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The Algorithm: How AI Can Hijack Your Career and Steal Your Future by Hilke Schellmann 9781805260981
RRP: £22.00£19.52Artificial intelligence is being used, on a massive scale, to decide who gets hired, fired and promoted. Through whistleblower exclusives, leaked internal documents and astonishing real-world practices, journalist Hilke Schellmann reveals the secret rise... -
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds by John Higgs 9781399610353
RRP: £23.00£15.57'The best non-fiction book I've ever read. It's magical. Stunning' Dan Schreiber, No Such Thing As a Fish'A pop biography for people who don't read pop biographies' Dorian Lynskey, Guardian'Brilliant, discursive and wise' Ben Goldacre'Utterly... -
The Strengths Approach in Practice: How It Changes Lives by Avril Bellinger
RRP: £26.99£20.84In a climate emergency the strengths approach is needed now more than ever. Commonly misunderstood, its true power as a whole systems approach to release the potential of individuals, communities and their environments has been neglected. For those brave... -
Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects by Glenn Adamson
RRP: £10.99£7.51Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them? From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In this delightful exploration... -
Fear: An Alternative History of the World by Robert Peckham 9781788167239
RRP: £25.00£18.02It's been said that, after 9/11, the 2008 financial crash and the Covid-19 pandemic, we're a more fearful society than ever before. Yet fear, and the panic it produces, have long been driving forces - perhaps the driving force - of world history: fear of... -
The World According to Joan Didion by Evelyn McDonnell 9780008650896
RRP: £16.99£11.47An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful... -
The People: The Rise and Fall of the Working Class, 1910-2010 by Selina Todd
RRP: £12.99£8.60THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'There was nothing extraordinary about my childhood or background. And yet I looked in vain for any aspect of my family's story when I went to university to read history, and continued to search fruitlessly for it throughout... -
The Art of Action: How Leaders Close the Gaps between Plans, Actions and Results by Stephen Bungay
RRP: £24.99£16.38The 10th Anniversary Edition of the Leadership ClassicThe surprisingly common sense approach to leading a global company, based on a theoretical framework first used by the nineteenth-century Prussian Army.For over a decade the approach known as 'mission... -
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes
RRP: £14.99£10.95An award-winning epic on the birth of AustraliaIn 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British Government sent a fleet to colonise Australia.Documenting the brutal transportation of men, women and children out of Georgian... -
Altered State: The Story of Ecstasy Culture and Acid House by Matthew Collin
RRP: £12.99£9.45From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture. This new edition sees Matthew Collin cast a fresh eye on the heady events of the acid house 'Summer of Love' and the rave scene's... -
Second City: Birmingham and the Forging of Modern Britain by Richard Vinen
RRP: £25.00£16.53A DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022'A spirited attempt at uncovering the mystery of how Birmingham has managed for so long to stand at the centre of Britain's history without anyone noticing ... This absorbing book shows us how we did it'... -
TWA 800: Behind the Cover-Up and Conspiracy by Jack Cashill 9781684514557
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the disastrous crash to the nefarious, high-level cover up, historian Jack Cashill introduces new documents and testimonies in his shocking account of the true chain of events leading to the tragic disappearance of TWA 800 into seeming thin air. TWA... -
Russia 2010: And What it Means for the World : the Cera Report by Daniel Yergin
RRP: £17.00£12.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679759225Author Daniel YerginFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 207mm *... -
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award*'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and... -
The Penguin Book of Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley
RRP: £10.99£7.77'This readable anthology is a good introduction to a civilization that fascinates like few others ... in this book there are animals who talk, princesses who are locked up at the top of towers, wicked stepmothers and many other themes ... An enjoyable... -
The Broken Mirror: Refracted Visions of Ourselves by James Hollis 9781685030094
RRP: £24.95£19.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685030094Author James HollisFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm) 216mm... -
The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics by David Goodhart
RRP: £9.99£7.11LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2018 SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'A provocative take on the UK's new tribal divisions ... a book whose timing is pitch-perfect' Andrew MarrMany Remainers reported waking up the day... -
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine
RRP: £10.99£7.40Fascinating - PrimaEngaging and informative - GuardianAgatha Christie is one of our most beloved authors - a storyteller unparalleled in her clever plots and twisting tales. But Agatha was also a forensic expert; in each of her books she employs an... -
Living With Hearing Loss and Deafness: A guide to owning it and loving it by Samantha Baines
RRP: £16.99£11.54'Highly informative, told with warmth and humour' - Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt'Heartfelt and hilarious - deaf awareness beautifully told through Sam's unique voice' - Laura Whitmore'This book is important' - Mark Atkinson, CEO of the Royal... -
To Save Every One: 200 years of RNLI courage by The RNLI 9780008613051
