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Under the Skin: racism, inequality, and the health of a nation by Linda Villarosa
RRP: £16.99£11.58NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES The first book to tell the full story of race and health in America today, showing the toll racism takes on individuals and the health of the nation. In the US, Black people have poorer... -
Reimagining Global Health: An Introduction by Paul Farmer 9780520271999
£35.47Bringing together the experience, perspective and expertise of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Arthur Kleinman, "Reimagining Global Health" provides an original, compelling introduction to the field of global health. Drawn from a Harvard course developed... -
Social (In)justice: Why Many Popular Answers to Important Questions of Race, Gender, and Identity Are Wrong--and How to Know What's Right: A Reader-Friendly Remix of Cynical Theories by Rebecca Christiansen
RRP: £16.95£12.56This is a book about ideas. Specifically, this is a book about the evolution of a certain set of ideas, and how these ideas have come to dominate every important discussion about race, gender, and identity today. Have you heard someone refer to language... -
A Level Media Studies: The Essential Introduction by Pete Bennett
RRP: £35.99£32.09A Level Media Studies is a comprehensive guide to the subject content of AS and A Level Media Studies, across all examining boards. It is specifically designed to meet the needs of both students and teachers with an accessible writing style, helpful... -
The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo by Saskia Sassen 9780691070636
RRP: £35.00£27.61This classic work chronicles how New York, London, and Tokyo became command centers for the global economy and in the process underwent a series of massive and parallel changes. What distinguishes Sassen's theoretical framework is the emphasis on the... -
Dispatches from a Time Between Worlds: Crisis and emergence in metamodernity (Deluxe Edition): 2021 by Jonathan Rowson
RRP: £12.00£9.72This anthology (the first in a series) is an attempt to help us perceive our context with an exploration of the premise, coherence and scope of the 'metamodern' sensibility: a structure of feeling, cultural ethos, epistemic orientation and imaginative... -
The Wuhan Lockdown by Guobin Yang
RRP: £22.00£17.39A metropolis with a population of about 11 million, Wuhan sits at the crossroads of China. It was here that in the last days of 2019, the first reports of a mysterious new form of pneumonia emerged. Before long, an abrupt and unprecedented lockdown was... -
Global Raciality: Empire, PostColoniality, DeColoniality by Paola Bacchetta
RRP: £37.99£33.38Global Raciality expands our understanding of race, space, and place by exploring forms of racism and anti-racist resistance worldwide. Contributors address neoliberalism; settler colonialism; race, class, and gender intersectionality; immigrant rights;... -
Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations About A People's History by Howard Zinn
RRP: £12.99£8.63American history told from the bottom up by Howard Zinn himself-and the perfect all-ages introduction to his eye-opening viewpoint, published on Zinn's hundredth birthdayTruth Has a Power of Its Own is an engrossing collection of conversations with the... -
The Rory's Stories Lockdown Lookback by Rory O'Connor
£3.39 - £9.75From dodgy home haircuts and TikTok dance crazes to banana-bread baking and checkpoint cheek, even in lockdown social media star and comedian Rory O'Connor found plenty of opportunities to keep everyone laughing. Filled with Rory's trademark banter... -
Becoming Un-Orthodox: Stories of Ex-Hasidic Jews by Lynn Davidman 9780199380503
£30.85Leaving a religion is not merely a matter of losing or rejecting faith. For many, it involves dramatic changes of everyday routines and personal habits. Davidman bases her analysis on in-depth conversations with forty ex-Hasidic individuals. From these... -
Psychiatry in Dissent: Controversial issues in thought and practice second edition by Dr. Anthony Clare
RRP: £42.99£37.99Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a... -
Work and Organizational Psychology: An Introduction with Attitude by Christine Doyle
RRP: £47.99£42.21In this unique text, Christine Doyle provides the student with a cutting-edge introduction to the field of work and organizational psychology. The main focus is on recent changes that have occurred in the world of work, incorporating their causes,... -
Alice and the Money Tree by J M Weston Briggs 9781999848507
RRP: £9.95£7.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999848507Author J M Weston BriggsFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint The Money WonderlandPublisher The Money WonderlandDimensions(mm) 220mm * 155mm * 10mm -
Care and Capitalism by Kathleen Lynch 9781509543847
RRP: £18.99£16.87The logics and ethics of neoliberal capitalism dominate public discourses and politics in the early twenty-first century. They morally endorse and institutionalize forms of competitive self-interest that jettison social justice values, and are deeply... -
Rick Steves European Easter DVD by Rick Steves
RRP: £9.99£6.80Rick Steves, America's expert on Europe, explores the rich traditions, celebrations, and history behind some of Europe's most colourful and charming Easter celebrations. Discover Carnevale in Venice, Lent in Cantiano, Holy Week in Sevilla, Easter Sunday... -
Suicide: A Study in Sociology by Emile Durkheim
RRP: £16.99£15.22There would be no need for sociology if everyone understood the social frameworks within which we operate. That we do have a connection to the larger picture is largely thanks to the pioneering thinker Emile Durkheim. He recognized that, if anything can... -
The Great Re-Think: A 21st Century Renaissance by Colin Tudge
RRP: £15.00£12.30All too plausibly, it seems, popes and scientists are warning us of impending collapse-yet humanity and our fellow creatures could still be looking forward to a long and glorious future: at least a million years of peace and personal fulfilment, with... -
Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value: The False Coin of Our Own Dreams by D. Graeber 9780312240455
RRP: £54.99£49.36Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find... -
Identity: Sociological Perspectives by Steph Lawler
RRP: £15.99£14.41Questions about who we are, who we can be, and who is like and unlike us underpin a vast range of contemporary social issues. What makes our families so important to us? What do the often stark differences between how we self-identify and the way others... -
