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Women of the Highlands by Katharine Stewart 9781906817923
RRP: £7.99£5.94What was the crime of the last wich burnt in the Highlands? Which Jacobite lady led men to war while her Hanoverian husband stayed at home? Who were the first Highland women to be recorded in history? And how have wome's lives changed since medieval... -
Norse Mythology: Slip-Cased Edition by James Shepherd 9781788285575
RRP: £24.99£23.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788285575Author James ShepherdFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Sirius EntertainmentPublisher Sirius EntertainmentWeight(grams) 1179gDimensions(mm)... -
Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City Alexandra Gajewski (Institute of Historical Research, UK) 9781032520865
RRP: £36.99£32.53Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City considers the various forces - royal, monastic and secular - that shaped the art, architecture and topography of Paris between c. 1100 and c. 1500, a period in which Paris became one of the foremost... -
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? by Gordon Conway
RRP: £19.99£17.94Hunger is a daily reality for a billion people. More than six decades after the technological discoveries that led to the Green Revolution aimed at ending world hunger, regular food shortages, malnutrition, and poverty still plague vast swaths of the... -
Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia by Clifford Geertz 9780226285115
RRP: £23.00£22.13"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two... -
Social Research Methods in Dementia Studies: Inclusion and Innovation by John Keady 9780367878702
RRP: £41.99£36.75Traditionally, the most preferred social research methods in dementia studies have been interviews, focus groups and non-participant observations. Most of these methods have been used for a long time by researchers in other social research fields, but... -
A Practical Introduction to Survey Design: A Beginner′s Guide by Haydn Aarons
RRP: £40.99£33.96This is your definitive guide to designing your social survey. It includes all the knowledge and skills you need to plan your survey with confidence and ease. Every step of survey design from developing your questions, to administering your survey and... -
Mostly Straight: Sexual Fluidity Among Men by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
RRP: £23.95£19.14Most of us assume that sexuality is fixed: either you're straight, gay, or bisexual. Yet an increasing number of young men today say that those categories are too rigid. They are, they insist, "mostly straight." They're straight, but they feel a slight... -
Rural Racism Neil Chakraborti (Uiversity of Brighton, UK) 9781843920564
RRP: £135.00£117.28Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of 'traditional' rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern. However, the problem of racism in rural areas has been... -
The Translatability of Cultures: Figurations of the Space Between by Sanford Budick 9780804725613
RRP: £27.99£24.14A Stanford University Press classic.Book InformationISBN 9780804725613Author Sanford BudickFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint Stanford University PressPublisher Stanford University PressWeight(grams) 499g -
How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon
RRP: £13.99£11.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568588490Author Akiba SolomonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 260gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 136mm... -
Over the Rainbow: Money, Class & Homophobia by Nicola Field
RRP: £19.99£14.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907133947Author Nicola FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Dog Horn PublishingPublisher Dog Horn Publishing -
Empires: The Logic of World Domination from Ancient Rome to the United States by Herfried Munkler 9780745638720
£19.04"Herfried Munkler is a walking one-man think tank." Die Zeit Until recently, it was thought by many that empires were relics of the past. But suddenly, in the wake of 9/11, the global war on terror and the invasion of Iraq, the question of imperial power... -
Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire by Patricia A. McAnany
RRP: £35.99£30.33Questioning Collapse challenges those scholars and popular writers who advance the thesis that societies - past and present - collapse because of behavior that destroyed their environments or because of overpopulation. In a series of highly accessible... -
The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction by William R. Biers
RRP: £25.99£22.89William R. Biers wrote The Archaeology of Greece to introduce students, teachers, and lay readers to the delights of exploring the world of ancient Greece. The great popularity of the first edition testifies to his success. In his preface to the second... -
Kinky in the Digital Age: Gay Men's Subcultures and Social Identities by Liam Wignall
RRP: £36.49£33.34Through rapid cultural change and technological advances, kink subculture has become more visible and accessible--and less stigmatized--than ever before. Internet communities have created exciting new possibilities for social identities and communities... -
The New Immigrant Whiteness: Race, Neoliberalism, and Post-Soviet Migration to the United States by Claudia Sadowski-Smith
RRP: £23.99£20.84Explores the racialization of immigrants from post-Soviet states and the nuances of citizenship for this new diaspora. Mapping representations of post-1980s immigration from the former Soviet Union to the United States in interviews, reality TV... -
Love, Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women Nura Maznavi 9781593764289
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593764289Author Nura MaznaviFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press -
Making The Black Jacobins: C. L. R. James and the Drama of History by Rachel Douglas 9781478004875
RRP: £22.99£20.01C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins remains one of the great works of the twentieth century and the cornerstone of Haitian revolutionary studies. In Making The Black Jacobins, Rachel Douglas traces the genesis, transformation, and afterlives of James's... -
Contrarian Anthropology: The Unwritten Rules of Academia by Laura Nader 9781785337086
RRP: £31.95£26.40Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate... -
Ted Bundy and The Unsolved Murder Epidemic: The Dark Figure of Crime Matt DeLisi 9783031214172
