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A Book of Waves by Stefan Helmreich 9781478020417
RRP: $48.01$41.27In A Book of Waves Stefan Helmreich examines ocean waves as forms of media that carry ecological, geopolitical, and climatological news about our planet. Drawing on ethnographic work with oceanographers and coastal engineers in the Netherlands, the... -
Genghis Khan: And the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
RRP: $29.14$16.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780609809648Author Jack WeatherfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Three Rivers PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 264g -
Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife by Robin M. Le Blanc
RRP: $46.31$35.39While the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. In this first ethnographic study of the politics of the average female citizen... -
Food for Life: Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well by Tim Spector 9781529919660
RRP: $22.28$13.26'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON**AS SEEN ON THE ONE SHOW**Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.Food is... -
Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology by David Abram
RRP: $32.59$20.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for The Orion Book Award 2011.Book InformationISBN 9780375713699Author David AbramFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House... -
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber
RRP: $22.28$13.26THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARFINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times 'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read'... -
All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks
RRP: $18.85$12.26"The word "love" is most often defined as a noun, yet...we would all love better if we used it as a verb," writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting and on fire in All About Love. Here, at her most provocative and intensely personal, the renowned... -
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
RRP: $22.28$12.09'Interesting and provocative... It gives you a sense of how briefly we've been on this Earth' Barack ObamaWhat makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Harari... -
Farts Aren't Invisible: Mind-Blowing Facts From Science, History, Sport and The Universe by Mick O'Hare 9781915798947
RRP: $18.85$10.58A mind-bending, brain-expanding cornucopia of facts for curious minds from the bestselling author of Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? and Does Anything Eat Wasps?Own the room with this hilarious collection of fact-tastic myth-busters and jaw-dropping... -
Abroad in Japan by Chris Broad
RRP: $29.14$17.51THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly fascinating!'Will Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats, heartening renewal in... -
Be Funny or Die: How Comedy Works and Why It Matters by Joel Morris 9781800183100
RRP: $32.57$18.32Comedy is a game that all humans play. There are big social prizes if you win, but it is easy to end up with custard pie on your face... or worse.Comedy can soothe our pain, vent our anger, make us feel less alone and provide the answer to life's most... -
Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East by Kim Ghattas
RRP: $22.28$12.61'Blistering' Sunday Times'Indispensable' Observer'Fascinating' The Times'Brilliant' Peter Frankopan'Revelatory' Lindsey HilsumA timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of... -
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot 9780571252480
RRP: $17.14$9.62A stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot's beloved cat poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.Meet magical Mr... -
Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living by Dimitris Xygalatas 9781788161039
RRP: $18.85$13.33A Radio 4 Book of the Week WINNER OF THE CAROL R. EMBER BOOK PRIZE FOR SCIENTIFIC ANTHROPOLGY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE From fire walking to funerals, the hidden science of the rituals that give life meaning Ritual... -
Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon 9781529151244
RRP: $29.14$23.52A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024FOYLE'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023LONGLISTED FOR BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023ONE OF THE TELEGRAPH'S... -
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross 9781472281951
RRP: $18.85$12.69The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month*Featuring a brand new chapter!*'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and... -
Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuchsia Dunlop 9780241516980
RRP: $42.88$28.35'A brilliant, passionate and spellbinding tour de force' Claudia Roden'Fuchsia Dunlop is one of the world's best writers on Chinese food' Ken Hom CBE The epic tale of the world's most sophisticated gastronomic culture, told through a banquet of thirty... -
Orientalism by Edward W. Said
RRP: $18.85$13.33The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer'Magisterial' Terry EagletonIn this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and... -
Anthro-Vision: How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life by Gillian Tett
RRP: $18.85$13.33The Times and Financial Times Book of the YearA revelatory model that explains how we buy, sell, work and live.'Absolutely brilliant.' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow___Meet the business anthropologists seeking to explain how we buy,... -
