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Kent's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary but true stories from a very curious county by Martin Latham
RRP: £9.99£6.64Kent's Strangest Tales is a book devoted to the weird and wonderful side of the Garden of England. Home to historically rich towns such as Canterbury, Margate and Ramsgate, Kent is a county with more strangeness than you can shake a... -
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore by Michael Dylan Foster 9780520271029
RRP: £25.00£21.19Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to... -
Life and Early Travels by Cyriac of Ancona
£31.06Cyriac of Ancona (1391-1452) was among the first to study the physical remains of the ancient world in person and for that reason is sometimes regarded as the father of classical archaeology. This volume contains a life of Cyriac to the year 1435 by his... -
WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies For A Level Year 1 and AS Student Book – Revised Edition by Christine Bell
£32.59The WJEC/Eduqas Media Studies for A Level Year 1 & AS Student Book has been revised and updated to reflect the latest amendments to the specification. This accessible and engaging resource will support students through their A Level Media Studies course... -
Into the Night: A Year with the Police by Matt Lloyd-Rose 9781035004287
RRP: £10.99£7.51As heard on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week.'Told with the verve and immediacy of a novel' - Iain SinclairA vividly told yet reflective account of a year as a volunteer police officer, examining the nature of policing, its impact on those who are policed... -
34 Years in Hell: My Time Inside America's Toughest Prisons by Jamie Morgan Kane
RRP: £8.99£6.45In July 1983, James Morgan Kane returned home in the evening to find a corpse in his living room.Fearing that he would be held responsible, and sensing that his wife was somehow involved, he wanted to do all he could to protect his young family.Jamie... -
All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess by Becca Rothfeld 9780349016221
RRP: £20.00£13.35A spiky, funny and intellectually dazzling response to modern culture - from BDSM to mindfulness to Sally Rooney'Bracing and brilliant ... scintillating writing of breadth and power' Kate Kellaway, Observer'A radical and important book' James Wood,... -
A Terrible Secret: Scared for her safety, Tilly places herself into care. A shocking true story. by Cathy Glass
RRP: £9.99£4.54Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him. Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes... -
The Lost Art of Listening, Third Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships by Michael P Nichols 9781462542741
RRP: £16.99£15.62"That isn't what I meant!" Truly listening and being heard is far from simple, even between people who care about each other. This perennial bestseller--now revised and updated for the digital age--analyzes how any conversation can go off the rails and... -
Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World by Ha-Joon Chang
RRP: £20.00£14.29RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK Economic thinking - about globalisation, climate change, immigration, austerity, automation and much more - in its most digestible formFor decades, a single free market philosophy has dominated global economics. But this is bland... -
American Carnage by Fred Guttenberg
RRP: £17.99£12.30Shooting Down Gun Violence Misinformation"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." Fred Guttenberg#1 New Release in School SafetyFred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school... -
Hidden In Plain View by Raymond G. Dobard
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385497671Author Jacqueline L. TobinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing... -
Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right by Joe Mulhall
RRP: £10.99£7.32'Mulhall watches the extreme right revival from the inside - as an anti-fascist infiltrator criss-crossing the global networks of modern fascism - but he brings a deep analytical focus. By the end of it we understand one thing: the threat of a second... -
The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects by John Berger
RRP: £9.99£7.11In a dazzling fusion of Quentin Fiore's bold and inventive graphic design and Marshall McLuhan's unique insight into technology, advertising and mass-media, The Medium is the Massage is a unique study of human communication in the twentieth century,... -
Everybody Lies: The New York Times Bestseller by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'This book is about a whole new way of studying the mind ... Endlessly fascinating' Steven Pinker 'A whirlwind tour of the modern human psyche' Economist... -
Why We Drive: On Freedom, Risk and Taking Back Control by Matthew Crawford
RRP: £9.99£7.11Why We Drive is a rebellious and daring celebration of the human spirit and the competence of ordinary people by the bestselling author of The Case for Working with Your Hands.Once we were drivers on the open road.Today we are more often in the back seat... -
The Captain's Apprentice: Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Story of a Folk Song by Caroline Davison 9781784744540
RRP: £20.00£14.29***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4******WINNER OF THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE******LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA AWARDS***A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIn January... -
Rebel Island: the incredible history of Taiwan by Jonathan Clements 9781915590275
RRP: £22.00£14.71The gripping story of Taiwan, from the flood myths of ancient legend to its ‘Asian Tiger’ economic miracle — and the looming threat of invasion by China. Once dismissed by the Kangxi Emperor as nothing but a ‘ball of mud’, Taiwan has a modern GDP larger... -
Life in a Medieval Village by Frances Gies 9780062415660
RRP: £10.99£7.25The reissue of Joseph and Frances Gies's classic bestseller on life in medieval villages. This new reissue of Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and... -
A Bookshop of One’s Own: How a group of women set out to change the world by Jane Cholmeley 9780008651046
