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Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
RRP: £10.99£7.77Happy City is the story of how the solutions to this century's problems lie in unlocking the secrets to great city livingThis is going to be the century of the city. But what actually makes a good city? Why are some cities a joy to live in?As Charles... -
The American Way Of Death Revisited by Jessica Mitford
RRP: £10.99£7.40In the early 1960s this classic work of investigative journalism was a number one bestseller. The savage and hilarious analysis of America's funeral practices rocked the industry and shocked the public. This up-dated edition (revised just before the... -
Practical Idealism: The Kalergi Plan to destroy European peoples by Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
RRP: £18.00£17.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913057091Author Richard Coudenhove-KalergiFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Omnia Veritas LtdPublisher Omnia Veritas LtdWeight(grams)... -
Health Inequality: An Introduction to Concepts, Theories and Methods by Mel Bartley
RRP: £17.99£16.04At a time when social inequalities are increasing at an alarming rate, this new edition of Mel Bartley s popular book is a vital resource for understanding the extent of health inequalities and why they are proving to be persistent despite decades of... -
OCR Sociology for A Level Book 2 by Fionnuala Swann
£40.81Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2017Build students' confidence to tackle the key themes of the 2015 OCR A-Level Sociology specification with this clear and accessible approach delivered by a... -
Them And Us: Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society by Will Hutton
£2.63 - £3.51The suddenness and depth of the recession has raised questions about the workability of capitalism not seen since the 1930s. One of the constraints on recovery is the growing belief that if the old model did not work there is no new one on offer. This... -
Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us by Paul Koudounaris
RRP: £25.00£17.38A macabre, spectacular and thought-provoking survey of human remains used in decorative, commemorative or devotional contexts across the world today, from the author of Heavenly Bodies and The Empire of Death. Memento Mori takes the reader on a... -
Brian and Arthur's Modern Family: Births, marriages, deaths and everything in between by Brian Dowling-Gourounlian 9780717198481
RRP: £18.99£13.61Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian are among Ireland's most beloved television personalities and social media stars. The internet exploded when the couple announced they were expecting their first child, with Brian's sister Aoife acting as their... -
Nationalism by John Hutchinson
£3.17 - £45.37Nationalism is one of the most powerful forces in the modern world, yet its study has only recently gained popularity. This reader gives historical depth to the recent debates on nationalism and traces the development of thought on nationalism across a... -
Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again by Jon Yates
RRP: £11.99£8.43'An urgent manifesto for collective healing.' David Lammy MP This landmark book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves, doing things together, the more understanding, tolerant, and even friendly... -
Canvases and Careers: Institutional Change in the French Painting World by Harrison Colyar White 9780226894874
RRP: £23.00£22.13In the nineteenth century, the Academie des Beaux Arts, and institution of central importance to the artistic life of France for over two hundred years, yielded much of its power to the present system of art distribution, which is dependent upon critics,... -
Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth by Mary Haseltine
RRP: £20.95£14.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681921716Author Mary HaseltineFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Publisher Our Sunday Visitor Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
For a Liberatory Politics of Home by Michele Lancione 9781478025306
RRP: £24.99£21.23In For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Michele Lancione questions accepted understandings of home and homelessness to offer a radical proposition: homelessness cannot be solved without dismantling current understandings of home. Conventionally, home is... -
Ulrich Beck: A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society by Gabe Mythen 9780745318141
RRP: £32.00£24.48Ulrich Beck has emerged as one of the leading thinkers of the age. His principal claim to fame is as author of the widely acclaimed 'Risk Society', first published in 1986. Since this time, Beck's work has had a profound effect on the trajectory of... -
Liquid Life by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745635156
£5.86 - £14.41'Liquid life' is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern society cannot keep its shape for long. Liquid life is a precarious life, lived under conditions of constant... -
Prophetic Grappling: Including as-Suyuti's al-Musārʿah ilā al-Muṣārʿah by Nisar Shaikh 9781915025159
£13.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915025159Author Nisar ShaikhFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)... -
At Home with the Queen: Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household by Brian Hoey
£3.39 - £7.25Behind the scenes of the private world at the heart of royalty, as revealed by a distinguished royal commentator. This is the real story of what goes on inside the royal palaces, as witnessed by members of the royal staff and household past... -
The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA by Diane Vaughan
RRP: £23.00£16.99When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the tragedy... -
Deeping It: Colonialism, Culture & Criminalisation of UK Drill by Adele Oliver 9781912489787
RRP: £7.50£4.94Deeping It analyses drill's fight against moral panic and its fraught relationship with the police and political authority in the UK, exemplified by constant censorship, racism, and moments such as when a drill duo became the first people in British... -
The Yard: How A Horse Healed My Heart by Grace Olsen