The World According to Colour: A Cultural History by James Fox
RRP: $22.28$15.59'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... -
Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine by Luis Eduardo Luna 9780907791591
RRP: $34.29$23.95This book is a panorama of texts translated from nearly a dozen languages on the ayahuasca experience, including indigenous mythic narratives and testimonies, religious hymns, as well as stories related by western travellers, scientists and writers who... -
London Feeds Itself by Jonathan Nunn 9781804270998
RRP: $42.88$24.01London 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... -
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER) by Jenny Odell 9781529924619
RRP: $18.85$13.33**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that 'time is money.' . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing' EsquireWe're living on the wrong clock. And it's destroying us... -
The Language Puzzle: How We Talked Our Way Out of the Stone Age by Steven Mithen 9781800811584
RRP: $42.88$30.91'A tour de force' Alice Roberts 'Wonderful ... A remarkably comprehensive biography of the single most important thing we all share - language' Robin Dunbar The relationship between language, thought and culture is of concern to anyone with an... -
Three Women by Lisa Taddeo
RRP: $18.85$11.18The International No. 1 Bestseller A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two... -
The Other Side of the Wall: A Palestinian Christian Narrative of Lament and Hope by Munther Isaac 9780830831999
RRP: $22.28$19.66Apologies 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)... -
The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand
RRP: $20.57$13.48A historical tour de force, The Invention of the Jewish People offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian... -
The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray 9780008492847
RRP: $18.85$12.44SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'The most important book of the year' Daily Mail The brilliant and provocative new book from one of the world's foremost political writers ... -
Truth is Beautiful by David McCandless
RRP: $42.88$29.90In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give us all a bit of good news. We are living in the Information Age,... -
The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods by A.G. Sertillanges 9780813206462
RRP: $39.37$24.73This is above all a practical book. It discusses with a wealth of illustration and insight such subjects as the organization of the intellectual worker's time, materials, and his life; the integration of knowledge and the relation of one's specialty to... -
Josef Koudelka: Gypsies by Josef Koudelka 9781597114738
RRP: $51.46$33.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781597114738Author Josef KoudelkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint AperturePublisher ApertureWeight(grams) 590gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 163mm * 23mm -
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty 9780674295469
RRP: $27.36$21.32A 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,... -
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer 9781571311771
RRP: $42.87$38.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781571311771Author Robin Wall KimmererFormat HardbackPage Count 456Imprint Milkweed EditionsPublisher Milkweed Editions -
Life in the United Kingdom: a guide for new residents by Great Britain: Home Office 9780113413409
RRP: $22.28$17.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780113413409Author Great Britain: Home OfficeFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Stationery Office BooksPublisher TSO -
Guns, Germs and Steel: 20th Anniversary Edition by Jared Diamond
RRP: $22.28$15.59**WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE** 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis? Jared Diamond... -
Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton
RRP: $34.31$22.88PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAME Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created. The labels attached to Paris Hilton. Founder... -
The Danish Way of Parenting: What the Happiest People in the World Know About Raising Confident, Capable Kids by Jessica Joelle Alexander
RRP: $25.71$16.81'A shining alternative to high-stress modern parenting, and families from New Delhi to New York will shout with joy' Heather Shumaker, author of It's OK Not to Share and It's OK to Go Up the SlideDISCOVER THE PARENTING SECRETS OF THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE IN... -
Exercised: The Science of Physical Activity, Rest and Health by Daniel Lieberman
RRP: $22.28$15.59'Endlessly fascinating and full of surprises. Easily one of my books of the year' BILL BRYSONThe myth-busting science behind our modern attitudes to exercise: what our bodies really need, why it matters, and its effects on health and wellbeing. In... -
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity; THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER by Douglas Murray 9781472979575
RRP: $18.85$12.21THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Updated with a new afterword by the author 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B... -
Earth: Over 4 Billion Years in the Making by Chris Packham 9780008507206
RRP: $42.88$30.41'Combines the natural history of programmes such as David Attenborough's Planet Earth with the planetary focus of Brian Cox's Universe' Guardian A beautiful, full colour book to accompany the 5 part BBC TV series...