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Power Knowledge by Michel Foucault
$21.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394739540Author Michel FoucaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 244gDimensions(mm)... -
Fashion: A Very Short Introduction by Rebecca Arnold
RRP: $17.53$12.58Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture... -
Free Market: The History of an Idea by Jacob Soll
RRP: $48.75$37.46After two government bailouts of the American economy in less than twenty years, free market thought is due for serious reappraisal. Free Market: The History of an Idea shows how the idea became so powerful, why it succeeded, and why it has failed so... -
Without Roots: Europe, Relativism, Christianity, Islam by Joseph Ratzinger
RRP: $25.33$17.73Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and State, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Marcello Pera challenge us to imagine what can be the future of a civilization that has abandoned its moral and cultural history. They call on the... -
Understand Postmodernism: Teach Yourself by Glenn Ward 9781444104981
RRP: $25.33$21.47Is this the right book for me? An indispensable guide to this sometimes challenging domain. Using contemporary examples to further your understanding, it takes a broad look at theorists in a range of disciplines. Whether you're encountering postmodernism... -
Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation by Elizabeth Pearson 9781787389465
RRP: $87.75$77.65Misogyny and 'toxic masculinity' are increasingly implicated in radicalisation. From the men's incel ('involuntary celibate') movement online, to jihadist groups like Islamic State, to radical right 'Free Speech' protests -radicalisation spans ideologies... -
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan 9781594200823
RRP: $54.60$34.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of James Beard Cookbook Award - Writings on Food and National Book Critics Circle Awards.Book InformationISBN 9781594200823Author Michael PollanFormat HardbackPage... -
The Age of the Horse: An Equine Journey through Human History by Susanna Forrest
RRP: $25.33$16.69Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of meat, an industrial and agricultural machine, a luxury good, a cherished dancer, a comrade in arms and a symbol of a mythical past. From the wild tarpans... -
The Italians by Luigi Barzini
RRP: $25.33$21.35The 'fatal charm of Italy' has held Lord Byron - and millions of tourists ever since - in its spell. Yet, beneath 'the brilliant and vivacious surface', what are the realities of Italian life? Few writers have ever painted a portrait of their compatriots... -
The Future by Marc Auge 9781781685662
$26.17For Marc Auge, best-selling author of Non-Places, the prevailing idea of "the Future" rests on our present fears of the contemporary world. It is to the future that we look for redemption and progress; but it is also where we project our personal and... -
The Ever-Present Origin by Jean Gebser
RRP: $68.25$60.72This English translation of Gebser's major work, Ursprung und Gegenwart (Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlag, 1966), offers certain fundamental insights which should be beneficial to any sensitive scientist and makes it available to the English-speaking world for... -
Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age by Roberta Katz
RRP: $40.95$34.63Born since the mid-1990s, Generation Z is the first generation never to know the world without the internet, and it is the most diverse generation yet. As Gen Z starts to emerge into adulthood and enter the workforce, what do we really know about them?... -
Discourse and Social Change Norman Fairclough (Lancaster University) 9780745612188
RRP: $37.03$32.90Now available in paperback, this book is a critical introduction to discourse analysis as it is practised in a variety of different disciplines today, from linguistics and sociolinguistics to sociology and cultural studies. The author shows how concern... -
Empire's Endgame: Racism and the British State by Gargi Bhattacharyya
RRP: $33.13$26.48'Rigorous, impassioned and urgent' - Ash Sarkar We are in a moment of profound overlapping crises. The landscape of politics and entitlement is being rapidly remade. As movements against colonial legacies and state violence coincide with the rise of... -
Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande by E. E. Evans-Pritchard
RRP: $113.08$112.44This acknowledged masterpiece has been abridged to make it more accessible to students. In her introduction, Eva Gillies presents the case for the relevance of the book to modern anthropologists.Reviews"Surely no need for commentary on this... -
Moving Writing: Crafting Movement in Sport Research by Jim Denison 9780820455419
RRP: $47.00$38.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820455419Author Jim DenisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 215Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 320g -
Christmas Carols: From Village Green to Church Choir Andrew Gant 9781781253533
RRP: $21.43$15.15Everyone loves a Christmas carol - in the end, even Scrooge. They have the power to summon up a special kind of midwinter mood, like the aroma of mince pies and mulled wine and the twinkle of lights on a tree. It's a kind of magic. But how did they... -
Germany - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Barry Tomalin 9781787028845
RRP: $19.48$14.70Don't just see the sights-get to know the people. Germany powerhouse of Europe and pillar of the Eurozone feels reassuringly familiar. However, despite superficial appearances, this is a country that operates very differently from the USA and... -
Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses by Theodore Dalrymple
RRP: $25.33$18.74This new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition. It suggests comparison with the work of George Orwell. In these twenty-six pieces,... -
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live by Jared Diamond
RRP: $25.33$8.01From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our life-cycle, culture, sexuality and destructive urges both... -
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America by Heather Cox Richardson 9780197581797