RRP: £27.99£18.19This book revisits the life and crimes of Ted Bundy. It seeks to reconcile the contradictions and controversies about his life that underscore the broader US unsolved murder problem, one that is estimated at between 250,000 to 350,000 open, unresolved,... -
Media Representation and the Global Imagination Shani Orgad (London School of Economics and Political Science) 9780745643809
RRP: £17.99£16.04This book is a clear, systematic, original and lively account of how media representations shape the way we see our and others' lives in a global age. It provides in-depth analysis of a range of international media representations of disaster, war,... -
The Practice of Qualitative Research: Engaging Students in the Research Process by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber 9781452268088
RRP: £76.00£67.16The Practice of Qualitative Research guides readers step by step through the process of collecting, analyzing, designing, and interpreting qualitative research. Written in an engaging style, this student-cantered text offers invaluable insights into the... -
Scotland in Early Medieval Europe by Alice E. Blackwell 9789088907524
£34.00This edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early Medieval Europe. Far from a 'dark age', Early Medieval Scotland (AD 300-900) was a crucible of different languages... -
The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000-300 BC) by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans
RRP: £34.99£30.49This was the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC. Syria has become a prime focus of field archaeology in the Middle East in the past thirty years, and Peter Akkermans... -
Fan Phenomena: Jane Austen by Gabrielle Malcolm
RRP: £23.95£20.92Nearly two hundred years after her death, Jane Austen is one of the most widely read and beloved English novelists of any era. Writing and publishing anonymously during her lifetime, the woman responsible for some of the most enduring characters (and... -
Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement by Tiffany N. Florvil 9780252085413
RRP: £20.99£18.37In the 1980s and 1990s, Black German women began to play significant roles in challenging the discrimination in their own nation and abroad. Their grassroots organizing, writings, and political and cultural activities nurtured innovative traditions,... -
Police Suicide: Risk Factors and Intervention Measures Richard Armitage 9781138050822
RRP: £36.99£32.53This text makes a primary and informed contribution to a subject that is under-researched in the UK - the suicide of those who work in the UK police service - by offering an analysis of UK case studies of officers and staff who have either completed... -
Are the Irish Different? by Tom Inglis 9780719095832
RRP: £30.00£21.31This book examines the extent and nature of Irish social and cultural difference. It is a collection of twenty-three short essays written in a clear and accessible manner by human scientists who are international experts in their area. The essays cover... -
Youth Work Ethics by Howard Sercombe 9781847876041
RRP: £39.99£32.66What does it mean to practice youth work ethically? How does ethical theory relate to the youth work profession? What are the moral dilemmas confronting youth workers today, and how should practitioners respond? This definitive text on youth work... -
Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South by Stephanie M. H. Camp 9780807855348
£33.22Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the study of space, social relations, gender, and power in the Old South, Stephanie Camp examines the everyday... -
The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: The Early Historical Period: AD1-1000 by Paul Booth 9780954962753
£62.50The gravel terraces of the river Thames have revealed a wealth of archaeological information about the evolution of the landscape of the region, the development of the settlement pattern, and past human occupation. Much of this has come to light in... -
In Far Japan: Glympses by Frank H. Hedges 9781138972414
RRP: £21.99£19.34First published in 2006. These unique sketches of Japan and Japanese life were written by Frank Hughes. foreign correspondent of the London Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post. Shrines, mountains, traditional drums, misty rains and... -
Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi
RRP: £31.99£21.35'This magnificent book allows us to peer behind the veil to behold the world of beauty, pride, and meaning of ancient Afghan embroidery. Through stories of hope and challenge, we are able to walk with these remarkable Afghan women as they rebuild their... -
Solved: How other countries cracked the world's biggest problems (and we can too) by Andrew Wear
RRP: £16.99£12.94Denmark is set to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030.Iceland has topped the gender equality rankings for a decade and counting.South Korea's average life expectancy will soon reach ninety. How have these places achieved such remarkable... -
Negara: The Theatre State in 19th Century Bali by Clifford Geertz
RRP: £35.00£27.74Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost... -
Networks of Entertainment: Early Film Distribution 1895-1915 by Frank P. Kessler
RRP: £23.99£19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861966813Author Frank KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint John Libbey & Co LtdPublisher John Libbey & CoWeight(grams) 699g -
Storytelling In Daily Life: Performing Narrative Kristin Langellier 9781592132133
RRP: £27.99£25.35Storytelling is perhaps the most common way people make sense of their experiences, claim identities, and "get a life." So much of our daily life consists of writing or telling our stories and listening to and reading the stories of others. But we rarely... -
Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method by Tom Boellstorff 9780691149516
RRP: £28.00£21.80Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind--a concise, comprehensive, and practical guide for students, teachers, designers, and scholars interested in using ethnographic methods to study online virtual worlds, including both game and... -
The Anthrobscene by Jussi Parikka 9780816696079
RRP: £9.00£7.98Smartphones, laptops, tablets, and e-readers all at one time held the promise of a more environmentally healthy world not dependent on paper and deforestation. The result of our ubiquitous digital lives is, as we see in The Anthrobscene, actually quite...