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Unravelling the Silk Road: Travels and Textiles in Central Asia by Chris Aslan
RRP: $42.88$30.91Three textile roads tangle their way through Central Asia. The famous Silk Road united east and west through trade. Older still was the Wool Road, of critical importance when houses made from wool enabled nomads to traverse the inhospitable winter... -
Free Your Mind: The new world of manipulation and how to resist it by Laura Dodsworth 9780008600945
RRP: $37.74$33.09Learn how to recognise and resist the daily attempts to control and manipulate your mind. There is a war on for your mind. You may not notice, but you are surrounded by manipulators: advertisers, politicians, big tech, even the humble waiter who asks,... -
Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City by Richard Sennett
RRP: $25.71$18.78'Thank god for Richard Sennett ... essential reading for all students of the city' Anna Minton, Prospect'Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking' Jonathan Meades, GuardianIn Building and Dwelling, Richard Sennett distils a... -
Social Mechanisms: An Analytical Approach to Social Theory by Peter Hedstrom 9780521596879
RRP: $46.30$45.34The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations between events. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance... -
Career and Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey toward Equity by Claudia Goldin
RRP: $29.14$22.32Winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in EconomicsA renowned economic historian traces women's journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at homeA century ago, it was a given that a woman... -
To Have or To Be? by Erich Fromm
RRP: $37.72$33.29To Have Or to Be? is one of the seminal books of the second half of the 20th century. Nothing less than a manifesto for a new social and psychological revolution to save our threatened planet, this book is a summary of the penetrating thought of Eric... -
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism by Anne Case 9780691217079
RRP: $25.71$19.02A 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... -
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed by James C. Scott
RRP: $29.14$22.61"One of the most profound and illuminating studies of this century to have been published in recent decades."-John Gray, New York Times Book Review "A powerful, and in many insightful, explanation as to why grandiose programs of social reform, not to... -
Selfish Whining Monkeys: How we Ended Up Greedy, Narcissistic and Unhappy by Rod Liddle
RRP: $15.42$10.33With a sharp eye for the magnificently absurd, Rod Liddle sets light to modern-day Britain. 'One of Britain's funniest, most daring columnists. If he weren't so offensive you'd almost call him a national treasure' Mail on Sunday 'I,... -
The River's Voice: An Anthology of Poetry by Angela King
RRP: $17.07$12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870098823Author Angela KingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Green BooksPublisher Green Books -
Studies in Ethnomethodology by Harold Garfinkel 9780745600055
RRP: $30.86$27.51This is the first appearance in paper back of one of the major classics of contemporary Sociology. Studies in Ethnomethodology has inspired a wide range of important theoretical and empirical work in the social sciences and linguistics. It is one of the... -
Introduction to Systems Theory by Niklas Luhmann 9780745645728
RRP: $32.57$28.94Niklas Luhmann ranks as one of the most important sociologists and social theorists of the twentieth century. Through his many books he developed a highly original form of systems theory that has been hugely influential in a wide variety of disciplines... -
Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath
RRP: $25.71$16.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171377Author Orna DonathFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
Economy and Society: A New Translation by Max Weber
RRP: $41.08$32.83The definitive new translation of Max Weber's classic work of social theory-arguably the most important book by the foremost social theorist of the twentieth century.Max Weber's Economy and Society is the foundational text for the social sciences of the... -
Planetary Longings by Mary Louise Pratt
RRP: $44.58$37.81In Planetary Longings eminent cultural theorist Mary Louise Pratt posits that the last decade of the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first mark a turning point in the human and planetary condition. Examining the forces of modernity,... -
My Revision Notes: AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology by Ian Woodfield
RRP: $19.73$18.85Exam board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: SociologyFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Target success in AQA GCSE Sociology with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style tasks... -
The Human Condition: Second Edition by Hannah Arendt
RRP: $36.02$28.35The past year has seen a resurgence of interest in the political thinker Hannah Arendt, "the theorist of beginnings," whose work probes the logics underlying unexpected transformations-from totalitarianism to revolution. A work of striking... -
The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City by Matthew Beaumont 9781788738910
RRP: $32.57$27.53There is no such thing as the wrong step; every time we walk we are going somewhere. Moving around the modern city becomes more than from getting from A to B, but a way of understanding who and where you are. In a series of riveting intellectual rambles,... -
Victorian Guide to Sex by Fern Riddell 9781781592861
RRP: $22.28$15.59An exciting factual romp through sexual desire, practises and deviance in the Victorian era. The Victorian Guide to Sex will reveal advice and ideas on sexuality from the Victorian period. Drawing on both satirical and real life events from the period,... -
The Little Book of Humanist Weddings by Andrew Copson
RRP: $13.71$9.61From the authors of the Sunday Times bestseller The Little Book of HumanismA humanist wedding ceremony allows couples the freedom to express their love in a completely personal way - and choose what marriage means to them.In a beautiful collection of... -
Making Energy Markets: The Origins of Electricity Liberalisation in Europe by Ronan Bolton
RRP: $94.32$84.67Making Energy Markets charts the emergence and early evolution of electricity markets in western Europe, covering the decade from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Liberalising electricity marked a radical deviation from the established paradigm of... -
Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder by Kent Nerburn
RRP: $18.85$12.56With an introduction by Robert PlantAgainst an unflinching backdrop of 90s reservation life in the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf Nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Native American Indian, connected by their own understandings of life... -
Nettleblack by Nat Reeve 9781838390068
RRP: $22.28$14.89"To be blunt: I must escape." 1893. Henry Nettleblack has to act fast or she'll be married off by her elder sister. But leaving the safety of her wealthy life isn't as simple as she thought. Ambushed, robbed, and then saved by a mysterious organisation -... -
Britannia Unchained: Global Lessons for Growth and Prosperity by Kwasi Kwarteng 9781137032232
RRP: $48.01$43.65Britain is at a cross-roads; from the economy, to the education system, to social mobility, Britain must learn the rules of the 21st century, or face a slide into mediocrity. Brittania Unchained travels around the world, exploring the nations that are... -
Victorian Cities: Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Middlesbrough, Melbourne, London by Asa Briggs
RRP: $25.71$18.78In 1837, in England and Wales, there were only five provincial cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. By 1891 there were twenty-three. Over the same period London's population more than doubled.In this companion volume to Victorian People and Victorian... -
Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity by Erving Goffman
RRP: $18.85$13.33The acclaimed sociologist's landmark, compassionate work on how society treats those who are different'By definition, of course, we believe the person with a stigma is not quite human'In ancient times stigma were physical marks branded on people... -
The Golden Passport: Global Mobility for Millionaires by Kristin Surak 9780674248649
RRP: $51.37$39.78"[A] fascinating study of how people and their capital seek to move around a world that is at once hugely interconnected and driven by inequities...definitive, detailed, and unusually nuanced." Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, Foreign AffairsThe first... -
Saving Beauty by Byung-Chul Han
RRP: $17.14$15.35Beauty today is a paradox. The cult of beauty is ubiquitous but it has lost its transcendence and become little more than an aspect of consumerism, the aesthetic dimension of capitalism. The sublime and unsettling aspects of beauty have given way to... -
Behavioral Insights by Michael Hallsworth
RRP: $25.71$16.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262539401Author Michael HallsworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
The Moneyless Man: A Year of Freeconomic Living by Mark Boyle
RRP: $17.14$12.20The astonishing reality of living without our most important resource: money. 'An inspiring and entertaining guide to escaping the money trap and reconnecting with reality.' Paul Kingsnorth, author of Real England Imagine a year living without... -
The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System: Emergence and Development from a Critical Realist Perspective by Margaret S. Archer 9780367756796
RRP: $68.59$60.14Based in the philosophy of critical realism, this book employs a range of Margaret Archer's theoretical concepts to investigate temporal and spatial aspects of Norwegian education. Stemming from Archer's engagement as visiting professor from 2017 to 2019... -
Dear Gay: Letters to The Gay Byrne Show – a handwritten history of Ireland by Suzy Byrne 9780717195633
RRP: $44.58$31.36For 25 years, Gay Byrne received thousands of letters from listeners all over Ireland. Some of these letters were light-hearted and innocent, but others were more challenging. While many people didn't feel comfortable sharing their issues with their... -
Land Sickness by N Schultz
RRP: $17.14$11.66As a heatwave hits Paris, the author's entire existence is disrupted and disoriented by the effects of climate change. All his normal reference points are destroyed. To escape the heat and his growing anxieties, he flees to the small Mediterranean island... -
Inventing Value: The Social Construction of Monetary Worth by Dave Elder-Vass
$128.85Value is central to the market sectors of the contemporary economy, yet the best-established theories of value fail to expose how it operates and how it is manipulated for profit. This book begins to reconstruct the theory of value. In one sense, it... -
Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild 9781620973493
RRP: $24.00$15.88In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country - a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to... -
Taming Manhattan: Environmental Battles in the Antebellum City by Catherine McNeur
RRP: $44.51$34.68George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental HistoryVSNY Book Award, New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in AmericaHornblower Award for a First Book, New York Society LibraryJames Broussard Best First Book Prize,... -
Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us by Dr Brian Klaas
RRP: $18.85$12.69'Illuminating . . . reveals why some people and systems are more likely to be corrupted by power than others' - Adam Grant'Passionate, insightful, and occasionally jaw-dropping . . . Corruptible sets out the story of the intoxicating lure of power-and... -
All Desire is a Desire for Being by René Girard 9780241543238
RRP: $22.28$15.59A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desireWhy do humans have such a remarkable capacity for conflict? From ancient foundational myths to the modern era, the visionary thinker Rene... -
How to Be Confident: The new book from the international number 1 bestselling author by James Smith 9780008536480
RRP: $17.14$11.39From two times number one Sunday Times bestselling author, James Smith, comes HOW TO BE CONFIDENT – the third instalment in James’ no-nonsense guides to gaining the tools to empower your decision-making and change your life. Now, more than ever, we are... -
How Worlds Collapse: What History, Systems, and Complexity Can Teach Us About Our Modern World and Fragile Future by Miguel Centeno
RRP: $51.44$46.38As our society confronts the impacts of globalization and global systemic risks-such as financial contagion, climate change, and epidemics-what can studies of the past tell us about our present and future? How Worlds Collapse offers case studies of...