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White Thinking: How Racial Bias Is Constructed and How to Move Beyond It by Lilian Thuram
RRP: £18.99£13.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800313446Author Lilian ThuramFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
Modesty: a Fashion Paradox by Hafsa Lodi
RRP: £12.99£8.94A fashion journalist unzips the revolution, influence, and controversy of the modest fashion movement - as seen in Vogue Arabia, Harper's Bazaar, Stylist, Glamour, Publishers Weekly, Foreword Reviews, Booklist, and more. Muslim-American fashion... -
Understanding Digital Societies by Jessamy Perriam
RRP: £36.99£31.39Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it. You will be introduced to core sociological ideas and texts along with exciting global... -
Medieval Women's Writing by Diane Watt
RRP: £16.99£15.22Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women... -
Voices of the Nakba: A Living History of Palestine Diana Allan 9780745342924
RRP: £85.00£65.36***Winner of an English PEN Award 2021*** During the 1948 war more than 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were violently expelled from their homes by Zionist militias. The legacy of the Nakba - which translates to 'disaster' or 'catastrophe' - lays... -
The Little Book of the Hidden People: Twenty stories of elves from Icelandic folklore by Alda Sigmundsdottir 9781970125047
RRP: £12.99£10.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970125047Author Alda SigmundsdottirFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Little Books PublishingPublisher Little Books PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Prisons of the World Andrew Coyle (Emeritus Professor, University of London) 9781447362470
RRP: £21.99£17.21How do governments and societies use prison to respond to underlying and fundamental social, economic and political issues? Using data on world imprisonment and numerous international examples from his personal experience, Coyle, a prison practitioner,... -
Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society by Beth A. Conklin
RRP: £23.99£20.84Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian... -
Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value - New Edition Michael Thompson 9780745399782
RRP: £26.99£20.84Rubbish is something we ignore. By definition we discard it, from our lives and our minds, and it remains outside the concerns of conventional economics. However, this book explores the dynamics through which rubbish can re-enter circulation as a prized... -
The General: The ordinary man who challenged Guantanamo by Ahmed Errachidi
RRP: £8.99£6.45On 11 September 2001, in a cafe in London, Ahmed Errachidi watched as the twin towers collapsed. He was appalled by the loss of innocent life. But he couldn't possibly have predicted how much of his own life he too would lose because of that day.In a... -
Social Work in a Changing Scotland Viviene E. Cree (University of Edinburgh, UK) 9781138295032
RRP: £35.99£31.69Scotland has changed, politically and culturally, in recent years, with persistent demands for independence culminating in a referendum in 2014. On this fluid political landscape, social welfare can be co-opted towards a wider 'nation-building' project... -
Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing by Sarah Brayne
RRP: £27.49£19.68The scope of criminal justice surveillance, from the police to the prisons, has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, health, and marketing. While law... -
Rethinking Knife Crime: Policing, Violence or Moral Panic? by Elaine Williams
RRP: £39.99£35.21This critical textbook looks beyond the immediate data on knife crime to try and make sense of what is a global phenomenon. Yet it especially explores why the UK in particular has become so preoccupied by this form of interpersonal, often youthful,... -
The Social Worker's Practice Manual by Neil Thompson 9781839978036
RRP: £21.99£20.32An essential handbook for students and experienced social workers alike, this practical guide filters out the jargon and sets out what you really need to know. 30 easy-to-follow chapters delve into topics ranging from holistic thinking to effective... -
Social Inequality by Louise Warwick-Booth
£32.29To download an e-inspection copy click here or for more information contact your local sales representative. Now in an updated second edition, Social Inequality continues to be an essential guide to understanding social inequality and stratification,... -
Disability: A Life Course Approach by Mark Priestley 9780745625133
£18.09Disability: a Life Course Approach provides students and teachers with easy access to many of the most important current disability issues and debates. It provides a clearly focused account, and bridges some important gaps in the existing disability... -
Human Geography For Dummies by Kyle Tredinnick 9781394208272
RRP: £18.99£12.75Your map to understanding human geography Human Geography For Dummies introduces you to the ideas and perspectives encompassed by the field of human geography, and makes a great supplement to human geography courses in high school or college. So what is... -
How Social Movements Can Save Democracy: Democratic Innovations from Below Donatella della Porta (European University Institute) 9781509541270
RRP: £17.99£16.04The birth of democracies owes much to the interventions and mobilizations of ordinary people. Yet many feel as though they have inherited democratic institutions which do not deliver for the people - that a rigid democratic process has been imposed from... -
Islamic Homosexualities: Culture, History, and Literature by Will Roscoe
RRP: £24.99£21.67The first anthropological collection that reveals patterns of male and female homosexuality in the Muslim World The dramatic impact of Islamic fundamentalism in recent years has skewed our image of Islamic history and culture. Stereotypes depict Islamic... -
Night Train to Sugar Hill by Iceberg Slim 9781940625294
RRP: £16.00£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940625294Author Iceberg SlimFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Contra Mundum PressPublisher Contra Mundum PressWeight(grams) 322gDimensions(mm) 203mm... -
Brian Eno: His Music And The Vertical Color Of Sound by Eric Tamm 9780306806490
£14.67Musician, composer, producer: Brian Eno is unique in contemporary music. Best known in recent years for producing U2's sensational albums, Eno began his career as a synthesizer player for Roxy Music. He has since released many solo albums, both rock and... -
