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Stonewall by Martin Duberman
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593083987Author Martin DubermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World by Jose van Dijck
RRP: £29.99£22.37Individuals all over the world can use Airbnb to rent an apartment in a foreign city, check Coursera to find a course on statistics, join PatientsLikeMe to exchange information about one's disease, hail a cab using Uber, or read the news through... -
The Clapback: Your Guide to Calling out Racist Stereotypes by Elijah Lawal
RRP: £10.99£5.59Clapback: [Noun / Verb] Responding to a (often ignorant) notion with a withering comeback; with the aim of shutting. it. down.___________In order to have an honest and open conversation about race, we need to identify areas where things are not right... -
In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology by Lucy Moore
RRP: £17.99£12.60***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about... -
People of the Flower Market: A Year at New Covent Garden Flower Market by Simon Lycett 9781916091221
RRP: £16.99£11.94This wonderful photographic record of the last year at the site of the New Covent Garden Flower Market, occupied since the 1960s before it moved to its new, more modern premises, captures the essence and heart of what makes a market: its amazing product... -
Imagine a City: A Pilot Sees the World by Mark Vanhoenacker 9781784743260
RRP: £14.99£13.29**A Financial Times Best Summer Book of 2022**'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTON'A moving account of... -
Sex, Love and Marriage in the Elizabethan Age by R E Pritchard
RRP: £19.99£14.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526754622Author R E PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres by Andreas Bandak 9781478030287
RRP: £23.99£20.84One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930-2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas. His reflections on science, culture, technology, art, and religion have proved foundational to scholars... -
Why Solange Matters by Stephanie Phillips
RRP: £9.99£6.70A ROUGH TRADE, THE TIMES, CLASH BOOK OF THE YEARThe dramatic story of Solange: a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. 'Why Solange Matters is a significant and sober... -
Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment Philippa Snow 9781913462468
RRP: £10.99£7.40A few weeks before he died, Hunter S. Thompson left an answerphone message for Jackass' Johnny Knoxville: "I might be coming to Baton Rouge... and if I do I will call you, because I will be looking to have some fun, which as you know usually means... -
Stick It Up Your Punter!: The Uncut Story Of The Sun Newspaper Peter Chippindale 9780671017828
RRP: £16.99£12.68The SUN is more than a newspaper. It is, in its own words, a phenomenon - the biggest-selling daily paper in the English language, fascinating 12 million readers and making its owner, Rupert Murdoch, a profit of over 1 million a week. The SUN has... -
Data Cartels: The Companies That Control and Monopolize Our Information by Sarah Lamdan
RRP: £20.99£18.60In our digital world, data is power. Information hoarding businesses reign supreme, using intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain influence and control. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated underworld of these "data cartels", demonstrating... -
Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class by Eric Lott 9780195320558
RRP: £28.49£17.61For over two centuries, America has celebrated the very black culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the... -
Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human by Alexander G. Weheliye
RRP: £20.99£18.37Habeas Viscus focuses attention on the centrality of race to notions of the human. Alexander G. Weheliye develops a theory of "racializing assemblages," taking race as a set of sociopolitical processes that discipline humanity into full humans,... -
Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty by Mandy Matney 9780063269217
RRP: £20.00£13.34The highly anticipated inside look at the collapse of the Murdaugh dynasty by the celebrated investigative journalist and creator of the #1 hit Murdaugh Murders Podcast, Mandy Matney.Years before the name Alex Murdaugh was splashed across every major... -
The Dandy: Peacock or Enigma? by Nigel Rodgers 9781903071304
RRP: £25.00£17.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903071304Author Nigel RodgersFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bene Factum Publishing LtdPublisher Bene Factum Publishing Ltd -
The 10 Rules of Successful Nations by Ruchir Sharma
RRP: £9.99£7.11This short primer distils Ruchir Sharma's decades of global analytic experience into ten rules for identifying nations that are poised to take off or crash.A wake-up call to economists who failed to foresee every recent crisis, including the cataclysm of... -
Lived Refuge: Gratitude, Resentment, Resilience by Vinh Nguyen 9780520397262
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In a world increasingly shaped by displacement and migration, refuge is both a... -
The Templar Code For Dummies by Christopher Hodapp
RRP: £13.99£9.60A captivating look into the medieval (and modern day) society of the Knights Templar The Templar Code is more than an intriguing cipher or a mysterious symbol - it's the Code by which the Knights Templar lived and died, the Code that bound them together... -
Brit-Think, Ameri-Think: A Transatlantic Survival Guide, Revised Edition by Jane Walmsley
£9.06Jane Walmsley shares George Bernard Shaw's belief that America and Britain are two nations divided by a common language. In this title she looks beyond this shared facade to see the great gulfs that separate us in such areas as tastes in food, dress,... -
Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields by Harris M. Cooper
RRP: £53.00£44.47To become informed consumers of research, students need to thoughtfully evaluate the research they read rather than accept it without question. This second edition of a classic text gives students what they need to apply critical reasoning when reading... -
