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The Freedom of Speech: Talk and Slavery in the Anglo-Caribbean World by Miles Ogborn
RRP: £31.00£30.19The institution of slavery has always depended on myriad ways of enforcing the boundaries between slaveholders and the enslaved. As historical geographer Miles Ogborn reveals in The Freedom of Speech, no repressive tool has been as pervasive as the... -
The Matthew Effect: How Advantage Begets Further Advantage by Daniel Rigney 9780231149488
RRP: £28.00£21.80The old saying does often seem to hold true: the rich get richer while the poor get poorer, creating a widening gap between those who have more and those who have less. The sociologist Robert K. Merton called this phenomenon the Matthew effect, named... -
The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex by Manon Garcia 9780674279131
RRP: £23.95£17.31"From the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, 'consent' is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool... -
Bali: Sekala & Niskala: Essays on Religion, Ritual, and Art Fred B. Eiseman 9780804840989
RRP: £19.99£13.35"The best book on Bali for the serious visitor...Has the freshness of personal experience."-Dr. Hildred Geertz, author of Kinship in Bali and Professor of Anthropology at Princeton UniversityIn Bali, what you see-sekala-is a colorful world of ceremony,... -
The Conscious Communicator: The Fine Art of Not Saying Stupid Sh*t by Janet M Stovall 9781955985581
£17.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955985581Author Janet M StovallFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Publish Your PurposePublisher Publish Your PurposeWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Criminology, Crime and Justice in Ireland: An Introduction by James Windle
RRP: £33.99£30.00This book offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to criminology in Ireland. Logically structured and clearly written, this book explores theory and empirical research through real-life examples from an Irish context. Engaging and... -
The Sanskrit Language: An Introductory Grammar and Reader Revised Edition by Walter Maurer
RRP: £72.99£63.89Now available in paperback, this grammar offers a completely new approach to the study of Sanskrit, aimed at students with no previous specialist knowledge of the categories of grammar. It is a stimulating and infectious approach, designed to cultivate... -
South Asian Women in the Diaspora Nirmal Puwar 9781859736029
RRP: £35.99£31.69South Asian women have frequently been conceptualized in colonial, academic and postcolonial studies, but their very categorization is deeply problematic. This book, informed by theory and enriched by in-depth fieldwork, overturns these unhelpful... -
Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire by Jack Halberstam
RRP: £20.99£18.10In Wild Things Jack Halberstam offers an alternative history of sexuality by tracing the ways in which wildness has been associated with queerness and queer bodies throughout the twentieth century. Halberstam theorizes the wild as an unbounded and... -
The Penguin Gladwell: Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
RRP: £40.00£29.39Malcom Gladwell's bestselling books have engaged, entertained and inspired millions of readers, transforming the way they see the world and covering a wide range of modern day issues, from success to relationships and the complexities of our minds. This... -
Documentary Research in the Social Sciences by Malcolm Tight
RRP: £38.99£31.87From diaries and letters to surveys and interview transcripts, documents are a cornerstone of social science research. This book guides you through the documentary research process, from choosing the best research design, through data collection and... -
Archaeology, Economy, and Society: England from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century by David A. Hinton
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book examines the contribution of archaeology to the study of the social, economic, religious, and other developments in England from the end of the Roman period at the start of the fifth century to the beginnings of the Renaissance at the end of... -
£pread: The Best of the Magazine that Illuminated the Sex Industry and Started a Media Revolution by Rachel Aimee
RRP: £17.99£16.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558618725Author Rachel AimeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City... -
The Dawning of the Apocalypse: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century by Gerald Horne
RRP: £18.99£15.65August 2019 saw numerous commemorations of the year 1619, when what was said to be the first arrival of enslaved Africans occurred in North America. Yet in the 1520s, the Spanish, from their imperial perch in Santo Domingo, had already brought enslaved... -
Burgundy: The Global Story of Terroir by Marion Demossier 9781789206272
RRP: £19.95£16.40Drawing on more than twenty years of fieldwork, this book explores the professional, social, and cultural world of Burgundy wines, the role of terroir, and its transnational deployment in China, Japan, South Korea, and New Zealand. It demystifies the... -
Fairies: The Myths, Legends, & Lore by Skye Alexander 9781440573057
RRP: £13.99£8.77An enchanting treasury of fairy lore!Around the corner, behind the bushes, and just out of sight...fairies have spent hundreds of years weaving their way in and out of our homes and gardens to spread their magic. Featuring folklore, mythology, and poetry... -
How to Make a Treadle-Operated Wood-Turning Lathe by Bob Ingham 9780946688166
RRP: £7.95£7.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946688166Author Bob InghamFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint ITDG PublishingPublisher ITDG PublishingWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 252mm * 175mm * 4mm -
Loud and Proud: Passion and Politics in the English Defence League by Hilary Pilkington 9781784992590
RRP: £19.99£18.80Loud and proud is an ethnographic study of grassroots activists in the English Defence League (EDL). Setting the findings within contemporary debates on race and racism, Islamophobia, social movements and the far right, the author draws on interviews,... -
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen 9780316202305
