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The Future of Immortality: Remaking Life and Death in Contemporary Russia by Anya Bernstein 9780691182612
RRP: £22.00£17.36A gripping account of the Russian visionaries who are pursuing human immortalityAs long as we have known death, we have dreamed of life without end. In The Future of Immortality, Anya Bernstein explores the contemporary Russian communities of visionaries... -
Football by Professor Mark Yakich
RRP: £9.99£7.67Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. When is the "beautiful game" at its most beautiful? How does football function as a lens through which so many view their daily lives? What's... -
Leisure the Basis of Culture by Josef Pieper
RRP: £17.95£14.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865972100Author Josef PieperFormat HardbackPage Count 137Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 298g -
The Evidence of Things Not Seen by James Baldwin 9780805039399
£9.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805039399Author James BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 141Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams)... -
The Speed of Dreams: Selected Writings 2001-2007 by Subcomandante Marcos
RRP: £12.99£12.72Since the publication of Our Word Is Our Weapon-which Publishers Weekly described as "strong as dignity and as subtle as love"-Mexico's enigmatic Zapatista leader has written some of his most brilliant and complex works. From a retelling of indigenous... -
Being a Human: Adventures in 40,000 Years of Consciousness by Charles Foster 9781788167185
RRP: £12.99£9.09A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 'A thrilling deep-dive through our evolutionary past, and a witty and learned commentary on why we are the way we are - and what wisdom we've lost along the way' Cal Flynn, author of Islands of Abandonment 'A wild... -
The Migrant's Paradox, Volume 31: Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain by Suzanne M Hall
RRP: £22.99£20.01Connects global migration with urban marginalization, exploring how "race" maps onto place across the globe, state, and streetIn this richly observed account of migrant shopkeepers in five cities in the United Kingdom, Suzanne Hall examines the brutal... -
Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi by Goekce Gunel
RRP: £23.99£20.84In 2006 Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world's first zero-carbon city: Masdar City. In Spaceship in the Desert Goekce Gunel examines the development and construction of Masdar City's renewable energy and clean technology... -
The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology by John Bradshaw
RRP: £10.99£7.77The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being humanIn this highly original and hugely enjoyable work, John Bradshaw examines modern humans' often contradictory... -
The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography by Carolyn Ellis 9780759100510
RRP: £52.00£45.87A methodological textbook on autoethnography should be easily distinguishable from the standard methods text. Carolyn Ellis, the leading proponent of these methods, does not disappoint. She weaves both methodological advice and her own personal stories... -
Sex and Culture by Joseph Daniel Unwin 9781979867047
RRP: £36.88£32.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781979867047Author Joseph Daniel UnwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 722Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Hang-Ups: Reflections on the Causes and Consequences of Fashion’s ‘Western’-Centrism by Benjamin Linley Wild 9781350197237
£33.06The Covid-19 pandemic heightened people's awareness of long-standing inequalities within the fashion industry. Amid calls for greater accountability and ethical awareness, efforts are being made within and beyond the industry, chiefly in the cultural and... -
We, the Oppressors by Dr Dr Jack Davy
RRP: £20.00£12.05'I thought I had a pretty good sense of how colonialism shapes modern society, but Dr Davy has shown me that understanding these things is a lifetime's work. In the absence of time to read everything, you could not ask for a more eloquent guide than this... -
Palestinian Costume by Shelagh Weir 9781844370795
RRP: £24.99£19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781844370795Author Shelagh WeirFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Arris BooksPublisher Arris BooksDimensions(mm) 273mm * 216mm * 16mm -
The Abundance Of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan by Andy Couturier
RRP: £17.99£15.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171322Author Andy CouturierFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Impressionism: Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society by Robert L. Herbert 9780300050837
£35.51"Long-awaited, this full-scale revision of Impressionism immediately supersedes all other studies in the field. Herbert rejuvenates even the most famous paintings by seeing them in a dense and flexible context touching on everything from the hierarchy... -
In Search of Us: Adventures in Anthropology by Lucy Moore
RRP: £17.99£12.60***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about... -
Gin: A Global History by Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
RRP: £12.99£9.09Mother's Milk or Blue Ruin, Dutch Courage or Cuckold's Comfort - the fanciful nicknames that gin has acquired only hint at its colourful story. The story begins with the aromatic juniper berry originally used by the Dutch to flavour the whisky-like... -
The Spirit Ambulance: Choreographing the End of Life in Thailand by Scott Stonington
RRP: £25.00£19.59The Spirit Ambulance is a journey into decision-making at the end of life in Thailand, where families attempt to craft good deaths for their elders in the face of clashing ethical frameworks, from a rapidly developing universal medical system, to... -
Perfume by Megan Volpert
