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Interactive Storytelling: A Cross-Media Approach to Writing, Producing and Editing with AI by Antonio Pizzo 9781032371641
RRP: £33.99£30.00Taking a cross-media approach to the ever-changing field of digital storytelling, this book offers an essential introduction to producing and editing interactive storytelling content, and to the platforms that host it. Merging algorithmic and AI... -
Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud 9780393617092
£19.24This Norton Critical Edition includes: The Standard Edition of Sigmund Freud's most famous work, under the general editorship of James Strachey and authorized by Freud. Editorial matter by Samuel Moyn. Carefully chosen and thematically organized... -
Badfellas: Crime, Tradition and New Masculinities Simon Winlow 9781859734148
RRP: £35.99£31.69Fights, fraud and drugs racketeering regularly hit the headlines, but they are just news stories for most of us. For others, they constitute a way of life. This book uncovers a world where male identity is expressed each day through physical strength and... -
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation: Expanded Second Edition by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
RRP: £14.99£9.88The eruption of mass protests in the wake of the police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have challenged the impunity with which officers of the law carry out violence against Black people and punctured the... -
Intersectional Class Struggle: Theory and Practice by Michael Beyea Reagan
RRP: £14.00£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849354127Author Michael Beyea ReaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Reflections on Myanmar: Identity, Heritage, Aspirations Reshmi Banerjee (Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, India) 9781032328874
RRP: £35.99£31.69Myanmar is known for its engaging history, rich cultural heritage, and diverse ethnic communities. Its tumultuous political past has been discussed by academics and policy makers for decades; however, the land of the Shwedagon cannot only be defined by... -
Pain: A Sociological Introduction Elaine Denny (University of Central England in Birmingham) 9780745655550
RRP: £16.75£15.03Pain in one form or another is probably the most common symptom presented to medical and healthcare professionals. Long a subject of biomedical interest, more recent biopsychosocial theories have extended the study of pain as a concept which is highly... -
Physical Intelligence: The Science of Thinking Without Thinking by Scott Grafton
RRP: £10.99£7.40'An instant classic' Michael S. Gazzaniga, author of The Consciousness InstinctHow do you pick the right moment to cross a busy road?Or decide if you can drive through a storm? What helps you discover a shortcut to a familiar route?The answer is PHYSICAL... -
The Sociology of Early Childhood: Critical Perspectives by Norman Gabriel 9781446272985
RRP: £114.00£91.94The Sociology of Early Childhood is a theoretically and historically grounded examination of young children's experiences in contemporary society. Arguing that a sociology of early childhood must bring together and integrate different disciplines, this... -
Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know® by Laura Erickson-Schroth
RRP: £12.99£9.09The term "gender" was first distinguished from "sex" in the 1950s when psychologists began to discuss the idea of "gender roles," behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Since then, leaders... -
Lessons in Courage: How I Fought Back Against Cancel Culture and Won by Nick Buckley
RRP: £27.50£18.60Nick Buckley MBE came to international attention in June 2020 when he was fired by the board of The Mancunian Way, a charity he had founded, for criticizing the far-left policies of Black Lives Matter. He then mounted a successful fightback that resulted... -
Understanding Criminal Networks: A Research Guide by Prof. Gisela Bichler
RRP: £30.00£23.29Understanding Criminal Networks is a short methodological primer for those interested in studying illicit, deviant, covert, or criminal networks using social network analysis (SNA). Accessibly written by Gisela Bichler, a leading expert in SNA for dark... -
Lancashire Murder & Crime by Martin Baggoley 9780752443584
RRP: £14.99£11.55True crime writer Martin Baggoley has selected a fascinating collection of tales of murder and manslaughter from across Lancashire spanning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The crimes are as diverse as the locations in which they were committed,... -
Elsewhere, Within Here: Immigration, Refugeeism and the Boundary Event Trinh T. Minh-ha 9780415880220
RRP: £35.99£32.97Winner of the 2012 Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA)World-renowned filmmaker and feminist, postcolonial thinker Trinh T. Minh-ha is one of the most powerful and articulate voices in both independent... -
An Anthropology of the Machine: Tokyo's Commuter Train Network by Michael Fisch
RRP: £24.00£23.03With its infamously packed cars and disciplined commuters, Tokyo's commuter train network is one of the most complex technical infrastructures on Earth. In An Anthropology of the Machine, Michael Fisch provides a nuanced perspective on how Tokyo's... -
The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism by Stefan Kuhl 9780195149784
RRP: £26.99£20.94When Hitler published Mein Kampf in 1924, he held up a foreign law as a model for his program of racial purification: The U.S. Immigration Restriction Act of 1924, which prohibited the immigration of those with hereditary illnesses and entire ethnic... -
The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work by Stephen Webb
RRP: £47.99£42.81The Routledge Handbook of Critical Social Work brings together the world's leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject. Comprised of 48 chapters divided into six parts:... -
How about Demons?: Possession and Exorcism in the Modern World by Felicitas D. Goodman
RRP: £19.99£17.54"Quite an interesting book... " -Religious Studies Review "It is by far superior to anything else on demons we have seen in the past few years." -The American Rationalist "... Goodman is to be commended for a stimulating and... -
In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research by Robert G. Burgess
RRP: £47.99£41.81First Published in 2004. An authoritative guide to the problems and procedures associated with data collection and analysis in field research.About the AuthorProfessor Robert G Burgess (University of Leicester)Reviews'This is a classic text on research... -
