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The Nature of Money by Geoffrey Ingham 9780745609973
RRP: $23.21$22.50In this important new book, Geoffrey Ingham draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relation' of money. Genuinely multidisciplinary approach, based on a thorough knowledge of theories of money in the... -
Fighting for Faith and Nation: Dialogues with Sikh Militants by Cynthia Keppley Mahmood
RRP: $36.11$34.40The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listening to the voices of people who experience political violence-either as victims or as perpetrators-gives new... -
The Little Book of Christmas: A Celebration of the Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Orange Hippo!
RRP: $9.02$6.45Christmas is the favourite time of the year for many of us, with present exchanges, food & drink and socialising with friends & family at the top of the agenda. But what are the true origins and meaning of this seemingly inexhaustible celebration?... -
Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue by Sam Harris
RRP: $21.87$15.58"A civil but honest dialogue...As illuminating as it is fascinating."-Ayaan Hirsi AliIs Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem to be drawn to extremism? And what do words like jihadism and fundamentalism... -
Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime by Alex Espinoza 9781944700829
RRP: $21.93$15.07"Espinoza's book stands out as a beacon for future queer writers, thinkers, and activists. Reading these accounts, I felt myself drawn into a past both wonderful and strange, a world I hope we will continue to celebrate and preserve." -Garrard Conley ... -
Policing Critical Incidents: Leadership and Critical Incident Management John G.D. Grieve 9781843922797
RRP: $61.91$53.93The aim of this book is to examine the qualities of leadership and decision-making in the police service. Based on groundbreaking research using unique, advanced methods for examining policing in complex critical incident environments, the book focuses... -
Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies by Robin Cohen 9780367659844
RRP: $59.33$51.77The word 'diaspora' has leapt from its previously confined use - mainly concerned with the dispersion of Jews, Greeks, Armenians and Africans away from their natal homelands - to cover the cases of many other ethnic groups, nationalities and religions... -
A Little Book of Alcohol: Activities to Explore Alcohol Issues with Young People by Vanessa Rogers
RRP: $19.34$18.95For young people, alcohol can be easy to access, but how do they know how much is safe to drink? What if they don't want to drink but all their friends do? Do they know what the effects of drinking alcohol are? This hands-on resource will help young... -
Pigs for the Freezer: A Guide to Small-Scale Production by Linda McDonald-Brown
RRP: $25.74$21.16Small-scale pig keeping is expanding, not only in the countryside but also in urban areas. However, at the outset the prospect of owning pigs can be frightening for the uninitiated. Pigs for the Freezer is aimed at the small-scale producer in a... -
Approaches to Social Enquiry: Advancing Knowledge Norman Blaikie (RMIT University Melbourne and Universiti Sains, Malaysia) 9780745634494
RRP: $32.24$28.13Since its initial publication, this highly respected book has provided students with a much needed critical review of the major research paradigms in the social sciences and the logics or strategies of enquiry associated with them. Approaches to Social... -
The Anthropology of Time: Cultural Constructions of Temporal Maps and Images Alfred Gell 9780854968909
RRP: $49.01$43.06Time - relentless, ever-present but intangible and the single element over which human beings have no absolute control - has long proved a puzzle. The author examines the phenomenon of time and asks such fascinating questions as how time impinges on... -
Surviving The Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies by Scott Branson
RRP: $24.50$17.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629639710Author Scott BransonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
Is Racism an Environmental Threat? Ghassan Hage 9780745692272
RRP: $19.34$17.52The ecological crisis is the most overwhelming to have ever faced humanity and its consequences permeate every domain of life. This trenchant book examines its relation to Islamophobia as the dominant form of racism today, showing how both share roots in... -
Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition by Yi-Lin Chiang
RRP: $28.38$22.39How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive... -
Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway 9780807073315
RRP: $24.50$16.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807073315Author Terry GallowayFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 238gDimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm *... -
The Matilda Effect by Fiona Crawford 9780522878004
RRP: $16.13$12.07The Matilda Effect is the exciting, inspiring, sometimes infuriating and always colourful story of the Australian women's football (soccer) team, the Matildas, and their ultimately successful struggle, alongside other women from around the world, to... -
Making One's Way in the World: The Footprints and Trackways of Prehistoric People by Martin Bell
RRP: $64.50$60.10The book draws on the evidence of landscape archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies, ethnohistory and animal tracking to address the neglected topic of how we identify and interpret past patterns of movement in the landscape. It challenges the pessimism... -
A Man's Place: Masculinity and the Middle-Class Home in Victorian England by John Tosh 9780300123623
RRP: $21.92$21.49Domesticity is generally treated as an aspect of women's history. In this fascinating study of the nineteenth-century middle class, John Tosh shows how profoundly men's lives were conditioned by the Victorian ideal and how they negotiated its many... -
Metal Sewing-Thimbles Found in Britain by Brian Read 9781784919450
$32.84This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these metals combined with iron or steel, and found in Britain: also included is a seemingly rare gold specimen... -
