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York: Art, Architecture and Archaeology Sarah Brown (University of York, UK) 9781032019642
RRP: £36.99£32.53York explores the archaeology, art, architecture and cultural heritage of the city in the late Middle Ages.In the years since the resurrection of the British Archaeological Association conference in 1976, the association has met in the city only once (in... -
Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression, 3rd edition with a new introduction by the author by Steven Feld
RRP: £23.99£22.61This thirtieth anniversary edition of Sound and Sentiment makes Steven Feld's landmark, field-defining book available to a new generation of scholars and students. A sensory ethnography set in the rain forest of Papua New Guinea, among the Kaluli people... -
Ethics Sarah Banks (Durham University) 9781447316183
RRP: £11.99£9.42The past few years have seen a renewed interest in the subject of social work ethics. In this short form book, part of the Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work series, Sarah Banks argues that this can be seen as reflecting two very different... -
Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana by Brian K.Mitchell 9780917860836
RRP: £15.00£11.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780917860836Author Brian K.MitchellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.Publisher Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S. -
The Politics of War Reporting: Authority, Authenticity and Morality by Tim Markham 9780719085284
RRP: £85.00£60.17The politics of war reporting: Authority, authenticity and morality challenges the assumptions that reporters and their audiences have about the way the journalistic trade operates and how it sees the world. It unpacks the taken-for-granted aspects of... -
Contemporary Art and Digital Culture by Melissa Gronlund
RRP: £38.99£34.22Contemporary Art and Digital Culture analyses the impact of the internet and digital technologies upon art today. Art over the last fifteen years has been deeply inflected by the rise of the internet as a mass cultural and socio-political medium, while... -
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty Nina Munk 9780767929424
RRP: £14.99£10.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767929424Author Nina MunkFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Doubleday & Co Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Deported: Immigrant Policing, Disposable Labor and Global Capitalism by Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
RRP: £21.99£19.19Winner, 2016 Distinguished Contribution to Research Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association Latino/a Section The intimate stories of 147 deportees that exposes the racialized and gendered dimensions of mass deportations in the U.S. ... -
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology Dennis Dirkmaat (Mercyhurst College, USA) 9781118959794
RRP: £35.95£32.67A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts. Highlights the latest... -
Women, History and Theory: Essays of Joan Kelly by Joan Kelly
RRP: £23.00£22.13These posthumous essays by Joan Kelly, a founder of women's studies, represent a profound synthesis of feminist theory and historical analysis and require a realignment of perspectives on women in society from the Middle Ages to the present. Book... -
Textual Analysis: A Beginner's Guide by Alan McKee 9780761949930
RRP: £44.99£36.59`Alan McKee presents a student friendly introduction to the analysis of cultural texts. The book highlights the cultural differences in interpretation with an array of fascinating examples. Textual Analysis is written in an accessible style with... -
Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis': Journeys Over Land and Sea Heaven Crawley 9781447343219
RRP: £13.99£11.40What is it like to travel to Europe over land and sea in order to secure a future for yourself and your family? Why are so many people willing to risk their lives crossing the Mediterranean? What are their hopes and fears? And why is Europe, one of the... -
Gay Macho: The Life and Death of the Homosexual Clone by Martin P. Levine
RRP: £24.99£21.67A sociological examination into the emergence of male homosexuality with a traditional masculine ethos Before gay liberation, gay men were usually perceived as failed men-"inverts," men trapped in women's bodies. The 1970s saw a radical shift in gay... -
When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America by Paula J Giddings
RRP: £16.99£14.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688146504Author Paula GiddingsPage Count 416Imprint HarperCollins Childrens Book GroupPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Sex and Diversity in Later Life: Critical Perspectives Dr. Trish Hafford-Letchfield (University of Strathclyde) 9781447355410
RRP: £26.99£20.84Despite increased awareness of sexual diversity, older people's accounts of sex and intimacy remain marginalised. This edited volume addresses diversity in sexual and intimate experience later in life (50+) and captures international research and... -
The Origins of Monsters: Image and Cognition in the First Age of Mechanical Reproduction by David Wengrow 9780691202396
RRP: £35.00£27.74It has often been claimed that "monsters"--supernatural creatures with bodies composed from multiple species--play a significant part in the thought and imagery of all people from all times. The Origins of Monsters advances an alternative view. Composite... -
Deconstruction Machines: Writing in the Age of Cyberwar by Justin Joque
RRP: £20.99£18.37A bold new theory of cyberwar argues that militarized hacking is best understood as a form of deconstruction From shadowy attempts to steal state secrets to the explosive destruction of Iranian centrifuges, cyberwar has been a vital part of statecraft... -
The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America by Eric Cervini 9781250798503
RRP: £15.99£12.97In 1957, Frank Kameny, an astronomer working for the US Defense Department in Hawaii, received a summons to report immediately to Washington, D.C. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual, and after a series of humiliating interviews,... -
The Mixed Methods Research Workbook: Activities for Designing, Implementing, and Publishing Projects by Michael D. Fetters 9781506393599
RRP: £54.00£47.96Written by Michael D. Fetters, one of the leading scholars in the field and co-editor of the Journal of Mixed Methods Research, The Mixed Methods Research Workbook: Activities for Designing, Implementing, and Publishing Projects is the perfect tool for... -
States of Knowledge: The Co-production of Science and the Social Order by Sheila Jasanoff 9780415403290