RRP: £23.99£14.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316202305Author Annie JacobsenFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 210mm... -
Born to Buy: A Groundbreaking Expose of a Marketing Culture That Makes Children "Believe They Are What They Own." (USA Today) by Juliet B. Schor 9780684870564
RRP: £17.00£11.25Ads targeted at kids are virtually everywhere - in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at Girl Scout meetings, slumber parties, and the playground. Product placement and other innovations have introduced more subtle advertising to movies and... -
Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference David Harvey (The Johns Hopkins University) 9781557866813
RRP: £39.95£35.44This book engages with the politics of social and environmental justice, and seeks new ways to think about the future of urbanization in the twenty-first century. It establishes foundational concepts for understanding how space, time, place and nature -... -
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case
RRP: £22.00£17.03A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom... -
From Berlin to England and Back by Peter Prager
RRP: £14.95£11.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034209Author Peter PragerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Preserving What Is Valued: Museums, Conservation, and First Nations by Miriam Clavir
RRP: £29.99£26.50Preserving What Is Valued explores the concept of preserving heritage. It presents the conservation profession's code of ethics and discusses four significant contexts embedded in museum conservation practice: science, professionalization, museum... -
Signs, Symbols and Ciphers: Decoding the Message by Georges Jean
RRP: £7.95£5.58How does a sign represent something other than itself? How do we understand the meaning of a written symbol? Can clothes be a sign? Can sounds? Signs and symbols represent ideas and objects and, over time, these marks and gestures have multiplied into... -
Rebel Music: Race, Empire, and the New Muslim Youth Culture by Hisham Aidi 9780307279972
RRP: £21.00£15.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279972Author Hisham AidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 357gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Man's Guest for God: Studies in Prayer & Symbolism by Abraham Joshua Heschel 9780943358482
RRP: £17.99£12.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780943358482Author Abraham Joshua HeschelFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Aurora PressPublisher Aurora PressWeight(grams) 282g -
Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction by Alan Aldridge
RRP: £18.99£16.87In the new edition of this widely praised text, Alan Aldridge examines the complex realities of religious belief, practice and institutions. Religion is a powerful and controversial force in the contemporary world, even in supposedly secular societies... -
National 4 & 5 Modern Studies: World Powers and International Issues, Second Edition Frank Cooney 9781510429161
£23.02Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: Modern StudiesFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: Summer 2018This second edition comprehensively covers the changes made to the course content and prepares students to cope with the increased emphasis on... -
African Art As Philosophy: Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude by Souleymane Bachir Diagne 9781635423211
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635423211Author Souleymane Bachir DiagneFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC -
Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution Laurie Penny 9781408857694
RRP: £9.99£7.11Shortlisted for The Green Carnation Prize 2014 'This is not a fairytale. This is a story about how sex and money and power police our dreams.' Clear-eyed, witty and irreverent, Laurie Penny is as ruthless in her dissection of modern feminism and... -
Berkshire Folk Tales by David England 9780752467450
RRP: £9.99£7.55This collection, inspired by the folklore of the Royal County, contains a plethora of tales robustly retold for a contemporary audience. The exploits of well-known figures such as Herne the Hunter and Dick Turpin feature alongside many of the county's... -
Athena to Barbie: Bodies, Archetypes, and Women's Search for Self by J Lenore Wright
RRP: £21.99£21.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506480473Author J. Lenore WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 204Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g -
The New Fundraisers: Who organises charitable giving in contemporary society? Beth Breeze 9781447325024
RRP: £27.99£21.57This is the first empirically-grounded and theorised account of the identity, characteristics and motivation of fundraisers in the UK. Based on original data collected during a 3-year study of over 1,200 fundraisers, the book argues that it is not... -
Understanding Social Work Practice in Mental Health by Victoria Coppock 9781412935050
RRP: £38.99£31.87'An excellent introduction to the main themes of social work and mental health. It provides a comprehensive summary of contemporary debates and perspectives around mental health practice. I would recommend this to all social work students.' - Philip... -
The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and Urgent Need for Radical Change by Noam Chomsky
RRP: £12.99£8.63In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare... -
The Needs of the Dying by David Kessler
RRP: £15.99£10.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061137594Author David KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
A Playful Production Process: For Game Designers (and Everyone) by Richard Lemarchand
RRP: £43.00£32.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262045513Author Richard LemarchandFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Introduction to Film Studies by Jill Nelmes
RRP: £42.99£40.05Introduction to Film Studies is a comprehensive textbook for students of cinema. This completely revised and updated fifth edition guides students through the key issues and concepts in film studies, traces the historical development of film and... -
Why Did They Kill?: Cambodia in the Shadow of Genocide by Alexander Laban Hinton 9780520241794
RRP: £30.00£27.39Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it,...