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Uncomfortably Off: Why Addressing Inequality Matters, Even for High Earners by Marcos González Hernando 9781447367529
RRP: £12.99£10.15In highly unequal societies such as the UK, where the top 10% take a higher share of disposable income than in most other European countries, many feel resentment towards high earners. On paper, they are doing well, but inequality isn’t even working for... -
The Works: Anatomy of a City by Kate Ascher
RRP: £27.00£18.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143112709Author Kate AscherFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 862gDimensions(mm) 275mm *... -
Good Life by Helen Nearing
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805209709Author Scott NearingFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Schocken BooksPublisher Schocken BooksWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 131mm *... -
Affluenza by Oliver James
RRP: £16.99£12.28There is currently an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious, keeping-up-with-the-Joneses - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. Over a nine-month period, bestselling author Oliver... -
The Trespasser's Companion by Nick Hayes
RRP: £14.99£9.93'The countryside ought to be for everyone, and this beautiful, thoughtful companion can help us all start to forge paths into the forgotten corners of our green, pleasant and often inaccessible land' Catrina Davies, author of Homesick The Trespasser's... -
Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood by Anne Enright
RRP: £9.99£7.11A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'An unadulterated delight...suffused with a sense of love and very, very funny' Maggie O'Farrell It's 2004 and Anne Enright, one of Ireland's most remarkable writers, has just had two babies: a girl and a boy. Making Babies,... -
On Suicide by Emile Durkheim
RRP: £12.99£9.09Emile Durkheim's On Suicide (1897) was a groundbreaking book in the field of sociology. Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension. He believed that if... -
Reckless Opportunists: Elites at the End of the Establishment by Aeron Davis 9781526127280
RRP: £9.99£7.23Aeron Davis takes a close look at the state of elites today. He argues that the Brexit vote and 2017 election outcome are signs of a deeper leadership crisis that has been developing over decades. The great transformations of the 1980s onwards have not... -
Living Together: Searching for Community in a Fractured World by Mim Skinner
RRP: £14.99£9.98'I loved it! Brilliantly written, probing and necessary' PANDORA SYKES'Skinner goes in search of a different way of life . . . a sensitive and colourful account' New StatesmanFrom the author of Jailbirds and one of Elle's '50 Game Changers' (2019) comes... -
The Yorkshire Vet: In the Footsteps of Herriot Peter Wright 9781912624232
RRP: £8.99£6.45As featured on BBC Breakfast.A warm, engaging and witty memoir from the star of Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet.This is the life story of vet Peter Wright, charting his working relationship with the famous 'James Herriot', from work experience with him as... -
The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner’s Guide to Settling the Red Planet by Justin B. Hollander
RRP: £27.99£25.65Hundreds of novels, films, and TV shows have speculated about what it would be like for us Earthlings to build cities on Mars. To make it a reality, however, these dreamers are in sore need of additional conceptual tools in their belt-particularly, a... -
Coercive Control: How Men Entrap Women in Personal Life by Evan D. Stark 9780195384048
RRP: £31.49£27.25One of the most important books ever written on domestic violence, Coercive Control breaks through entrenched views of physical abuse that have ultimately failed to protect women. Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters,... -
Reasons to be Hopeful: what remains consoling, inspiring and beautiful by The School of Life
RRP: £19.99£14.21An honest and accessible guide to finding light in the darkest of times. In a world that isn't short of darkness, there could be few more urgent priorities than to spend time rehearsing for ourselves why life - despite all its challenges - still has so... -
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie
RRP: £14.99£10.20A 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 . . ... -
Birmingham: It's Not Shit: 50 Things That Delight About Brum by Jon Bounds 9781800683990
£10.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800683990Author Jon BoundsFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Independent Publishing NetworkPublisher Independent Publishing Network -
The Transparency Society by Byung-Chul Han 9780804794602
RRP: £11.99£9.89Transparency is the order of the day. It is a term, a slogan, that dominates public discourse about corruption and freedom of information. Considered crucial to democracy, it touches our political and economic lives as well as our private lives. Anyone... -
Discourse as Data: A Guide for Analysis by Margaret Wetherell
RRP: £42.99£35.42`A highly effective introduction which gives readers a clear sense of how to analyze discourse data and then employ the analytic approaches in their own research' - David Silverman, Goldsmith's College, University of London This workbook will be... -
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Ruha Benjamin 9781509526406
RRP: £14.99£9.80From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of... -
On Being Unreasonable: Why Being Bad Can Be a Force for Good by Kirsty Sedgman 9780571366866
RRP: £9.99£6.70We're living in an age of division. From abortion rights to immigration, gun control to climate change, civil debate has gone out the window. Manners, order, and respect are being eroded. Why can't we all be reasonable? The trouble is, what's... -
Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745624105
RRP: £15.99£14.41In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity. This passage, he argues, has brought profound change to all aspects of the human... -
Seeing for Ourselves: And Even Stranger Possibilities by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan 9781914221224
£12.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914221224Author Suhaiymah Manzoor-KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Hajar PressPublisher Hajar Press -
