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Mind, Self, and Society: The Definitive Edition by George Herbert Mead
RRP: $44.60$43.31George Herbert Mead is widely recognized as one of the most brilliantly original American pragmatists. Although he had a profound influence on the development of social philosophy, he published no books in his lifetime. This makes the lectures collected... -
Race And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowell
RRP: $25.71$16.81Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.About the AuthorThomas... -
The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change by David Harvey
RRP: $49.66$43.00In this new book, David Harvey seeks to determine what is meant by the term in its different contexts and to identify how accurate and useful it is as a description of contemporary experience.About the AuthorDavid Harvey is Professor of Geography at the... -
Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Together by Alison Goldsworthy
RRP: $18.85$13.33Why do people become divided?What steps can we all take to reduce hostility and bring about understanding?Poles Apart has the answers.In Poles Apart, an expert on polarisation, a behavioural scientist and a professional communicator explain why we are so... -
The Psychology of Sex by Meg-John Barker
RRP: $22.28$20.48What can psychology teach us about sex?How do different bodies and brains respond sexually?How can we prevent people being stigmatised for their sexuality?The Psychology of Sex takes you on a tour through the different ways that psychologists have... -
The Love Dare by Alex Kendrick 9781433679599
RRP: $27.43$20.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781433679599Author Alex KendrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Broadman & Holman PublishersPublisher Broadman & Holman PublishersWeight(grams)... -
Personal Life by Carol Smart 9780745639178
RRP: $30.86$27.51For more than a decade, Carol Smart has been at the forefront of debates about the sociology of the family. Yet she has become frustrated by the fixation of many commentators with the supposed decline of commitment, and even the decline of the... -
Genre In The New Rhetoric by Aviva Freedman
RRP: $82.32$71.72Since The Mid-1980s The Notion Of "Genre" Has Been Dramatically Redefined. This redefinition has prompted theorists and scholars alike to analyze the shaping power of language and culture, and the interplay between the individual and the social.; Recent... -
Makers of Democracy: A Transnational History of the Middle Classes in Colombia by A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros
RRP: $44.58$38.58In Makers of Democracy A. Ricardo Lopez-Pedreros traces the ways in which a thriving middle class was understood to be a foundational marker of democracy in Colombia during the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide array of sources... -
At Our Wits' End: Why We're Becoming Less Intelligent and What it Means for the Future by Edward Dutton 9781845409852
RRP: $25.64$24.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409852Author Edward DuttonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint SocietasPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 13mm -
Doing a Successful Research Project: Using Qualitative or Quantitative Methods by Martin Brett Davies
$51.90This straightforward, student-friendly guide contains all the practical advice for successfully undertaking a research project, leading students through all the stages of the research process. The second edition of this no-nonsense textbook supports... -
Mobilizing without the Masses: Control and Contention in China by Diana Fu 9781108430418
RRP: $39.43$33.55When advocacy organizations are forbidden from rallying people to take to the streets, what do they do? When activists are detained for coordinating protests, are their hands ultimately tied? Based on political ethnography inside both legal and... -
Meanwhile, in Russia...: Russian Internet Memes and Viral Video by Professor Eliot Borenstein
RRP: $24.00$21.63The Russian internet is a hotbed for memes and viral videos: the political, satirical and simply absurd compete for attention in Russia while the West turns to it for an endless reserve of humorous content. But how did this powerful cyber community grow... -
Understanding Privacy by Daniel J. Solove
RRP: $44.51$35.40Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time, yet it is also one of the most elusive. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, scholars, activists, and policymakers have struggled to define privacy, with many... -
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis 9780486220123
RRP: $36.00$23.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486220123Author Jacob A. RiisFormat PaperbackPage Count 233Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Wildwoods: The Magic of Ireland’s Native Woodlands by Richard Nairn
RRP: $25.71$18.78Richard Nairn has spent a lifetime studying - and learning from - nature. When an opportunity arose for him to buy a small woodland filled with mature native trees beside a fast-flowing river, he set about understanding all its moods and seasons,... -
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case
RRP: $37.74$29.83A New York Times BestsellerA Wall Street Journal BestsellerA New York Times Notable Book of 2020A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the YearA New Statesman Book to ReadFrom... -
Globalization and the Race for Resources by Stephen G. Bunker 9780801882432
RRP: $42.88$41.06Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access... -
Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich
RRP: $22.21$18.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842300114Author Ivan IllichFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Marion Boyars Publishers LtdPublisher Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd -
Memoirs of a Wonky-Eyed Man: The Dad-Knows-Best Years by Jason Byrne 9780717194483
RRP: $37.72$26.78Jason Byrne is 17. With his leaving cert under his belt but no idea what to do next, who better to ask for advice than his dad, Paddy? There's a (very) short stint studying accountancy (he was asked to leave); a FAS course with juvenile offenders to... -