The Videogame Industry Does Not Exist: Why We Should Think Beyond Commercial Game Production by Brendan Keogh
RRP: £38.00£28.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545402Author Brendan KeoghFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know (R) by David Bornstein 9780195396331
RRP: £10.99£7.77In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can... -
Working with Domestic Violence and Abuse Across the Lifecourse: Understanding Good Practice by Lorraine Radford
RRP: £25.00£19.63Spanning children's and adult's services, this book explores the nature and impact of domestic abuse and violence (DVA) throughout the lifecourse. It highlights evidence-informed practice and serves as an accessible and invaluable resource for all... -
Global Sociology by Robin Cohen 9781479800766
£34.99"This new edition is an outstanding update of what I believe to be the best textbook for introducing undergraduates to global sociology. With a rich array of new examples, clear definitions of concepts and crisp theoretical summaries, it offers students... -
New Dark Age: Technology and the End of the Future by James Bridle
RRP: £9.99£8.17From the highly acclaimed author of WAYS OF BEING. We live in times of increasing inscrutability. Our news feeds are filled with unverified, unverifiable speculation, much of it automatically generated by anonymous software. As a result, we no longer... -
Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective Philip McMichael (Cornell University, USA) 9781544305363
RRP: £103.00£96.11Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective explains how development thinking and practice have shaped our world. It introduces students to four interconnected projects, and how their dynamics, contradictions and controversies have influenced... -
Democracy Against Capitalism: Renewing Historical Materialism by Ellen Meiksins Wood
£12.30Historian and political thinker Ellen Meiksins Wood argues that theories of "postmodern" fragmentation, "difference", and contingency can barely accommodate the idea of capitalism, let alone subject it to critique. In this book she sets out to renew the... -
Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods by Torben Bjarke Ballin
£25.46A system for the hierarchical Classification of Lithic Artefacts from the British Late Glacial and Holocene Periods is offered in this book. It is hoped that it may find use as a guide book for archaeology students, museum staff, non-specialist... -
Rethinking Diabetes: Entanglements with Trauma, Poverty, and HIV by Emily Mendenhall
RRP: £27.99£24.14In Rethinking Diabetes, Emily Mendenhall investigates how global and local factors transform how diabetes is perceived, experienced, and embodied from place to place. Mendenhall argues that the link between sugar and diabetes overshadows the ways in... -
Make Break Remix: The Rise of K-Style by Fiona Bae
RRP: £20.00£13.75A bold, stylish look at the global rise of Korean culture and style in the words and images of those shaping and living it. K-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the last decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this... -
Intersectionality for Social Workers: A Practical Introduction to Theory and Practice Claudia Bernard 9781138607217
RRP: £34.99£30.85This book explores how intersectionality theory can be applied to social work practice with children and families, older people and mental health service users, and used to engage with diversity and difference in social work education and research. With... -
A-Z of Transitions by Divya Jindal-Snape
£21.30Looking for a comprehensive one-stop resource on transitions across the life course? Then look no further. This concise reference book unpacks the far-reaching topic of transitions, delivered in an accessible A-Z format that allows the reader quick... -
Our Isles: Poems celebrating the art of rural trades and traditions by Angus D. Birditt
RRP: £12.99£8.48From baker, beekeeper and birdwatcher to falconer, farrier and forager, join poet Angus and printmaker Lilly as they explore the British Isles, uncovering and celebrating our crafts and traditions. This collection of... -
AQA A-level Sociology Student Guide 2: Topics in Sociology (Families and households and Beliefs in society) Joan Garrod 9781510472037
£12.69Reinforce understanding of the two most popular options for A-level Paper 2: Topics in Sociology, including Families and Households, and Beliefs in Society.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions... -
Qualitative Organizational Research: Core Methods and Current Challenges by Dr. Gillian Symon 9780857024114
RRP: £61.99£50.98This comprehensive text brings together in one volume both consideration of the core methods available for undertaking qualitative data collection and analysis, and discussion of common challenges faced by all researchers in conducting qualitative... -
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet 9781324074519
RRP: £14.99£12.00Nominally Christian churches glorify materialism, a gluttony of the soul, while others celebrate an ecstatic indulgence in hate, citing Scripture whilst preparing for civil war. Lonely men gather to rage against women. There, too, in the undertow, the... -
St.George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges 9780316367899
£12.35Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.AwardsWinner of Caldecott Medal 1985 and... -
Gutenberg's Europe: The Book and the Invention of Western Modernity by Frederic Barbier 9780745672588
RRP: £18.99£16.87Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication what we call the media. In this book, historian Frederic Barbier provides an important new economic, political and social analysis of... -
Achieving Positive Outcomes for Children in Care by R. J. Cameron 9781847874498
RRP: £44.99£36.59For over a decade and with the best of intentions, the U.K. government has spent millions attempting, but largely failing, to improve personal, social and educational outcomes for children and young people in public care. In this book, the authors...