Selfish Whining Monkeys: How we Ended Up Greedy, Narcissistic and Unhappy by Rod Liddle
RRP: £8.99£6.02With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain. 'One of Britain's funniest, most daring columnists. If he weren't so offensive you'd almost call him a national treasure' Mail on Sunday 'I,... -
Social: Why our brains are wired to connect by Matthew D. Lieberman
RRP: £14.99£10.95Why are we influenced by the behaviour of complete strangers? Why does the brain register similar pleasure when I perceive something as 'fair' or when I eat chocolate? Why can we be so profoundly hurt by bereavement? What are the evolutionary benefits of... -
WJEC Eduqas GCSE Sociology: Student Book Marion Davies 9781911208204
£30.77Written by two experienced teachers, this accessible and engaging student book is endorsed by WJEC Eduqas, offering you high quality support you can trust // A simple and straightforward double page spread layout makes for easy navigation around the... -
A Pocketful of Holes and Dreams by Jeff Pearce
RRP: £10.99£7.77The poor boy who made his fortune . . . not just once but twice.Little Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his mother was forced to steal bread to feed her starving children. Life... -
Social Determinants of Health by Michael Marmot 9780198565895
RRP: £71.00£69.41Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it... -
Passages: Predictable Crises of Adult Life by Gail Sheehy 9780345479228
RRP: £20.00£13.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345479228Author Gail SheehyFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 200mm *... -
We're Falling Through Space: Doctor Who and Celebrating the Mundane by J. David Reed 9781912489763
RRP: £7.50£4.94It's one of modern history's most beloved sci-fi creations and while the Doctor is revered world-round, what about their companions, friends and acquaintances along the way? For all the time travel and extravagant alien worlds, Doctor Who is often at its... -
The Man Who Mistook His Job for His Life: How to Thrive at Work by Leaving Your Emotional Baggage Behind by Naomi Shragai
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Is 2023 the year you want to change your working life? Perhaps you want to stop catastrophising about small mistakes, instil a better job/life balance or find new mechanisms to cope with a nightmare boss. Solutions to these problems, as well as an array... -
StuG III Brigade 191, 1940 1945: The Buffalo Brigade in Action in the Balkans, Greece and from Moscow to the Caucasus and the Crimea by Bork, Bruno 9781784386955
RRP: £25.00£18.02Based on their experiences during the First World War, the Reichswehr decided that the infantry support gun of the future should be an armoured, motorized vehicle with an effective calibre of cannon: the Sturmgeschutz III. The weapon was used in the... -
The Dark Side of Democracy: Explaining Ethnic Cleansing by Michael Mann
RRP: £30.99£24.55A new theory of ethnic cleansing based on the most terrible cases (colonial genocides, Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, Rwanda) and cases of lesser violence (early modern Europe, contemporary India, and Indonesia). Murderous cleansing... -
The Right to Be Lazy by Paul Lafargue
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681376820Author Paul LafargueFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc -
The Silo Effect: Why Every Organisation Needs to Disrupt Itself to Survive Gillian Tett 9781844087594
RRP: £9.99£6.80Ever since civilised society began, we have felt the need to classify, categorise and specialise. It can make things more efficient, and help give the leaders of any organisation a sense of confidence that they have the right people focusing on the... -
Why We're Polarized: The International Bestseller from the Founder of Vox.com by Ezra Klein
RRP: £10.99£6.91A BARACK OBAMA AND A BILL GATES SUMMER READING PICK 2022 A NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER 'This book helped me understand modern politics better' - Bill Gates, Summer Reading Pick 2022 'Superbly researched and written' - ... -
Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues by Ross Perlin 9781804710715
RRP: £12.99£8.56Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and - because many have never been recorded - when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and co-director of the Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against... -
The Three Ecologies Felix Guattari ((1930-1992) was a French psychoanalyst, philosopher, social theorist and radical activist. He is best known for his collaborative work with Gilles Deleuze.) 9781847063052
RRP: £21.99£21.89Extending the definition of ecology to encompass social relations and human subjectivity as well as environmental concerns, The Three Ecologies argues that the ecological crises that threaten our planet are the direct result of the expansion of a new... -
Wedded Wife: A Feminist History of Marriage Ms. Rachael Lennon 9780711267114
RRP: £16.99£11.54In this fascinating and insightful book, feminist curator Rachael Lennon provides an intimate and accessible examination of the history of marriage, with a focus on the UK.Wedded Wife tells a remarkable story of how this institution has developed from... -
Intoxication: The Universal Pursuit of Mind-Altering Substances by K.Ronald Siegel 9781594770692
RRP: £18.99£17.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594770692Author K.Ronald SiegelFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Park Street Press,U.S.Publisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Why Public Space Matters by Setha Low
RRP: £20.99£18.34Drawing from decades of research, Setha Low shows how public space contributes to a flourishing society through promoting social justice and democratic practices. Thriving public spaces also enhance creativity, health, urban resilience, and environmental... -
Governing Biobanks: Understanding the Interplay between Law and Practice by Jane Kaye
RRP: £100.00£50.87Biobanks are proliferating rapidly worldwide because they are powerful tools and organisational structures for undertaking medical research. By linking samples to data on the health of individuals, it is anticipated that biobanks will be used to explore...