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The Angel Of Grozny: Life Inside Chechnya by Asne Seierstad
£3.39 - £6.47'The best book in English about one of the world's most brutal and under-reported conflicts ... fascinating' Christina Lamb, Sunday TimesIn the early hours of New Year's Eve 1994, Russian troops invaded the Republic of Chechnya, plunging the country into... -
Men and Women of the Corporation: New Edition by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
£25.94In this landmark work on corporate power, especially as it relates to women, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the distinguished Harvard management thinker and consultant, shows how the careers and self-images of the managers, professionals, and executives, and also... -
Generation Locked-Out by Rory Hearne
RRP: £14.99£9.70The book that has been waiting to be written - how Ireland's housing policy has locked an entire generation out of the housing market and what we should do about it. "Clear, cogent and persuasive" - Fintan O'Toole ... -
The Collective Memory Reader by Jeffrey K. Olick 9780195337426
RRP: £52.00£42.44There are few terms or concepts that have, in the last twenty or so years, rivaled "collective memory" for attention in the humanities and social sciences. Indeed, use of the term has extended far beyond scholarship to the realm of politics and... -
Logics of History: Social Theory and Social Transformation by William H. Sewell
RRP: £36.00£30.77While social scientists and historians have been exchanging ideas for a long time, they have never developed a proper dialogue about social theory. William H. Sewell Jr. observes that on questions of theory the communication has been mostly one way: from... -
Scroungers: Moral Panics and Media Myths by James Morrison
£24.65Scroungers, spongers, parasites ... These are just are some of the terms that are typically used, with increasing frequency, to describe the most vulnerable in our society, whether they be the sick, the disabled, or the unemployed. Long a popular... -
Modern Italy: A Very Short Introduction by Anna Cento Bull
RRP: £8.99£6.45The history of modern Italy is characterized by recurrent cultural and political projects of modernity, rejuvenation, and regeneration; projects which often had their roots in a widespread dissatisfaction with social and political reality, and perceived... -
Fashion Theory: An Introduction by Malcolm Barnard 9780415496216
RRP: £43.99£38.44Fashion is both big business and big news. From models' eating disorders and sweated labour to the glamour of a new season's trends, statements and arguments about fashion and the fashion industry can be found in every newspaper, consumer website and... -
The Healthy Deviant: A Rule Breaker's Guide to Being Healthy in an Unhealthy World by Pilar Gerasimo
£9.37 - £12.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623174255Author Pilar GerasimoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
Refugees: A Very Short Introduction by Gil Loescher
RRP: £8.99£6.45Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting. Throughout the world people leave their home countries to escape war, natural disasters, and cultural and political oppression. Unfortunately, even... -
Opera: The Autobiography of the Western World (Illustrated Edition): From theocratic absolutism to liberal democracy, in four centuries of music drama by Simon Banks 9781803131931
RRP: £30.00£21.35Since the first performance of the first opera in 1600, operas have been telling stories from myth and history. This book - beginning with the Creation and ending in the present day - is a chronology of myth and history as told in opera. Over 260... -
The Person-Centred Approach to Therapeutic Change by Michael McMillan
RRP: £44.99£41.96Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Key Sociological Thinkers by Rob Stones
RRP: £38.99£37.14The third edition of this popular and established core textbook provides an invaluable guide to 24 of the most influential thinkers in Sociology. Written by leading academics in the field, Key Sociological Thinkers provides a clear and contextualised... -
Being Jewish Today: Confronting the Real Issues by Rabbi Professor Tony Bayfield, CBE
RRP: £14.99£10.95'A deeply humane, learned and personal reflection on Jewish identity' - Rowan Williams 'This inspiring book has made me a better Jew, one who understands more, who knows more' - Daniel Finkelstein 'This remarkable book takes us on a journey:... -
American Poison: How Racial Hostility Destroyed Our Promise by Eduardo Porter
RRP: £13.99£9.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525431930Author Eduardo PorterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Multiculturalism: A Very Short Introduction by Ali Rattansi
£4.84 - £6.45Multiculturalism appears to be in terminal crisis. It has been blamed for undermining national identity, diluting social cohesion, creating ethnic ghettos and cultural fragmentation, providing fertile ground for Islamic radicalism, encouraging perverse... -
Culture and Power: Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu by David Swartz 9780226785950
RRP: £28.00£27.39Pierre Bourdieu is a prominent social theorist and researcher in contemporary sociology. In this critical examination of his oeuvre David Swartz focuses on a central theme in Bourdieu's work - the complex relationship between culture and power, and... -
The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders by Peter Conrad
RRP: £24.00£20.75Over the past half-century, the social terrain of health and illness has been transformed. What were once considered normal human events and common human problems-birth, aging, menopause, alcoholism, and obesity-are now viewed as medical conditions. For... -
Welcome To Everytown: A Journey Into The English Mind by Julian Baggini
RRP: £8.99£6.08What do the English think? Every country has a dominant set of beliefs and attitudes concerning everything from how to live a good life, how we should organize society, and the roles of the sexes. Yet despite many attempts to define our national... -
Events Management by Glenn A. J. Bowdin 9780367491840
RRP: £46.99£42.57A must-have introductory text of unrivalled coverage and depth focusing on events planning and management, the fourth edition of Events Management provides a complete A to Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events. The... -
