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Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change by Caty Borum Chattoo
RRP: $34.17$30.21Only a few years after the 2013 Sundance Film Festival premiere of Blackfish - an independent documentary film that critiqued the treatment of orcas in captivity - visits to SeaWorld declined, major corporate sponsors pulled their support, and performing... -
Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents by Tony Judt
RRP: $14.18$10.02'Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,Where wealth accumulates, and men decay' - Oliver GoldsmithSomething is profoundly wrong with the way we live today. For thirty years we have made a virtue out of the pursuit of material self-interest:... -
John Maclean: Hero of Red Clydeside by Henry Bell
RRP: $21.92$14.89'I am not here, then, as the accused; I am here as the accuser of capitalism dripping with blood from head to foot' - John Maclean, Speech from the Dock, 1918. Feared by the government, adored by workers, celebrated by Lenin and Trotsky; the head of... -
Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View by Stanley Milgram
RRP: $12.89$9.17Volunteers are invited to a scientific laboratory under the pretence of participating in a study about the effects of punishment on learning. They are instructed by an experimenter to administer an electric shock of increasing intensity every time a... -
The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity by Kwame Anthony Appiah
RRP: $12.89$9.17We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there,... -
The Subversive Seventies by Michael Hardt 9780197674659
RRP: $28.37$24.19A thought-provoking reconsideration of how the revolutionary movements of the 1970s set the mold for today's activism. The 1970s was a decade of "subversives". Faced with various progressive and revolutionary social movements, the forces of... -
Lines: A Brief History by Tim Ingold
RRP: $21.92$19.63What do walking, weaving, observing, storytelling, singing, drawing and writing have in common? The answer is that they all proceed along lines. In this extraordinary book Tim Ingold imagines a world in which everyone and everything consists of... -
A Human History of Emotion: How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know by Richard Firth-Godbehere 9780008393793
RRP: $12.89$8.57How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us? We humans like to think of ourselves as... -
The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies - New Edition by Scott E. Page 9780691138541
RRP: $32.25$25.26In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one another. The Difference is about how we think in groups--and how our collective wisdom exceeds the sum of its parts. Why can teams of people find better... -
The Memory Code: Unlocking the Secrets of the Lives of the Ancients and the Power of the Human Mind by Dr. Lynne Kelly
RRP: $25.80$18.95In ancient, pre-literate cultures across the globe, tribal elders had encyclopedic memories. They could name all the animals and plants across a landscape, identify the stars in the sky and recite the history of their people. Yet today, most of us... -
Applied Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS: Basic to Advanced Techniques by Joel E. Collier
RRP: $70.94$61.56This is an essential how-to guide on the application of structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques with the AMOS software, focusing on the practical applications of both simple and advanced topics.Written in an easy-to-understand conversational style,... -
The Iceberg: A Memoir by Marion Coutts
RRP: $14.18$9.44In 2008 the art critic Tom Lubbock was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The tumour was located in the area controlling speech and language, and would eventually rob him of the ability to speak. He died early in 2011. Marion Coutts was his wife.In short... -
Fractured Times: Culture and Society in the Twentieth Century by Eric Hobsbawm
RRP: $14.18$9.55Born almost a hundred years ago in Vienna - the cultural heart of a bourgeois Mitteleurope - Eric Hobsbawm, who was to become one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age, was uniquely placed to observe an era of titanic social and... -
Serpent in the Sky: The High Wisdom of Ancient Egypt by John Anthony West 9780835606912
RRP: $27.09$23.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835606912Author John Anthony WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S.Weight(grams) 1g -
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space by Andreas Mebert
RRP: $8.39$7.88In Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne tackle the central problem facing all businesses: how to perform better than your competitors? Their solution involves taking a creative approach to the normal view of competition.In the normal... -
The Digital Rights Delusion: Humans, Machines and the Technology of Information by Andrea Monti 9781032447308
RRP: $38.69$34.37This book examines the ever-increasing impact of technology on our lives and explores a range of legal and constitutional questions that this raises. It considers the extent to which concepts such as 'cyberspace' and 'digital rights' advance or undermine... -
Routledge International Handbook of Ignorance Studies by Matthias Gross 9780367608149
RRP: $56.75$50.10Once treated as the absence of knowledge, ignorance has now become a highly influential and rapidly growing topic in its own right. This new edition of the seminal text in the field is fully revised and includes new and expanded chapters on religion;... -
The Dignity of Difference: How to Avoid the Clash of Civilizations by Jonathan Sacks
RRP: $18.05$13.89Rabbi Jonathan Sacks presents a proposal for reframing the terms of this important debate. The first major statement by a Jewish leader on the ethics of globalization, it introduces a new paradigm into the search for co-existence. Sacks argues that we... -
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie
RRP: $19.34$13.16A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARBringing valuable lessons from the cutting edge of communication science, Conflicted does for our verbal communication what Thinking Fast and Slow did for our inner decision-making. 'One of my favourite writers . . ... -
Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms by John Solomos
RRP: $56.75$49.59The study of contemporary forms of racism has expanded greatly over the past four decades. Although it has been a focus for scholarship and research for the past three centuries, it is perhaps over this more recent period that we have seen important... -
