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Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times: The Work of Life in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility by Carl Peters
RRP: £49.99£43.50This book looks at Charlie Chaplin's masterpiece, Modern Times (1936), through the lens of film aesthetics, structure, and post-modern perspective. The naive Tramp character of Modern Times is often seen as the embodiment of a revolutionary reaction to... -
Gender, Communications, and Reproductive Health in International Development by Carolina Matos 9780228017554
RRP: £25.99£22.49To this day, women globally are subjected to forms of control over their bodies, and their ability to exercise their reproductive rights in particular is still constrained. Amid a rise of challenges to the advancement of women's rights, including the... -
Pain Generation: Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie by L. Ayu Saraswati
RRP: £21.99£19.19Explores the perils and promise of feminist social media activism Social media has become the front-and-center arena for feminist activism. Responding to and enacting the political potential of pain inflicted in acts of sexual harassment, violence, and... -
Dancing Jacobins: A Venezuelan Genealogy of Latin American Populism by Rafael Sanchez
£36.82Since independence from Spain, a trope has remained pervasive in Latin America's republican imaginary: that of an endless antagonism pitting civilization against barbarism as irreconcilable poles within which a nation's life unfolds. This book apprehends... -
What's Your Pronoun?: Beyond He and She by Dennis Baron 9781631496042
RRP: £20.99£15.78Like trigger warnings and gender-neutral bathrooms, pronouns spark debate, prompting new policies about what pronouns to use. More than a by-product of the culture wars, gender-neutral pronouns are, however, nothing new. Pioneering linguist Dennis Baron... -
Humor and Power in Algeria, 1920 to 2021 by Elizabeth M. Perego 9780253067616
RRP: £27.99£24.54In times of peace as well as conflict, humor has served Algerians as a tool of both unification and division. Humor has also assisted Algerians of various backgrounds and ideological leanings with engaging critically in power struggles throughout the... -
COMM by Rudolph Verderber
£51.67A direct response to ongoing research into students' workflows and preferences, Sellnow/Verderber/Verderber's COMM6 delivers the best of print and digital resources to meet the needs of all generations and learning styles. It combines an easy-reference,... -
Social Psychology of Dress: Bundle Book + Studio Access Card by Sharron J. Lennon
£91.87Social Psychology of Dress presents and explains the major theories and concepts that are important to understanding relationships between dress and human behavior. These concepts and theories are derived from such disciplines as sociology, psychology,... -
Hadith, Piety, and Law: Selected Studies by Christopher Melchert
RRP: £42.00£40.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937040499Author Christopher MelchertFormat PaperbackPage Count 383Imprint Lockwood PressPublisher Lockwood Press -
The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction and Use by Reginald Laubin 9780806122366
RRP: £22.95£18.23As "The Indian Tipi" makes obvious, Plains Indians are both practical people and natural artists. Their inventions are commonly both serviceable and beautiful.Book InformationISBN 9780806122366Author Reginald LaubinFormat PaperbackPage Count... -
Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape Josee Johnston 9781138015128
RRP: £43.99£38.44This important cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent 'hole in the wall' ethnic eateries, appreciate the pie found in working-class truck stops, and reject the snobbery of fancy French... -
Conversations with Women Showrunners by Marygrace O'Shea 9781032287195
RRP: £32.99£30.39Featuring over forty interviews with America's leading showrunners, this book provides unique perspectives and insights into the TV industry, demystifying the craft, backbone, skill, strategies, challenges, and persistence it takes to succeed in... -
Western Historical Thinking: An Intercultural Debate by Jorn Rusen 9781571814548
RRP: £27.95£22.58What is history - a question historians have been asking themselves time and again. Does "history" as an academic discipline, as it has evolved in the West over the centuries, represent a specific mode of historical thinking that can bedefined... -
Comparative Histories of Crime Barry Godfrey 9781843920366
RRP: £17.99£16.04This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding... -
Managing Boundaries in the Health Professions by John G. Bruhn
RRP: £39.50£37.61The availability and delivery of health care is one of the most important issues on the contemporary American public policy agenda. The authors analyze the social, psychological, and bureaucratic boundaries that define health care in the United States,... -
Before Sunrise: Young Love on the Move by María del Mar Azcona 9781032123929
RRP: £45.99£41.601. The book will publish around the 25th anniversary of the film's release. 2. It brings fresh perspectives on the intersection of romance, comedy and transnational cinema. 3. Ideal for students and lecturers in film and cinema studies, as well as those... -
Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse Analysis, and Activist Research by Nancy A. Naples
RRP: £53.99£46.87Naples draws on different research topics, such as welfare, poverty, sexual identity, and sexual abuse, to illustrate some of the most salient dilemmas of feminist research: the debate over objectivity, the paradox of discourse, the dilemma of... -
9/11 Mystery Plane by Mark H. Gaffney
RRP: £20.99£13.65Unlike other accounts of the historic attacks on 9/11, this discussion surveys the role of the world's most advanced military command and control plane, the E-4B, in the day's events and proposes that the horrific incidents were the work of a covert... -
Gender Violence, Social Media, and Online Environments: When the Virtual Becomes Real Lisa M. Cuklanz (Boston College, USA) 9781032197913
RRP: £34.99£30.85This book examines contexts, practices, and activism on issues of gender violence at the intersections of online and public spaces. Through individual case studies, the volume considers the interplay between the virtual worlds of online spaces including... -
Rats' Tales by Carol Ann Duffy
RRP: £9.99£7.32Rats' Tales brings together a hugely entertaining, dark and magical cycle of folk tales from around the world. The volume contains two texts for each story: Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy's wonderful prose and Melly Still's lively dramatization. Rats'... -
