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The Pocketbook Guide to Mental Health Act Assessments 3e by Claire Barcham 9780335249138
RRP: £25.99£24.67Returning in its third edition, this celebrated and handy pocketbook provides key advice for busy social work practitioners on the day-to-day aspects of using and applying the Mental Health Act. The practitioner and student will find this guide... -
Research Design in Social Work: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods by Anne Campbell 9781446271247
RRP: £30.99£24.87Social work research often focuses on qualitative designs and many students believe that the quantitative research pathway is either too complicated or is beyond their grasp. This book outlines how social work students can undertake a research project... -
Life in Roman London by Simon Webb 9780752465364
RRP: £19.99£15.02Seven years after the Roman invasion of Britain in ad 43, Londinium was created. It would rise to become one of the most important Roman cities in Northern Europe. Life in Roman London approaches the history of Roman London in an entirely new way. Rather... -
They Call It Love: The Politics of Emotional Life by Alva Gotby
RRP: £14.99£13.21Comforting a family member or friend, soothing children, providing company for the elderly, ensuring that people feel well enough to work; this is all essential labour. Without it, capitalism would cease to function. They Call It Love investigates the... -
Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy--And How They Will Do It Again If No One Stops Them by Peter Schweizer 9780061953378
RRP: £14.99£9.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061953378Author Peter SchweizerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)... -
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock
RRP: £10.99£7.77SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about the future of life on Earth. James Lovelock argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans... -
On Sparta by Plutarch
RRP: £12.99£9.09Plutarch's vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of this remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Sparta's leaders and... -
Self Evident Truths: 10,000 Portraits of Queer America by Io Tillett Wright
RRP: £29.99£20.94The Declaration of Independence states that it is self-evident that we are all created equal. Millions of people in the US, however, are deprived of basic rights merely because they aren't heteronormative. Believing that it's impossible to deny the... -
Supporting Struggling Students on Placement: A Practical Guide by Jo Finch
RRP: £11.99£9.42Are you a practitioner, supervisor, practice educator, mentor or university tutor supporting students who are struggling on, or failing, their practice placement? Here is the practical guidance you need. Jo Finch draws on both her own experience... -
I Heard What You Said: A Black Teacher, A White System by Jeffrey Boakye
RRP: £10.99£7.51A thought-provoking and fearless exploration of how we can dismantle racism in the classroom and do better by all our students.An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of The Year'Essential reading' - The Guardian'Sharp and witty with moments of startling... -
Billy No-Mates: How I Realised Men Have a Friendship Problem by Max Dickins
RRP: £10.99£7.12'Where have all my friends gone?'When Max Dickins decided to propose to his girlfriend, he realised there was no one he could call on to be his best man.He quickly learned that he wasn't the only man struggling with friendships. For decades, countless... -
Rediscovering Traces of Memory: The Jewish Heritage of Polish Galicia [First edition] by Daniel Renshaw 9781906764036
RRP: £19.75£11.94Since the Holocaust, traces of memory are virtually all that remain in Poland today after more than eight hundred years of Jewish life there. This remarkable album, published on behalf of the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, offers a sensitive way of... -
Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation: Save One Life, Save the World by Muriel Emanuel
RRP: £15.95£12.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853034254Author Muriel EmanuelFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdWeight(grams)... -
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture by Johan Huizinga 9781621389996
£10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621389996Author Johan HuizingaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm... -
The Real Prime Suspect: Crime. Sexism. Corruption. The Real-Life Inspiration for Jane Tennison by Jackie Malton
RRP: £8.99£6.20HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking... -
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Tommie Shelby 9780674237834
RRP: £18.95£15.77"Fascinating and instructive...King's philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy."-Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of BooksMartin Luther King, Jr., is one of America's most revered... -
Divide: The relationship crisis between town and country: Longlisted for The 2022 Wainwright Prize for writing on CONSERVATION by Anna Jones 9780857839732
RRP: £10.99£6.47'Divide is well written and thought-provoking' - Sunday Telegraph'A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world. Essential reading for both incomer and local. Anna Jones is insightful but above all sensitive: we walk in... -
Alone of All Her Sex: The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary by Marina Warner 9780198718789
£23.63This unique study of the cult of the Virgin Mary offers a way of thinking about the interrelations of Catholicism and ideas of ideal femininity over the longue duree. An ambitious history of the changing symbolism of the Mother of God, Alone of All Her... -
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds
RRP: £8.99£6.02The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker. On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant... -
I Bought a Mountain by Thomas Firbank
RRP: £10.99£7.40WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAMAnd an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones'One of the great no-holds-barred life-adventures in the wilds of the British landscape.' ADAM NICOLSONWritten on the eve of the Second World War, this memoir tells... -
Overcoming Ocd - Therapist by Steketee 9781572241282