RRP: £12.99£9.09"Feel-good, laugh out loud funny, yet also deeply moving..." "The way Grace has written about her mental health issues and woven it around the story is inspirational and will strike a chord with many readers" The comical tales of a new mum on her... -
Claiming the City: A Global History of Workers' Fight for Municipal Socialism by Shelton Stromquist
RRP: £85.00£71.37Winner of the International Labor History Association (ILHA) 2023 Book of the Year Award for labor historyFor more than a century, municipal socialism has fired the imaginations of workers fighting to make cities livable and democratic. At every turn... -
Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity by Marc Augé 9781804292600
RRP: £9.99£6.64An ever-increasing proportion of our lives is spent in supermarkets, airports and hotels, on motorways or in front of TVs, computer and cash machines. This invasion of the world by what Marc Auge calls 'non-space' results in a profound alteration of... -
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
RRP: £9.99£6.64According to the United Nations, more than one billion people now live in the slums of the cities of the South. In this brilliant and ambitious book, Mike Davis explores the future of a radically unequal and explosively unstable urban world. From the... -
Polywise: a deeper dive into navigating open relationships by Jessica Fern 9781915590602
RRP: £16.99£11.58As polyamory continues to make its way into the mainstream, more and more people are exploring consensual non-monogamy in the hope of experiencing more love, connection, sex, freedom, and support. While for many, the move expands personal horizons, for... -
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson 9780679603313
RRP: £19.99£13.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679603313Author Hunter S. ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)... -
Becoming a Marihuana User by Howard Saul Becker
RRP: £10.00£7.69OG Kush. Sour Diesel. Wax, shatter, and vapes. Marijuana has come a long way since its seedy days in the back parking lots of our culture. So has Howard S. Becker, the eminent sociologist, jazz musician, expert on "deviant" culture, and founding NORML... -
Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation by Eva Illouz 9780745671079
RRP: £12.99£11.94Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back lonely... -
A Letter to My Transgender Daughter by Carolyn Hays 9781529064506
RRP: £10.99£7.12A parent's deeply moving love letter to a daughter who has always known exactly who she is.'Stunning . . . Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love' - Joanne Harris, author of ChocolatWhen Carolyn Hays's child made... -
Islamic Empires: Fifteen Cities that Define a Civilization by Justin Marozzi
RRP: £14.99£10.95'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering, cosmopolitan capitals, Islamic empires lorded it over the Middle East, North... -
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think by Bryan Caplan 9780465028610
RRP: £13.99£9.20In Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids , contrarian economist Bryan Caplan argues that we've needlessly turned parenting into an unpleasant chore, and don't know the real plusses and minuses of having kids. Parents today spend more time investing in their... -
Business and Populism: The Odd Couple? by Magnus Feldmann 9780192894335
RRP: £100.00£90.50Business and Populism analyses the relationship between right wing populism and business with a focus on business responses and strategies in the face of the global populist turn. In the neoliberal era business had become accustomed to favourable... -
Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perceptions, Attitudes, and Values by Yi-fu Tuan
RRP: £30.00£22.82What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the... -
A Dictionary of Sociology by John Scott
£3.97 - £9.49A consistent best-seller, the wide-ranging and authoritative Dictionary of Sociology was first published in 1994 and contains more than 2,500 entries on the terminology, methods, concepts, and thinkers in the field, as well as from the related fields of... -
Liquid Love: On the Frailty of Human Bonds by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745624891
RRP: £15.99£14.41This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, 'liquid modern' times - the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the fixed or durable bonds that would allow the effort of self-definition and self-assertion to come to a... -
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 *... -
Heroes And Villains: The True Story Of The Beach Boys by Steven Gaines
RRP: £13.99£9.20The Beach Boys have been rolling, like the tide their great songs evoke, for more than thirty years, reaching professional peaks and tragic personal depths. In this electrifying account Steven Gaines reveals the gothic tale of violence, addiction, greed,... -
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De Witte
RRP: £14.99£9.70The Assassination of Lumumba unravels the appalling mass of lies, hypocrisy and betrayals that have surrounded accounts of the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba-the first prime minister of the Republic of Congo and a pioneer of African unity-since it... -
To Obama by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: £9.99£7.11One of the most important politics books of the year, To Obama is a record of a time when politics intersected with empathy. 'The real story of Obama's America' Sunday Times Every day, President Obama received ten thousand letters from ordinary... -
The I'm Grand Mamual by PJ Kirby 9780717198870
£14.68PJ Kirby and Kevin Twomey are two mammy's boys from Cork who are always up for a skit. The I'm Grand Mamual is Kevin and PJ's hilarious and heart-warming ode to their mammies, Phil and Nuala. Taking a different well-worn saying - such as 'We... -
Shut Down the Business School: What's Wrong with Management Education by Martin Parker 9780745399164
RRP: £16.99£11.54Business schools are institutions which, a decade after the financial crash, continue to act as loudspeakers for neoliberal capitalism with all its injustices and planetary consequences. In this lively and incendiary call to action, Martin Parker offers...