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Icelandic Folktales & Legends by Jacqueline Simpson
RRP: £17.99£14.39This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked... -
Problem Spaces: How and Why Methodology Matters Celia Lury (Goldsmith's College, University of London) 9781509507948
RRP: £17.99£16.04In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communicate... -
The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First Century Refugee Crisis by Patrick Kingsley 9781631492556
£21.35On the day of his son's fourteenth birthday, Hashem al-Souki lay somewhere in the Mediterranean, crammed in a wooden dinghy. His family was relatively safe-at least for the time being-in Egypt, where they had only just settled after fleeing their... -
Social Pedagogy and Working with Children and Young People: Where Care and Education Meet by Claire Cameron
RRP: £32.99£31.88Social pedagogy is an innovative discipline that supports children's upbringing and overall development by focusing on the child as a whole person. It has been described as where education and care meet or as 'education in its broadest sense'.This book... -
The Sacred Band: Three Hundred Theban Lovers Fighting to Save Greek Freedom by James Romm
RRP: £29.00£18.31From classicist James Romm comes a thrilling deep dive into the last decades of ancient Greek freedom leading up to Alexander the Great's destruction of Thebes-and the saga of the greatest military corps of the age, the Theban Sacred Band, a unit... -
The Negotiator: My life at the heart of the hostage trade by Ben Lopez 9780751547665
£12.73"I'm writing this book under a pseudonym.If I used my real name, I may become a hostage myself. And I don't want that. I've seen what it can do to people."Ben Lopez is a Kidnap-for-Ransom consultant. He spends his days travelling from one crisis zone to... -
The Other Side of Eden by Hugh Brody
RRP: £12.99£8.56Hugh Brody has an international reputation as an anthropologist and documentary film-maker of the Inuit peoples. This book is a marvellous account of hunter-gatherer culture, gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the... -
Schools and Styles of Anthropological Theory Matei Candea 9781138229723
RRP: £35.99£31.69This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology, from the 19th century to the present. It introduces readers to the origins, context and continuing relevance of a fascinating and exciting kaleidoscope... -
Out of the Woods Luke Turner 9781474607162
RRP: £9.99£6.80SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD'This is a book to get lost in . . . A disturbing trauma narrative, it's also a work of delightfully low, pants-dropping comedy, and a learned meditation'... -
At the Very End of the Road by Phillip Edwards 9781849954976
RRP: £16.99£14.10At the very end of the road is a six-bar metal gate. It is chained and padlocked and marks the exact line where the tarmac stops. Beyond that is a track, twelve pasture and hay fields, and an area of saltmarsh, bounded on one side by a river and on the... -
From Fatwa to Jihad: How the World Changed: The Satanic Verses to Charlie Hebdo by Kenan Malik
RRP: £12.99£8.56Almost thirty years ago, the image of burning copies of Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses held aloft by thousand-strong mobs of protesters became an internationally familiar symbol of anger and offence. In From Fatwa to Jihad, Kenan Malik reveals how... -
Black River by Will Dean 9781786077110
RRP: £14.99£11.35'A peerless exercise in suspense.' Financial Times 'Eerie, unnerving and buckets of fun.' Observer Thriller of the Month 'BRILLIANT central character.' Ann Cleeves, author of the Vera Stanhope novels 'Once again, I LOVED it!!!' Marian Keyes,... -
The Social Project: Housing Postwar France by Kenny Cupers
RRP: £27.99£25.14Winner of the 2015 Abbott Lowell Cummings prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum Winner of the 2015 Sprio Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians Winner of the 2016 International Planning History Society Book Prize for... -
The Global Sexual Revolution by Gabriele Kuby 9781621381549
£17.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621381549Author Gabriele KubyFormat PaperbackPage Count 283Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico Press -
Dementia, Culture and Ethnicity: Issues for All by Julia Botsford
RRP: £36.99£35.61With contributions from experienced dementia practitioners and care researchers, this book examines the impact of culture and ethnicity on the experience of dementia and on the provision of support and services, both in general terms and in relation to... -
An Ordinary Wonder by Buki Papillon
RRP: £14.99£8.94'OMG!!! This has to be my best book of the year!... Made me laugh and it made me cry!... So heartbreaking but inspiring at the same time. Loved it!' Goodreads ReviewerA powerful novel about an intersex Nigerian teenager and the courage to be... -
Your Computer Is on Fire by Thomas S Mullaney
RRP: £33.00£25.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539739Author Thomas S. MullaneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Unreached: Growing Churches in Working-class and Deprived Areas by Tim Chester
RRP: £10.99£8.25Think of the thriving evangelical churches in your area. Chances are they will be in the 'nice' areas of town and their leaders will be middle class. Tim Chester once attended a lecture where the speaker showed a map of Sheffield. The council wards... -
A Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays 9781529064506
RRP: £10.99£7.12A parent's deeply moving love letter to a daughter who has always known exactly who she is.'Stunning . . . Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love' - Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatWhen Carolyn Hays's child made... -
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 9781541724709
RRP: £22.00£17.07Science, like most fields, is set up for men to succeed, and is rife with racism, sexism, and shortsightedness as a result. But as Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein makes brilliantly clear, we all have a right to know the night sky. One of the leading... -
Against The Law Peter Wildeblood 9781474612524