RRP: £49.99£43.50In the past twenty years, the field of science and technology studies (S&TS) has made considerable progress toward illuminating the relationship between scientific knowledge and political power. These insights are now ready to be synthesized and... -
Paper Knowledge: Toward a Media History of Documents by Lisa Gitelman
RRP: £20.99£18.37Paper Knowledge is a remarkable book about the mundane: the library card, the promissory note, the movie ticket, the PDF (Portable Document Format). It is a media history of the document. Drawing examples from the 1870s, the 1930s, the 1960s, and today,... -
Camphill and the Future: Spirituality and Disability in an Evolving Communal Movement by Dan McKanan
RRP: £30.00£23.29A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Camphill movement, one of the world's largest and most enduring networks of intentional communities, deserves both recognition and study. Founded in Scotland at... -
Journalism and PR: News Media and Public Relations in the Digital Age by John Lloyd
£20.97Public relations and journalism have had a difficult relationship for over a century, characterised by mutual dependence and - often - mutual distrust. The two professions have vied with each other for primacy: journalists could open or close the gates,... -
Capital Markets and Institutions in Bangladesh: Some Implications of Japanese Experience by M. Farid Ahmed
RRP: £32.99£29.16First published in 1997, this volume examines the implications of Japanese corporate practices post-World War II for the experiences of capital markets in modern developing economies based on theoretical and empirical analyses of Bangladeshi and Japanese... -
The Son's Secret: From Oedipus to the Prodigal Son Massimo Recalcati 9781509531769
RRP: £12.99£8.60This new book by Massimo Recalcati focuses on the psycho-social life of the son. Comparing and contrasting the tragic story of Oedipus by Sophocles and the parable of the prodigal son, Recalcati argues that all common parenting strategies, whether... -
Transgressive: A TRANS Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics by Rachel Anne Williams
RRP: £17.99£17.42How do I know I am trans? Is trans feminism real feminism? What is there to say about trans women's male privilege? This collection of insightful, pithy and passionately argued think pieces from a trans-feminist perspective explores issues surrounding... -
Building with Bamboo: A handbook by Jules J.A. Janssen 9781853392030
RRP: £12.95£11.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853392030Author Jules JanssenFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Practical Action PublishingPublisher Practical Action PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Family Obligations and Social Change by Professor Janet V. Finch
RRP: £18.99£18.31A discussion of the nature of family life, especially the concepts of duty, responsibility and obligation. The author looks at political and popular debates in this area bringing together material from many disciplines within the social sciences. She... -
A Community-Based Approach to the Reduction of Sexual Reoffending: Circles of Support and Accountability by Stephen Hanvey
RRP: £27.99£27.23A Circle of Support and Accountability is a group of trained volunteers who meet on a regular basis with a high risk sex offender living in their community. This innovative strategy, which helps the offender both to maintain accountability and... -
Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence by Adriana Cavarero
RRP: £21.99£19.19Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together major feminist thinkers to debate Cavarero's call for a postural ethics of nonviolence and a sociality rooted in bodily interdependence. Toward a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence brings together... -
Egg by Nicole Walker
RRP: £9.99£7.67Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. This book is about a strange object-strange in part because it is something that we all have been, and that many of us eat. Nicole Walker's Egg... -
Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill
RRP: £26.99£17.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593298299Author Anita HillFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
RRP: £14.99£9.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807055373Author Feminista JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Terrorist Deradicalisation in Global Contexts: Success, Failure and Continuity Rohan Gunaratna 9781032089034
RRP: £39.99£35.06A collection of case studies of terrorist rehabilitation programmes from around the world, this book examines the wide-ranging methodologies of terrorist deradicalisation initiatives adopted by different countries globally. It contextualises these... -
Copper Lady: Life in the Met and Lords by Baroness Jenny Hilton
RRP: £20.00£13.10At the beginning of Jenny Hilton's 34 years in the Metropolitan Police, women constituted less than 1% of the force. Her entertaining and insightful memoir highlights some of the major social changes over the past 60 years and the difficulties... -
Telling Sexual Stories: Power, Change and Social Worlds by Ken Plummer 9780415102964
RRP: £43.99£38.44First published in 2004. The world has become cluttered with sexual stories. From child abuse scandals to lesbian and gays coming out; from Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas to the travails of Michael Jackson; from sexual surveys to therapy groups - sexual... -
Feminism and Contemporary Art: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Laughter by Jo Anna Isaak
RRP: £35.99£31.69Looks at the work of a diverse range of artists and explores the effect of feminist theory on art practice. The book provides a provocative and valuable account of the diversity and revolutionary potential of women's art practice.About the AuthorJo Anna... -
THE Journal of Cryptozoology: Volume One by Karl P.N Shuker 9781905723997
£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905723997Author Karl P.N ShukerFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint CFZ PressPublisher CFZ PressWeight(grams) 104gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 3mm -
The 21st Century Journalism Handbook: Essential Skills for the Modern Journalist Tim Holmes 9781405846325
RRP: £43.99£42.66Set against the background of the fundamental issues facing the industry today, The 21st Century Journalism Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the core principles and practices essential to the modern journalist. Convergence, online, the growth of... -
Challenging the Politics of Early Intervention: Who's 'Saving' Children and Why Val Gillies (University of Westminster) 9781447324102
RRP: £25.99£20.11A vital interrogation of the internationally accepted policy and practice consensus that intervention to shape parenting in the early years is the way to prevent disadvantage. Given the divisive assumptions and essentialist ideas behind early years...