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MOD: From Bebop to Britpop, Britain's Biggest Youth Movement by Richard Weight
RRP: £14.99£11.54Welcome to the world of the sharp-suited 'faces'. The Italianistas. The scooter-riding, all-night-dancing instigators of what became, from its myriad sources, a very British phenomenon.Mod began life as the quintessential working-class movement of a... -
Individualism Old and New by John Dewey 9781573926935
RRP: £11.99£8.68America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place of the individual in a technologically advanced society. In this penetrating study, he addresses the fear... -
The Nanny State Made Me: A Story of Britain and How to Save it by Stuart Maconie
RRP: £12.99£9.09'He is as funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell' ObserverIt was the spirit of our finest hour, the backbone of our post-war greatness, and it promoted some of the boldest and most brilliant schemes this isle has ever produced: it was the Welfare State,... -
Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism by Michael Parenti
RRP: £12.99£11.19Blackshirts & Reds explores some of the big issues of our time: fascism, capitalism, communism, revolution, democracy, and ecology--terms often bandied about but seldom explored in the original and exciting way that has become Michael Parenti's trademark... -
Cultural Amnesia: Notes in the Margin of My Time by Clive James
RRP: £16.99£12.27With fascinating essays on artists from Louis Armstrong to Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud to Franz Kafka and Beatrix Potter to Marcel Proust, Cultural Amnesia is one of the crowning achievements in Clive James's illustrious career as a critic.'One... -
The Great Indian Food Trip: Around a Subcontinent à la Carte by Zac O'Yeah 9781911723066
RRP: £17.99£15.79The Great Indian Food Trip is an entertaining, erudite adventure of eating, drinking and travelling. This is how Zac O'Yeah has come to understand the Indian subcontinent, his home of thirty years. O'Yeah's fast-paced yet profound account charts a... -
The Naked Ape: A Zoologist's Study of the Human Animal by Desmond Morris
RRP: £10.99£7.77FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION - WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal - in love, at work, at war. Meet man as he really is: relative to the apes, stripped of his veneer as we see him courting, making love, sleeping,... -
Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future and a Way to Get There from Here by Bruce H. Lipton
RRP: £16.99£10.87We've all heard stories of people who've experienced seemingly miraculous recoveries from illness, but can the same thing happen for our world? According to pioneering biologist Bruce H. Lipton, it's not only possible, it's already occurring. In... -
The Rastafarians by Leonard E. Barrett 9780807010396
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807010396Author Leonard BarrettFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm *... -
Filth: Dirt, Digust, and Modern Life by Ryan Johnson
RRP: £23.99£20.41From floating barges of urban refuse to dung-encrusted works of art, from toxic landfills to dirty movies, filth has become a major presence and a point of volatile contention in modern life. This book explores the question of what filth has to do with... -
Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman
RRP: £15.99£10.93Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America-some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the "prison that... -
What Doesn't Kill Us: the bestselling guide to transforming your body by unlocking your lost evolutionary strength by Scott Carney
RRP: £10.99£7.32A New York Times bestseller and a Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and The Times. Is getting a little less comfortable the key to living a happier, healthier life? When journalist Scott Carney came across a picture of a man in his fifties... -
Greece - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Constantine Buhayer 9781857338706
RRP: £8.99£6.64Culture 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 First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols by Genevieve Von Petzinger
RRP: £11.99£7.59The First Signs is the first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world-the first indications of symbolic meaning, intelligence, and language. Join renowned archaeologist Genevieve von... -
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings by Matt Lodder 9780008402105
RRP: £10.99£7.25In 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing 'an art without a history'. 'No-one', it went on, 'has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now. Painted People is a... -
The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity by Marshall Sahlins 9780691215938
RRP: £16.99£13.34One of the world's preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other culturesFrom the perspective of Western modernity, humanity inhabits a disenchanted cosmos. Gods, spirits, and ancestors... -
How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human by Eduardo Kohn 9780520276116
RRP: £25.00£24.71Can forests think? Do dogs dream? In this astonishing book, Eduardo Kohn challenges the very foundations of anthropology, calling into question our central assumptions about what it means to be human - and thus distinct from all other life forms. Based... -
The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet
RRP: £22.00£14.56'The most important book of 2022.' Dr. Robert Malone Desmet's work on mass formation theory was brought to the world's attention on The Joe Rogan Experience and in major alternative news outlets around the globe. Read this book to get beyond the sound... -
The History of Magic: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present by Chris Gosden
RRP: £12.99£8.32A Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos.'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag... -
Casuals: The Story of Terrace Fashion by Phil Thornton 9781903854143
