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The Anthropology of Pregnancy Loss: Comparative Studies in Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Neo-natal Death by Roseanne Cecil 9781859731253
RRP: £35.99£31.69How much influence does culture have on a mother's reactions to pregnancy loss? At what stage is a fetus attributed with human status? How does this affect the mother's reactions to the loss of a baby?Contemporary, historical and oral-history accounts... -
Call the Mothers: Searching for Mexico's Disappeared in the War on Drugs Shaylih Muehlmann 9780520314580
RRP: £25.00£19.59A gripping portrait of the relentless women taking missing persons, kidnapping, and extortion cases into their own hands—and building a movement for one another. In this riveting exploration of the lives of mothers whose children are among the 100,000... -
The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad 9780063279933
RRP: £30.00£20.53A downright revolutionary 30th-anniversary deluxe edition of the iconic bestselling biography of Nirvana, updated with exclusive new content exploring the personal and cultural forces that inspired the music, the author's friendship with Kurt Cobain and... -
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623177102Author Sherronda J. BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman
RRP: £10.99£7.25'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should have learned about in school but... -
Law for Social Workers by David Goosey 9780198903079
RRP: £37.99£35.82Law for Social Workers has been supporting social work students and professionals for over 25 years. Written by an expert team with practical experience, this book provides the perfect combination of legal explanation and practical insight and is the... -
Research Design - International Student Edition: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by John W. Creswell
RRP: £50.00£47.21The new edition of the best-selling text, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, continues the pioneering tradition of providing clear and concise instruction for understanding research and developing proposals for all... -
Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Jonathan Metzl 9780807001271
RRP: £22.00£17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807001271Author Jonathan MetzlFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm *... -
The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World by Jennifer Higgie
RRP: £22.00£14.56'In effervescent and atmospheric prose, Jennifer Higgie explores some of history's most innovative artists and their spiritual investigations into this realm and the next. I was entranced from start to finish, as she takes us on both a personal and... -
Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights by Juno Mac
RRP: £9.99£8.17How the law harms sex workers - and what they want insteadDo you have to endorse prostitution in order to support sex worker rights? Should clients be criminalized, and can the police deliver justice?In Revolting Prostitutes, sex workers Juno Mac and... -
YouTube World Records 2021: The Internet's Greatest Record-Breaking Feats by Adrian Besley
RRP: £16.99£15.51YouTube is the world's most-visited video sharing site (and second most-visited site). It is home to over 100 million videos and contains a host of amazing clips, many documenting incredible feats of human endeavour and endurance. YouTube World Records... -
Congo by David van Reybrouck
RRP: £14.99£9.70FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description "epic", in its true sense, but the term "masterpiece" as well' Independent This gripping epic tells the story of one of the world's most critical failed... -
Unwanted: The care system failed Lara. Will she fail her own child? by Cathy Glass
RRP: £8.99£6.35Lara was seven when her birth mother died from a drug overdose. With no extended family to look after her, she was put into foster care. The care system failed Lara and now she is failing her son. Lara and her one-year-old son, Arthur, are... -
Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters 9780007200375
RRP: £10.99£7.25'Stuart does not like the manuscript. He's after a bestseller, "like what Tom Clancy writes". "But you are not an assassin trying to frazzle the president with anthrax bombs," I point out. You are an ex-homeless, ex-junkie psychopath, I do not add.' ... -
Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes by Robert M. Emerson
RRP: £20.00£16.98In "Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes", Robert M. Emerson, Rachel I. Fretz, and Linda L. Shaw present a series of guidelines, suggestions, and practical advice for creating useful fieldnotes in a variety of settings, demystifying a process that is often... -
Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses by Bess Lovejoy
RRP: £9.99£6.41In the long run, we're all dead. But for some of the most influential figures in history, death marked the start of a new adventure. The famous deceased have been stolen, burned, sold, pickled, frozen, stuffed, impersonated and even filed away in a... -
Gendering the Ḥadīth Tradition: Recentring the Authority of Aisha, Mother of the Believers by Sofia Rehman 9780192865984
RRP: £76.00£69.10Gendering the Hadith Tradition presents for the first time a partial translation and study of Imam Badr al-Din al-Zarkashi's work, al-Ijaba li-Iradi ma Istadraktahu Aisha Ala al-Sahabah-The Corrective: Aisha's Rectification of the Companions. It... -
Turkey - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Charlotte McPherson
RRP: £10.99£8.22Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. At first glance, Turkey may seem Westernized and entirely "modern"-but appearances can be misleading. It is above all a land of contrasts, a heady mixture of Oriental etiquette and ultramodern city... -
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas 9780316279291
RRP: £27.00£16.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316279291Author Leah ThomasFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint VoraciousPublisher VoraciousWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 196mm * 132mm * 20mm -
Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill by Matthieu Ricard
RRP: £10.99£7.32Although we are materially better off than ever before, surveys show that we are depressed and listless. In his revolutionary book, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard shows that happiness is not just an emotion, but a skill that can be developed. Free of... -
Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women by Helena Kennedy
RRP: £10.99£7.77Two women a week are killed by a spouse or partner. Every seven minutes a woman is raped. Now is the time for change.'Fascinating and chilling' Caroline Criado Perez, bestselling author of Invisible Women Helena Kennedy, one of our most eminent lawyers... -
Slovenia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Jason Blake 9781857336009
RRP: £9.99£7.54Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Illustrated A-z of Classic Mythology by Arthur Cotterell 9780754828983
RRP: £16.99£13.88This is a comprehensive reference source to the ancient world's most fascinating mythologies. It is a visual dictionary with 1000 entries and more than 600 fine-art images. It covers every aspect of Classical, Celtic and Norse mythology, folklore and... -
Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2021 by Robin Bryant
£37.61Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2021 reflects the multitude of avenues into policing now open to future police officers, from pre-join degree courses and degree apprenticeships to progression from serving as a Special or working as a PCSO. ... -
Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones 9780199235698
RRP: £8.99£6.45Japan is arguably today's most successful industrial economy, combining almost unprecedented affluence with social stability and apparent harmony. Japanese goods and cultural products are consumed all over the world, ranging from animated movies and... -
Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson
RRP: £9.99£7.11A powerful, personal agenda-changing exploration of poverty in today's Britain.'Totally engrossing and deliciously feisty' Bernardine Evaristo'Staggering... An absolute inspiration' Douglas Stewart, Herald'When every day of your life you have been told... -
Sephardic Book Art of the Fifteenth Century by Luis U Afonso 9781909400597
RRP: £106.50£99.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909400597Author Luis U AfonsoFormat HardbackPage Count 259Imprint Harvey Miller PublishersPublisher Brepols N.V.Weight(grams) 1451gDimensions(mm) 284mm *... -
Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre by Dana Thomas
RRP: £10.99£7.77Dana Thomas's Deluxe: How Luxury Lost its Lustre goes deep inside the workings of today's world of profit margins and market share to discover the real meaning of 'luxury'. Fashion may be fabulous, but what's the true price of luxury? From the... -
The Holdout: One jury member changed the verdict. What if she was wrong? 'The Times Best Books of 2020' by Graham Moore
RRP: £8.99£6.20'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' Sophie Hannah'One of the best legal thrillers ... as elegant and gripping as Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent' Daily Mail'Quite the tour de force! Twelve Angry Men meets Chinatown... -
How We Lived Then: History of Everyday Life During the Second World War, A by Norman Longmate
RRP: £20.00£14.69Although nearly 90% of the population of Great Britain remained civilians throughout the war, or for a large part of it, their story has so far largely gone untold. In contrast with the thousands of books on military operations, barely any have concerned... -
These Delicious Things by Jane Hodson 9780008603601
RRP: £25.00£16.43'A beautiful book and the perfect Christmas present.' - Jamie Oliver 'More than just a compilation of gorgeous recipes: it's a moving collection of precious food memories that testify to the enduring impact of what we eat.' - Nigella Lawson ... -
To the Ends of the Earth: How Ancient Explorers, Scientists, and Traders Connected the World by Raimund J. Schulz 9780197668023
RRP: £22.99£19.56A sweeping history of ancient exploration, the first full-scale account in over a century Odysseus. Jason and the Argonauts. Heracles. Greek mythology is full of tales of heroes setting out for the unknown. Such tales reflected and instilled a sense... -
Effective Commissioning in Health and Social Care by Richard Field 9781446282267
RRP: £35.99£29.51It is essential that in today's public sector, social care and health managers have a thorough and critical understanding of best practice in commissioning services. This guide has been developed to underpin core aspects of commissioning services in... -
Thames Mudlarking: Searching for London's Lost Treasures by Jason Sandy
RRP: £9.99£7.67A beautifully illustrated introduction to mudlarking which tells the incredible, forgotten history of London through objects found on the foreshore of the River Thames. Often seen combing the shoreline of the River Thames at low tide, groups of... -
The Savage God: A Study of Suicide by Al Alvarez 9780747559054
RRP: £16.99£12.28Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide. "The Savage God" explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and... -
Cruel to Be Kind: Saying no can save a child's life by Cathy Glass
RRP: £9.99£6.64Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even... -
BGE S1-S3 Modern Studies: Third and Fourth Levels by Alexander Radford
£21.93Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE S1-S3: Third & Fourth LevelSubject: Modern StudiesEngage pupils with political and social issues in Scotland and beyond so they are motivated to develop their skills,... -
Waxing On: The Karate Kid and Me by Ralph Macchio
RRP: £20.99£13.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593185834Author Ralph MacchioFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Dutton / SignetPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Striking Out: A Thrilling Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright by Musa Okwonga 9780702322235
RRP: £7.99£5.23From the writing team of Ian Wright and Musa Okwonga. Inspired by the story of the superstar striker, Ian Wright. CO-WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 "A thrilling book ... an uplifting... -
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing by Hannah Dawson
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A joyous multiplicity of writings incorporating collective manifestos, poetry, fiction, and autobiography... endlessly fascinating' Catherine Taylor, Financial Times'A tour de force of feminist thinking, spanning seven centuries and multiple...