Indigenous Research Methodologies by Bagele Chilisa 9781483333472
RRP: £54.00£47.96Author Bagele Chilisa has revised and updated her groundbreaking textbook to give a new generation of scholars a crucial foundation in indigenous methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. Addressing the increasing emphasis in the classroom and in the... -
Bordering Britain: Law, Race and Empire by Nadine El-Enany 9781526145420
RRP: £25.00£17.62(B)ordering Britain argues that Britain is the spoils of empire, its immigration law is colonial violence and irregular immigration is anti-colonial resistance. In announcing itself as postcolonial through immigration and nationality laws passed in the... -
Czech Folktales by J.K. Jackson 9781804177815
RRP: £8.99£6.20The Czech people trace their roots through medieval Bohemia and further back to the ancient Western Slavs before the start of the Viking Age. Their lively stories are parables and moral fables, rich with satire and the weave of determination in the face... -
An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality, and Lesbian Public Cultures by Ann Cvetkovich 9780822330882
RRP: £23.99£20.89In this bold new work of cultural criticism, Ann Cvetkovich develops a queer approach to trauma. She argues for the importance of recognizing-and archiving-accounts of trauma that belong as much to the ordinary and everyday as to the domain of... -
Penal Servitude: Convicts and Long-Term Imprisonment, 1853-1948 by Helen Johnston
RRP: £31.00£21.78Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal servitude offered the most severe form of punishment - short of death - in the criminal justice system, and they remained in... -
Beyond Subculture: Pop, Youth and Identity in a Postcolonial World Rupa Huq, MP. 9780415278157
RRP: £36.99£32.53Presenting a new approach to the study of youth culture and popular music, Beyond Subculture re-examines the link between music and subcultures and asks the question; in an ageing world, can pop music still be an automatic metaphor for youth culture?... -
Brutal Campaign: How the 1988 Election Set the Stage for Twenty-First-Century American Politics by Robert L. Fleegler 9781469673370
RRP: £34.95£31.49At 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time on election night 1988, NBC news anchor Tom Brokaw informed the country that they would soon know more about the outcome of "one of the longest, bloodiest presidential campaigns that anyone can remember." It was a... -
Habitus: A Sense of Place Emma Rooksby 9780754645641
RRP: £47.99£42.21Habitus is a concept developed by the late French sociologist, Pierre Bourdieu, as a 'sense of one's place...a sense of the other's place'. It relates to our perceptions of the positions (or 'place') of ourselves and other people in the world in which we... -
The Original Accident Paul Virilio (The European Graduate School) 9780745636146
RRP: £14.99£13.58The future once promised the certainty of a better life for all but now it is full of uncertainty, danger and fear. Our lives are surrounded by the threats, imaginary or real, posed by terrorist outrages, natural catastrophes and disasters of all kinds... -
A Sink of Atrocity: Crime of 19th Century Dundee by Malcolm Archibald
RRP: £11.99£8.93Nineteenth-century Dundee was a tough, unforgiving place. For many of its citizens, it was the survival of the fittest, and to survive they turned to crime. But what was it really like both for the criminals and the law-abiding citizens to live in the... -
Famous Last Words: Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing by Chris Wood
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526770899Author Chris WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Pen and Sword HistoryPublisher Pen and Sword HistoryWeight(grams) 152g -
Islam and Social Work: Culturally Sensitive Practice in a Diverse World Sara Ashencaen Crabtree (Bournemouth University) 9781447330103
RRP: £26.99£20.84This unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations. Designed to support work with families and faith communities, this completely revised... -
The Sexually Dominant Woman by Lady Green
RRP: £11.99£7.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890159115Author Lady GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Greenery PressPublisher Greenery PressWeight(grams) 170g -
The War Against Boys: How Misguided Policies Are Harming Our Young Men by Christina Hoff Sommers 9781501125423
RRP: £18.99£11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501125423Author Christina Hoff SommersFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Journalism Studies: The Basics by Martin Conboy
RRP: £19.99£17.69Journalism Studies: The Basics provides an introductory overview of the emerging field of Journalism Studies, discussing key issues and contemporary debates. Drawing on Conboy's extensive experience in the field, the changing nature of journalism and its... -
How to Read Foucault's Discipline and Punish by Anne Schwan
RRP: £24.99£19.39Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish is one of the best-selling works of critical theory and a key text on many undergraduate courses. However, it is a long, difficult text which makes Anne Schwan and Stephen Shapiro's excellent step-by-step reading... -
Our Tribal Future: How to channel our human instinct into a force for good by David R Samson 9781804440735
RRP: £20.00£14.05An astounding and inspiring look at the science behind tribalism - and how we can learn to harness this powerful instinct to improve the world around us What do you think of when you hear the word tribalism? For many, it conjures images of bigotry,... -
Chariots, Swords and Spears: Iron Age Burials at the Foot of the East Yorkshire Wolds by Mark Stephens
RRP: £50.00£45.59This volume brings together recent excavations at two sites in Pocklington, East Yorkshire. The main focus of the volume is examination of Iron Age burials, which included chariots, swords, and spears, along with inclusion of earlier Prehistoric and... -
Sentient Flesh: Thinking in Disorder, Poiesis in Black by R. A. Judy
RRP: £27.99£25.14In Sentient Flesh R. A. Judy takes up freedman Tom Windham's 1937 remark "we should have our liberty 'cause . . . us is human flesh" as a point of departure for an extended meditation on questions of the human, epistemology, and the historical ways in...