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Applying Regression and Correlation: A Guide for Students and Researchers by Jeremy Miles
RRP: £51.00£41.34This book takes a fresh look at applying regression analysis in the behavioural sciences by introducing the reader to regression analysis through a simple model-building approach. The authors start with the basics and begin by re-visiting the mean,... -
The Street Casino: Survival in Violent Street Gangs Simon Harding (University of West London) 9781447317180
RRP: £29.99£23.42Gang violence is on the increase in certain neighbourhoods. There is an urgent need for a fresh perspective that offers insight into gang structure, organisation and offending behaviour to explain this increase. Using the findings from an extensive... -
Youth Work Ethics by Jonathan Roberts
RRP: £32.99£29.23Ethis is a vital issue for youth workers. Youth work projects are often established to encourage an ethical purpose among young people and this book helps youth workers to think about ways of developing ethical reflection in young people. It considers... -
The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune by Conor O'Clery
RRP: £17.99£14.26This substantially updated edition of the Business Week bestseller and an Economist Best Book of the year" tells the story of the secretive billionaire-turned-philanthropist, who is determined to give away his fortune before he dies.Chuck Feeney was... -
Immigrants, Markets, and States: The Political Economy of Postwar Europe by James F. Hollifield 9780674444232
RRP: £79.95£63.38This timely study of the recent migration tides explores the political and economic factors that have influenced the rise of immigration in postwar Europe and the United States. It seeks to explain immigration in terms of the globalization of labor... -
The First European Description of Japan, 1585: A Critical English-Language Edition of Striking Contrasts in the Customs of Europe and Japan by Luis Frois, S.J. Luis Frois SJ 9781138643321
RRP: £43.99£38.44In 1585, at the height of Jesuit missionary activity in Japan, which was begun by Francis Xavier in 1549, Luis Frois, a long-time missionary in Japan, drafted the earliest systematic comparison of Western and Japanese cultures. This book constitutes the... -
How to Market Books Alison Baverstock 9781138597259
RRP: £44.99£39.68Over five editions, How to Market Books has established itself as the standard text on marketing for both the publishing industry and the wider creative economy. Industry professionals and students of Publishing Studies rely on the techniques and tactics... -
Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China, 10th Anniversary Edition by Leta Hong Fincher 9781350323636
RRP: £16.99£14.67A China Books Review Best China Book of 2023 Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic rolling back of... -
The Social Structures of the Economy Pierre Bourdieu (College de France) 9780745625409
RRP: £18.99£16.87Much orthodox economic theory is based on assumptions which are treated as self-evident: supply and demand are regarded as independent entities, the individual is assumed to be a rational agent who knows his interests and how to make decisions... -
The Dynamics of Young Fatherhood: Understanding the Parenting Journeys and Support Needs of Young Fathers Bren Neale (University of Leeds) 9781447351719
RRP: £29.99£23.02Around 1 in 10 children born in the UK are fathered by men under the age of 25. These men are often from socially disadvantaged areas and frequently overlooked in both research and practice settings. Using findings from a major Economic and Social... -
White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era by Shelby Steele
RRP: £16.99£9.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060578633Author Shelby SteeleFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
An Introduction to Cybercultures by David Bell
RRP: £34.99£30.85An Introduction to Cybercultures provides an accessible guide to the major forms, practices and meanings of this rapidly-growing field. From the evolution of hardware and software to the emergence of cyberpunk film and fiction, David Bell introduces... -
Routledge Handbook of Crime Science by Richard Wortley
RRP: £43.99£38.44Crime science is precisely what it says it is: the application of science to the phenomenon of crime. This handbook, intended as a crime science manifesto, showcases the scope of the crime science field and provides the reader with an understanding of... -
Conservation of Leather and Related Materials by Marion Kite 9780367606350
RRP: £32.99£29.56The conservation of skin, leather and related materials is an area that, until now, has had little representation by the written word in book form. Marion Kite and Roy Thomson, of the Leather Conservation Centre, have prepared a text which is both... -
The English Poor Law, 1531-1782 by Paul Slack
RRP: £23.99£16.18The poor law had a profound impact on English society between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Designed to reform the poor as much as to relieve poverty, it also shaped institutions of government and determined people's expectations and... -
Emotional Justice: A Roadmap for Racial Healing by Esther Armah
RRP: £17.99£11.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523003365Author Esther A. ArmahFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
The Capacity Contract: Intellectual Disability and the Question of Citizenship by Stacy Clifford Simplican
RRP: £21.99£19.19In the first sustained examination of disability through the lens of political theory, The Capacity Contract shows how the exclusion of disabled people has shaped democratic politics. Stacy Clifford Simplican demonstrates how disability buttresses... -
Participatory Practice: Community-based Action for Transformative Change Margaret Ledwith (Youth and Community Development, School of Applied Social Science, University of Cumbria) 9781447360070
RRP: £23.99£18.66In this second edition of a bestselling book, the authors' unique, holistic and radical perspective on participatory practice has been updated to reflect advances made in the past decade, the impact of neoliberalism and austerity and the challenges of... -
We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives by Manon Garcia
RRP: £35.00£21.19A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers-especially Simone de Beauvoir-to reveal the complexities of women's reality and lived experienceWhat role do women play in the perpetuation of patriarchy? On the one... -
Traveling with Sugar: Chronicles of a Global Epidemic by Amy Moran-Thomas
RRP: £30.00£23.29Traveling with Sugar reframes the rising diabetes epidemic as part of a five-hundred-year-old global history of sweetness and power. Amid eerie injuries, changing bodies, amputated limbs, and untimely deaths, many people across the Caribbean and Central... -