Samba by Alma Guillermoprieto 9780679732563
RRP: £20.00£14.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679732563Author Alma GuillermoprietoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 196gDimensions(mm)... -
Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence by Alex Berenson 9781982103675
RRP: £10.99£7.00In "a brilliant antidote to all the...false narratives about pot" (American Thinker), an award-winning author and former New York Times reporter reveals the link between teenage marijuana use and mental illness, and a hidden epidemic of violence caused... -
Work Without the Worker: Labour in the Age of Platform Capitalism by Philip Jones
£5.44 - £7.25We are told that the future of work will be increasingly automated. Algorithms, processing massive amounts of information at startling speed, will lead us to a new world of effortless labour and a post-work utopia of ever expanding leisure. But behind... -
Social Divisions: Inequality and Diversity in Britain by Geoff Payne
RRP: £29.99£23.42Revised, updated and restructured to reflect the latest data and debates, the new edition of this classic textbook is an accessible account of the major social divisions that structure social life. Drawing from extensive theoretical work and recent... -
The Playbook: How to Deny Science, Sell Lies, and Make a Killing in the Corporate World by Jennifer Jacquet 9780141982342
RRP: £10.99£7.77'This brilliantly subversive and witty book lays bare the techniques of manipulation and disinformation that keep the rich and powerful rich and powerful. . . A landmark book' Brian Eno'Very funny, as satire should be, until you realise it's deadly... -
Capital without Borders: Wealth Managers and the One Percent by Brooke Harrington 9780674244771
RRP: £18.95£15.03"A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth...Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night."-Wall Street Journal"Harrington advises governments seeking to address inequality to focus not only on the rich but also on the professionals who... -
Sociology for Nurses by Elaine Denny
RRP: £19.99£18.09Sociology for Nurses has become a leading textbook and an invaluable companion for students wishing to get to grips with how sociology can positively transform professional nursing practice.This thoroughly revised new edition maintains its commitment to... -
Class and Stratification by Rosemary Crompton 9780745638706
RRP: £22.99£20.16Inequality in its many forms is becoming an ever greater problem in modern society. The revised edition of this popular book explains why it is so important to understand class and stratification, and how the tools used to analyse these divisions can... -
A History of Masculinity: From Patriarchy to Gender Justice by Ivan Jablonka
RRP: £25.00£17.62'Exhilarating . . . a work of scholarship, but also inspiration. . . Go and read Jablonka and change the world' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times'An unexpected bestseller in France. . . it has sparked conversations' ChallengesA highly acclaimed,... -
The Behavioral Code: The Hidden Ways the Law Makes Us Better ... or Worse by Benjamin van Rooij
RRP: £16.99£12.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807007273Author Benjamin Van RooijFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry by Geoffroi de Charny
RRP: £21.99£18.27On the great influence of a valiant lord: "The companions, who see that good warriors are honored by the great lords for their prowess, become more determined to attain this level of prowess." On the lady who sees her knight honored: "All of this makes... -
People of the Flower Market: A Year at New Covent Garden Flower Market by Simon Lycett 9781916091221
RRP: £16.99£11.94This wonderful photographic record of the last year at the site of the New Covent Garden Flower Market, occupied since the 1960s before it moved to its new, more modern premises, captures the essence and heart of what makes a market: its amazing product... -
Health by Peter Aggleton
£3.73 - £32.53Written in a clear, accessible style, Health introduces students to the valuable contribution sociologists have made to understanding health, illness and disease. In so doing, it challenges the adequacy of biomedical models, contrasting them with... -
Love & Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class by Eric Lott 9780195320558
RRP: £26.49£17.61For over two centuries, America has celebrated the very black culture it attempts to control and repress, and nowhere is this phenomenon more apparent than in the strange practice of blackface performance. Born of extreme racial and class conflicts, the... -
Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America by Doug McAdam 9780199937851
RRP: £25.49£21.54The United States is now more starkly divided in political terms than at any time since the end of Reconstruction and more unequal in material terms than on the eve of the Great Depression. How did we go from the bipartisan cooperation and relative... -
Fractured: Race, Class, Gender and the Hatred of Identity Politics by Michael Richmond 9780745346564
RRP: £16.99£11.54Identity politics has been a smear for decades. The right use it to lament the loss of free speech, while many on the left bemoan it as the end of class politics. It has been used to dismiss movements such as Black Lives Matter and brought seemingly... -
Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction by John Storey
£40.09In this ninth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means... -
Global Sociology by Robin Cohen 9781479800766
£35.33"This new edition is an outstanding update of what I believe to be the best textbook for introducing undergraduates to global sociology. With a rich array of new examples, clear definitions of concepts and crisp theoretical summaries, it offers students... -
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg 9781442645561
RRP: £25.00£23.27If there is one sector of society that should be cultivating deep thought in itself and others, it is academia. Yet the corporatisation of the contemporary university has sped up the clock, demanding increased speed and efficiency from faculty regardless... -
AQA A-level Sociology Student Guide 2: Topics in Sociology (Families and households and Beliefs in society) by Joan Garrod
£12.69Reinforce understanding of the two most popular options for A-level Paper 2: Topics in Sociology, including Families and Households, and Beliefs in Society.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions...