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The Cultivation of Taste: Chefs and the Organization of Fine Dining by Christel Lane 9780198758358
€35.20After many decades, if not centuries, of neglect of fine food and high-level restaurants in Britain, we are seeing a massive explosion of interest in food, cooking, and dining out. Christel Lane's book charts the process of this transformation and... -
The Ecological Rift: Capitalism's War on the Earth by John Bellamy Foster
RRP: €17.79€15.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583672181Author John Bellamy FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. -
Birdsong by Madeleine Floyd
RRP: €11.89€7.90Beautiful bird illustrations by Madeleine FloydDetails of the wonderful songs and sounds of our birdsA celebration of our feathered creatures and their songs for all bird lovers A celebration of British birds and their songs, from the sought-after... -
Public Places Urban Spaces: The Dimensions of Urban Design by Matthew Carmona
€55.20Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear and systematic guide. In this new edition the book has been extensively... -
Spaces of Global Capitalism: A Theory of Uneven Geographical Development by David Harvey
RRP: €14.27€11.54Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces... -
Literary Trails: Haworth and the Bront s by Walford, David F 9781526720856
RRP: €17.84€13.03This light-hearted but deeply researched book offers interest and guidance to walkers, social historians and lovers of the Bronte family; their lives and works. Set in and around the town of Haworth it gives a dual introduction to walkers and lovers of... -
Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and their Applicability to the Twenty-First Century by Michele Dillon 9781119887416
RRP: €42.78€38.88Introduces both classical and contemporary sociological theory in a single comprehensive volume Introduction to Sociological Theory helps undergraduate and graduate students appreciate the diverse perspectives found in sociological analysis, apply... -
The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London Sarah Wise 9781844133307
RRP: €15.46€10.82Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh three years earlier. After a long investigation, three... -
The Art Of Choosing: The Decisions We Make Everyday of our Lives, What They Say About Us and How We Can Improve Them by Sheena Iyengar
RRP: €13.08€8.81Every day we make choices. Coke or Pepsi? Save or spend? Stay or go?Whether mundane or life-altering, these choices define us and shape our lives. Sheena Iyengar asks the difficult questions about how and why we choose: Is the desire for choice innate or... -
The Jargon of Authenticity by Theodor Adorno
RRP: €15.46€14.21Theodor Adorno was no stranger to controversy. In The Jargon of Authenticity he gives full expression to his hostility to the language employed by certain existentialist thinkers such as Martin Heidegger. With his customary alertness to the uses and... -
Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control by Michelle L. Inderbitzin 9781544308081
RRP: €122.57€108.34Perspectives on Deviance and Social Control provides a sociological examination of deviance and social control in society. Derived from the same author team's successful text/reader version, this concise and student-friendly resource uses sociological... -
Viewfinders: Thoughts on Visual Design Research by Bas Raijmakers
RRP: €23.80€19.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781526204080Author Bas RaijmakersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint STBY LtdPublisher STBY Ltd -
Becoming Arab in London: Performativity and the Undoing of Identity by Ramy M. K Aly 9780745333588
€36.09This is the first ethnographic exploration of gender, race and class amongst British born or raised Arabs in London. It takes a critical look at the idea of 'Arab-ness' and the ways in which their ethnicities are created and expressed in the city. ... -
Red Metropolis: An Essay on the Government of London by Owen Hatherley
RRP: €13.08€8.81London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London - a social democratic twentieth-century... -
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man by Marshall McLuhan
RRP: €38.08€26.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262631594Author Marshall McLuhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
The Saturated Society: Governing Risk & Lifestyles in Consumer Culture Pekka Sulkunen 9780761959410
RRP: €180.88€132.65How can policy makers justify public intervention into private life? And why does this interference often translate into contradictory or non-reflexive politics on lifestyles? This engaging title discusses the social, cultural and policy consequences of... -
Nurtureshock: Why Everything We Thought About Children is Wrong by Ashley Merryman
RRP: €20.22€14.61What 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... -
The Plain Reader by Scott Savage 9780345414342
RRP: €18.58€14.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345414342Author Scott SavageFormat PaperbackPage Count 241Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272g -
A Plague of Sheep: Environmental Consequences of the Conquest of Mexico by Elinor G.K. Melville 9780521574488
RRP: €27.36€21.77This is a book about the biological conquest of the New World. Taking as a case study the sixteenth-century history of a region of highland central Mexico, it shows how the environmental and social changes brought about by the introduction of Old World... -
Bowen's Court & Seven Winters by Elizabeth Bowen
RRP: €15.46€10.82Bowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved. Bowen reviews ten generations of her family, representatives of... -
Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change Geoff Mulgan (University College London) 9781447353799
RRP: €17.84€14.43Written by one of the leading figures in SIAbout the AuthorSir Geoff Mulgan is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London (UCL). Previously he was Chief Executive of Nesta, the UK's innovation... -
Raymond Williams's Sociology of Culture: A Critical Reconstruction by Paul M. Jones 9780230006706
RRP: €53.54€53.51This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach to 'cultural production', his 'social formalist'... -
How to do your Social Research Project or Dissertation by Tom Clark 9780198811060
RRP: €38.07€36.09How to do your Social Research Project or Dissertation provides a straight-talking, easy-to-navigate, and reassuring guide to support final-year social science undergraduates. Uniquely shaped by real social science undergraduates from a range of... -
London Labour and the London Poor by Victor Neuburg
RRP: €17.84€13.03London 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... -
Decolonizing Sociology – An Introduction by A Meghji
RRP: €19.03€17.15Sociology, as a discipline, was born at the height of global colonialism and imperialism. Over a century later, it is yet to shake off its commitment to colonial ways of thinking. This book explores why, and how, sociology needs to be decolonized. It... -
Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann Lawson
RRP: €72.59€63.74The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality... -
Totemism by Claude Levi-Strauss 9780850363821
RRP: €13.03€11.57"Levi-Strauss continues his assault on the myth of the primitice as savage by turning to the phenomena of totemism an totoemix classification ... to show, contrary to this myth, that primitive thought rests upon a rich and complex conceptual... -
Memoirs of a Wonky-Eyed Man: The Dad-Knows-Best Years by Jason Byrne 9780717194483
RRP: €26.17€18.58Jason 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... -
Person-Centred Therapy in Focus by Paul Wilkins
RRP: €49.97€40.89Person-Centred Therapy in Focus provides a much-needed exploration of the criticisms levelled against one of the most widespread forms of therapeutic practice. Characterized by its critics as theoretically `light', culturally biased and limited in... -
Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect by Robert J. Sampson
RRP: €28.56€24.42For over fifty years, numerous public intellectuals and social theorists have insisted that community is dead. Some would have us believe that we act solely as individuals choosing our own fates regardless of our surroundings, while other theories place... -
Wastelands: The True Story of Farm Country on Trial by Corban Addison 9780593315323
RRP: €19.03€13.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593315323Author Corban AddisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Pathways to Possibility: Transform your outlook on life with the bestselling author of The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander
RRP: €13.08€9.25Transform your relationship with yourself, those around you, and the world in 2020_________In this powerful and inspiring book, family therapist and executive coach Rosamund Stone Zander shows us that life is a story we tell ourselves, and so we have the... -
Crowds and Power by Professor Elias Canetti 9780374518202
RRP: €33.32€19.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374518202Author Professor Elias CanettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux... -
On Being Unreasonable: Breaking the Rules and Making Things Better by Kirsty Sedgman
RRP: €20.22€13.41We'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... -
Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? by Steven Pinker
RRP: €9.51€6.89'It's just a brute fact that we don't throw virgins into volcanoes any more. We don't execute people for shoplifting a cabbage. And we used to.' -Steven Pinker 'The idea that because things have gotten better in the past they will continue to do so... -
Developing Research Questions by Patrick White
RRP: €33.31€32.61This no fuss, compact guide steers social science students of all levels through the complex process of conducting a research project. It explains how to break down initial ideas and broad topics into manageable questions and gives detailed guidance on... -
Globalization: A Very Short Introduction by Prof Manfred B. Steger 9780192886194
RRP: €10.70€7.68Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring We live today in an interconnected world in which ordinary people can became instant online celebrities to millions of fans thousands of miles away, in which religious leaders can influence... -
AQA Sociology for A Level Workbook 1: Education with Methods by Hollie Wyllie
€9.94Exam Board: AQA Level: A-Level Subject: Sociology First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016Create confident, literate and well-prepared students with skills-focused, topic-specific workbooks.- Prepare students to meet the demands of the 2015... -
Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance by Raquel Rolnik
€26.78In Urban Warfare, Rolnik charts how the financialisation of housing has become a global crisis, as models of home ownership, originating in the US and UK, are being exported around the world. These developments were largely organised by htosw who... -
Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution by Emmett MacFarlane
RRP: €41.65€37.06Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution aims to further our understanding of judicial policy impact and the role of the courts in shaping policy change. Bringing together a group of political scientists and legal scholars, this volume delves...