Realism and Complexity in Social Science by Malcolm Williams
RRP: £37.99£33.38Realism and Complexity in Social Science is an argument for a new approach to investigating the social world, that of complex realism. Complex realism brings together a number of strands of thought, in scientific realism, complexity science, probability... -
Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Decherney
RRP: £8.99£7.07In this engaging and readable book, Peter Decherney tells the story of Hollywood, from its nineteenth-century origins to the emergence of internet media empires. He recounts how the studio system rose out of the ashes of Thomas Edison's trust to create... -
Picturing Algeria by Pierre Bourdieu
RRP: £30.00£23.29As a soldier in the French army, Pierre Bourdieu took thousands of photographs documenting the abject conditions and suffering (as well as the resourcefulness, determination, grace, and dignity) of the Algerian people as they fought in the Algerian War... -
Adivasi Art and Activism: Curation in a Nationalist Age by Alice Tilche
RRP: £24.99£24.14The uneasy alliance of tribal art and the museum movementAs India consolidates an aggressive model of economic development, indigenous tribal people known as adivasis continue to be overrepresented among the country's poor. Adivasis make up more than... -
Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places by Laurel Kendall
RRP: £30.00£23.29Statues, paintings, and masks-like the bodies of shamans and spirit mediums-give material form and presence to otherwise invisible entities, and sometimes these objects are understood to be enlivened, agentive on their own terms. This book explores how... -
The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity by Byron Reese 9781501158575
£11.03As we approach a great turning point in history when technology is poised to redefine what it means to be human, The Fourth Age offers fascinating insight into AI, robotics, and their extraordinary implications for our species. "If you only read just one... -
The Lower Lines: Brompton Kent, Archaeological Investigations 2007-2009 by James Holman 9781870545419
RRP: £30.00£27.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870545419Author James HolmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Canterbury Archaeological Trust LtdPublisher Canterbury Archaeological Trust Ltd -
The Future by Nick Montfort
RRP: £14.99£10.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles for 2018 2018.Book InformationISBN 9780262534819Author Nick MontfortFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT... -
Cognitive Interviewing Practice by Debbie Collins
RRP: £51.00£41.51The use of the cognitive interviewing method for survey question testing has proliferated and evolved over the past 30 years. In more recent years the method has been applied to the evaluation of information letters and leaflets and to research consent... -
How to Love a Child: And Other Selected Works Volume 2: 2 by Janusz Korczak
RRP: £20.00£19.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912676019Author Janusz KorczakFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Foundations for offender management: Theory, law and policy for contemporary practice Anne Robinson (Sheffield Hallam University) 9781847427649
RRP: £27.99£21.97'Offender management' for probation means continuing commitment to constructive work with individuals who break the law but in a changing multi-agency context. Providing a comprehensive introduction to criminal justice work, this book negotiates the... -
The Story of Scotland by Pat Morgan
RRP: £12.99£8.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781782817260Author Pat MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint G2 Entertainment LtdPublisher G2 Entertainment Ltd -
The New Urban Question Andy Merrifield (Visiting Research Associate) 9780745334837
RRP: £24.99£19.39The New Urban Question is an exuberant and illuminating adventure through our current global urban condition, tracing the connections between radical urban theory and political activism. From Haussmann's attempts to use urban planning to rid... -
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan 9780143038580
RRP: £18.00£11.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of James Beard Cookbook Award - Writings on Food.Book InformationISBN 9780143038580Author Michael PollanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Penguin USAPublisher... -
Myths and Legends of Japan by F.Hadland Davis 9780486270456
RRP: £20.99£14.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486270456Author F. Hadland DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Integrating Social Work Theory and Practice: A Practical Skills Guide by Pam Green Lister
RRP: £35.99£31.69All social work students study theory and undertake practice placements. Integrating the two - so that each informs the other - is both essential and notoriously tricky. This accessible book demystifies the process and offers helpful evidence-based... -
Roots of Human Sociality: Culture, Cognition and Interaction Stephen C. Levinson 9781845203948
RRP: £37.99£33.78This book marks an exciting convergence towards the idea that human culture and cognition are rooted in the character of human social interaction, which is unique in the animal kingdom. Roots of Human Sociality attempts for the first time to explore the... -
Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa Jean Comaroff 9781594517655
RRP: £36.99£32.53As nation-states in the Northern Hemisphere experience economic crisis, political corruption and racial tension, it seems as though they might be 'evolving' into the kind of societies normally associated with the 'Global South'. Anthropologists Jean and... -
London's Urban Landscape: Another Way of Telling by Christopher Tilley 9781787355590
RRP: £30.00£27.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787355590Author Professor Christopher TilleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 860g -
Welfare Words: Critical Social Work & Social Policy by Paul Garrett 9781473968974
RRP: £36.99£30.29'Systematically exposes the neoliberal myths in unequal societies' - Niels Rosendal Jensen 'A call to arms to challenge inequality and social exclusion.' - Lel Meleyal 'An impassioned dissection of the highly coded lexicon of so-called welfare reform..... -
Using Biographical Methods in Social Research by Barbara Merrill
RRP: £48.99£39.74Using Biographical Methods in Social Research provides an informative, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the nature and use of biographical methods, combining a consideration of theoretical issues with practical guidance as well as...