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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524732912Author Frank TrentmannFormat HardbackPage Count 816Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 1191gDimensions(mm) 242mm *...

'One of the most powerful books in the social sciences ever written' Thomas Piketty'The twentieth century's most prophetic critic of capitalism' Prospect'Polanyi's revolutionary work is a must-read' Mariana MazzucatoKarl Polanyi's landmark 1944 work is...

John Taylor Gatto's Weapons of Mass Instruction, now available in paperback, focuses on mechanisms of traditional education that cripple imagination, discourage critical thinking, and create a false view of learning as a byproduct of rote-memorization...

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth-rates, mass immigration and...

A profound and deeply personal collection of essays by renowned psychologist Carl Rogers The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement and father of client-centered therapy, based his life's work on his fundamental belief in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913057091Author Richard Coudenhove-KalergiFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Omnia Veritas LtdPublisher Omnia Veritas LtdWeight(grams)...

What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable?This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global...

"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...

Chosen by Emma Watson for her feminist book club 'Our Shared Shelf''Women Who Run With The Wolves is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows' Alice WalkerIn the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola...

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and...

Big ideas that just might save the world. the Guardian A serious book on an important subject. Without imagination, where are we? Sir Quentin Blake What if we took play seriously? What if we considered imagination vital to our health? What if we...

The age of denial is over, we are told. Yet emissions continue to rise while gimmicks, graft, and green- washing distract the public from the climate violence suffered by the vulnerable. This timely, interdisciplinary contribution to the environmental...

A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt's sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the...

One of the major philosophical texts of the 20th century, Process and Reality is based on Alfred North Whitehead's influential lectures that he delivered at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s on process philosophy.Whitehead's master work in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786886166Author Judith S. WallersteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 327g

The 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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781639231669Author Manly P HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 18Imprint Lushena BooksPublisher Lushena BooksWeight(grams) 32gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 1mm

"A beautifully written and argued book." - Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, BabyThere is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486280622Author Robert Bruce LindsayFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642970364Author Mirabai StarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Hampton Roads Publishing CoPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser

Andrea Dworkin, once called Feminism's Malcolm X," has been worshipped, reviled, criticized, and analyzed-but never ignored. The power of her writing, the passion of her ideals, and the ferocity of her intellect have spurred the arguments and activism...

In Dancing in the Streets Ehrenreich uncovers the origins of communal celebration in human biology and culture. She discovers that the same elements come up in every human culture throughout history: a love of masking, carnival, music-making and dance...

A1 - The Great North Road was Paul Graham's first book, published in 1983. Despite the UK having a vibrant photographic scene at the time, there were only handful of monographic books - Chris Killip and Martin Parr had one each - and no dedicated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394703909Author Jacques EllulFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832418Author Edward Franklin FrazierFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Prentice Hall & IBDPublisher Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Updated with a new afterword by the author 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech ... A truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - Jordan B...

At a time of existential global challenges we need our best brainpower to solve them. We can no longer rely on the myth of the lone genius to create a breakthrough.As neuroscientist and bestselling author of The Science of Fate Hannah Critchlow shows,...

Over the past few years there had been a dramatic increase in the number of women entering the surveying profession. Fewer than five per cent of practising surveyors were women, but women comprised twenty per cent of students. Originally published in...

Engaging with the complex natures of space and belonging, Migrations and Diasporas provides a means for understanding the plight of migrants and diasporas as they move through a world divided between those committed to welcoming them into their...

As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious. What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this...

Strictly for grown-ups! This saucy selection of puzzles puts the tease in brain-teasers, and makes a racy replacement for life's idle moments Put down your phone, tablet or smutty magazine and pick up this crude collection of conundrums and...

Do you want to help save human civilisation? If so, this book is for you. How to Fix a Broken Planet describes the ten catastrophic risks that menace human civilisation and our planet, and what we can all do to overcome or mitigate them. It explains what...

First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767900461Author William StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 437gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679744382Author Wolfgang SchivelbuschFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781904859260Author Murray BookchinFormat PaperbackPage Count 491Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 621g

Recent years have been tough on optimists. Hopes that the Internet might bring people together have been crushed by the ills of social media. Is there a way back?Chris Anderson, the head of TED, believes that we can turn outrage back into optimism. It...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593760076Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 487g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679603313Author Hunter S. ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm)...

'One of the greatest, most radical public thinkers of our time' Arundhati RoyIn these incisive interviews, Chomsky addresses the urgent questions of this tumultuous time, speaking to the deterioration of democracy in the United States and rising tensions...