and the Conspiracy to Suppress the Masses by Nick Redfern
RRP: £21.99£20.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578596386Author Nick RedfernFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink Press -
Life Unseen: A Story of Blindness by Selina Mills 9781848856905
RRP: £20.00£15.32Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why is blindness so frightening? In this fascinating... -
Henry VIII's Imprisoned Women: The Women of the Tower by Neha Roy
RRP: £22.00£17.62The year is 1534. Henry VIII sits on the throne of England. He has set aside his first wife, Queen Katharine of Aragon, and has married a second time. The marriage to Anne Boleyn brings a new wave of Reformation in England dividing the people and even... -
Does My Butt Look Big in This: A Body Positivity Manifesto Felicity Hayward 9781529417333
RRP: £16.99£9.58'I wish I had this book growing up' - Emma Lucy Knowles, author of The Power of Crystal Healing'A must-read for all!" - Louise Boyce, mamastillgotit'An honest, inspiring and helpful guide' - Nana Acheampong, styledbynana*******Part manifesto, part guide... -
Social infrastructure and left behind places by John Tomaney 9781032710044
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book explores the making, unmaking and remaking of social infrastructure in 'left-behind places'. Such places, typically once flourishing industrial communities that have been excluded from recent economic growth, now attract academic and policy... -
Breaking Night by Liz Murray
RRP: £9.99£7.11____________________________________Liz Murray never really had a chance in life. Born to a drug-addicted father who was in and out of prison, and an equally dependent mother who was in and out of mental institutions, she seemed destined to become just... -
Social Acceleration: A New Theory of Modernity by Hartmut Rosa 9780231148351
RRP: £28.00£22.20Hartmut Rosa advances an account of the temporal structure of society from the perspective of critical theory. He identifies three categories of change in the tempo of modern social life: technological acceleration, evident in transportation,... -
On Being Unreasonable: Breaking the Rules and Making Things Better by Kirsty Sedgman
RRP: £16.99£11.27We're living in an age of division. From abortion rights to immigration, gun control to climate change, civil debate has gone out the window. Manners, order, and respect are being eroded. Why can't we all be reasonable? The trouble is, what's... -
Racism: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Rattansi 9780198834793
RRP: £8.99£6.45There is often a demand for a short, sharp definition of racism, for example as captured in the popular formula Power + Prejudice= Racism. But in reality, racism is a complex, multidimensional phenomenon that cannot be captured by such definitions. In... -
W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America by The W.E.B. Du Bois Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 9781616897062
RRP: £21.99£15.60"As visually arresting as it is informative."-The Boston Globe "Du Bois's bold colors and geometric shapes were decades ahead of modernist graphic design in America."-Fast Company's Co.Design W.E.B. Du Bois's Data Portraits is the first complete... -
Writings on Irish Folklore, Legend and Myth by W. B. Yeats
RRP: £12.99£9.80This collection brings together all of W. B. Yeats's published prose writings on Irish folklore, legend and myth, with pieces on subjects including ghosts, kidnappers, fairies, ancient tribes, precious stones and Gaelic love songs. Through his researches... -
Men and Masculinities: Key Themes and New Directions by Stephen Whitehead 9780745624679
£19.04Men and Masculinities is one of the most comprehensive texts ever published on the sociology of masculinity. Wide-ranging and accessible, it considers all the key themes, concepts and writings informing this increasingly important area of study. Starting... -
Come of Age: The Case for Elderhood in a Time of Trouble Stephen Jenkinson 9781623172091
RRP: £17.99£12.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623172091Author Stephen JenkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Lancashire Folk Tales by David England 9780752489933
RRP: £12.99£9.62These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poet Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer, psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around... -
Hold On to Your Dreams: Arthur Russell and the Downtown Music Scene, 1973-1992 by Tim Lawrence 9780822344858
RRP: £22.99£20.41Hold On to Your Dreams is the first biography of the musician and composer Arthur Russell, one of the most important but least known contributors to New York's downtown music scene during the 1970s and 1980s. With the exception of a few dance recordings,... -
Speaking Data and Telling Stories: Data Verbalization for Researchers by Martin Glynn 9781138486843
RRP: £37.99£33.38Speaking Data and Telling Stories examines the interdependent relationship between method (Data Verbalization) and practice (performance). Data Verbalization is about communicating and disseminating research data using performance approaches and... -
The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest To Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind by Michio Kaku
RRP: £10.99£7.77Michio Kaku, the international bestselling author of Physics of the Impossible, gives us a stunning and provocative vision of the future of the mindRecording memories, mind reading, videotaping our dreams, mind control, avatars, and telekinesis - no... -
Transpersonal Research Methods for the Social Sciences: Honoring Human Experience by William Braud 9780761910138
RRP: £103.00£90.01Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Viking Age Archaeology by Richard A. Hall 9780747800637
RRP: £8.99£7.40Viking raids, and the subsequent Scandinavian settlements in the ninth and tenth centuries, had a major effect on many parts of Britain and Ireland. These impacts can best be seen in a wide variety of archaeological discoveries, primarily from... -
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker
RRP: £7.99£5.79'It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker 'The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so... -
The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz 9780465093557
£28.20In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award... -
The Price Of Humanity: How Philanthropy Went Wrong - And How to Fix It by Amy Schiller 9781685890223
RRP: £26.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890223Author Amy SchillerFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
A World of Many Worlds by Marisol de la Cadena 9781478002956
RRP: £20.99£18.37A World of Many Worlds is a search into the possibilities that may emerge from conversations between indigenous collectives and the study of science's philosophical production. The contributors explore how divergent knowledges and practices make worlds... -
Pilgrimage: A Very Short Introduction by Ian Reader
RRP: £8.99£6.84Pilgrimage is found in most religious cultures, with large numbers of sites - from globally renowned places to regional shrines - flourishing historically and in the modern day. Pilgrimage centres around the world, including Mecca in Saudi Arabia,...