RRP: £25.00£17.43The remarkable 200-year history of The RNLI and their invaluable role in British Maritime history. A beautiful book of kindness, courage, and community to treasure for years to come. Since 1824, people have counted on the RNLI to keep them... -
The Little Girl Who Gave Zero Fucks by Amy Kean
RRP: £9.99£6.85This is the story of a brave young girl, Elodie-Rose, who one day decides to change the world and keep all her fucks in her basket.Wait a minute. You're confused. What are fucks, you ask? It's quite simple, really. Fucks are her self-esteem; all the... -
Seven Days In The Art World by Sarah Thornton
RRP: £10.99£7.32Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. Sarah Thornton's shrewd and entertaining fly-on-the-wall narrative takes us behind the scenes of the art world, from art... -
This Lovely City by Louise Hare
RRP: £9.99£5.82*As seen on the new BBC TWO TV book club, Between the Covers* Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award Indie Book of the Month for March, selected by the Booksellers Association ... -
Broken and Betrayed: The True Story of the Rotherham Abuse Scandal by the Woman Who Fought to Expose It by Jayne Senior 9781509801626
RRP: £13.99£10.47For fourteen years, Jayne Senior tried to help girls from Rotherham who had been groomed, raped, tortured, pimped and threatened with violence by sex traffickers. As the manager of Risky Business, which was set up to work with vulnerable teens, she heard... -
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why it Matters by James W. Douglass 9781570757556
£24.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570757556Author James W. DouglassFormat HardbackPage Count 544Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA) -
The Social Work Pocket Guide to...: Reflective Practice by Siobhan Maclean 9781903575697
£11.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903575697Author Siobhan MacleanFormat PaperbackPage Count 135Imprint Kirwin Maclean AssociatesPublisher Kirwin Maclean Associates -
1966: The Year the Decade Exploded by Jon Savage
RRP: £12.99£8.96WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZEA GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELLAward-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage's monument to the year that shaped the future of global pop cultural history.'One... -
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman
RRP: £12.99£9.09One of most influential social scientist of the twentieth century examines the meaning of the asylum'Psychiatric staff share with policemen the peculiar occupational task of hectoring and moralizing adults'This groundbreaking work of social science... -
Aftershock: A Novel by Zhang Ling 9781662509025
RRP: £8.99£6.13A catastrophic disaster in China triggers a mother's heartbreaking choice and a daughter's reconciliation with the past in a powerful novel by the author of A Single Swallow and Where Waters Meet. In the summer of 1976, an earthquake swallows up the... -
Priestdaddy: A Memoir by Patricia Lockwood
RRP: £10.99£7.77'Priestdaddy caused a sensation when it hit bookshelves in 2017' Vogue 'Glorious' Sunday Times'Laugh-out-loud funny' The Times'Extraordinary' Observer'Exceptional' Telegraph'Electric' New York Times'Snort-out-loud' Financial Times'Dazzling' ... -
The I Just Can't Say No Club: How to Free Women's Careers from Unrewarded Work by Linda Babcock
RRP: £14.99£9.80One of The Times' Best Business Books of 2022A practical guide for bringing gender equality to the workplace with a new imperative: unburden women's careers from work that goes unrewarded.THE NO CLUB started when four women who were crushed by endless... -
Folklore of Dorset by Fran Doel 9780752439891
RRP: £14.99£11.55Folklore of Dorset explores the rich heritage of the county's traditions, seasonal customs and songs. Included are saints' lore and smugglers, wife sales, wrecking, witchcraft, wise men and West Gallery Music, hill figures, hempseed divination and holy... -
Notes to Self by Emilie Pine
RRP: £10.99£7.77'I am afraid of being the disruptive woman. And of not being disruptive enough. I am afraid. But I am doing it anyway.'In this dazzling debut, Emilie Pine speaks powerfully from her painful personal experience - on the emotional labour of caring for her... -
The Abuse of Power: A true story of sex and scandal at the heart of London's elite by Anthony Daly
RRP: £7.99£5.79'Explosive' Belfast TelegraphChilling. Candid. Controversial.This is the voice of one man from within a dark scandal that nestled in the heart of London's Soho in the 1970s.Travelling to the big city to escape The Troubles in his native Northern Ireland,... -
The Hanging Garden by Ian Rankin
RRP: £8.99£3.51The ninth Inspector Rebus novel from the No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES.'Masterly' SUNDAY TIMES'Ian Rankin is a genius' Lee ChildDI John Rebus is hard at work on multiple cases. Not only is he on the trail of a WWII war criminal -... -
They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima
RRP: £18.99£12.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812968170Author Ivan Van SertimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
The Reclining Nude: Agnes Varda, Catherine Breillat, and Nan Goldin by Emma Wilson
RRP: £30.79£28.07The figure of a woman reclining, in repose, displayed, abandoned, fallen, asleep, or dreaming, returns in the work of women filmmakers and photographers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Filmmakers Agnes Varda and Catherine Breillat, and... -
A Brief History of Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland
RRP: £10.99£7.40In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The... -
Mary Ann Cotton: Britain's First Female Serial Killer by David Wilson 9781904380917
£19.95As one of the UK's leading commentators, David Wilson shows how some serial killers stay in the headlines whilst others rapidly become invisible - or "unseen". Yet Mary Ann Cotton is not just the first but perhaps the UK's most prolific female serial... -
Audit Culture: How Indicators and Rankings are Reshaping the World by Cris Shore 9780745336459
RRP: £19.99£15.76All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries...