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Biracial Britain: What It Means To Be Mixed Race Remi Adekoya 9781472133458
RRP: $24.50$16.96*The Times 100 best books to read for summer 2021*'Barack Obama had a special talent for making different kinds of people feel comfortable around him because of his biracial life experience, says Adekoya. By the same token, Adekoya himself seems poised... -
Strangers to Ourselves by Julia Kristeva
RRP: $36.12$28.12This book is concerned with the notion of the "stranger" -the foreigner, outsider, or alien in a country and society not their own- as well as the notion of strangeness within the self -a person's deep sense of being, as distinct from outside appearance... -
The Book of Legendary Lands Umberto Eco 9780857052964
RRP: $38.70$25.54In the tradition of his books On Beauty and On Ugliness and The Infinity of Lists, Umberto Eco presents an enthralling illustrated tour of the fabled places that have awed and eluded us through the ages."Eco is one of the most influential thinkers of our... -
Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf: State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE by Courtney Freer 9780755644896
$31.10Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalism and tribal identity is often overlooked. This book analyses the political role of tribes in Kuwait, Qatar... -
Button Power: 125 Years of Saying It with Buttons Christen Carter 9781616898700
RRP: $24.50$18.07From the campaign trail to the rock tour, Button Power collects a people's history of American culture told through the pin-back button. Lively commentary from two of America's foremost button experts shows how the small but powerful button reveals the... -
Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman by Nicole Loraux 9780674902268
RRP: $36.06$28.57In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet and exemplary existence as wife and mother. Her glory was to have no glory. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own... -
Sebastiao Salgado. Exodus by TASCHEN 9783836561303
RRP: $103.20$75.62It has been almost a generation since Sebastiao Salgado first published Exodus but the story it tells, of fraught human movement around the globe, has changed little in 16 years. The push and pull factors may shift, the nexus of conflict relocates from... -
Critique of Black Reason by Achille Mbembe
RRP: $27.08$23.70In Critique of Black Reason eminent critic Achille Mbembe offers a capacious genealogy of the category of Blackness-from the Atlantic slave trade to the present-to critically reevaluate history, racism, and the future of humanity. Mbembe teases out the... -
Musicology: The Key Concepts by Kenneth Gloag 9780415679688
RRP: $36.11$31.32Now in an updated 2nd edition, Musicology: The Key Concepts is a handy A-Z reference guide to the terms and concepts associated with contemporary musicology. Drawing on critical theory with a focus on new musicology, this updated edition contains over 35... -
The Power of Cute by Simon May 9780691181813
RRP: $20.63$16.65An exploration of cuteness and its immense hold on us, from emojis and fluffy puppies to its more uncanny, subversive expressionsCuteness has taken the planet by storm. Global sensations Hello Kitty and Pokemon, the works of artists Takashi Murakami and... -
Freemasonry: A Very Short Introduction by Andreas Onnerfors
RRP: $11.60$8.32Freemasonry is one of the oldest and most widespread voluntary organisations in the world. Over the course of three centuries men (and women) have organized themselves socially and voluntarily under its name. With a strong sense of liberation, moral... -
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas M. Teich
RRP: $23.21$18.55Written by a social worker, popular educator, and member of the transgender community, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and its unique experiences of discrimination... -
Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny by Hill Harper
RRP: $23.22$14.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award.Book InformationISBN 9781592402496Author Hill HarperFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 1: Search, Discovery and Clearance of the Antechamber by Howard Carter
RRP: $30.95$27.01The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian King Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in... -
Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11 by Tom McMillan 9781493009343
RRP: $16.76$12.40The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 have earned their rightful place among the pantheon of American heroes. Flight 93 provides a riveting narrative based on interviews, oral histories, transcripts, recordings, personal tours... -
New Daughters of Africa: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF WRITING BY WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT by Margaret Busby 9781912408740
RRP: $19.34$13.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912408740Author Margaret BusbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Myriad EditionsPublisher Myriad Editions -
The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology: Bioarchaeology of Mortuary Behaviour by Christopher J. Knüsel 9781032114361
RRP: $56.75$50.88The Routledge Handbook of Archaeothanatology spans the gap between archaeology and biological anthropology, the field and laboratory, and between francophone and anglophone funerary archaeological approaches to the remains of the dead and the... -
Ethnic Groups in Conflict, Updated Edition With a New Preface by Donald L. Horowitz
RRP: $41.28$33.23Drawing material from dozens of divided societies, Donald L. Horowitz constructs his theory of ethnic conflict, relating ethnic affiliations to kinship and intergroup relations to the fear of domination. A groundbreaking work when it was published in... -
Mastering Fashion styling by Jo Dingemanns 9780333770924
$44.16Fashion is a very popular subject among young people. Any course with fashion as a prefix attracts lots of students. Despite this, many prospective students and people have little idea what jobs in the fashion industry entail.Fashion Styling is one of... -
Anti-intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
RRP: $21.92$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Award 1963 and Pulitzer Prize 1964 and Sidney Hillman Prize 1963.Book InformationISBN 9780394703176Author Richard... -
In the Shadow of the Gods: The Emperor in World History by Dominic Lieven 9780735222199
RRP: $51.60$32.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735222199Author Dominic LievenFormat HardbackPage Count 528Imprint VikingPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 799gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 160mm * 43mm -
Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour by Maria Mies
$20.42'It is my thesis that this general production of life, or subsistence production - mainly performed through the non-wage labour of women and other non-wage labourers as slaves, contract workers and peasants in the colonies - constitutes the perennial... -
House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door by Melanie Backe-Hansen
RRP: $25.80$19.92In House Histories, Britain's leading house historian uncovers the hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary houses across the country. The wide range of houses, from workers' cottages to aristocratic mansions, offers a unique insight into... -
Scottish Myths and Legends by Judy Hamilton
RRP: $5.81$4.98"Scottish Myths and Legends" is an entertaining taste of the feast of stories that Scotland has to offer. Fairy folk, witches, giants, monsters, tales of heroic princes, magic and miraculous feats - all are the stuff of the myths and legends of Scotland... -
Death By Landscape Elvia Wilk 9781593767150
RRP: $20.63$14.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593767150Author Elvia WilkFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press -
The Great Acceleration: An Environmental History of the Anthropocene Since 1945 by Professor J. R. McNeill
RRP: $27.03$21.78The Earth has entered a new age-the Anthropocene-in which humans are the most powerful influence on global ecology. Since the mid-twentieth century, the accelerating pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the... -
Studying Organizations Using Critical Realism: A Practical Guide by Paul K. Edwards 9780199665532
$71.66The development of Critical Realism (CR), as a philosophy of science, is generally attributed to a series of books by Roy Bhaskar. It has proven to be influential, not least because it has an affinity with many people's views about the way the world fits... -
Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide by Henry Jenkins
RRP: $28.37$24.76Winner of the 2007 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Katherine Singer Kovacs Book Award 2007 Choice Outstanding Academic Title A classic study on the dynamic between an individual and different media channels Convergence Culture maps a new... -
Beyond Nature and Culture by Philippe Descola 9780226212364
RRP: $39.99$34.48Successor to Claude Levi-Strausa at the College de France, Philippe Descola has become one of the most important anthropologists working today, and Beyond Nature and Culture has been a major influence in European intellectual life since its publication... -
The Templars and the Ark of the Covenant: The Discovery of the Treasure of Solomon by Graham Phillips
RRP: $18.05$16.27According to legend the Ark of the Covenant was an ornate golden chest that was both a means of communicating with God and a terrible weapon used against the enemies of the ancient Israelites. In order to use it the high priest had to wear a breastplate... -
It’s Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies by Jessica Wilson
RRP: $19.34$11.39'There simply is no better literary voice for this moment in history than Jessica Wilson.'Sonya Renee Taylor, New York Times bestselling author of The Body is Not an ApologyWe will rewrite the narrative of Blackness that centres and celebrates our joy... -
Ducktails, Drive-ins, and Broken Hearts: An Unsweetened Look at '50s Music by Hank Davis 9781438492681
RRP: $28.20$21.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438492681Author Hank DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)... -
Intersectionality: Origins, Contestations, Horizons by Anna Carastathis 9781496212481
RRP: $30.95$26.88A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleIntersectionality intervenes in the field of intersectionality studies: the integrative examination of the effects of racial, gendered, and class power on people's lives. While "intersectionality" tends to... -
Doing Conversation, Discourse and Document Analysis by Tim Rapley
RRP: $46.43$38.07Introducing the theory and practice of conversation, discourse and document analysis, this book proves how useful these methods are in addressing key questions in the social sciences. A true masterclass on practical issues such as generating an archive,... -
The Monster Theory Reader by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
RRP: $36.11$32.43A collection of scholarship on monsters and their meaning-across genres, disciplines, methodologies, and time-from foundational texts to the most recent contributions Zombies and vampires, banshees and basilisks, demons and wendigos, goblins, gorgons,... -
A Passion for Birth: My Life: Anthropology, Family and Feminism by Sheila Kitzinger
RRP: $25.80$19.92Sheila Kitzinger, passionate campaigner for women's and babies' rights, childbirth educator and author, describes the experiences that have shaped her since childhood and the enormous changes that have taken place over the last 50 years on the subject of... -
Filthy Rich: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein - The Billionaire's Sex Scandal by James Patterson 9781455542680
RRP: $12.89$8.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455542680Author James PattersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint FaithWordsPublisher Time Warner Trade PublishingWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)... -
Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology Nancy Scheper-Hughes (University of California, Berkeley) 9780631223498
RRP: $47.67$42.45From Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil" to Joseph Conrad's "fascination of the abomination," humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. Edited by two of anthropology's most passionate voices on this subject, Violence in War and... -
Grounded Theory for Qualitative Research: A Practical Guide by Cathy Urquhart 9781526476685
RRP: $49.01$40.22Straightforward and accessible, this pragmatic guide takes you step-by-step through doing grounded theory research. With hands-on advice focussed around designing real projects, it demonstrates best practice for integrating theory building and methods. ... -
The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarised World by Raghuram Rajan
RRP: $16.76$10.94SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 From one of the most important economic thinkers of our time, a brilliant and far-seeing analysis of the current populist backlash against...