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Bibliophobia: The End and the Beginning of the Book by Brian Cummings 9780192847317
RRP: $83.98$73.98Bibliophobia is a book about material books, how they are cared for, and how they are damaged, throughout the 5000-year history of writing from Sumeria to the smartphone. Its starting point is the contemporary idea of 'the death of the book' implied by... -
Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration by Simon Sinek
RRP: $27.28$19.09A little book of inspiration for the modern world. Most of us live our lives by accident - we live as it happens. Fulfilment comes when we live our lives on purpose.'What are you going to do with your life? What are you doing with your life now?''Do you... -
Nomads: The Wanderers Who Shaped Our World Anthony Sattin 9781473677890
RRP: $27.28$15.77A Spectator Book of the Year'Sweeping . . . Poetic . . . Not only readable but also vital' Literary Review'A terrific storyteller' New York Times'Exceptional . . . tender and beautifully written' Country LifeThe groundbreaking story of Nomadic peoples on... -
A History of Japan: Revised Edition R. H. P. Mason 9780804820974
RRP: $35.68$24.23A classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history... -
Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion by Texe Marrs 9781930004566
RRP: $46.10$25.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781930004566Author Texe MarrsFormat PaperbackPage Count 301Imprint Rivercrest PublishingPublisher Rivercrest PublishingWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
Nothing To Envy: Real Lives In North Korea by Barbara Demick 9781847081414
RRP: $23.08$15.37WINNER OF THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A spectacular, definitive portrait of ordinary life within one of the world's most repressive states - North Korea. 'A most perceptive and eye-opening account of everyday life in North Korea'... -
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda
RRP: $23.08$16.32Rethink your view of the world with The Teachings of Don Juan, the first book in Carlos Castaneda's spiritual journey into the world of sorcery... The Teachings of don Juan is the story of Carlos Castaneda's extraordinary experiences. In 1960 Carlos... -
The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich
RRP: $35.68$25.79'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYEDDo you identify yourself by your profession or achievements, rather than your family network? Do you... -
The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less, Revised Edition by Barry Schwartz 9780062449924
RRP: $25.18$16.51In the spirit of Alvin Toffler's Future Shock, a social critique of our obsession with choice, and how it contributes to anxiety, dissatisfaction and regret. This paperback includes a new preface from the author. Whether we're buying a pair of jeans,... -
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku
RRP: $56.68$41.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250207142Author Brian C. MurareskuFormat HardbackPage Count 464Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 750gDimensions(mm) 243mm... -
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi 9781250787651
RRP: $37.80$25.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250787651Author Rashid KhalidiFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
London Feeds Itself by Jonathan Nunn 9781804270998
RRP: $52.50$33.26London is often called the best place in the world to eat - a city where a new landmark restaurant opens each day, where vertiginous towers, sprawling food halls and central neighbourhoods contain the cuisines of every country in the world. Yet, this... -
Waterlog by Roger Deakin 9780099282556
RRP: $23.08$16.32Roger Deakin set out in 1996 to swim through the British Isles. The result a uniquely personal view of an island race and a people with a deep affinity for water. From the sea, from rock pools, from rivers and streams, tarns, lakes, lochs, ponds, lidos,... -
Women on Porn: One hundred stories. One vital conversation by Fiona Vera-Gray 9781911709435
RRP: $39.88$28.58At a time when women are more vocal than ever about our lives, there's one last taboo.We need to talk about porn.'Briskly confronting...porn is an inescapable part of the environment we all share and should be talked about honestly... this book is an... -
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth
RRP: $23.08$16.32The Danes are the happiest people in the world, and pay the highest taxes.'Neutral' Sweden is one of the biggest arms manufacturers in the world.Finns have the largest per capita gun ownership after the US and Yemen.54 per cent of Icelanders believe in... -
The Wayfinders by Professor Wade Davis
RRP: $27.28$20.90Every culture is a unique answer to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? In The Wayfinders, renowned anthropologist, winner of the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize, and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis... -
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty 9780674295469
RRP: $33.50$23.29A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Public Books Best Book of the Year"A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it,... -
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib 9780241697153
RRP: $42.00$30.01NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 ACCORDING TO TIME, NPR, Chicago Review of Books, Lit Hub, Medium, The Millions, Book Riot, and more It might do all of us some good to reconsider what 'making it' even means. ... -
The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time by Yascha Mounk 9780241638293
RRP: $52.50$37.84The origins, consequences and limitations of an ideology that has quickly become highly influential around the world.For much of their history, societies have violently oppressed ethnic, religious and sexual minorities. It is no surprise then that many... -
The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff
RRP: $27.28$19.09The Continuum Concept introduces the idea that in order to achieve optimal physical, mental and emotional development, human beings - especially babies - require the kind of instinctive nurturing as practiced by our ancient relatives. It is a true `back... -
