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Space, Place and Gender Doreen Massey (Open University) 9780745612362
RRP: £18.99£16.87This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues. The book is... -
Citizen Strangers: Palestinians and the Birth of Israel's Liberal Settler State by Shira Robinson
RRP: £21.99£19.19Following the 1948 war and the creation of the state of Israel, Palestinian Arabs comprised just fifteen percent of the population but held a much larger portion of its territory. Offered immediate suffrage rights and, in time, citizenship status, they... -
Raising Hell, Living Well: Freedom from Influence in a World Where Everyone Wants Something from You (including me) by Jessica Elefante 9780593500552
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593500552Author Jessica ElefanteFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA Inc -
Rock 'n' Roll Unravelled: From its Roots to Mid-1970s Punk by Derek Shelmerdine 9780993589409
RRP: £24.95£19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993589409Author Derek ShelmerdineFormat HardbackPage Count 704Imprint DCA Rock'n'Roll LtdPublisher DCA Rock'n'Roll Ltd -
Hercules: Bampots and Heroes by Matthew Fitt
RRP: £7.99£6.15Zeus, high-held-yin o the gods and held-bummer o the universe, had a son and he cawed this son Hercules...So begins Matthew Fitt's exciting, hilarious and boisterous retelling of the ancient myth of Hercules and his twelve labours. When the mighty... -
Ten Tomatoes That Changed the World: A History by William Alexander
RRP: £22.00£16.29The tomato gets no respect. Never has. Lost in the dustbin of history for centuries, accused of being vile and poisonous, subjected to being picked hard-green and gassed, even used as a projectile, the poor tomato has become the avatar for our... -
Youth Justice: Local and Global by Nicola Carr 9781529732597
RRP: £33.99£28.01This textbook links theory to policy and practice and takes a comparative, international focus on current issues, making it vital reading for any student of Youth Justice. The authors draw on examples from Belgium, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand... -
The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics by Mark Lilla 9781849049955
RRP: £15.99£14.47For nearly 40 years, Ronald Reagan's vision--small government, lower taxes, and self-reliant individualism--has remained America's dominant political ideology. The Democratic Party has offered no truly convincing competing vision. Instead, American... -
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande 9780805095159
RRP: £32.99£12.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New England Book Award (Nonfiction) 2015 and Books for a Better Life (Wellness) 2015 and Indies Choice Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2015. Commended for L.A. Times... -
Sociology by James Fulcher
RRP: £52.99£51.15The fourth edition of Fulcher and Scott provides an authoritative and theoretically grounded approach to sociology, covering both classic and contemporary research. It provides the context for debate and discussion that enables students to develop their... -
Sources of Chinese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600 by Wm. Theodore De Bary
RRP: £42.00£34.04A collection of seminal primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious traditions of China, Sources of Chinese Tradition, Volume 1 has been widely used and praised for almost forty years as an authoritative resource for scholars and students... -
Sex Bomb by Sadia Azmat
RRP: £18.99£12.48For fans of Everything I Know About Love, Wrong Knickers and The Right Sort of Girl this is the incredibly honest and brilliantly raunchy memoir you don't want to miss.'Honest. Much needed.' FRANK SKINNER'A hilarious, courageous and compelling read that... -
Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World by Anu Taranath 9781771134323
RRP: £13.95£11.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781771134323Author Anu TaranathFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Between the LinesPublisher Between the LinesWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 201mm *... -
Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton 9781250038821
RRP: £21.99£18.40An instant Number One New York Times bestseller, Humans of New York began in the summer of 2010, when photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera,... -
Hanged at Pentonville by Steve Fielding
RRP: £14.99£11.55The history of execution at Pentonville began with the hanging of a Scottish hawker in 1902. Over the next sixty years the names of those who made the short walk to the gallows reads like a who's who of twentieth-century murder. They include the... -
Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion Design by Mellissa Huber 9781588397201
RRP: £35.00£30.80This survey of women-led fashion design centered around the twentieth and twenty-first centuries emphasizes the creative agency and artistic legacy of female creators Exploring the enduring impact of fashions created by and for women, this book traces a... -
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov 9781350262782
RRP: £11.99£11.02Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups... -
The Private Life: Why We Remain in the Dark by Josh Cohen 9781847085306
RRP: £9.99£6.70The war over private life spreads inexorably. Some seek to expose, invade and steal it, others to protect, conceal and withhold it. Either way, the assumption is that privacy is a possession to be won or lost. But what if what we call private life is the... -
Conservation of Easel Paintings by Joyce Hill Stoner 9780367547646
RRP: £68.99£61.92Conservation of Easel Paintings, Second Edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of... -
The Revolt of the Black Athlete: 50th Anniversary Edition by Harry Edwards
RRP: £15.99£14.24The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new... -
Inside Organizations: Exploring Organizational Experiences by David Coghlan
RRP: £31.99£26.36Moving away from the common/traditional focus on studying organizations from a distance, this highly engaging book introduces the idea of studying them from the inside. Inside Organizations: Exploring Organizational Experiences guides placement... -