Anthropology in the Margins of the State by Veena Das 9781930618411
£31.26The very form and reach of the modern state are changing radically under the pressure of globalization. Featuring nine of the leading scholars in the field, this innovative exploration of these transformations develops an ethnographic methodology and... -
Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy by Christophe Jaffrelot 9780691206806
RRP: £30.00£24.44A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intoleranceOver the past two decades, thanks to Narendra Modi, Hindu nationalism has been coupled with a form of national-populism... -
Hyperconnectivity and Its Discontents by R Brubaker
RRP: £17.99£16.04Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - the dream of connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else, everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. In... -
First-Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers Richard Lachmann 9781788734073
RRP: £25.00£20.70The extent and irreversibility of US decline is becoming ever more obvious as America loses war after war and as one industry after another loses its technological edge. Lachmann explains why the United States will not be able to sustain its global... -
The Oxford Book of Theatrical Anecdotes by Gyles Brandreth
RRP: £14.99£11.54This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering every kind of theatrical story and experience from the age of Shakespeare and Marlowe to the age of Stoppard... -
A Long Bright Future by Laura L. Carstensen
RRP: £12.99£10.34The twentieth century bequeathed us a fabulous gift: thirty more years of life on average. Supersized life spans are going to radically alter society, and present an unprecedented opportunity to change our approach not only to old age but to all of... -
The Negro Bible - The Slave Bible: Select Parts of the Holy Bible, Selected for the use of the Negro Slaves, in the British West-India Islands by Joseph B Lumpkin 9781936533800
RRP: £44.95£36.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936533800Author Joseph B LumpkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 578Imprint Fifth EstatePublisher Fifth EstateWeight(grams) 1320gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *... -
Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust by Chloe Dulce Louvouezo
RRP: £22.00£14.98Foreword by Elaine WelterothIn this stunningly illustrated essay collection inspired by the popular podcast Life, I Swear, prominent Black women reflect on self-love and healing, sharing stories of the trials and tribulations they've faced and what has... -
The Futures of Feminism by Valerie Bryson 9781526138514
RRP: £25.00£22.03This book makes the case for an inclusive form of socialist feminism that puts women with multiple disadvantages at its heart. It moves feminism beyond contemporary disputes, including those between some feminists and some trans women. Combining academic... -
The K-Wave On-Screen: In Words and Objects Jieun Kiaer 9781032066516
RRP: £36.99£32.53The K-Wave On-Screen provides an engaging and accessible exploration of the meaning of 'K-' through the lens of words and objects in K-dramas and K-films. Once a small subculture known only to South Korea's East Asian neighbours, the Korean Wave has... -
Confessions of an Illuminati, Volume I: The Whole Truth About the Illuminati and the New World Order by Leo Lyon Zagami 9781888729870
£19.68Leo Lyon Zagami uses the internal documents of the Illuminati to reveal confidential and top-secret events. His book contends that the presence of numerous Illuminati brotherhoods and secret societies-just as those inside the most prestigious U.S... -
Honouring the Loss: A Holistic Guide to Healing with Ritual and Herbal Medicine After an Abortion by India Elyn
RRP: £16.99£14.61A gentle and loving guide for women healing from an abortion. Many women go through at least one in their lifetime, yet in our society abortion still remains a taboo subject. As lucky as we are in the UK to be able to have safe abortions, the... -
War and Peace in Islam: The Uses and Abuses of Jihad HRH Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad 9781903682838
RRP: £24.99£18.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903682838Author HRH Prince Ghazi bin MuhammadFormat PaperbackPage Count 548Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts... -
Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology: 3: From 1914 to the Twenty-first Century by Jason Thompson 9789774167607
RRP: £35.00£29.82The discovery of ancient Egypt and the development of Egyptology are momentous events in intellectual and cultural history. The history of Egyptology is the story of the people, famous and obscure, who constructed the picture of ancient Egypt that we... -
Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain by William A. Christian
RRP: £52.00£40.63The description for this book, Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain, will be forthcoming.About the AuthorWilliam A. Christian, Jr., is an independent scholar who lives in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. He is the author of Person and God in a... -
An Introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness by Kevin White 9781473982086
RRP: £35.99£29.51"An accessible and highly readable introduction to the Sociology of Health and Illness through the inclusion of key theorists, concepts, and theories, with reference to contemporary health concerns and recent relevant research." - Kylie Baldwin, De... -
How to Love Your Donors (to Death) by Stephen Pidgeon 9781784820008
RRP: £32.00£28.66A book that will challenge, delight and encourage in equal measure, this uncompromising book bemoans the madness of poor donor stewardship that besets the charitable sector and sets to put it right. A no nonsense book and refreshing look at achieving the... -
Professionalizing Offender Profiling: Forensic and Investigative Psychology in Practice by Laurence Alison 9780415668798
RRP: £43.99£38.44Offender profiling is now viewed as an integral part of serious crime investigations by many law enforcement agencies across the world and continues to attract a high public and media profile. Despite almost three decades of research and developments in... -
Working with Written Discourse by Deborah Cameron
RRP: £39.99£32.66An outstanding introduction to discourse analysis of written language in an age that is more and more characterized by multilingual, digital, and generically hybrid texts. In an accessible style, Working with Written Discourse illustrates how these texts... -
The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World by David Ulansey 9780195067880
£17.56David Ulansey's book breaks new scholastic ground by arguing that the Roman cult of Mithras did not originate in Persia, as previously thought. Instead, Ulansey suggests, the cult was triggered by the reaction of a group of Tarsian intellectuals to the...