RRP: £8.99£6.55Apologies 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 -
Understanding Foucault: A Critical Introduction by Tony Schirato 9781446252352
RRP: £44.99£36.74"An outstandingly good introduction to Foucault's work: lucid, measured, well organised, and covering this complex and in many ways heterogeneous body of work with remarkable thoroughness and ease." - Professor John Frow, University of Melbourne ... -
All Desire is a Desire for Being by René Girard 9780241543238
RRP: £12.99£9.09A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desireWhy do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene... -
Home: A Very Short Introduction by Michael Allen Fox
RRP: £8.99£6.61Thoughts and feelings about home traditionally provided people of all cultures with a firm sense of where they belonged, and why. But with the world rapidly changing, many of our basic notions are becoming problematic. Both internationally and within... -
Native: Life in a Vanishing Landscape by Patrick Laurie
RRP: £9.99£6.70A Times Bestseller Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing 2020 'Remarkable, and so profoundly enjoyable to read ... Its importance is huge, setting down a vital marker in the 21st century debate about how we use and abuse the... -
The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning by Jeremy Lent 9781633882935
RRP: £19.99£15.28Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Silver Award! This fresh perspective on crucial questions of history identifies the root metaphors that cultures have used to construct meaning in their world. It offers a glimpse into the minds of a vast range of different... -
Measuring What Counts: The Global Movement for Well-Being by Joseph E. Stiglitz
RRP: £12.99£8.63In 2009, a group of economists issued a report challenging gross domestic product (GDP) as a measure of progress and well-being. Now, in Measuring What Counts they - propose a new, 'beyond GDP' agenda. This book provides an accessible overview of the... -
English Food: A People’s History by Diane Purkiss 9780007255573
RRP: £12.99£8.48'An absolute gem' Sunday Times 'A mouthwatering history' The Guardian In this delicious history of Britain's food traditions, Diane Purkiss invites readers on a unique journey through the centuries, exploring the... -
Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber
RRP: £10.95£8.30Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy - everywhere, that is, except the academy. Anarchists repeatedly appeal to anthropologists for ideas about how society might be reorganized on a more egalitarian, less alienating basis... -
Silencing The Past (20th Anniversary Edition) by Michel-Rolph Trouillot
RRP: £20.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807080535Author Michel-Rolph TrouillotFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 266gDimensions(mm) 205mm *... -
In the Shadow of Man by Jane Goodall
RRP: £10.99£7.40'One of history's most impressive field studies; an instant animal classic' TIMEJane Goodall's classic account of primate research provides an impressively detailed and absorbing account of the early years of her field study of, and adventures with,... -
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by Sir James George Frazer
RRP: £14.99£11.62A classic study of the beliefs and institutions of mankind, and the progress through magic and religion to scientific thought, The Golden Bough has a unique status in modern anthropology and literature. First published in 1890, The Golden Bough was... -
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat [Second Edition]: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog
RRP: £12.99£8.48"A fascinating, thoughtful, and thoroughly enjoyable exploration of a major dimension of human experience."- Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works A maverick scientist reveals the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways humans think, feel, and... -
Speeches of Note: A celebration of the old, new and unspoken by Shaun Usher
RRP: £25.00£19.22______________________A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note. Discover speeches that altered the... -
The Origins of Cool in Postwar America by Joel Dinerstein
RRP: £21.00£18.16Cool. It was a new word and a new way to be, and in a single generation, it became the supreme compliment of American culture. The Origins of Cool in Postwar America uncovers the hidden history of this concept and its new set of codes that came to define... -
Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions by Catherine Bell 9780199735105
£46.53From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because... -
Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan: Dislocating the Salaryman Doxa by James E. Roberson
RRP: £68.99£59.52This book is the first comprehensive account of the changing role of men and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Japan. The book moves beyond the stereotype of the Japanese white-collar businessman to explore the diversity of identities and... -
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War by Martin Sixsmith 9781399409865
RRP: £25.00£17.62An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped history. In the decades after the collapse of Soviet... -
Time and Power in Azraq Refugee Camp: A Nine-To-Five Emergency by Melissa Gatter
RRP: £50.00£40.71The politics and governance of Jordan's Azraq camp for Syrian refugeesAzraq refugee camp, built in 2014 and host to forty thousand refugees, is one of two official humanitarian refugee camps for Syrian refugees in Jordan. Time and Power in Azraq Refugee... -
Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis by George Monbiot
RRP: £9.99£6.64Today, our lives are dominated by an ideology of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. But we cannot replace it without a positive vision, one that reengages people in politics and... -
The English by Jeremy Paxman
RRP: £12.99£9.09In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are?Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even...