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Forests: The Shadow of Civilization by Robert Pogue Harrison
RRP: £19.50£18.40In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest's place in the cultural imagination of the West, but also of the ecological dilemmas that now confront us... -
Through A Window by Jane Goodall
RRP: £10.99£7.40From the world-famous expert on chimpanzees - the powerfully compelling sequel to the international bestseller IN THE SHADOW OF MAN: 'An instant animal classic' TimeEquipped with little more than a notebook, binoculars, and her fascination with wildlife,... -
Sorting Things Out: Classification and Its Consequences by Geoffrey C. Bowker
RRP: £36.00£24.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262522953Author Geoffrey C. BowkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 389Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 522gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Five Hundred Year Rebellion by Benjamin Dangl
RRP: £14.95£11.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353465Author Benjamin DanglFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
Endangered City: The Politics of Security and Risk in Bogota by Austin Zeiderman
RRP: £24.99£21.23Security and risk have become central to how cities are planned, built, governed, and inhabited in the twenty-first century. In Endangered City, Austin Zeiderman focuses on this new political imperative to govern the present in anticipation of future... -
How to Be Animal: A New History of What it Means to Be Human by Melanie Challenger 9781786895752
RRP: £9.99£6.70Humans are the most inquisitive, emotional, imaginative, aggressive and baffling animals on the planet. But how well do we really know ourselves?How to Be Animal offers a radical take on what it means to be human and argues that at the heart of our... -
Why Men?: A Human History of Violence and Inequality by Nancy Lindisfarne 9781805260165
RRP: £25.00£21.58Are war and inequality inevitable, because evolution made men competitive and dominant? Think again with this entertaining yet powerful new history of 'true' human nature. How did humans, a species that evolved to be cooperative and egalitarian,... -
The Ladybird Book of The Big Night Out by Jason Hazeley
RRP: £7.99£5.79THE PERFECT GIFT for the party animal . . . or at the very least, for that person you know who doesn't know when it's time to go home.Every so often, it is nice to have a big night out.It is important to let your hair down.And for a friend to hold it out... -
The Ten (Food) Commandments by Jay Rayner
RRP: £6.00£4.48Britain's culinary Moses brings us the new foodie rules to live by, celebrating what and how we eatThe Ten Commandments may have had a lot going for them, but they don't offer those of us located in the 21st Century much in the way of guidance when it... -
Maroon Societies: Rebel Slave Communities in the Americas by Richard Price
RRP: £28.00£24.05Now in its twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Maroon Societies is a systematic study of the communities formed by escaped slaves in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the United States. These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a... -
Factories for Learning: Making Race, Class and Inequality in the Neoliberal Academy by Christy Kulz
RRP: £25.00£18.80Over half of England's secondary schools are now academies. While their impact on achievement has been debated, the social and cultural outcomes prompted by this neoliberal educational model has received less scrutiny. This book draws on original... -
A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People by Michael J. Seth
RRP: £13.99£9.20Exploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times-one isolated and secretive and the other among the world's... -
Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat by Robert R. Janes 9781032382241
RRP: £36.99£32.53Museums and Societal Collapse explores the implications of societal collapse from a multidisciplinary perspective and considers the potential museums have to contribute to the reimagining and transitioning of a new society with the threat of collapse... -
The (Not So) Secret Lives of Food Packaging by Anne Murcott 9781350022102
RRP: £19.99£17.61Tracing developments from the classical period to the early industrial revolution and beyond, Anne Murcott provides us with an accessible and entertaining social history of food packaging. From tin cans, glass jars and bottles, plastic trays and... -
Redrawing Anthropology: Materials, Movements, Lines by Tim Ingold
RRP: £47.99£41.81Why should anthropologists draw? The answer proposed in this groundbreaking volume is that drawing uniquely brings together ways of making, observing and describing. In twelve chapters, a team of authors from the UK, Europe, North America and Australia... -
Ardor by Roberto Calasso
RRP: £12.99£9.09In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India:... -
Unshrinking: How to Fight Fatphobia by Kate Manne 9780241629390
RRP: £20.00£14.29'Required reading for everyone who lives in an unruly human body... elegant, fierce, and profound' Roxane GaySize discrimination harms everyone. Acclaimed philosopher Kate Manne shows how to combat it.For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has... -
Pluriversal Politics: The Real and the Possible by Arturo Escobar
RRP: £22.99£19.60In Pluriversal Politics Arturo Escobar engages with the politics of the possible and how established notions of what is real and attainable preclude the emergence of radically alternative visions of the future. Reflecting on the experience, philosophy,... -
The Socially Constructed Organization by David Campbell
RRP: £36.99£32.53This new work looks at the dynamics of organisations from a social constructionist viewpoint, taking the organisation as something that is constructed continuously through individual interactions with others, both within and without the organisation... -
The Archaeology of the Gravel Terraces of the Upper and Middle Thames: Early Prehistory to 1500 BC by Tony Morigi 9780954962784