A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan by Claire Parkinson 9781793652515
£83.93A Critical Companion to Christopher Nolan provides a wide-ranging exploration of Christopher Nolan's films, practices, and collaborations. From a range of critical perspectives, this volume examines Nolan's body of work, explores its industrial and... -
Modernity's Ear: Listening to Race and Gender in World Music by Roshanak Kheshti
RRP: £21.99£19.19Inside the global music industry and the racialized and gendered assumptions we make about what we hear Fearing the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures, twentieth-century American ethnographers turned to the phonograph to salvage native... -
Baby, You are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall Marie Cartier 9781844658947
RRP: £37.99£33.38Baby, You Are My Religion argues that American butch-femme bar culture of the mid-20th Century should be interpreted as a sacred space for its community. Before Stonewall-when homosexuals were still deemed mentally ill-these bars were the only place... -
Nature and Ethics Across Geographical, Rhetorical and Human Borders by Katharine Dow
RRP: £39.99£35.06How we dispose of our rubbish, choose the foods we buy, enjoy art, relate to our families, and think about ourselves are just a few of the ways that ideas about nature shape our everyday ethical decisions. Nature and 'natural facts' have long been used... -
A History of Women's Lives in Eastbourne by Tina Brown 9781526716194
RRP: £12.99£9.09The south east coastal town of Eastbourne is probably best known today for being a popular seaside holiday resort, frequented by the retired generation. It has long, golden beaches and a gentile pace of life and, from that point of view, little has... -
In A Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America's Most Vulnerable Workers by Bernice Yeung
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apple orchards in bucolic Washington State. Office parks in Southern California under cover of night. The home of an elderly man in Miami. These are some of the workplaces where female workers have suffered brutal sexual assault and shocking harassment... -
Cold War Ruins: Transpacific Critique of American Justice and Japanese War Crimes by Lisa Yoneyama
RRP: £22.99£20.01In Cold War Ruins Lisa Yoneyama argues that the efforts intensifying since the 1990s to bring justice to the victims of Japanese military and colonial violence have generated what she calls a "transborder redress culture." A product of failed post-World... -
On Intersubjectivity and Cultural Creativity by Martin Buber
RRP: £37.00£35.77One of the foremost religious and social philosophers of the twentieth century, Martin Buber also wrote extensively on sociological subjects, particularly as these affected his philosophical concerns. Collected here, these writings offer essential... -
Taken by Surprise by Yasha Beresiner 9780853184133
£9.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853184133Author Yasha BeresinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Lewis Masonic PubPublisher Lewis Masonic PubWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 148mm *... -
Everything for Everyone: The Radical Tradition that Is Shaping the Next Economy by Nathan Schneider
RRP: £22.00£17.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568589596Author Nathan SchneiderFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 515gDimensions(mm) 240mm *... -
Hunter-Gatherer Adaptation and Resilience: A Bioarchaeological Perspective by Daniel H. Temple 9781107187351
RRP: £87.99£79.64Hunter-gatherer lifestyles defined the origins of modern humans and for tens of thousands of years were the only form of subsistence our species knew. This changed with the advent of food production, which occurred at different times throughout the world... -
Light in Dark Times: The Human Search for Meaning by Alisse Waterston 9781487526405
RRP: £15.99£15.02What will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, Light in Dark Times invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral... -
Police in the Age of Improvement David Barrie 9781843922667
RRP: £135.00£117.68The study of police history in Scotland has largely been neglected. Little is known about the Scottish police's origins, development and character despite growing interest in the machinery of law enforcement in other parts of the United Kingdom. This... -
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 9780679601517
£12.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679601517Author James BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 193gDimensions(mm) 192mm *... -
Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond by Valerie Mason-John
RRP: £17.99£12.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175627Author Valerie Mason-JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Field Theory: A Modern Primer Pierre Ramond 9780367154912
RRP: £37.99£33.38Presents recent advances of perturbative relativistic field theory in a pedagogical and straightforward way. For graduate students who intend to specialize in high-energy physics.About the AuthorPierre Ramond is the Director of the Institute for... -
Water Sustainability: A Global Perspective J.A.A. Jones 9781444104882
RRP: £64.99£58.76Using the latest mapping techniques, J.A.A. Jones, Chair of the IGU Commission for Water Sustainability, examines water availability, the impact of climate change and the problems created for water management worldwide as well as possible solutions.Water... -
All Men Must Die: Lethal Love and Fatal Attraction in Game of Thrones by Carolyne Larrington
RRP: £14.99£12.42'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered in High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in terror within the viciously unpredictable world... -
COVID-19 and Governance: Crisis Reveals by Jan Nederveen Pieterse
RRP: £36.99£32.53Covid-19 and Governance focuses on the relationship between governance institutions and approaches to Covid-19 and health outcomes. Bringing together analyses of Covid-19 developments in countries and regions across the world with a wide-angle lens on... -
Theorising Modernity: Reflexivity, Environment & Identity in Giddens' Social Theory by Martin O'Brien 9780582307438
RRP: £84.99£81.68What is modernity? Do we all experience modernity in the same way? How should we understand contemporary social change? This volume explores questions of modernity through critical engagements with the work of Anthony Giddens, focusing in particular on...