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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation by Neil deGrasse Tyson 9780008543211
RRP: $14.18$9.18Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender,... -
The Disappearance of Rituals – A Topology of the Present by B Han
RRP: $16.76$15.40Untrammelled neoliberalism and the inexorable force of production have produced a 21st century crisis of community: a narcissistic cult of authenticity and mass turning-inward are among the pathologies engendered by it. We are individuals afloat in an... -
Dataclysm: What our online lives tell us about our offline selves by Christian Rudder
RRP: $14.18$9.35An irreverent, provocative, and visually fascinating look at what our online lives reveal about who we really are - and how this deluge of data will transform the science of human behaviour. Big Data is used to spy on us, hire and fire us, and... -
The Sociology of Health and Illness by S Nettleton
RRP: $25.79$23.34Sarah Nettleton's The Sociology of Health and Illness has become a cornerstone text, popular with students and academics alike for its rigorous and accessible overview of the field. Building on these strengths, the fourth edition integrates fresh... -
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen
RRP: $16.76$11.73Read this gripping, timely book about the transmission of deadly viruses from animal to human populations, and how we can fight the current Covid-19 pandemic.WITH A NEW AFTERWORD ON CORONAVIRUSAs globalization spreads and as we destroy the ancient... -
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau
RRP: $18.05$11.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984858979Author Emily LadauFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA Inc -
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
RRP: $14.18$10.02In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories, covering everything from criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the... -
The Civilizing Process: Sociogenetic and Psychogenetic Investigations by Norbert Elias
RRP: $39.93$35.93The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the "civilizing" of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them... -
Third Wave Feminism and Transgender: Strength through Diversity by Edward Burlton Davies
RRP: $56.75$49.59Feminism and transgender, as social factions or collective subjectivities, have historically evaded, vilified or negated each other's philosophy and subjectivities. In particular, separatist feminist theorists have portrayed the two 'sides' as consisting... -
The Future of Trust by Ros Taylor 9781911545675
RRP: $11.60$8.08In a society battered by economic, political, cultural and ecological collapse, where do we place our trust, now that it is more vital than ever for our survival? How has that trust - in our laws, our media, our governments - been lost, and how can it be... -
The Underground Sea by John Berger 9781805302995
RRP: $21.92$14.94The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger's archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today. Publication of The... -
The Stars Down to Earth by Theodor Adorno
RRP: $19.34$17.52The Stars Down to Earth shows us a stunningly prescient Adorno. Haunted by the ugly side of American culture industries he used the different angles provided by each of these three essays to showcase the dangers inherent in modern obsessions with... -
India - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Becky Stephen 9781787029002
RRP: $14.18$10.31Don't just see the sights get to know the people. India's huge population of 1.2 billion is as varied and colorful as the spice markets of Old Delhi. Each region, caste, and community has its own culture, reflecting unique histories shaped by... -
The Exhausted of Earth: Politics in a Burning World by Ajay Singh Chaudhary 9781915672117
RRP: $19.34$12.64Marrying the scientific and political sides of the climate crisis issue, this is a hopeful call to arms about how we can overcome climate change. This world is exhausted - capitalism extracts almost everything it can from the oceans, rivers, land and... -
Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships by Christopher Ryan 9780061707810
RRP: $15.47$10.14In this controversial, thought-provoking, and brilliant book, renegade thinkers Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha debunk almost everything we know about sex, weaving together convergent, frequently overlooked evidence from anthropology, archaeology,... -
Unconditional Freedom: Universal Basic Income and Social Power by David Casassas 9780745348636
RRP: $25.79$20.73'A carefully argued case for basic income as central to a democratic transformation of society' Carole Pateman, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UCLA 'This path-breaking work throws new light on how we understand work, freedom, and emancipation in... -
Adult Safeguarding Observed: How Social Workers Assess and Manage Risk and Uncertainty by Jeremy Dixon
RRP: $19.34$15.65Chapters 1, 3 and 5 are available Open Access under CC-BY licence. Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse or neglect is a core area of social work practice but knowledge of how social workers make adult safeguarding decisions is limited. Applying recent... -
The Real Enid Blyton by Nadia Cohen
$20.21She is the most prolific children's author in history, but Enid Blyton is also the most controversial. A remarkable woman who wrote hundreds of books in a career spanning forty years, even her razor sharp mind could never have predicted her enormous... -
Reflective Practice by Janet Hargreaves
RRP: $21.92$19.63Reflective practice is an essential skill for those working in health and social care, but why is it so vital and how can it be learned? As inter-disciplinary working becomes more common, finding shared ways of reflection on practice are becoming more... -
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