Cults: Inside the World's Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them by Max Cutler
RRP: £29.99£18.88Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside them? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of cult leaders and the people who join them? Based on the hit podcast Cults, this is essential... -
Feminine In Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz
RRP: £23.00£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626098Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Love, Loyalty and Deceit: Rosemary Firth, a Life in the Shadow of Two Eminent Men by Hugh Firth 9781800739789
RRP: £19.95£16.40How much do we really know about our parents’ lives? What secrets lie in plain sight? This is the true story of hidden love within a small circle of some of the most acclaimed anthropologists of the 20th century. Told by Rosemary and Raymond Firth's... -
Feminism is Queer: The Intimate Connection between Queer and Feminist Theory by Mimi Marinucci 9781350369351
RRP: £18.99£16.25In Feminism is Queer, Mimi Marinucci provides a valuable introduction to the intimately related disciplines of gender and queer theory, and develops the innovative concept of queer feminism, which treats queer theory as being continuous with feminist... -
Parenting a Child with Toileting Issues by Kathryn Fenton
RRP: £10.95£7.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039809Author Kathryn FentonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint CoramBAAFPublisher CoramBAAF -
Developing Positive Self-Images & Discipline in Black Children by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu 9780913543016
RRP: £16.99£12.14The relationship between self-esteem and student achievement is analyzed in this book.About the AuthorJawanza Kunjufu is the author of over 65 books, including Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Good Brothers Looking for Good Sisters, and... -
The Inner Life of the Dying Person by Allan Kellehear 9780231167857
RRP: £32.00£24.76This unique book recounts the experience of facing one's death solely from the dying person's point of view rather than from the perspective of caregivers, survivors, or rescuers. Such unmediated access challenges assumptions about the emotional and... -
The Autonomous City: A History of Urban Squatting by Alexander Vasudevan
RRP: £19.99£19.78The Autonomous City is the first popular history of squatting as practised in Europe and North America. Alex Vasudevan retraces the struggle for housing in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Detroit, Hamburg, London, Madrid, Milan, New York, and Vancouver... -
Meghan Misunderstood by Sean Smith
RRP: £16.99£11.47Meghan Misunderstood is a pioneering book that sets the record straight on the most talked about, unfairly vilified and misrepresented woman in the world. Meghan Markle was eleven when she first advocated for women's rights; a teenager when... -
Into the Universe of Technical Images by Vilem Flusser 9780816670215
RRP: £17.99£15.90Poised between hope and despair for a humanity facing an urgent communication crisis, this work by Vilem Flusser forecasts either the first truly human, infinitely creative society in history or a society of unbearable, oppressive sameness, locked in a... -
George's Run: A Writer's Journey through the Twilight Zone by Henry Chamberlain 9781978834200
RRP: £21.99£20.18George Clayton Johnson was an up-and-coming short story writer who broke into Hollywood in a big way when he co-wrote the screenplay for Ocean's Eleven. More legendary works followed, including Logan's Run and classic scripts for shows like The Twilight... -
Safeguarding and Spirituality : Sex, Power and Control in the Institutional Church by Fiona Gardner
RRP: £19.50£15.74Given their rhetoric on safeguarding, the response of religious organisations to abuse by the clergy - sexual, physical and spiritual - has been inept, thoughtless, mean, and without any sense of urgency. Sex, Power, Control explores the underlying... -
Family Feuds: Wollstonecraft, Burke, and Rousseau on the Transformation of the Family Eileen Hunt Botting 9780791467060
RRP: £25.51£22.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791467060Author Eileen Hunt BottingFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Improving Child and Family Assessments: Turning Research into Practice by Danielle Turney
RRP: £35.00£33.75The quality of the assessment of children in need has a significant impact on outcomes for the children concerned. Good assessment contributes to better outcomes, but poor assessment can have tragic consequences. Understanding what makes a good... -
Prisons, Terrorism and Extremism: Critical Issues in Management, Radicalisation and Reform Andrew Silke (Cranfield University, UK) 9780415810388
RRP: £47.99£41.81This volume provides an overview of intervention and management strategies for dealing with terrorist and extremist offenders in prisons. The management of terrorist and extremist prisoners has long been recognised as a difficult problem in prisons. In... -
Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards by Alka Vaid Menon 9780520386723
RRP: £25.00£19.59Cosmetic surgery was once associated with a one-size-fits-all approach, modifying patients to conform to a single standard of beauty. As this surgery has become more accessible worldwide, changing beauty trends have led to a proliferation of beauty... -
A Concise History Of Catholic, A by Thomas Bokenkotter 9780385516136
RRP: £20.00£13.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385516136Author Thomas BokenkotterFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Making Monsters: The Uncanny Power of Dehumanization by David Livingstone Smith
RRP: £24.95£19.89Shortlisted for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize.A leading scholar explores what it means to dehumanize others-and how and why we do it."I wouldn't have accepted that they were human beings. You would see an infant who's just learning to smile, and it... -
Looking North: Northern England and the National Imagination by David Russell 9780719051784
RRP: £19.99£17.61Investigating areas as diverse as travel literature, fiction, dialect, the stage, radio, and television, feature film, music and sport, this fascinating book assesses the attitudes and portrayal of the North of England within the national culture and how...