Identity: Coversations With Benedetto Vecchi by Zygmunt Bauman
RRP: $25.71$23.29This topical new book by Zygmunt Bauman explores the notion of identity in the modern world. As we grapple with the insecurity and uncertainty of liquid modernity, Bauman argues that our socio-political, cultural, professional, religious and sexual... -
It's Called Polyamory by Pincus Tamara Hiles Rebecca
RRP: $30.79$22.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944934422Author Tamara PincusFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Thorntree Press, LLCPublisher Thorntree Press, LLCWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)... -
The Sarawak Report: The Inside Story of the 1MDB Expose by Clare Rewcastle Brown 9781527219366
RRP: $25.71$22.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527219366Author Clare Rewcastle BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 564Imprint Lost World PressPublisher Lost World Press -
The End of the Cognitive Empire: The Coming of Age of Epistemologies of the South by Boaventura de Sousa Santos
RRP: $46.30$40.69In The End of the Cognitive Empire Boaventura de Sousa Santos further develops his concept of the "epistemologies of the South," in which he outlines a theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical framework for challenging the dominance of Eurocentric... -
The Kiss: A Secret Life by Kathryn Harrison 9781857027082
RRP: $18.85$14.22From the bestselling author of THE BINDING CHAIR, a searing memoir of a four-year affair between the author and her father. 'My father takes my face in his hands. He tips it up and kisses my closed eyes, my throat. I feel his fingers in the... -
Symbolic Construction of Community by Anthony P. Cohen
RRP: $63.45$55.80Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His view is interpretive and experiential, seeing the community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols... -
Colonialism and Modern Social Theory by Bhambra 9781509541300
RRP: $30.86$28.20Modern society emerged in the context of European colonialism and empire. So, too, did a distinctively modern social theory, laying the basis for most social theorising ever since. Yet colonialism and empire are absent from the conceptual understandings... -
The Amish by Donald B. Kraybill 9781421425665
RRP: $41.17$38.05Companion to the acclaimed PBS American Experience documentary.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLThe Amish have always struggled with the modern world. Known for their simple clothing, plain lifestyle, and horse-and-buggy... -
The Road to Character by David Brooks 9780812993257
RRP: $51.46$29.90Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812993257Author David BrooksFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 556gDimensions(mm) 242mm... -
Untrue: why nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity is untrue by Wednesday Martin 9781911617310
RRP: $25.71$16.81A jaw-dropping re-evaluation of everything we thought we knew about men, women, and sex. Men are biologically programmed to want sex with lots of different women, whereas women are designed to stay true to one person, right? Wrong. In Untrue, New... -
Technopoly by Postman N 9780679745402
RRP: $25.71$17.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679745402Author Neil PostmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Black Skin, White Masks by Rachele Dini
RRP: $11.15$10.48Frantz Fanon's explosive Black Skin, White Masks is a merciless expose of the psychological damage done by colonial rule across the world. Using Fanon's incisive analytical abilities to expose the consequences of colonialism on the psyches of colonized... -
Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism by Kohei Saito
RRP: $145.80$131.39Facing global climate crisis, Karl Marx's ecological critique of capitalism more clearly demonstrates its importance than ever. This book explains why Marx's ecology had to be marginalized and even suppressed by Marxists after his death throughout the... -
Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong by Ashley Merryman
RRP: $29.14$21.06What if we told you...that dishonesty in children is a positive traitthat arguing in front of your kids can make you a good role modeland that if you praise your children you risk making them fail...and it was all true?Using a cutting-edge combination of... -
Space Mining and Manufacturing: Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques by Davide Sivolella 9783030308803
RRP: $48.01$44.00This book produces convincing evidence that exploiting the potential of space could help solve many environmental and social issues affecting our planet, such as pollution, overcrowding, resource depletion and conflicts, economic inequality, social... -
AQA Sociology for A-level Book 2 by David Bown
$67.19Exam Board: AQALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: SociologyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2017Build students' understanding with this concept-driven approach to the 2015 AQA A-level Sociology specification, written by a team of leading subject... -
Family Fragments? by Dr. Bren Neale 9780745618944
$31.03This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies. The past decade has... -
Chivalry by Maurice Keen 9780300107678
RRP: $29.14$25.06Chivalry-with its pageants, heraldry, and knights in shining armor-was a social ideal that had a profound influence on the history of early modern Europe. In this eloquent and richly detailed book, a leading medieval historian discusses the complex... -
Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up by Annette Lareau 9780226806433
RRP: $32.59$31.73A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis. In-depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one's researcher-self into the lives of others can be... -
The Curse of the Self: Self-awareness, egotism, and the quality of human life by Mark R. Leary 9780195325447
RRP: $60.02$49.83Despite its obvious advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realise how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their...