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Osteoarchaeology: A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains by Efthymia Nikita 9780128040218
RRP: £72.99£70.45Osteoarchaeology: A Guide to the Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Remains covers the identification of bones and teeth, taphonomy, sex, ancestry assessment, age estimation, the analysis of biodistances, growth patterns and activity markers, and... -
Media, Gender and Identity: An Introduction by David Gauntlett 9780415396615
RRP: £35.99£31.69Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people's identities?The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and... -
Celtic Myth and Religion: A Study of Traditional Belief, with Newly Translated Prayers, Poems and Songs by Sharon Paice MacLeod 9780786464760
RRP: £17.99£14.87This book provides a comprehensive overview of Celtic mythology and religion, encompassing numerous aspects of ritual and belief. Topics include the presence of the Celtic Otherworld and its inhabitants, cosmology and sacred cycles, wisdom texts,... -
Prisons, Punishment, and the Family: Towards a New Sociology of Punishment? by Rachel Condry 9780198810087
£95.79Every year millions of families are affected by the imprisonment of a family member. Children of imprisoned parents alone can be counted in millions in the USA and in Europe. It is a bewildering fact that while we have had prisons for centuries, and the... -
The Syrian Conflict: The Role of Russia, Iran and the US in a Global Crisis Ghaidaa Hetou (iStrategic LLC, USA) 9781138349148
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book explores the global impact of the Syrian conflict, and the roles of Russia, Iran and the US in its wake. It looks closely at origins of political turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region by analysing the growing influence of... -
Ecce Humanitas: Beholding the Pain of Humanity by Brad Evans
RRP: £25.00£19.59The very idea of humanity seems to be in crisis. Born in the ashes of devastation after the slaughter of millions, the liberal conception of humanity imagined a suffering victim in need of salvation. Today, this figure appears less and less capable of... -
The Smart Neanderthal: Bird catching, Cave Art, and the Cognitive Revolution by Clive Finlayson 9780198797524
RRP: £22.99£16.69Since the late 1980s the dominant theory of human origins has been that a 'cognitive revolution' (C.50,000 years ago) led to the advent of our species, Homo sapiens. As a result of this revolution our species spread and eventually replaced all existing... -
A Sleepwalker's Guide to Social Media Tony D. Sampson 9781509537419
RRP: £17.99£16.04Positing online users as 'sleepwalkers', Tony Sampson offers an original and compelling approach for understanding how social media platforms produce subjectivities.Drawing on a wide range of theorists, including A.N. Whitehead and Gabriel Tarde, he... -
Back In The Days by Jamel Shabazz
RRP: £33.99£21.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781576871065Author Jamel ShabazzFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint powerHouse Books,U.S.Publisher powerHouse Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 750g -
Creative Explorations: New Approaches to Identities and Audiences by David Gauntlett
RRP: £36.99£32.53How do you picture identity? What happens when you ask individuals to make visual representations of their own identities, influences, and relationships?Drawing upon an array of disciplines from neuroscience to philosophy, and art to social theory, David... -
The Last Governor: Chris Patten and the Handover of Hong Kong by Jonathan Dimbleby 9781526701831
£18.951 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 1992, Chris Patten, former chairman of the Conservative Party, was appointed Hong Kong's last governor, and... -
The Figure of the Child in Contemporary Evangelicalism by Anna Strhan
RRP: £74.00£61.45What does it mean to grow up as an evangelical Christian today? What meanings does 'childhood' have for evangelical adults? How does this shape their engagements with children and with schools? And what does this mean for the everyday realities of... -
The Second Shift: Working Families and the Revolution at Home by Arlie Russell Hochschild
RRP: £19.00£11.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143120339Author Arlie HochschildFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 196mm *... -
Black Africans in Renaissance Europe by T. F. Earle 9780521176606
RRP: £29.99£24.56This book, first published in 2005, opens up the much neglected area of the black African presence in Western Europe during the Renaissance. Covering history, literature, art history and anthropology, it investigates a whole range of black African... -
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail--But Some Don't by Nate Silver
RRP: £20.00£11.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143125082Author Nate SilverFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 138mm *... -
Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions by Samantha Hurn 9780745331195
£27.40What are our attitudes towards other animals, and how does this affect our humanity? This work of anthrozoology explores the myriad and evolving ways in which humans and animals interact, the divergent cultural constructions of humanity and animality... -
Verandahs of Power: Colonialism and Space in Urban Africa by Garth Andrew Myers
£42.74Garth Andrew Myers' work makes a significant contribution to a long tradition of research on colonial cities and a multidisciplinary body of literature on urban legacies of colonialism. He examines both colonial rule and postcolonial inheritance in these... -
Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview Audrey Smedley 9780813345543
RRP: £54.99£47.72This sweeping work traces the idea of race for more than three centuries to show that 'race' is not a product of science but a cultural invention that has been used variously and opportunistically since the eighteenth century. Updated throughout, the... -
Mammal Bones and Teeth: An Introductory Guide to Methods of Identification Simon Hillson 9780905853307
RRP: £58.99£51.48This guide is designed as an introduction to the basic methods for identifying mammal bones and teeth. It is intended to highlight for beginners the main points on which identifications can be made on the bulk of bones and teeth from a small range of... -
Practical Policing Skills for Student Officers by Sue Madsen 9781846410529
RRP: £34.99£28.71The Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) is structured around National Occupational Standards (NOS), against which new officers will be trained and assessed. This book, written by police officers, introduces student officers to the... -