RRP: £9.99£6.80'This right which I claim for myself and for all those like me is the right to choose the person whom I love' Peter WildebloodIn March 1954 Peter Wildeblood, a London journalist, was one of five men charged with homosexual acts in the notorious Montagu... -
Sex Work Matters: Exploring Money, Power, and Intimacy in the Sex Industry by Melissa Hope Ditmore 9781848134348
RRP: £23.99£23.80Sex Work Matters brings together sex workers, scholars and activists to present pioneering essays on the economics and sociology of sex work. From insights by sex workers on how they handle money, intimate relationships and daily harassment by the... -
Twice A Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece And Turkey by Bruce Clark 9781862079243
RRP: £10.99£7.32It was a massive, yet little-known landmark in modern history: in 1923, after a long war over the future of the Ottoman world, nearly 2 million citizens of Turkey or Greece were moved across the Aegean, expelled from their homes because they were of the... -
Rural Settlements and Society in Anglo-Saxon England by Helena Hamerow
£48.77In the course of the fifth century, the farms and villas of lowland Britain were replaced by a new, distinctive form of rural settlement: the settlements of the Anglo-Saxons. This volume presents the first major synthesis of the evidence - which has... -
Evaluation in Today’s World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability by Veronica G. Thomas
RRP: £103.00£97.34Recipient of a 2021 Most Promising New Textbook Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Evaluation in Today's World: Respecting Diversity, Improving Quality, and Promoting Usability is a timely and comprehensive textbook that... -
Friday is the New Saturday: How a Four-Day Working Week Will Save the Economy by Doctor Pedro Gomes
RRP: £16.99£12.94Friday is the New Saturday makes a compelling, provocative and timely case for societal change. Drawing on an eclectic range of economic theory, history and data, Dr Pedro Gomes argues that a four-day working week will bring about a powerful economic... -
West African Folk Tales by J.K. Jackson
RRP: £6.99£5.31Tricksters and animals play an important role in West African folklore with stories that entertain but serve a moral purpose. Traditions and local tales revel in the antics of these characters: from Nigeria to Benin, from the cunning spider god Anansi to... -
Girl in the Woods: A Memoir by Aspen Matis 9780062291073
£13.10Girl in the Woods is Aspen Matis's exhilarating true-life adventure of hiking from Mexico to Canada-a coming-of-age story, a survival story, and a triumphant story of overcoming emotional devastation. On her second night of college, Aspen was raped by a... -
Renegade: The Life and Times of Darcus Howe by Robin Bunce
RRP: £12.99£9.09Explore the struggle for racial justice in Britain through the lens of one of Britain's most prominent and controversial Black journalists and campaigners. Born in Trinidad during the dying days of colonialism, Darcus Howe became an uncompromising... -
Mental Health Law in England and Wales: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals by Robert A Brown
RRP: £49.99£40.70Mental Health Law in England and Wales is a comprehensive guide to the Mental Health Act 1983 for any mental health professional - from social workers, psychologists and occupational therapists, to doctors and nurses. The book aims to simplify mental... -
Social Policy Hartley Dean (London School of Economics) 9781509524068
RRP: £15.99£14.41How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And who should take responsibility for providing the support we need? These are some of the fundamental... -
Last Hours of Ancient Sun: Rev by Thom Hartmann
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400051571Author Thom HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 202mm... -
Ma, It's a Cold Aul Night an I'm Lookin for a Bed Martha Long 9781845965822
RRP: £10.99£7.77In this latest instalment of Martha Long's real-life account of abuse, deprivation and cruelty at the hands of her mother's partner and the establishment, Martha is now 16 and her time at the convent school is up. In Ma, It's a Cold Aul Night an I'm... -
The New Poverty by Stephen Armstrong 9781786634634
RRP: £12.99£11.01Today 13 million people are living in poverty in the UK. According to a 2017 report, 1 in 5 children live below the poverty line. The new poor, however, are an even larger group than these official figures suggest. They are more often than not in work,... -
Serial Killers of Mexico: Chilling Stories of Evil Buried Beneath the Narco Drug Wars Wensley Clarkson 9781802791273
RRP: £8.99£6.20A collection of chilling stories of murders from Mexico, one of the world's most prolific hunting grounds for serial killers. 'If I was a serial killer looking for new victims, I'd head over the border to Mexico because life is cheap there and the police... -
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society by Bruno Latour
RRP: £30.95£24.42Science and technology have immense authority and influence in our society, yet their working remains little understood. The conventional perception of science in Western societies has been modified in recent years by the work of philosophers,... -
Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by Barney G. Glaser
RRP: £43.99£38.44Most writing on sociological method has been concerned with how accurate facts can be obtained and how theory can thereby be more rigorously tested. In The Discovery of Grounded Theory, Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss address the equally Important... -
A Brief History Of Vice by Robert Evans
RRP: £11.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147517609Author Robert EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 262g -
Markets in the Making - Rethinking Competition, Goods, and Innovation by Michel Callon
RRP: £28.00£22.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130574Author Michel CallonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 159mm * 38mm -
Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World by Farzana Nayani
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623174491Author Farzana NayaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.