RRP: £34.99£31.21A review of the rich and diverse evidence for understanding past climate and environmental change in the Thames Valley, and the effects on plant and animal populations and the challenges and opportunities these presented to early humans. Part 1 of... -
The Forest People by Colin M. Turnbull
RRP: £16.99£12.28The Forest People is an astonishingly intimate and life-enhancing account of a hunter-gatherer tribe living in harmony with nature -- and an all-time classic of anthropology.For three years, Colin Turnbull lived with an isolated group of Pygmies deep in... -
Reflections on Fieldwork in Morocco by Paul Rabinow
RRP: £25.00£19.18In this landmark study, now celebrating thirty years in print, Paul Rabinow takes as his focus the fieldwork that anthropologists do. How valid is the process? To what extent do the cultural data become artifacts of the interaction between anthropologist... -
Romania - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Debbie Stowe
RRP: £9.99£7.32Culture 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... -
The Empire of Death: A Cultural History of Ossuaries and Charnel Houses by Paul Koudounaris
RRP: £40.00£27.75In this tour de force of original cultural history, Paul Koudounaris takes the reader on an unprecedented international tour of macabre and devotional architectural masterpieces in nearly 20 countries. This is the first book to bring together the world's... -
The Physiology of Taste: or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 9780307390370
RRP: £14.99£11.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307390370Author Jean Anthelme Brillat-SavarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Lineages of the Feminine: An Outline of the History of Women by Emmanuel Todd
RRP: £25.00£24.27We are experiencing an anthropological revolution. We see it in the #MeToo movement, in the denunciation of femicide and in an increasingly vociferous critique of patriarchal domination. Why this sudden rise of an antagonistic conception of the... -
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris
RRP: £14.99£10.95War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future... -
Prehistoric Flintwork by Chris Butler 9780752433400
RRP: £25.00£18.55Flint was a vitally important resource for prehistoric societies who put it to a diverse range of uses. Chris Butler has created a concise guide to recognising and categorising British prehistoric flintwork. The author begins by looking at the different... -
Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials by Jayson Georges
RRP: £20.99£14.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830851461Author Jayson GeorgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 295Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 417gDimensions(mm)... -
Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life by Leigh Sales 9781760893637
RRP: £11.99£8.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760893637Author Leigh SalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia -
Losing It: Dispelling the Sex Myths that Rule Our Lives by Sophia Smith Galer
RRP: £14.99£10.95'It's the kind of book that makes you wonder, 'why wasn't this written before?' It could change lives' EVENING STANDARD 'Turns everything you've been taught about sex on its head' RUBY RARE An urgent, myth-busting book... -
Flirtology by Jean Smith
RRP: £14.99£10.95. How can I tell when someone is flirting with me?. How can I be a more confident flirt?. How do I avoid rejection?. Where are all the good men and women hiding?Flirtology is THE dating guide for the 21st century. In an age of swiping left and right, and... -
Rome and Italy: The History of Rome from its Foundation by R. M. Ogilvie
RRP: £12.99£9.09Books VI-X of Livy's monumental work trace Rome's fortunes from its near collapse after defeat by the Gauls in 386 bc to its emergence, in a matter of decades, as the premier power in Italy, having conquered the city-state of Samnium in 293 bc. In this... -
Pills, Powder, and Smoke: inside the bloody War on Drugs by Antony Loewenstein 9781912854240
RRP: £16.99£12.28Like the never-ending War on Terror, the drugs war is a multi-billion-dollar industry that won't go down without a fight. Pills, Powder, and Smoke explains why. The War on Drugs has been official American policy since the 1970s, with the UK, Europe,... -
The Other Side of Eden by Hugh Brody
RRP: £12.99£8.56Hugh Brody has an international reputation as an anthropologist and documentary film-maker of the Inuit peoples. This book is a marvellous account of hunter-gatherer culture, gleaned from years of living and hunting with the Inuits of the Arctic and the... -
Arnold: 'Culture and Anarchy' and Other Writings by Matthew Arnold
RRP: £18.99£17.13Matthew Arnold's Culture and Anarchy (1869) is one of the most celebrated works of social criticism ever written. It has become an inescapable reference-point for all subsequent discussion of the relations between politics and culture, and it has... -
Small Places, Large Issues - Fourth Edition: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
RRP: £19.99£16.47This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology, it focuses on central topics such as... -
The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination by Richard Mabey
RRP: £10.99£8.17In The Cabaret of Plants, Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken our wonder, and upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty and belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds,... -
The Broken Promise of Infrastructure by Dominic Davies 9781913546359
RRP: £16.00£15.24The Broken Promise of Infrastructure tackles the divisive cultural politics that have been used to deflect attention away from Britain's failing infrastructure, from Brexit through to the 'levelling up' agenda and beyond. Building on more than a decade... -
Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists by Agnes Rocamora
RRP: £21.99£18.10Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts. This is the first book designed to accompany readers through the process of thinking...