RRP: $18.05$11.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807039823Author Charlene CarruthersFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
Happiness by Design: Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Everyday Life by Paul Dolan
RRP: $14.18$10.02THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERHow can we make it easier to be happy? Using the latest cutting-edge research, Professor Paul Dolan reveals that wellbeing isn't about how we think - it's about what we do. By making deliberate choices that bring us both... -
The Unfinished Revolution: How New Labour Changed British Politics Forever by Philip Gould
RRP: $21.92$15.40The Unfinished Revolution is the definitive story of New Labour from its genesis to its election defeat 2010 - covering over 25 years and six general elections of strategy, rebuilding and reinvention. In this extraordinary book, Philip Gould, one of the... -
The Jungle: A Personal Journey with the Enfant Terrible of Nigerian Journalism by David Hundeyin 9781739267599
RRP: $20.63$14.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739267599Author David HundeyinFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Abibiman Publishing UKPublisher Abibiman Publishing UK -
The English Year by Steve Roud
RRP: $21.92$15.84This enthralling book will take you, month-by-month, day-by-day, through all the festivities of English life. From national celebrations such as New Year's Eve to regional customs such as the Padstow Hobby Horse procession, cheese rolling in... -
The Way Home: Tales from a life without technology by Mark Boyle
RRP: $14.18$10.02An honest, radical and moving account of life off the grid. It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever. No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers:... -
The Nordic Theory of Everything: In Search of a Better Life by Anu Partanen
RRP: $14.18$9.75An optimistic account of how the Nordic countries can teach us to live easier, healthier, happier lives. From childcare to healthcare to provision for the elderly and the homeless, the Nordic countries are world leaders in organising society - no... -
Wealth And Poverty Of Nations by David S. Landes
RRP: $20.63$14.10The history of nations is a history of haves and have-nots, and as we approach the millennium, the gap between rich and poor countries is widening. In this engrossing and important new work, eminent historian David Landes explores the complex,... -
The Anthropocene Reviewed: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller by John Green
RRP: $16.76$11.73A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the... -
Sleeping on Islands: A Life in Poetry by Sir Andrew Motion
RRP: $25.80$17.36Andrew Motion has been close to the centres of British poetry for over fifty years.Sleeping on Islands is his clear-sighted and open-hearted account of this remarkable career. It takes us from scenes of a teenage home-life coloured by tragedy and silence... -
Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism by Eva Illouz
RRP: $19.34$17.52It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to each... -
AQA GCSE 9-1 Sociology Student Book (AQA GCSE (9-1) Sociology) by Pauline Wilson
RRP: $34.82$33.75Exam board: AQALevel & subject: GCSE 9-1 SociologyFirst teaching: September 2017Next exams: June 2023 Get your students engaging with the 2017 specification: all the knowledge and skills students need to succeed set out in clear, approachable... -
The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
RRP: $25.79$19.71Learn about how we organise our society in The Sociology Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Sociology in this overview guide to the subject,... -
The Making of Home: The 500-year story of how our houses became homes by Judith Flanders
RRP: $16.76$11.04The idea that 'home' is a special place, a separate place, a place where we can be our true selves, is so obvious to us today that we barely pause to think about it. But, as Judith Flanders shows in this revealing book, 'home' is a relatively new... -
Data-Centric Biology: A Philosophical Study by Sabina Leonelli
RRP: $39.99$38.95In recent decades, there has been a major shift in the way researchers process and understand scientific data. Digital access to data has revolutionized ways of doing science in the biological and biomedical fields, leading to a data-intensive paradigm... -
Lords Of Chaos - 2nd Edition: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Didrik Soderlind 9780922915941
RRP: $27.08$18.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780922915941Author Michael MoynihanFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 674g -
Death and Bereavement Across Cultures: Second edition by Colin Murray Parkes
RRP: $51.59$45.23All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West, traditional ways of mourning are disappearing, and although Western science has had a major impact on how people die, it has taught us little about the way to die or to... -
Encounterism: The Neglected Joys of Being In Person by Andy Field
RRP: $24.50$16.56Encounterism is a joyous immersion into the everyday pleasure and shared humanity we stand to lose in an increasingly digital world. Andy Field explores both different kinds of and different venues for human encounters, from the hairdressers to the... -
Sociology for AQA Volume 1: AS and 1st-Year A Level by Ken Browne 9780745691305
RRP: $28.37$26.24An AQA-approved resource. Sociology for AQA Volume 1 is the new edition of Ken Browne s invaluable and widely used textbook, designed for AQA s new Sociology AS level and Year 1 A level (for first teaching from September 2015). The book combines... -
Being Jewish Today by Tony Bayfield
RRP: $24.50$18.07'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:... -
Drawing by Dr Curie Scott 9781838673284
RRP: $20.63$15.34Drawings are everywhere. Daubed on ancient cave walls and projected on screens. Drawings helps us describe science, depict emotions and discover. Yet many of us laid aside drawing - or more simply, mark-making - in childhood, thereby losing a rich and...