All the Black Girls are Activists: A Fourth Wave Womanist Pursuit of Dreams as Radical Resistance by EbonyJanice Moore 9781955905466
RRP: $20.63$14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955905466Author EbonyJanice MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Row House PublishingPublisher Row House Publishing -
Russia 2010: And What it Means for the World : the Cera Report by Daniel Yergin
RRP: $21.93$16.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679759225Author Daniel YerginFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 207mm *... -
The Prison Cookbook by Peter Higginbotham 9780752454238
RRP: $25.80$19.92This copiously illustrated book takes the lid off the real story of prison food. Including the full text of an original prison cookery manual compiled at Parkhurst Prison in 1902, it examines the history of prison catering from the Middle Ages (when... -
African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design by Ron Eglash
RRP: $49.02$43.43Fractals are characterized by the repetition of similar patterns at ever-diminishing scales. Fractal geometry has emerged as one of the most exciting frontiers on the border between mathematics and information technology and can be seen in many of the... -
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf 9780141018980
RRP: $10.31$7.47Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Maggots, Murder, and Men by Zakaria Erzinclioglu 9780312311322
RRP: $25.79$16.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312311322Author Zakaria ErzincliogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's Press -
A Day in May: Real Lives, True Stories by Charlie Bird 9781785370762
RRP: $28.37$24.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785370762Author Charlie BirdFormat HardbackPage Count 258Imprint Merrion PressPublisher Merrion Press -
The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault by Angela Carter
RRP: $14.18$10.87In eighteenth century France, Charles Perrault rescued from the oral tradition fairy tales that are known and loved even today by virtually all children in the West. Angela Carter came across Perrault's work and set out to adapt the stories for modern... -
The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth: Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapiens by G. Richard Scott 9781316626481
RRP: $54.17$46.81All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has... -
Lost White Tribes: Journeys Among the Forgotten by Riccardo Orizio 9780099289463
RRP: $20.63$14.98Over three hundred years ago the first European colonialists set foot in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean to found permanent outposts of the great empires. This epic migration continued until after World War II when these tropical outposts became... -
Protecting My Peace: Embracing Inner Beauty and Ancestral Power (African American Home Remedies, Gift for Young Professional Women) by Elizabeth Leiba
RRP: $21.92$15.05Ancestral Self-Care Practices for Black WomenFrom navigating hostile work environments and healing from trauma to exploring African American home remedies and promoting holistic well-being, Protecting My Peace is a comprehensive guide for black women... -
Born to Use Mics: Reading Nas's Illmatic by Michael Dyson 9780465002115
RRP: $18.05$15.62At the age of nineteen, Nasir Nas" Jones began recording tracks for his debut album,and changed the music world forever. Released in 1994, Illmatic was hailed as an instant masterpiece and has proven one of the most influential albums in hip-hop... -
Legendary Ireland: Myths and Legends of Ireland by Eithne Massey 9781847179272
RRP: $20.63$15.96This beautiful book visits twenty-eight richly atmospheric sites and tells the mythological stories associated with them. Woven into these landscapes are tales of love and betrayal, greed and courage, passion and revenge, featuring the famous... -
Surviving an Urban Disaster: Quick-Start Survival Guide by Richard Duarte
RRP: $20.58$12.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937660406Author Richard DuarteFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Urban Survival Tech, Inc.Publisher Urban Survival Tech, Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Work of the Gods in Tikopia: Second Edition Raymond Firth 9780367716660
RRP: $51.59$45.23First published in 1939 and long out of print, this book remains unique as the only full and detailed account by a social anthropologist of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This new single-volume edition omits some of the Tikopia vernacular... -
When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America Kevin F. Adler 9781623178840
RRP: $23.21$15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623178840Author Kevin F. AdlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Understanding Heritage and Memory by Tim Benton
RRP: $32.24$23.62Written by an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this authoritative text explores the emotive issues surrounding the commemoration of war and atrocity, and the profound challenges for conservators posed by 'virtual', 'intangible' and 'multicultural'... -
Sahih Muslim (Volume 3): With the Full Commentary by Imam Nawawi by Adil Salahi 9780860377283
RRP: $23.21$19.70Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature. Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is... -
Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge by Michael Suk-Young Chwe
RRP: $28.38$22.39Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals... -
Jacked: The unauthorized behind-the-scenes story of Grand Theft Auto by David Kushner
RRP: $16.76$11.82The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar Games. Jacked is the incredible story behind the phenomenon that changed video games for ever - Grand Theft Auto. Powerful... -
Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture by Greg Tate 9780767914970
RRP: $23.21$17.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914970Author Greg TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...