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The Infidel Within: Muslims in Britain Since 1800 by Humayun Ansari
RRP: $34.29$31.25There has been an explosion of research into the experiences of British Muslims, but what has been conspicuous by its absence is a proper historical treatment of the phenomenon. This book aims to address this issue. The Infidel Within remains one of the... -
Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour by David Spiegelhalter
RRP: $25.71$18.78Whatever society we live in, and however open-minded we like to think we are, when it comes to our sex lives we all like to keep a few secrets. But this makes the jobs of sexologists -- professionals who study sexual behaviour -- pretty difficult. ... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg
RRP: $25.71$18.78London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's... -
Queering Fat Embodiment by Cat Pausé 9780367600778
RRP: $68.59$58.70Cultural anxieties about fatness and the attendant stigmatisation of fat bodies, have lent a medical authority and cultural legitimacy to what can be described as 'fat-phobia'. Against the backdrop of the ever-growing medicalisation, pathologisation, and... -
Growing Up With A Schizophrenic Mother by Margaret J. Brown 9780786408207
RRP: $25.71$21.53An estimated two to three million people in the United States today were raised by a schizophrenic parent. Brown and Roberts offer a unique book based on interviews with over forty adult children of mothers diagnosed as schizophrenic. Such topics as the... -
Sad Dad: An Exploration of Postnatal Depression in Fathers by Olivia Spencer 9781853432309
$25.18What happens to men when they become fathers? Why do some men get depressed, and how can we identify those who are? What does this mean for their children and their relationships? What can we do about it? Taking in many different perspectives, this... -
The Personals by Brian O'Connell
RRP: $22.28$15.59The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online - they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope. Some people do Sudoku,... -
The Ecology Of Freedom by Murray Bookchin
RRP: $34.22$23.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859260Author Murray BookchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 491Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 621g -
Black River by Nilanjana Roy
RRP: $29.14$19.86'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI 'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously written, utterly devastating, and feels completely true' SONIA FALEIRO A literary thriller of... -
The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class by Kris Marsh
RRP: $39.43$32.38Drawing from stratification economics, intersectionality, and respectability politics, The Love Jones Cohort centers on the voices and lifestyles of members of the Black middle class who are single and living alone (SALA). While much has been written... -
The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries by Kathi Weeks
RRP: $42.87$37.17In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal... -
The Little Book of Narcissism: The Essential Guide to Stop Wasting Time and Energy on the Narcissist in Your Life by Sharon Kelly 9781735012315
RRP: $17.14$14.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735012315Author Sharon KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Dr. Sharon KellyPublisher Dr. Sharon KellyWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning by Sharon Hanson
RRP: $75.46$65.94Language skills, study skills, argument skills and the skills associated with dispute resolution are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. The 5th edition of Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning draws on a range of areas of law to... -
Higher Modern Studies: Social Issues in the UK: Second Edition by Frank Cooney
$43.24Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Modern Studies First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 Updated specifically to match the SQA Higher syllabus for examination from 2019 onwards, this textbook covers the two issues that students have the... -
Radical Pedagogy: Identity, Generativity, and Social Transformation by M. Bracher 9780230621114
RRP: $77.17$56.85Radical Pedagogy articulates a new theory of identity based on recent research in psychoanalysis, social psychology and cognitive science. It explains how developing identity is a prerequisite for developing intelligence, personal well being, and the... -
The Lonely Century: How Isolation Imperils our Future by Noreena Hertz
RRP: $34.31$23.59'If I could issue a reading list to 10 Downing Street, I'd put this book near the top.' Guardian 'Destined to be a classic' Nouriel Roubini'Fascinating' Sathnam Sanghera, The Times'A hopeful book that couldn't be more important or timely' Philippa Perry... -
The Politics of Time: Gaining Control in the Age of Uncertainty by Guy Standing 9780241475911
RRP: $42.88$30.22'Guy Standing's books have, over the years, pieced together a necessary political and intellectual agenda ... His Politics of Time is a splendid and timely addition to this body of important work' Yanis VaroufakisTime has always been political... -
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life by William Deresiewicz 9781476702728
RRP: $17.14$11.00As a professor at Yale, William Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest minds, were adrift when it came to the big questions: how to think critically and creatively and how to find a sense of... -
Respect: The Formation of Character in an Age of Inequality by Richard Sennett
RRP: $25.71$18.78Richard Sennett's Respect: The Formation of Character in an Age of Equality is a provocative and timely examination of the forces that erode respect in modern society. 'Unlike food, respect costs nothing. Why, then, should it be in short supply?' ... -
Bakhtin and the Human Sciences: No Last Words by Michael Gardiner
RRP: $106.35$92.64Bakhtin and the Human Sciences demonstrates the abundance of ideas Bakhtin's thought offers to the human sciences, and reconsiders him as a social thinker, not just a literary theorist. The contributors hail from many disciplines and their essays'... -
New Families, Old Scripts: A Guide to the Language of Trauma and Attachment in Adoptive Families by Caroline Archer
RRP: $42.87$40.79Most adopted children and their families will, sooner or later, encounter the challenges of dealing with unresolved attachment issues or early traumatic experiences. New Families, Old Scripts is an accessible introduction to understanding these... -
Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva
$55.76In Black Sun, Julia Kristeva addresses the subject of melancholia, examining this phenomenon in the context of art, literature, philosophy, the history of religion and culture, as well as psychoanalysis. She describes the depressive as one who perceives... -
Eight Dates by John Gottman 9781523504466
RRP: $32.57$27.38Happily Ever After is not by chance - it's By Choice. John and Julie Gottman are cofounders of the Gottman Institute, bestselling authors, and award-winning researchers. Together, they have a deep understanding of what makes relationships work. Now,... -
The Farm by Joanne Ramos
RRP: $17.14$13.29A gripping story about race, money and motherhood that asks: what would you sacrifice for a new life? 'A firecracker of a novel' Madeline Miller 'Intelligent, thought-provoking, slyly satirical' Sunday Times 'About everything a book should be... -
Marriage on the Rock 25th Anniversary: The Comprehensive Guide to a Solid, Healthy and Lasting Marriage by Jimmy Evans 9781950113200
RRP: $25.71$24.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950113200Author Jimmy EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint XO PublishingPublisher XO PublishingWeight(grams) 445g -
Higher Modern Studies: Democracy in Scotland and the UK: Second Edition by Frank Cooney
$43.24Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: Modern StudiesFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019A course textbook covering the most recent political developments and fully updated to take on board the latest SQA course assessment changes. Written... -
Practicing Sociology: Tacit Knowledge for the Social Scientific Craft by David Stark 9780231214018
RRP: $51.46$39.95Throughout their careers, social scientists must come up with compelling research topics, decide when and where to publish, and revise their manuscripts for publication. Despite the importance of these skills, they are seldom if ever addressed in the... -
Lady of the House: 19th Century Women and their Role in the English Country House by Charlotte Furness 9781526702746
RRP: $22.28$20.21This book tells the true stories of three gentile women who were born, raised, lived and died within the world of England's Country Houses. This is not the story of 'seen and not heard' women, these are incredible women who endured tremendous tragedy and... -
The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills 9780195133547
RRP: $27.43$19.91First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs... -
AQA A Level Sociology Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods (Collins Student Support Materials) by Steve Chapman
RRP: $18.85$16.91Exam Board: AQALevel & Subject: A-level SociologyFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: June 2023 Collins Student Support Materials provide an essential course companion and revision aid. Written by experienced teachers and senior... -
People & Permaculture Design: Caring & Designing for Ourselves, Each Other & The Planet by Looby Macnamara 9781856230872
RRP: $36.02$23.77This is the first book to explore how to use permaculture design and principles for people - to restore personal, social and planetary well-being. People & Permaculture widens the definition of permaculture from being mainly about land-based systems to... -
REPAIR: When and How to Improve Broken Objects, Ourselves, and Our Society by Peter Erdi 9783030989071
RRP: $48.01$38.11This book propagates a new way of thinking about managing our resources by integrating the perspectives of complex systems theory and social psychology. By resources, the authors mean objects, such as cell phones and cars, and human resources, such as... -
Earth Grief: The Journey Into and Through Ecological Loss by Stephen Harrod Buhner
RRP: $34.29$22.90*2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Death/Dying Grief & Loss (Small Press) News reports appear every day now on the ecological state of our planetary home and the news is not good. Ecological systems are in terrible peril, species are dying... -
Modernity and the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman 9780745609300
RRP: $30.86$27.51Sociology is concerned with modern society, but has never come to terms with one of the most distinctive and horrific aspects of modernity - the Holocaust. The book examines what sociology can teach us about the Holocaust, but more particularly... -
Migrant City: A New History of London by Panikos Panayi
RRP: $22.28$19.66The first history of London to show how immigrants have built, shaped and made a great success of the capital city London is now a global financial and multicultural hub in which over three hundred languages are spoken. But the history of London has... -
Higher Modern Studies: International Issues: Second Edition by Frank Cooney
$43.93Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: Modern Studies First Teaching: August 2018 First Exam: June 2019 Updated specifically to match the SQA Higher Modern Studies syllabus for examination from 2019 onwards.International Issues covers three of the world... -
Music in Everyday Life by Professor Tia DeNora 9780521627320
RRP: $34.29$26.52The power of music to influence mood, create scenes, routines and occasions is widely recognised and this is reflected in a strand of social theory from Plato to Adorno that portrays music as an influence on character, social structure and action. There... -
Beyond White Mindfulness: Critical Perspectives on Racism, Well-being and Liberation by Crystal M. Fleming
RRP: $63.45$55.80Beyond White Mindfulness: Critical Perspectives on Racism, Well-being, and Liberation brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on mind-body interventions, group-based identities, and social justice. Marshalling both empirical data and theoretical... -
The Secret Lives of Adults: Your Seven Key Relationships - and How to Make Them Work by Allison Keating
RRP: $29.14$21.06People have been sharing their life stories with psychologist Allison Keating for the past eighteen years, and the words she hears most often are 'I feel overwhelmed,' followed by 'I thought I'd have it figured out by now.' Adulthood is tough. As we... -
Joined-Up Thinking: The Science of Collective Intelligence and its Power to Change Our Lives by Hannah Critchlow
RRP: $37.74$25.66'A lively examination of communal endeavour... important and correct' - Steven Poole, The GuardianAt a time of existential global challenges, we need our best brainpower to solve them.So how do we create genius environments, help our brains flourish and...