RRP: $31.18$22.64Named one of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction While the North prevailed in the Civil War, ending slavery and giving the country a "new birth of freedom," Heather Cox Richardson argues in this provocative work that democracy's... -
How to Live Together: Novelistic Simulations of Some Everyday Spaces by Roland Barthes
RRP: $48.75$38.20In The Preparation of the Novel, a collection of lectures delivered at a defining moment in Roland Barthes's career (and completed just weeks before his death), the critic spoke of his struggle to discover a different way of writing and a new approach to... -
Lights Out for the Territory by Iain Sinclair
RRP: $33.13$23.95'A book about London; in other words, a book about everything' Peter Ackroyd, The TimesWalking the streets of London, Iain Sinclair traces nine routes across the territory of the capital. Connecting people and places, redrawing boundaries both ancient... -
The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and Its Arabs by Andrew Hussey 9781847082596
RRP: $25.33$16.69Beyond the affluent centre of Paris and other French cities, in the deprived banlieues, a war is going on. This is the French Intifada, a guerrilla war between the French state and the former subjects of its Empire, for whom the mantra of 'liberty,... -
Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India by Akhil Gupta
RRP: $46.78$40.64Red Tape presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta. Seeking to understand the chronic and widespread poverty in India, the world's fourth largest economy, Gupta conceives of the relation between the... -
Rwanda - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Brian Crawford 9781857338799
RRP: $19.48$14.70Providing information not found in standard guides about daily interactions, cultural dos and don'ts, etiquette, and the ways business is conducted Culture Smart! Rwanda gives you the tools for a successful visit to this beautiful land. It guides you... -
Hunters and Herders of Southern Africa: A Comparative Ethnography of the Khoisan Peoples by Alan Barnard 9780521428651
RRP: $72.13$61.91The Khoisan are a cluster of southern African peoples, including the famous Bushmen or San 'hunters', the Khoekhoe 'herders' (in the past called 'Hottentots'), and the Damara, also a herding people. Most Khoisan live in the Kalahari desert and... -
Uses of Heritage by Laurajane Smith 9780415318310
RRP: $74.08$65.87Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Laurajane Smith identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world.Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be... -
Scottish Customs by Sheila Livingstone
RRP: $13.63$9.44Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country's history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of unique customs, many of which can be traced back to the times of the Druids, Celts and Romans. This... -
New Model Island: How to Build a Radical Culture Beyond the Idea of England Alex Niven 9781912248254
RRP: $19.48$13.26From Orwell-reading centrists to right-wing extremists, there have been countless attempts in recent decades to reimagine the feudal nation that was once England. But there is a strong case for saying that `England' doesn't exist at all in the... -
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie
RRP: $19.48$15.93The forgotten history of women slaves and their struggle for liberation.Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunities to record their stories for posterity. In this riveting work of historical reclamation, Stella Dadzie recovers the lives of women who... -
Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History by Michael Aston
RRP: $77.98$68.37Most places in Britain have had a local history written about them. Up until this century these histories have addressed more parochial issues, such as the life of the manor, rather than explaining the features and changes in the landscape in a factual... -
The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business by Eric Schmidt, III
RRP: $21.43$14.43'This is the most important - and fascinating - book yet written about how the digital age will affect our world' Walter Isaacson, author of Steve JobsFrom two leading thinkers, the widely anticipated book that describes a new, hugely connected world of... -
Thaipusam in Malaysia: A Hindu Festival in the Tamil Diaspora by Carl Vadivella Belle 9789814695756
RRP: $70.10$64.23"This is an important book by Carl Vadivella Belle which argues that Hinduism and its manifestations in the diaspora has important significance in binding not only the Hindus but also encourages 'others' to revisit Hinduism, especially in a multicultural... -
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to its Own Past by Simon Reynolds
RRP: $33.13$22.58The first book to make sense of 21st Century pop, Retromania explores rock's nostalgia industry of revivals, reissues, reunions and remakes, and argues that there has never before been a culture so obsessed with its own immediate past. Pulling together... -
Forests: The Shadow of Civilization by Robert Pogue Harrison
RRP: $44.85$37.71In 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... -
Identities: Time, Difference and Boundaries by Heidrun Friese 9781571815071
RRP: $54.50$44.03"Identity" has become a core concept of the social and cultural sciences. Bringing together perspectives from sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literary criticism, this book offers a comprehensive and critical overview on how... -
Gypsies and Flamenco: The Emergence of the Art of Flamenco in Andalusia, Interface Collection Volume 6 by Bernard Leblon
RRP: $19.48$17.39This definitive work on the contribution of the Gypsies to the development of flamenco traces their influences on music from their long migration from India, through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Hungary, to their persecution in Spain. This new updated... -
Rome and Italy: The History of Rome from its Foundation by R. M. Ogilvie
RRP: $25.33$17.73Books 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... -
Italy - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Barry Tomalin 9781787028760
RRP: $19.48$14.70Don't just see the sights get to know the people. Italy delights and stimulates with its magnificent cities and monuments, stunningly beautiful landscapes, the glory of its art and architecture, the richness and variety of its food, the elegance of...