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Good Life by Helen Nearing
RRP: $29.23$19.11Apologies 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 *... -
Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen
RRP: $29.23$21.35In Development as Freedom Amartya Sen explains how in a world of unprecedented increase in overall opulence millions of people living in the Third World are still unfree. Even if they are not technically slaves, they are denied elementary freedoms and... -
Portraits of Tibet by Diane Barker 9781912213559
RRP: $58.50$40.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912213559Author Diane BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 10mm -
Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions by Todd Rose
RRP: $37.03$22.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306925696Author Todd RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Hachette GoPublisher Hachette GoWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 23mm -
Nairn's Towns by Ian Nairn 9781907903816
RRP: $29.23$26.60A new edition of Britain's Changing Towns (1967), introduced, edited and updated by Owen Hatherley: "These essays show him writing about cities and towns as wholes rather than as collections of individual buildings. In each of them, there are several... -
The Love Secret: The revolutionary new science of romantic relationships by Dr. Sue Johnson
RRP: $29.23$19.11We are in danger of being swept away on a tide of pessimism about love and relationships. Endless cynical stories of affairs by politicians, athletes and celebrities fill the media. The dominant message is that creating a rewarding and enduring romantic... -
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity by Ulrich Beck
RRP: $95.53$77.49This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current... -
Emotional Neglect and the Adult in Therapy: Lifelong Consequences to a Lack of Early Attunement by Kathrin A. Stauffer
RRP: $54.58$38.14People who have experienced emotional neglect in the first months and years of life suffer negative consequences into adulthood. As adult psychotherapy clients, they require long-term work and delicate emotional attunement as well as a profound... -
The Birth of the Clinic by Michel Foucault
RRP: $33.13$29.68In this remarkable book Michel Foucault, one of the most influential thinkers of recent times, calls us to look critically at specific historical events in order to uncover new layers of significance. In doing so, he challenges our assumptions not only... -
At Home with the Queen: Life Through the Keyhole of the Royal Household by Brian Hoey
RRP: $21.43$14.14Behind 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... -
Cities, War, and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics Stephen Graham (University of Durham) 9781405115759
RRP: $38.98$35.28Cities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the post Cold-War period. A path-breaking exploration of the intersections of war, terrorism... -
Reflective Practice by Janet Hargreaves
RRP: $33.13$29.68Reflective practice is an essential skill for those working in health and social care, but why is it so vital and how can it be learned? As inter-disciplinary working becomes more common, finding shared ways of reflection on practice are becoming more... -
Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers by Stephen Graham
RRP: $25.33$22.25Vertical will make you look at the world around you anew: this is a revolution in understanding your place in the world.Today we live in a world that can no longer be read as a two-dimensional map, but must now be understood as a series of vertical... -
Conflicted: Why Arguments Are Tearing Us Apart and How They Can Bring Us Together by Ian Leslie
RRP: $29.23$19.89A 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 . . ... -
Annihilation Of Caste: With A Reply To Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Ambedkar 9789354206337
RRP: $17.55$16.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354206337Author Dr AmbedkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm -
The Underground Sea by John Berger 9781805302995
RRP: $33.13$22.58The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of The... -
Heresies: Against Progress And Other Illusions by John Gray
RRP: $19.48$13.07By the author of the best-selling Straw Dogs, this book is a characteristically trenchant and unflinchingly clear-sighted collection of reflections on our contemporary lot. Whether writing about the future of our species on this planet, the folly of our... -
Sri Lanka - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Emma Boyle 9781857338850
RRP: $19.48$14.70Culture 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... -
Timeless Simplicity: Creative Living in a Consumer Society by John Lane
RRP: $23.38$17.71This is a book about simplicity - not destitution, parsimoniousness or self-denial, but the restoration of wealth in the midst of an affluence in which we are starving the spirit. It is a book about the advantages of living a less cluttered, less... -
The Posthuman by Rosi Braidotti 9780745641584
RRP: $29.23$26.48The Posthuman offers both an introduction and major contribution to contemporary debates on the posthuman. Digital 'second life', genetically modified food, advanced prosthetics, robotics and reproductive technologies are familiar facets of our globally... -
The American Way Of Death Revisited Jessica Mitford 9781860497629
RRP: $21.43$14.43In 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... -
The Two-Parent Privilege: How the decline in marriage has increased inequality and lowered social mobility, and what we can do about it by Melissa S. Kearney 9781800753747
RRP: $42.90$28.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800753747Author Melissa S. KearneyFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Swift PressPublisher Swift Press -
OCR Sociology for A Level Book 2 Sue Brisbane 9781471839450
$79.58Exam 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... -
Why Public Space Matters by Setha Low
RRP: $40.93$35.76Drawing 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... -
Policing Domestic Violence by Sharon Stratton 9780199236749
$90.30This is a practical guide to policing domestic violence. It sets out approaches to help identify victims early and target offenders through the effective use of intelligence across a range of offending. It also offers guidance on investigative... -
Technosleep: Frontiers, Fictions, Futures by Catherine Coveney 9783031305986
RRP: $58.48$43.84This book draws on a variety of substantive examples from science, technology, medicine, literature, and popular culture to highlight how a new technoscientifically mediated and modified phase and form of technosleep is now in the making - in the global... -
Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745624105
RRP: $31.18$28.10In 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... -
Theorizing Childhood Allison James 9780745615653
RRP: $35.08$31.28In recent years there has been a rapid growth of interest in the sociological study of childhood. This new book draws together the major developments in the field. In particular, the book discusses contemporary sociological and anthropological research... -
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: $27.28$17.94In 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... -
Representing the Woman: Cinema and Psychoanalysis by Elizabeth Cowie 9780333660133
RRP: $89.70$89.62Representing the Woman: Cinema and Psychoanalysis examines the theory and politics of representation in narrative film. Questioning current accounts of cinema's pleasures for men and women, Elizabeth Cowie draws on the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and... -
The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain: A Handbook for Visitors to 1789-1830 by Ian Mortimer 9781639363841
RRP: $38.90$26.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639363841Author Ian MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Pegasus BooksPublisher Pegasus BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 148mm *... -
Claiming the City: A Global History of Workers' Fight for Municipal Socialism by Shelton Stromquist
RRP: $165.75$135.10Winner 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: $19.48$15.93An 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... -
For a Liberatory Politics of Home by Michele Lancione 9781478025306
RRP: $44.83$39.02In 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... -
Shut Down the Business School: What's Wrong with Management Education Martin Parker (School of Management, University of Leicester) 9780745399164
RRP: $33.13$22.50Business 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... -
The Yard: How A Horse Healed My Heart by Grace Olsen
RRP: $25.33$17.73"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... -
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis
RRP: $19.48$19.27According 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... -
The Death of Expertise: The Campaign against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters by Tom Nichols
RRP: $27.28$20.53People are now exposed to more information than ever before, provided both by technology and by increasing access to every level education. These societal gains, however, have also helped fuel a surge in narcissistic and misguided intellectual... -
Risk: A Very Short Introduction by Baruch Fischhoff
RRP: $17.53$12.58We find risks everywhere--from genetically modified crops, medical malpractice, and stem-cell therapy to intimacy, online predators, identity theft, inflation, and robbery. They arise from our own acts and they are imposed on us. In this Very Short... -
The Missing by Andrew O'Hagan
RRP: $21.43$14.27One of the most original, moving and beautifully written non-fiction works of recent years, The Missing marked the acclaimed debut of one of Britain's most astute and important writers.In a brilliant merging of reportage, social history and memoir,...