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A Comparison of Martial Arts Training and Real-World Violence. Experienced martial artist and veteran correction officer Sgt. Rory Miller distills what he has learned from jailhouse brawls, tactical operations and ambushes to explore the differences...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995494206Author David W. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 550Imprint Delta WisdomPublisher Delta Wisdom

Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since...

For the last 70 years, the guests of Woman's Hour have been entertaining listeners with their compelling combination of wit, warmth, insight and humour. Woman's Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts...

This resource is a much-needed support to the few textbooks in the field and offers an excellent introduction and overview to the established principles and new thinking in cultural heritage management .Leading experts in the field from Europe, North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156117760Author Konrad LorenzFormat PaperbackPage Count 261Imprint Harper PaperbacksPublisher Harper PaperbacksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 221mm *...

The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the...

* Confidence makes your brain work better and boosts your performance* Confidence acts like a mini-antidepressant, lifting your mood* Confidence is contagious* Confidence is anxiety's greatest antidote* Confidence is a set of habits that feel fake at...

FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS'Nail-biting' SUNDAY EXPRESS'An intellectual whodunit by a do-it-yourself sleuth' GUARDIAN___________________________________The greatest secret of the last 3000 years is about to...

'People didn't talk about the team, they talked about the mob that came with them'Terrifyingly vicious, brilliantly organised, tremendously feared and highly fashionable, the InterCity Firm were the most notorious football hooligan gang the country had...

Winner, 2021 PROSE Award in the Cultural Anthropology & Sociology Category Finalist, 2021 Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies A troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo Heterosexuality is in crisis. Reports of sexual...

They were supposed to be pious, fruitful and submissive. The wealthiest women in the kingdom, Anne Beauchamp and her daughters were at the heart of bitter inheritance disputes. Well educated and extravagant, they lived in style and splendour but were...

'To read Ka is to experience a giddy invasion of stories - brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful' The New York Times'Who?' - or 'ka' - is the question that runs through Roberto Calasso's retelling of the stories of the minds...

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2020 A Spectator Book of the Year 'A literary rendering of the Top Boy generation... I cannot conjure another work which captures this...

"A cornucopia of our weirdest and most wonderful archaeological sites and artefacts. They make you feel proud to be a citizen of these gloriously intriguing isles." Sir Tony RobinsonAn Ice Age cannibal's skull cup, a hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold, a...

The editors and contributors to this volume focus on the inherent political nature of archaeology and its impact on the practice of the discipline. Pointing to the discipline's history of advancing imperialist, colonialist, and racist objectives, they...

A fast-paced, totally unputdownable crime thriller that fans of Mandasue Heller and Kimberley Chambers will absolutely loveKat Denton is a woman running away from her past. For the past sixteen years, her life has been a living hell as Jimmy, the man she...

'This is not solely an addendum to the previous volumes, but stands well on its own. The book's physical and emotional core lies in the Baldaev drawings, which are ethnographic, artistic, and surprisingly moving. His unflinching documentation reveals a...

For over 25 years The Handbook of British Archaeology has been the foremost guide to archaeological methods, artefacts and monuments, providing clear explanations of all specialist terms used by archaeologists. This completely revised and updated...

"A gem . . . . It is most definitely a work of major significance both historically and methodologically . . . . You've got a classic on your hands. As for me and some of my colleagues . . . you will have our personal and classroom orders the moment the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609806781Author Derrick JensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 486g

Do you struggle to get your head around the application of theory and associated methods of intervention to social work practice? Making sense of theory and its application to social work practice is here to help you with a fresh approach written with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780029051504Author Susan Buck-MorssFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint The Free PressPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345534491Author Chelsea Monroe-CasselFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 902gDimensions(mm)...

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-twentieth century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after...

The central story in this book tells of an upright man resisting the temptations of easy bribes and easy satisfactions and winning for his honesty nothing but scorn.Book InformationISBN 9780435905408Author Ayi Kwei ArmahFormat PaperbackPage Count...

This wide-ranging and innovative book develops an original theory of the media and their impact on the modern world, from the emergence of printing to the most recent developments in the media industries.About the AuthorJohn B. Thompson is Reader in...

Pussy grabbing; hot mommas; topless protest; nasty women. Whether hypersexualised, desexualised, venerated or maligned, women's bodies in public space continue to be framed as a problem. A problem that is discursively 'solved' by the continued...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784615260Author Megan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Y LolfaPublisher Y Lolfa

LONGLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION 2024 ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR BEST NEW AUTHOR AT THE 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS'Read this powerful book by Miles Johnson right now. It will make you realise that what we call terrorism is...

This series of books from Learning Matters is aimed at busy social work and health care practitioners, particularly in the context of integrated health and social care, who are looking to enhance their skills and extend their knowledge. Written from a...

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583949733Author Stephen JenkinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for "black girls"-what will you find? "Big Booty" and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top...

Now fully rewritten and entirely updated to reflect the pressing problems of today, Animal Liberation Now presents the definitive case for radically rethinking humanity's relationship with other animals'Probably the single most influential document in...

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world around us. An...

"This book should be read by research students, early career researchers, social work practitioners as well as doctoral supervisors new to IPA, who will all find it helpful and insightful." Dr Angie Bartoli, School of Social Sciences Student Experience...

In Dark Matters Simone Browne locates the conditions of blackness as a key site through which surveillance is practiced, narrated, and resisted. She shows how contemporary surveillance technologies and practices are informed by the long history of racial...

To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation. For more than four billion years, in beach sand, granite, and...

'Essential reading ... An incisive and urgently needed book' Tim Harford'[An] entertaining introduction to the uses (and misuses) of data ... a penetrating analysis of why statistical literacy matters to our politics and our daily lives' Professor...