RRP: £9.99£7.67Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Our sense of smell is crucial to our survival. We can smell fear, disease, food. Fragrance is also entertainment. We can smell an expensive... -
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction by Paul Farmer 9780520271999
£35.47Bringing together the experience, perspective and expertise of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Arthur Kleinman, "Reimagining Global Health" provides an original, compelling introduction to the field of global health. Drawn from a Harvard course developed... -
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope by Munther Isaac 9780830831999
RRP: £16.99£9.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830831999Author Munther IsaacFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-century England by Steven Shapin 9780226750194
RRP: £36.00£35.23How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another? This study engages these universal questions through a recreation of a... -
The Archaeology of Animal Bones by Terry O'Connor
RRP: £19.99£16.82Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of life of people in the past.This is a... -
A Passion for Birth: My Life: Anthropology, Family and Feminism by Sheila Kitzinger
RRP: £20.00£15.44Sheila Kitzinger, passionate campaigner for women's and babies' rights, childbirth educator and author, describes the experiences that have shaped her since childhood and the enormous changes that have taken place over the last 50 years on the subject of... -
The Lost Art of Finding Our Way by John Edward Huth
RRP: £21.95£18.02Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic... -
3D Facial Approximation Lab Manual by Susan Hayes 9780987206633
RRP: £14.99£11.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987206633Author Susan HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Susan HayesPublisher Susan HayesWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 5mm -
With a Daughter's Eye: A Memoir of Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead by Mary Catherine Bateson 9780060975739
RRP: £19.99£15.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060975739Author Mary Catherine BatesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Interpreting the Landscape: Landscape Archaeology and Local History by Michael Aston
RRP: £39.99£35.06Most 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... -
Skin: On the Cultural Border Between Self and World by Claudia Benthien
RRP: £28.00£21.80"Only skin deep," "getting under one's skin," "the naked truth": metaphors about the skin pervade the language even as physical embellishments and alterations-tattoos, piercings, skin-lifts, liposuction, tanning, and more-proliferate in Western culture... -
Modern Culture by Roger Scruton
RRP: £16.99£13.16What do we mean by 'culture'? This word, purloined by journalists to denote every kind of collective habit, lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. In this thought-provoking book, Roger Scruton argues for the... -
Faith In Fakes by Umberto Eco
RRP: £10.99£7.77Holography, wax museums, the secret meaning of spectator sports, Superman and the intellectual effects of over-tight jeans are just a few of the subjects covered in this collection of witty, entertaining and thought-provoking delights from Umberto Eco,... -
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia by David Vine 9780691149837
RRP: £28.00£21.80The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military... -
The Death of the Artist: How Creators Are Struggling to Survive in the Age of Billionaires and Big Tech by William Deresiewicz
RRP: £21.99£16.33Over the last twenty years, art has become more accessible than ever before. A painter can post their latest creation on Instagram and wait as the likes pile up; a budding filmmaker can shoot a clip on their iPhone, then upload it to YouTube for... -
Business Psychology and Organizational Behaviour by Eugene McKenna 9781138182646
RRP: £61.99£53.61Business Psychology and Organizational Behaviour introduces principles and concepts in psychology and organizational behaviour with emphasis on relevance and applications. Well organised and clearly written, it draws on a sound theoretical and applied... -
Consuming Grief: Compassionate Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society by Beth A. Conklin
RRP: £25.99£22.49Mourning the death of loved ones and recovering from their loss are universal human experiences, yet the grieving process is as different between cultures as it is among individuals. As late as the 1960s, the Wari' Indians of the western Amazonian... -
Pacific Rift by Michael Lewis
RRP: £10.99£7.40By the author of the #1 bestseller THE BIG SHORT and the original business classic LIAR'S POKER.In Pacific Rift, Lewis follows the fortunes of two cultural transplants - Bob Collins, a forthright American insurance executive who lives and works in Tokyo,... -
Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres by Andreas Bandak 9781478030287
RRP: £25.99£22.49One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930-2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas. His reflections on science, culture, technology, art, and religion have proved foundational to scholars... -
Medieval Civilization 400 - 1500 by Jacques Le Goff 9780631175667
RRP: £36.95£32.91This one thousand year history of the civilization of western Europe has already been recognized in France as a scholarly contribution of the highest order and as a popular classic. Jacques Le Goff has written a book which will not only be read by... -
Which as You Know Means Violence: On Self-Injury as Art and Entertainment by Philippa Snow
RRP: £10.99£7.40A few weeks before he died, Hunter S. Thompson left an answerphone message for Jackass' Johnny Knoxville: "I might be coming to Baton Rouge... and if I do I will call you, because I will be looking to have some fun, which as you know usually means...