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Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair by Christopher Oldstone-Moore 9780226479200
RRP: $24.51$20.90Beards they're all the rage these days. Take a look around: from hip urbanites to rustic outdoorsmen, well-groomed metrosexuals to post-season hockey players, facial hair is everywhere. The New York Times traces this hairy trend to Big Apple hipsters... -
Interpretive Description: Qualitative Research for Applied Practice Sally Thorne 9781629582993
RRP: $56.75$49.59The first edition of Interpretive Description established itself as the key resource for novice and intermediate level researchers in applied settings for conducting a qualitative research project with practical outcomes. In the second edition, leading... -
Dynamics of Contention by Doug McAdam
RRP: $39.98$30.32In recent decades the study of social movements, revolution, democratization and other non-routine politics has flourished. And yet research on the topic remains highly fragmented, reflecting the influence of at least three traditional divisions. The... -
Wastiary: A Bestiary of Waste by Michael Picard 9781800085190
RRP: $32.25$28.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800085190Author Michael Hennessy PicardFormat PaperbackImprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 12mm -
Feminisms by Sandra Kemp 9780192892706
RRP: $61.91$60.66`A feminist is a woman who does not allow anyone to think in her place.' Michele Le Doeuff Spanning nearly two decades (1980-1996), the six sections of this reader investigate the debates which have most characterized feminist theory to date. ... -
Death Rituals, Social Order and the Archaeology of Immortality in the Ancient World: 'Death Shall Have No Dominion' by Colin Renfrew
RRP: $34.82$30.77Modern archaeology has amassed considerable evidence for the disposal of the dead through burials, cemeteries and other monuments. Drawing on this body of evidence, this book offers fresh insight into how early human societies conceived of death and the... -
Introducing Islam: A Graphic Guide by Ziauddin Sardar 9781848310841
RRP: $11.60$8.64Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of... -
Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers by Viviene E. Cree
RRP: $46.43$40.88How does a social work student make the connection between sociological knowledge and day-to-day social work? Sociology for Social Workers and Probation Officers provides an introduction to sociological ideas and research and places them firmly into the... -
The End of Tolerance: Racism in 21st Century Britain Arun Kundnani 9780745326450
RRP: $38.69$25.03Is Britain becoming a more racist society? Arun Kundnani looks behind the media hysteria to show how multicultural Britain is under attack by government policies and vitriolic press campaigns that play upon fear and encourage racism. Exacerbated by... -
Brain Sex by David Jessel
RRP: $23.22$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385311830Author Anne MoirFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group... -
Growing Up Bad: Black Youth, Road Culture and Badness in an East London Neighborhood by Anthony Gunter
RRP: $15.42$10.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872767031Author Anthony GunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 163Imprint Tufnell PressPublisher Tufnell PressWeight(grams) 274g -
The Heart of the Matter: How Papworth Hospital transformed modern heart and lung care by Peter Pugh
RRP: $21.92$14.94Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire, founded in 1916 to tackle the great killer disease of tuberculosis, is famous for carrying out the UK's first heart transplant operation in 1979. It followed this up not only with many other heart transplants but also... -
The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy: Chronicling Continuity and Change by Victor Strazzeri 9781642599893
RRP: $38.70$25.65The Young Max Weber and German Social Democracy examines the formative years of the classic social thinker once called the 'bourgeois Marx,' specifically focusing on his relationship to the foremost working-class organization of his time. Offering... -
Tackling Child Sexual Abuse: Radical Approaches to Prevention, Protection and Support Sarah Nelson 9781447313878
RRP: $33.53$25.94In this outspoken and challenging book, Sarah Nelson argues that progress in addressing childhood sexual abuse has been in fearful or complacent retreat. She proposes new models for child-centred, perpetrator-focussed child protection, for community... -
Introducing Criminology Clive Coleman 9781903240090
RRP: $49.01$43.06Criminology, or the study of crime, has developed rapidly as a subject in recent years, while crime and the problem of how to respond to it have become major concerns for society as a whole. This book provides a succinct, highly readable - and much... -
Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond Patrick Baert (University of Cambridge) 9780745639819
RRP: $29.66$26.01This revised edition of Patrick Baert's widely acclaimed Social Theory in the Twentieth Century, now benefitting from the collaboration of Filipe Carreira da Silva has been brought right up-to-date with cutting-edge developments in social theory today... -
The Jewellery Of Roman Britain: Celtic and Classical Traditions by Catherine Johns 9780415516129
RRP: $69.65$60.46This work provides a survey of the jewellery of Roman Britain. Fully illustrated and accessible to both the specialist and amateur enthusiast, it surveys the full range of personal ornament worn in Britain during the Roman period, the 1st to 4th... -
Criminalising Social Policy: Anti-social Behaviour and Welfare in a De-civilised Society John Rodger 9781843923268
RRP: $49.01$43.06Recent legislative and policy developments in contemporary Britain have ushered in a new approach to criminal justice. The focus on criminal dispositions and welfarism has given way to a strategy which now involves the management of social exclusion,... -
Women, Violence and Social Change by R. Emerson Dobash
RRP: $60.62$52.85Women, Violence and Social Change demonstrates how refuges and shelters stand as the core of the battered women's movement, providing a basis for pragmatic support, political action and radical renewal. From this base movements in Britain and the United... -
Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin
RRP: $11.60$8.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553259209Author Bernard EvslinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam USAPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group IncWeight(grams)... -
Cybercrime and Society by Majid Yar 9781529772074