RRP: £16.99£11.47The captivating true story of an underdog business - a feminist bookshop founded in Thatcher's Britain - from a woman at the heart of the women's liberation movement. An Independent and Stylist Best Non-Fiction Book... -
Sacred Nature: How we can recover our bond with the natural world by Karen Armstrong 9781529114799
RRP: £10.99£7.12'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe -... -
George Muller: Delighted in God by Roger Steer
RRP: £9.99£6.45George Muller's life is a powerful answer to modern scepticism. His name has become a by-word for faith throughout the world. In the early 1830s he embarked upon an extraordinary adventure. Disturbed by the faithlessness of the Church in general, he... -
Divided: Racism, Medicine and Why We Need to Decolonise Healthcare by Dr Annabel Sowemimo 9781788169219
RRP: £10.99£7.77A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 INDIE CHAMPIONS AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK 2023 'Prepare to be blown away' CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, Assistant Director General at WHO ... -
Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics by Bell Hooks 9780745317335
RRP: £18.99£12.75'Simply put, feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.' So begins Feminism is for Everybody, a short, accessible introduction to feminist theory by one of its most influential practitioners. Designed to be read by all... -
Ox Against the Storm: A Biography of Tanaka Shozo: Japans Conservationist Pioneer by Kenneth Strong
RRP: £23.99£20.99Recounts the lifelong struggle of the 19th-century pioneer environmental conservationist.About the AuthorKenneth StrongBook InformationISBN 9781873410141Author Kenneth StrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint RoutledgeCurzonPublisher Taylor & Francis... -
Skint Estate: A memoir of poverty, motherhood and survival by Cash Carraway
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Brilliant, horrifying and really f***ing funny' KATHY BURKE'Give[s] powerful voice to the often silent story that explains so much of Britain's current fracturing' OBSERVERI'm a scrounger, a liar, a hypocrite, a stain on society with no basic morals -... -
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House by Adrian Tinniswood 9781529111439
RRP: £12.99£9.09From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic values.'Preposterously entertaining' Observer'Brilliant'... -
Coach Your Team by Liz Hall
RRP: £10.99£7.77It has never been a more challenging time for managers and leaders to maintain a happy, healthy workforce. The pace of change and increasing uncertainty in most industries has resulted in a rapid increase in stress and anxiety in the workplace, and most... -
Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation by Julie Bindel 9781472132628
RRP: £9.99£6.80'Timely, necessary and important' J.K. Rowling'[This book is] guaranteed to remind us what we have still to fight for. I can't think of a single person who wouldn't benefit from reading it' Observer'Bindel is a rock star of second-wave feminism . . . an... -
The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society by Debra Soh
RRP: £10.99£7.00International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that "is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital"... -
Communion: The Female Search for Love by Bell Hooks 9780060938291
RRP: £10.99£7.25Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and... -
The Men of the Mary Rose: Raising the Dead by A. J. Stirland
RRP: £18.99£14.32The Mary Rose was one of King Henry VIII's favourite warships until she sank during an engagement with the French fleet on 19 July 1545. Her rediscovery and raising were seminal events in the history of nautical archaeology. Apart from the Captain and... -
A Queer Little History of Art by Alex Pilcher
RRP: £15.00£10.96A celebration of over 100 years of queer creativity, featuring 70 outstanding works of drawing, painting, photography, sculpture and installation. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and... -
The Archival Afterlives of Philippine Cinema by Bliss Cua Lim 9781478025733
RRP: £23.99£20.84Drawing on cultural policy, queer and feminist theory, materialist media studies, and postcolonial historiography, Bliss Cua Lim analyzes the crisis-ridden history of Philippine film archiving-a history of lost films, limited access, and collapsed... -
At Work in the Ruins: Finding Our Place in the Time of Science, Climate Change, Pandemics and All the Other Emergencies by Dougald Hine
RRP: £22.00£14.56'One of the most perceptive and thought-provoking books ...Essential reading for these turbulent times.' Amitav Ghosh, author of The Great Derangement 'Dougald Hine's brilliant book demands we stare into that abyss and rethink our securest certainties... -
Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING: Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them by Polly Curtis
RRP: £10.99£7.40Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH'Everyone should read this book' HILARY COTTAM'Important' IAN BIRRELL'Vital' HANNAH... -
Favourite Irish Legends for Children by Yvonne Carroll 9780717148370
RRP: £10.99£8.17A bumper collection of Ireland's favourite legends for children. Included are: The Children of Lir, The Brown Bull of Cooley, Deirdre of the Sorrows, The Salmon of Knowledge and a host of other legends of Oisin, Setanta, Fionn and the heroes of... -
A Room of One's Own/Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf
RRP: £8.99£6.45'A landmark of feminist thought and a rhetorical masterpiece' GuardianRanging from the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted imaginary sister to Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity, A Room of... -
Homer and His Iliad by Robin Lane Fox
RRP: £30.00£21.35A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicistsHomer's Iliad is the famous epic poem set among the tales of Troy. Its subject is the anger of the hero Achilles... -
How to Become a Traffic Warden (Civil Enforcement Officer): The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Traffic Warden: 1 by Richard McMunn 9781910602041
RRP: £12.97£9.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910602041Author Richard McMunnFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint How2become LtdPublisher How2become LtdDimensions(mm) 186mm * 128mm * 14mm