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T. S. Eliot 9780571097128
RRP: $27.28$17.98April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain . . .Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern... -
The World According to Colour: A Cultural History by James Fox
RRP: $27.28$19.09'Extraordinary. An intellectual feast as well as a visual one'Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber EyesThe world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book... -
Blue Mythologies: Reflections on a Colour by Carol Mavor
RRP: $37.80$27.22The sea, the sky, the veins of your hands, the earth when photographed from space--blue sometimes seems to overwhelm all the other shades of our world in its all-encompassing presence. The blues of Blue Mythologies include those present in the world's... -
Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy by Grazia Ting Deng 9780691245799
RRP: $46.20$39.40Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008Italians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product—so... -
Making Dead Birds: Chronicle of a Film by Robert Gardner
RRP: $62.90$53.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873658232Author Robert GardnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S.Publisher Peabody Museum of Archaeology... -
Wisdom of the Ancients: Life lessons from our distant past by Neil Oliver
RRP: $23.08$16.32THE PERFECT READ FOR TROUBLED TIMESFrom the bestselling author of The Story of the British Isles in 100 Places comes this inspiring and beautifully written meditation on the wisdom inherited from our ancestors.For all we have gained in the modern world,... -
Food Mobilities: Making World Cuisines by Daniel E. Bender 9781487526498
RRP: $33.58$30.74Bringing together multidisciplinary scholars from the growing discipline of food studies, Food Mobilities examines food provisioning and the food cultures of the world, historically and in contemporary times. The collection offers a range of fascinating... -
Himalaya: A Human History by Ed Douglas
RRP: $31.48$22.83'Magnificent ... this book is unlikely to be surpassed' TelegraphThis is the first major history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures and adventures among the world's highest mountains.SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 DUFF COOPER PRIZEAn epic... -
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? by Jared Diamond
RRP: $31.48$23.00The no. 1 bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel explores the profound lessons that traditional societies offer us todayOver the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about... -
Survival of the Friendliest: Understanding Our Origins and Rediscovering Our Common Humanity Brian Hare 9780861541294
RRP: $25.18$17.70'Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring - and a riveting read.' Cass Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge What is the secret to humanity's evolutionary success? Could it be our strength, our intellect... or something... -
Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Cook Ding by Roel Sterckx
RRP: $27.28$19.09Shortlisted for the PEN Hessel-Tiltman Prize'A terrific book, rich and endlessly thought provoking. . . If you are looking for one book to understand the core ideas of Chinese civilisation, read this' - Michael WoodAn engrossing history of ancient... -
Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini 9780008293864
RRP: $23.08$15.23Financial Times Book of the Year Telegraph Top 50 Books of the Year Guardian Book of the Year New Statesman Book of the Year ... -
A Brief History of Intelligence: Why the Evolution of the Brain Holds the Key to the Future of AI by Max Bennett 9780008560096
RRP: $46.20$25.79Bridges the gap between AI and neuroscience by telling the story of how the brain came to be. 'I found this book amazing' Daniel Kahneman, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and bestselling author of Thinking Fast & Slow The... -
The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It by Will Storr
RRP: $42.00$28.85'Will Storr is one of our best journalists of ideas ... The Status Game might be his best yet' James Marriott, Books of the Year, The Times What drives our political and moral beliefs? What makes us like some things and dislike... -
Casuals: The Story of Terrace Fashion by Phil Thornton 9781903854143
RRP: $18.88$13.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903854143Author Phil ThorntonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Milo BooksPublisher Milo BooksWeight(grams) 231g -
Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story by Rob Dinnis 9780565093372
RRP: $31.48$20.58When did the first humans arrive in Britain? Where did they come from? And what did they look like? This is the amazing story of human life in Britain. It begins nearly one million years ago, during the earliest known human occupation, and reveals how... -
The Irish Granny's Complete Cookbook by Tony Potter 9780717185993
RRP: $18.88$14.39Combining recipes from the bestselling Irish Granny's Pocket Recipe Book, Pocket Irish Potato Recipe Book and the Irish Granny's Pocket Farmhouse Kitchen, this large-format cookbook is your complete guide to traditional Irish cooking. Granny has... -
Revolution In The Head: The Beatles Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald
RRP: $27.28$19.09As dazzling as the decade they dominated, The Beatles almost single-handedly created pop music as we know it. Today, their songs are cited as seminal influences by stars like Oasis and Blur. Eloquently giving voice to their time, The Beatles quite simply... -
A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects by Sally Coulthard 9780008559427
RRP: $46.20$29.00The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts 'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and - of course - the countryside.'... -
Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference - New Edition by Dipesh Chakrabarty
RRP: $67.20$52.00First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This...