The Authoritarian Personality by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Daniel J. Levinson, R. Nevitt Sanford
RRP: $38.70$33.51What makes a fascist? Are there character traits that make someone more likely to vote for the far right? The Authoritarian Personality, written in the shadow of Fascism and the Holocaust, looked to analyse the rise of Fascism in Europe through the... -
Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism by Gary S. Becker
$18.86On December 5, 2004, the still-developing blogosphere took one of its biggest steps toward mainstream credibility, as Nobel Prize - winning economist Gary S. Becker and renowned jurist and legal scholar Richard A. Posner announced the formation of the... -
Perfume: A Century of Scents by Lizzie Ostrom 9781804947579
RRP: $14.18$10.02THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY OCCASIONThe incredible stories of 100 perfumes from a whole century of scents'Wonderful . . . Charming and illuminating. I loved it' INDIA KNIGHT'A really enjoyable, fun book' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN'Beautifully written . . . A perfect... -
How to Survive the Modern World by The School of Life
RRP: $25.80$18.43A guide to modern times that explores the challenges living in the 21st century can pose to our mental wellbeing. The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine and transport. But it can also... -
Writing Black Beauty: Anna Sewell and the Story of Animal Rights by Celia Brayfield
RRP: $25.80$18.98Black Beauty is a novel that changed our world. Intended to 'induce kindness' in a Victorian audience who relied on horses for transport, travel and power, it remains a dearly loved children's classic. Writing Black Beauty is the story of the remarkable... -
The American Dream in the 21st Century by Sandra L. Hanson
RRP: $33.53$28.43A multidisciplinary conversation on the state of the American DreamA multidisciplinary conversation on the state of the American DreamAbout the AuthorSandra L. Hanson is Professor of Sociology and Research Associate at the Institute for Policy Research... -
An Introduction to Systematic Reviews by David Gough 9781473929432
RRP: $51.59$42.79Focused on actively using systematic review as method, this book provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing. Stressing the importance of precision and accuracy, this new edition carefully balances a need for... -
Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East: Viewing Imperialism in its Proper Perspective by Shih-tsung Wang
RRP: $51.59$45.23This study explains how Salisbury viewed cultural conflicts between the East and the West, how he treated Oriental nationality and nationalist aspirations in British dominions in the East, and how he directed British policy in the Eastern world in a time... -
The Social Animal: A Story of How Success Happens by David Brooks
RRP: $16.76$11.73David Brooks weaves a vast array of new research into the lives of two fictional characters, revealing a fundamental new understanding of human nature. He outlines a new definition of success, highlighting what economists call non-cognitive skills -... -
Born Liars: We All Do It But Which One Are You - Psychopath, Sociopath or Little White Liar? by Ian Leslie
RRP: $16.76$11.73We all do it - how to be a better liar, spot a charlatan and tell the difference between truth and fictionIn Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of... -
Priceless: The Hidden Psychology of Value by William Poundstone 9781851688296
RRP: $15.47$10.87In Priceless, bestselling author William Poundstone reveals the hidden psychology of value and explores how we react to the most pervasive persuader of all: price. Charting the burgeoning growth of price-consultants who advise retailers from Nike to... -
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein 9780684824291
RRP: $21.92$15.58The controversial book linking intelligence to class and race in modern society, and what public policy can do to mitigate socioeconomic differences in IQ, birth rate, crime, fertility, welfare, and poverty.About the AuthorRichard J. Herrnstein held the... -
Breadline Britain: The Rise of Mass Poverty by Stewart Lansley 9781780745442
RRP: $15.47$10.87Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further. Food bank queues are growing, levels of severe deprivation have been rising, and increasing numbers of children are left with their most basic needs... -
Women on Duty: A History of the First Female Police Force by Sophie Jackson 9781781553626
$28.95A monumental event in the history of female emancipation occurred in Grantham, Lincolnshire, on 27 November 1914: the first female police officers went on duty. The government's decision to Employ the Women Police Volunteers was an outcome of the wider... -
Mate by Tucker Max 9780316349437
RRP: $28.37$20.69Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316349437Author Tucker MaxFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Boy Who Sat By the Window: The Story of the Queen of Soho by David Hodge
RRP: $16.76$10.49"Enjoy this story. I already jumped to the parts about me." - Boy George The extraordinary life story of David Hodge - the 'Very Miss Dusty O'. "My story is one of laughter and hedonism, dressing up and showing off. I played Queen in a parallel... -
The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry Into a Category of Bourgeois Society by Jurgen Habermas
RRP: $23.21$20.69This major work retraces the emergence and development of the Bourgeois public sphere - that is, a sphere which was distinct from the state and in which citizens could discuss issues of general interest. In analysing the historical transformations of... -
A Student's Introduction to Geographical Thought: Theories, Philosophies, Methodologies by Pauline Couper
RRP: $51.59$42.27This ism-busting text is an enormously accessible account of the key philosophical and theoretical ideas that have informed geographical research. It makes abstract ideas explicit and clearly connects it with real practices of geographical research and... -
Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First by Frank Trentmann
RRP: $24.50$18.07In this monumental study, acclaimed historian Frank Trentmann unfolds the extraordinary history that has shaped our material world, from late Ming China, Renaissance Italy and the British Empire to the present. Astonishingly wide-ranging and richly... -
The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power by Joel Kramer
RRP: $23.21$17.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883319007Author Joel KramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...