RRP: $43.85$36.65Extensively updated and expanded to reflect the evolving landscape of online crime, this fourth edition of Cybercrime and Society is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to this complex and fascinating topic. But just what are cybercrimes? And... -
Approaches to Human Geography: Philosophies, Theories, People and Practices by Stuart Aitken
RRP: $65.79$53.84"The book covers some of the (traditionally) most obtuse and difficult-to-grasp philosophical ideas that have influenced geographers/geography. The fact that these are presented in an inclusive and accessible manner is a key strength. Many students have... -
Technologies of Speculation: The Limits of Knowledge in a Data-Driven Society by Sun-ha Hong
RRP: $32.24$27.95An inquiry into what we can know in an age of surveillance and algorithms Knitting together contemporary technologies of datafication to reveal a broader, underlying shift in what counts as knowledge, Technologies of Speculation reframes today's major... -
Criminal Justice Theory: An Introduction by Roger Hopkins Burke
RRP: $56.75$49.59Criminal Justice Theory examines the theoretical foundations of criminal justice in the modern era, whilst also considering legal philosophy and ethics, explaining criminal behaviour, and discussing policing, the court process, and penology in the... -
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Dr Naomi Wolf 9780060512187
RRP: $21.92$14.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060512187Author Dr Naomi WolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming Liz Carlisle 9781642832211
RRP: $28.37$23.93A powerful movement is happening in farming today-farmers are reconnecting with their roots to fight climate change. For one woman, that's meant learning her tribe's history to help bring back the buffalo. For another, it's meant preserving forest... -
Diary Method: Research Methods by Ruth Bartlett
RRP: $24.50$21.65First published Open Access under a Creative Commons license as What is Diary Method?, this title is now also available as part of the Bloomsbury Research Methods series. This book provides an up-to-date, concise, and engaging introduction to... -
Urban Legends: Gang Identity in the Post-Industrial City by Alistair Fraser 9780198728610
$94.39As the youth gang phenomenon becomes an important and sensitive public issue, communities from Los Angeles to Rio, Cape Town to London are facing the reality of what such violent groups mean for their children and young people. Complex dangers and... -
Age of Propaganda by Anthony Pratkanis
$24.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805074031Author Anthony PratkanisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Owl Books,U.S.Publisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 418gDimensions(mm)... -
Applied Conversation Analysis: Social Interaction in Institutional Settings by Jessica N. Lester 9781506351261
RRP: $98.04$86.74Focusing on applied conversation analysis (CA), this timely book offers practical insights and guidelines for CA scholars studying social interactions in institutional settings. Written in an accessible style and packed with case studies, examples,... -
Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice Andrew Jones (University of Southampton) 9781405125963
RRP: $43.80$39.19Prehistoric Europe: Theory and Practice provides a comprehensive introduction to the range of critical contemporary thinking in the study of European prehistory. Presents essays by some of the most dynamic researchers and leading European scholars in... -
The Irish Women's Movement: From Revolution to Devolution by Linda Connolly
RRP: $19.34$17.60This superbly incisive, comprehensive history of the Irish women's movement from the 1860s to the twenty-first century - appearing for the first time in paperback - shows how a network of constituent organizations and individuals was transformed into an... -
Dread: Facing Futureless Futures David Theo Goldberg (University of California, Irvine) 9781509544448
RRP: $64.50$56.13A pervasive sense has taken hold that any and all of us are under suspicion and surveillance, walking on a tightrope, a step away from erasure of rights or security. Nothing new for many long-targeted populations, it is now surfacing as a broad social... -
Group Work with Children and Adolescents: A Handbook by Kedar Nath Dwivedi
RRP: $45.15$43.54It is a particular and very personal pleasure to contribute a foreword to this important book... I congratulate the authors and editor on their achievement, and warmly recommend Group Work with Children and Adolescents as vital reading for all those... -
A Reader on Punishment by R. A. Duff
RRP: $82.55$76.90Why we punish, who we punish and how we punish are central elements of any discussion of the role of law in modern society. In this impressive and timely collection, two leading experts on the theory of punishment have selected a range of articles... -
Dread: Facing Futureless Futures David Theo Goldberg (University of California, Irvine) 9781509544455
RRP: $20.63$19.10A pervasive sense has taken hold that any and all of us are under suspicion and surveillance, walking on a tightrope, a step away from erasure of rights or security. Nothing new for many long-targeted populations, it is now surfacing as a broad social... -
Final Warning: A History of the New World Order: Part one by David Allen Rivera
RRP: $25.79$17.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615779291Author David Allen RiveraFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 700g -
Critical Ethnography: Method, Ethics, and Performance by D. Soyini Madison
RRP: $132.87$116.93"Critical Ethnography is a rare and beautiful synthesis of deft theorizing and principled pragmatics. The complexities of ethnography demand a grasp of both theory and practice, but rarely have they come together so clearly and completely as in this... -
The Goddess and the Bull: Catalhoeyuk: An Archaeological Journey to the Dawn of Civilization Michael Balter 9781598740691
RRP: $47.72$42.48Veteran science writer Michael Balter skillfully weaves together many threads in this fascinating book about one of archaeology's most legendary sites- Catalhoeyuk. First excavated forty years ago, the site is justly revered by prehistorians, art... -
China's Influence and the Center-periphery Tug of War in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific by Brian C.H. Fong
RRP: $51.59$45.23Bringing together a team of cutting-edge researchers based in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indo-Pacific countries, this book focuses on the tug of war between China's influence and forces of resistance in Hong Kong, Taiwan and selected countries in its...