The Best New True Crime Stories: Crimes of Famous & Infamous Criminals: (True Crime Cases for True Crime Addicts) by Mitzi Szereto
RRP: £16.99£11.77Infamous Criminals Caught in True Crime Cases Actors, musicians, TV personalities, and other public figures in the spotlight aren't always who they appear to be. You might be surprised by just how many have led nefarious, double lives, and have become... -
The Organization Man by William H. Whyte
RRP: £31.00£27.76Regarded as one of the most important sociological and business commentaries of modern times, The Organization Man developed the first thorough description of the impact of mass organization on American society. During the height of the Eisenhower... -
The Digital Border: Migration, Technology, Power by Lilie Chouliaraki
RRP: £23.99£20.84How do digital technologies shape the experiences and meanings of migration? As the numbers of people fleeing war, poverty, and environmental disaster reach unprecedented levels worldwide, states also step up their mechanisms of border control. In this,... -
Organising Modernity: Social Ordering and Social Theory John Law (Lancaster University) 9780631185130
RRP: £38.95£34.20In this important theoretical and empirical statement John Law argues against the purity of post-enlightenment political and social theory, and offers an alternative post-modern sociology. Arguing in favor of a sociology of verbs, he suggests that power,... -
The Essential Ellen Willis by Ellen Willis 9780816681211
RRP: £19.99£17.94Out of the Vinyl Deeps, published in 2011, introduced a new generation to the incisive, witty, and merciless voice of Ellen Willis through her pioneering rock music criticism. In the years that followed, Willis's daring insights went beyond popular... -
Pricing Beauty: The Making of a Fashion Model by Ashley Mears 9780520270763
RRP: £18.99£15.12Sociologist Ashley Mears takes us behind the brightly lit runways and glossy advertisements of the fashion industry in this insider's study of the world of modeling. Mears, who worked as a model in New York and London, draws on observations as well as... -
Reflective Practice for Policing Students by Selina Copely
RRP: £30.99£24.87Reflective practice is a key element of both police training and police practice in the 21st century. This text provides an essential guide to reflective practice for all those studying for degrees and foundation degrees in policing. Taking an... -
Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume III: Espionage, Templars and Satanism in the Shadows of the Vatican by Leo Lyon Zagami
RRP: £15.95£12.32Zagami pushes the boundaries once again with this unique and personal journey into the mysteries of the secretive world of the Dark Cabal. In the third book of this acclaimed series, Zagami explores a variety of cryptic topics that are always verified... -
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
RRP: £14.99£11.48"Racism is a heart disease," writes Ruth King, "and it's curable." Exploring a crucial topic seldom addressed in meditation instruction, this revered teacher takes to her pen to shine a compassionate, provocative, and practical light into a deeply... -
American Protest Literature by Zoe Trodd
RRP: £27.95£22.55"I like a little rebellion now and then"-so wrote Thomas Jefferson to Abigail Adams, enlisting in a tradition that throughout American history has led writers to rage and reason, prophesy and provoke. This is the first anthology to collect and examine an... -
A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain by Owen Hatherley
£31.74Back in 1997, New Labour came to power amid much talk of regenerating the inner cities left to rot under successive Conservative governments. Over the next decade, British cities became the laboratories of the new enterprise economy: glowing monuments to... -
Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene by Mimi Sheller
RRP: £19.99£17.54In Island Futures Mimi Sheller delves into the ecological crises and reconstruction challenges affecting the entire Caribbean region during a time of climate catastrophe. Drawing on fieldwork on postearthquake reconstruction in Haiti, flooding on the... -
An Introduction to News Product Management: Innovation for Newsrooms and Readers by Damon Kiesow 9780367724337
RRP: £35.99£31.69Drawing on innovations in the business of journalism, this book offers a comprehensive guide to using the human-centred design methods of product management to serve readers and bolster digital success in news organizations.An Introduction to News... -
Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World by Andrew Leigh 9780300236125
RRP: £19.99£17.37A fascinating account of how radical researchers have used experiments to overturn conventional wisdom and shaped life as we know it Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the... -
Marx: The Alternative to Capitalism by Kieran Allen 9780745337425
RRP: £16.99£13.58If we are serious about finding a different way to run the post-credit crunch society, we must start by introducing alternatives to undergraduates. Kieran Allen begins the task with an accessible and comprehensive look at the ideas of Karl Marx. ... -
Terrible Magnificent Sociology by Lisa Wade
£61.70Using engaging stories and a diverse cast of characters, Lisa Wade memorably delivers what C. Wright Mills described as both the terrible and the magnificent lessons of sociology. With chapters that build upon one another, Terrible Magnificent Sociology... -
The Poverty Paradox: Understanding Economic Hardship Amid American Prosperity by Mark Robert Rank 9780190212636
RRP: £21.99£18.75The paradox of poverty amidst plenty has plagued the United States throughout the 21st century - why should the wealthiest country in the world also have the highest rates of poverty among the industrialized nations? Based on his decades-long research... -
Social Change in a Material World by Theodore R. Schatzki
RRP: £37.99£33.38Social Change in a Material World offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book... -
The Affect Theory Reader 2: Worldings, Tensions, Futures by Gregory J. Seigworth 9781478024910
RRP: £26.99£23.32Building on the foundational Affect Theory Reader, this new volume gathers together contemporary scholarship that highlights and interrogates the contemporary state of affect inquiry. Unsettling what might be too readily taken-for-granted assumptions in... -
Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch by Stephen Prince
RRP: £15.99£14.31Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch is one of the most influential films in American cinema. The intensity of its violence was unprecedented, while the director's use of multiple cameras, montage editing, and slow motion quickly became the normative style for...