RRP: £25.00£23.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781572241282Author SteketeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint New Harbinger PublicationsPublisher New Harbinger Publications -
The Mammoth Book of Conspiracies by Jon E. Lewis
RRP: £12.99£8.60Bang up to date with fresh cover-ups relating to Barack Obama, Michael Jackson and Afghanistan The 100 military, medical, religious, alien, intelligence, banking and historical cover-ups 'they' really don't want you to know about: The... -
Without Sanctuary by Leon F. Litwak 9780944092699
RRP: £67.00£46.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (Grand Prize) 2001.Book InformationISBN 9780944092699Author Leon F. LitwakFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Twin Palms... -
Stories from a Fractured City Tales of Two Londons by Claire Armistead
RRP: £10.99£6.47London today is embattled as rarely before. In a city of enormous wealth, poverty is rampant. The burnt-out hulk of Grenfell Tower stands as an appalling reminder that inequality can be so acute as to be murderous. Here, Claire Armitstead has drawn... -
Brazil - Culture Smart: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Sandra Branco 9781787023390
RRP: £10.99£7.77For many people Brazil conjures up images of football, Carnaval, and fine coffee, but it's much more than beaches and bossa nova. If we could choose only one word to describe Brazil, it would be diversity. The variety of lifestyles, ethnic groups,... -
Boundless: The Rise, Fall, and Escape of Carlos Ghosn by Nick Kostov
RRP: £20.00£13.34The unprecedented rise and catastrophic fall of one of the world's most feared and admired business executives-Carlos Ghosn-a remarkable story of innovation, hubris, alleged crimes, and daring international escape, as chronicled by two Wall Street... -
Esoteric Mysteries of the Underworld: The Power and Meaning of Subterranean Sacred Spaces by Jean-Pierre Bayard
RRP: £18.99£15.65A comprehensive guide to the ancient beliefs and spiritual power of subterranean spaces * Examines in depth the myths, symbology, deities, and beliefs connected to the underworld from many different cultures and mystery traditions * Investigates the role... -
30 Days with Jesus: Experiencing His Presence throughout the Old and New Testaments by Lysa TerKeurst 9780310161080
RRP: £15.99£10.85Jesus is never absent. You are never alone. When world events feel chaotic and scary … When you feel crippled by fear and anxiety … When you feel hurt by the very people you thought you could count on … It’s tempting to wonder “Jesus, are you here? Do... -
The Least of All Possible Evils: A Short History of Humanitarian Violence by Eyal Weizman
£13.22The principle of the 'lesser evil'-the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice-has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical ethics and Christian... -
A Fortune-Teller Told Me: Earthbound Travels in the Far East by Tiziano Terzani 9780006550716
RRP: £12.99£8.48Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author - a seasoned correspondent - took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs... -
Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology: A Book by Book Guide to Archaeological Discoveries Related to the Bible by J. Randall Price
RRP: £40.00£29.39Explore significant archaeological discoveries pertaining to every book of the Bible.Laypersons, pastors, students, academics, and anyone looking for a current and comprehensive biblical archaeology resource need look no further. The Zondervan Handbook... -
Screen Damage: The Dangers of Digital Media for Ch ildren by Desmurget 9781509546404
RRP: £17.99£16.04All forms of recreational digital consumption - whether on smartphones, tablets, game consoles or TVs - have skyrocketed in the younger generations. From the age of 2, children in the West clock up more than 2.5 hours of screen time a day; by the time... -
Liberty's Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750-1800 by Mary Beth Norton 9780801483479
RRP: £16.99£15.29First published in 1980 and recently out of print, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself.About the AuthorMary Beth Norton is Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History... -
Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling by Eric Nuzum 9781523504558
RRP: £14.99£11.43"An interestingly idiosyncratic and personal vision of how to make podcasts."-Ira Glass Veteran podcast creator and strategist Eric Nuzum distills a career's worth of wisdom, advice, practical information, and big-picture thinking to help podcasters... -
The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are by Robert Wright
RRP: £14.99£9.80THE MORAL ANIMAL examines the significance of this extraordinary shift in our perception of morality and what it means to be human.Taking the life of Charles Darwin as his context, Robert Wright brilliantly demonstrates how Darwin's ideas have stood the... -
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young
RRP: £10.99£7.32ROSAMUND'S LATEST BOOK THE WISDOM OF SHEEP & OTHER ANIMALS IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW***A Sunday Times bestseller******A Times Book of the Year 2017***WITH A FOREWORD BY ALAN BENNETT'A lovely, thoughtful little book about the intelligence of cows.'... -
Protestant Ethic and Other Writings by Max Weber
RRP: £14.99£10.95In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties.About the... -
A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939-1940 by Iris Origo
RRP: £10.99£6.75Iris Origo, one of the twentieth century's great diarists, was born in England in 1902. As a child, she moved between England, Ireland, Italy and America, never quite belonging anywhere. It was only when she married an Italian man that she came to rest... -
Think Like a Freak: Secrets of the Rogue Economist by Steven D. Levitt
RRP: £10.99£7.77In this Freak 'how-to' guide, the mavericks behind the Freakonomics phenomenon teach you their secrets: how to challenge conventional wisdom, unravel life's secret codes and think differently - that is, think like a Freak. Levitt and Dubner see the... -
Letting Stories Breathe by Arthur W. Frank
RRP: £21.00£20.31Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us - they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can be. Though stories can connect individuals, they also can...