A Just Energy Transition: Getting Decarbonisation Right in a Time of Crisis by Ed Atkins
RRP: £26.99£20.84To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if... -
The Economic Sociology of Development by A Schrank 9781509505265
RRP: £15.99£15.24Bringing the study of international inequality back into the core of sociological theory, this book offers a user-friendly introduction to development and underdevelopment. In doing so, it places various approaches to the definition, measurement, and... -
In the Name of Women's Rights: The Rise of Femonationalism by Sara R. Farris
RRP: £23.99£20.41Sara R. Farris examines the demands for women's rights from an unlikely collection of right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policy makers. Focusing on contemporary France, Italy, and the Netherlands,... -
In AI We Trust: Power, Illusion and Control of Predictive Algorithms by Helga Nowotny 9781509548811
RRP: £20.00£13.75One of the most persistent concerns about the future is whether it will be dominated by the predictive algorithms of AI - and, if so, what this will mean for our behaviour, for our institutions and for what it means to be human. AI changes our experience... -
Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design by Gunther Kress
RRP: £37.99£33.78This third edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from children's drawings to textbook... -
Death in the Modern World by Tony Walter 9781526402943
RRP: £35.99£33.77Death comes to all humans, but how death is managed, symbolised and experienced varies widely, not only between individuals but also between groups. What then shapes how a society manages death, dying and bereavement today? Are all modern countries... -
O My Friends, There Is No Friend: The Politics of Friendship at the End of Ecology by Matt Hern 9783837670264
RRP: £45.00£35.94Can friendship as a political practice offer enough traction to imagine a borderless world? The startling contemporary rise in aggressive ethno-nationalism and end-times ecological crises have the same root: an inability to be together with humans as... -
Masters of Deception: the Gang That Ruled Cyberspace by Michele Slatalla 9780060926946
RRP: £16.99£11.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060926946Author Michele SlatallaFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Transformative Capacity of New Technologies: A Theory of Sociotechnical Change by Ulrich Dolata 9781138807846
RRP: £39.99£35.06Scientific concepts on the co-evolution of technology and society, as well as recent sociotechnical system approaches, focus on the general interrelations between technology, socioeconomic structures, and institutions. Their aim is to study and explain... -
Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World by John Vaillant 9781399720205
RRP: £16.99£13.12*WINNER of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER***'Astounding on every page. John Vaillant is one of the great poetic chroniclers of the natural world' David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth'No book... -
The Parisian Field Guide to Men's Style by Ines de la Fressange
RRP: £9.98£7.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203427Author Ines de la FressangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 710g -
Forensic and Legal Medicine: Clinical and Pathological Aspects by Jason Payne-James 9780367672454
RRP: £130.00£115.01A comprehensive and accessible resource covering all aspects of forensic and legal medicine. The text provides a foundation for those working in both the clinical and forensic aspects of care and will also be an asset to those involved in the police or... -
In Search of Africa(s): Universalism and Decolonial Thought by Souleymane Bachir Diagne 9781509540297
RRP: £17.99£16.04This important book by two leading scholars of Africa examines a series of issues that are central to the question of the postcolonial. The postcolonial paradigm, and the more recent decolonial paradigm, raise the issue of the universal: is the... -
Thinking like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy by Elizabeth Popp Berman 9780691248882
RRP: £20.00£15.54The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s-and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions todayFor decades, Democratic politicians have frustrated progressives by tinkering around the margins of... -
Is Social Justice Just? by Robert M. Whaples 9781598133530
RRP: £26.95£22.21"Anyone concerned with social justice will find this book makes him question his assumptions, rethink his premises, and think!" -Andrew P. Morriss, professor, Bush School of Government and Public Service, School of Law, Texas A&M UniversityWhat is social... -
Poles Apart: Why divisions deepen and societies splinter by Ali Goldsworthy
RRP: £20.00£17.62We humans are social animals, naturally driven to form close-knit groups. All too often, though, these groups become partisan. They start to compete with one another. They become mutually hostile. Why does this happen? And what can be done to counter... -
Dangerous Sexualities: Medico-Moral Politics in England Since 1830 by Frank Mort 9780415167345
RRP: £46.99£40.97Dangerous Sexualities takes a look at how our ideas of health and disease are linked to moral and immoral notions of sex. Beginning in the 1830s, Frank Mort relates his social historical narratives to the sexual choices and possibilities facing us now... -
Micromotives and Macrobehavior by Thomas C. Schelling 9780393329469
RRP: £14.99£12.41"Schelling here offers an early analysis of 'tipping' in social situations involving a large number of individuals." -official citation for the 2005 Nobel Prize Micromotives and Macrobehavior was originally published over twenty-five years ago, yet the... -
The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
RRP: £13.99£9.20The author of 'Across the Wire' offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. 'Superb . . . Nothing... -
Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges by Amy Cuddy 9780316256575
RRP: £30.00£19.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Books for a Better Life (Psychology) 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780316256575Author Amy CuddyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Little, Brown SparkPublisher...