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The Kiss: A Secret Life by Kathryn Harrison 9781857027082
RRP: £10.99£8.29From the bestselling author of THE BINDING CHAIR, a searing memoir of a four-year affair between the author and her father. 'My father takes my face in his hands. He tips it up and kisses my closed eyes, my throat. I feel his fingers in the... -
It's Called Polyamory by Pincus Tamara Hiles Rebecca
RRP: £17.95£13.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944934422Author Tamara PincusFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Thorntree Press, LLCPublisher Thorntree Press, LLCWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm)... -
Child First: Developing a New Youth Justice System by Stephen Case
£40.09This book explores the development and implementation of Child First as an innovative guiding principle for improving youth justice systems. Applying contemporary research understandings of what leads to positive child outcomes and safer communities,... -
Family Fragments? by Dr. Bren Neale 9780745618944
£18.09This exciting new book engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the family, offering empirical material and theoretical analysis which give rise to a fresh understanding of the nature of family practices in modern societies. The past decade has... -
The Roman Family by Suzanne Dixon
RRP: £26.50£22.82Unfaithful spouses, divorce and remarriage, rebellious children, aging parents-today's headlines are filled with issues said to be responsible for a "breakdown" of the traditional family. But are any of these problems truly new? What can we learn from... -
American Bedroom by Barbara Peacock 9783969001295
RRP: £45.00£29.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969001295Author Barbara PeacockFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Kehrer VerlagPublisher Kehrer Verlag -
Holding the Baby: Milk, sweat and tears from the frontline of motherhood by Nell Frizzell
RRP: £16.99£12.28'My favourite person on the politics of parenthood' Pandora Sykes'Exhilarating, infuriating, urgent and human' Daisy Buchanan'A blazing, brilliant read ... compassionate, convincing, funny!' Amy Liptrot'Honest, unflinching and necessary' Sara... -
Career and Family: Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity by Claudia Goldin
RRP: £22.00£17.39Winner 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... -
Gender and Kinship: Essays Toward a Unified Analysis by Jane Fishburne Collier 9780804718196
RRP: £36.00£30.99A Stanford University Press classic.Book InformationISBN 9780804718196Author Jane Fishburne CollierFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Stanford University PressPublisher Stanford University PressWeight(grams) 463g -
Marriageology: The Art and Science of Staying Together by Belinda Luscombe
RRP: £11.99£8.43The fault lines that can fracture a marriage are all contained in these six words: FAMILIARITY, FIGHTING, FAMILY, FINANCES, FOOLING AROUND AND FINDING HELP. It's time to get to know your F words. Using the latest scientific research, personal... -
Workparent: Thrive in Your Career While Raising Happy Children by Daisy Dowling
RRP: £14.99£9.93An all-in-one guide for every working parent There are plenty of parenting books out there, but as a working parent there's never been a trusted guide that coaches you how to do well at work and be the loving and engaged mother or father you want to be... -
The New Rules of Marriage: What You Need to Know to Make Love Work by Terrence Real
RRP: £18.00£11.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345480866Author Terrence RealFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 221gDimensions(mm)... -
Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man by Sam Keen 9780553351378
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553351378Author Sam KeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 228mm *... -
Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann Lawson
RRP: £61.00£55.17The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality... -
The New Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship by Paula Caplan
RRP: £43.99£38.44In 1990, Paula Caplan, a nationally recognized expert on the psychology of women, wrote the groundbreaking Don'tBlame Mother. Now, almost ten years later, she finds that we are still blaming mothers. Fully revised, updated with a new introduction, this... -
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney
RRP: £16.99£11.27*A Blackwell's Book of the Year* *A Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022* *A Telegraph Best Book for Summer 2022* *As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour* 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole... -
Living as a Bird by Vinciane Despret 9781509547272
RRP: £14.99£10.20In the first days of spring, birds undergo a spectacular metamorphosis. After a long winter of migration and peaceful coexistence, they suddenly begin to sing with all their might, varying each series of notes as if it were an audiophonic novel. They... -
The Scarlet Sisters: My nanna's story of secrets and heartache on the banks of the River Thames by Helen Batten
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Oh my goodness - another girl Mrs Swain!' Clara's normal iron composure broke and she screamed, 'No! That's not the bloody deal!'And that is how my nanna, Bertha Swain, entered the world.When Helen Batten's marriage breaks down, she starts on a journey... -
Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think by Bryan Caplan 9780465028610
RRP: £13.99£12.28In Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids , contrarian economist Bryan Caplan argues that we've needlessly turned parenting into an unpleasant chore, and don't know the real plusses and minuses of having kids. Parents today spend more time investing in their... -
A Sociology of Family Life: Change and Diversity in Intimate Relations by Deborah Chambers
RRP: £17.99£16.04Family relations are undergoing dramatic changes globally and locally. At the same time, certain features of family life endure. This popular book, now in a fully updated second edition, presents a comprehensive assessment of recent research on 'family',... -
The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800 by Lawrence Stone
RRP: £14.99£10.95This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.About the AuthorLawrence Stone (1919-1999) was a... -
Parenting for a Digital Future: How Hopes and Fears about Technology Shape Children's Lives by Sonia Livingstone
RRP: £24.49£20.78In the decades it takes to bring up a child, parents face challenges that are both helped and hindered by the fact that they are living through a period of unprecedented digital innovation. In Parenting for a Digital Future, Sonia Livingstone and Alicia... -
Another Mother: Curating and Creating Voices of Adoption, Surrogacy and Egg Donation by Shanta Everington
RRP: £36.99£32.53Another Mother gives voice to women who become mothers through the routes of adoption, surrogacy and egg donation, and their silent partners - the birth mothers, surrogate mothers and egg donors - who make motherhood possible for them.Exploring... -
Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement by Tammy Nelson
RRP: £14.99£9.80Love is eternal-but our concepts of relationships and marriage evolve to fit the times. In an age when we live longer, communicate differently, and value gender equality, is it any wonder so many people are looking for new ways to support lasting, loving... -
To Exist is to Resist: Black Feminism in Europe by Akwugo Emejulu 9780745339474
RRP: £18.99£12.75This book brings together activists, artists and scholars of colour to show how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in Europe today, exploring their differing social positions in various countries, and how they organise and mobilise to... -
Changing Children's Services: Working and Learning Together by Pam Foley
RRP: £26.99£21.24Changing children's services: working and learning together focuses on the on-going and fundamental changes to children's services across the U.K. in the context of the drive towards increasingly integrated ways of working. The new edition of this... -
I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement by Jessica Zucker
RRP: £13.99£9.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558612884Author Jessica ZuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The City... -
Intended for Pleasure: Sex Technique and Sexual Fulfillment in Christian Marriage by Ed MD Wheat
RRP: £14.99£10.95God gave humankind the gift of sex. But many couples don't experience the kind of joy and fulfillment God intended. If you've ever been frustrated with a lack of intimacy in your marriage, or if you just want to know more about how you can get the most... -
The Child's Legal Journey Through Care by Shefali Shah
RRP: £16.95£11.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039908Author Shefali ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint CoramBAAFPublisher CoramBAAF -
A Pocketful of Holes and Dreams by Jeff Pearce
RRP: £10.99£7.77The poor boy who made his fortune . . . not just once but twice.Little Jeff Pearce grew up in a post-war Liverpool slum. His father lived the life of an affluent gentleman whilst his mother was forced to steal bread to feed her starving children. Life... -
Understanding Attachment and Attachment Disorders: Theory, Evidence and Practice by Vivien Prior
RRP: £26.99£25.79This book offers a thorough examination and discussion of the evidence on attachment, its influence on development, and attachment disorders. In Part One, the authors outline attachment theory, the influence of sensitive and insensitive caregiving and... -
Making Gaybies: Queer Reproduction and Multiracial Feeling by Jaya Keaney 9781478025368
RRP: £22.99£19.60In Making Gaybies Jaya Keaney explores queer family making as a site of racialized intimacy. Drawing on interviews with queer families in Australia, Keaney traces the lived experiences of choice and constraint as these families seek to craft likeness... -
Working with Vulnerable Children, Young People and Families by Graham Brotherton
RRP: £35.99£31.69This fully revised and expanded edition considers the meaning of 'vulnerability' - a key concept in early intervention - and the relationship between vulnerability and the individual, communities and society. It includes new chapters on children's... -
The Pink Guide to Adoption and Fostering for Lesbian and Gay Men by Nicola Hill
RRP: £14.95£9.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910039922Author Nicola HillFormat PaperbackImprint CoramBAAFPublisher CoramBAAF -
A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalom 9780863584268
RRP: £20.00£17.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780863584268Author Marilyn YalomFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint Rivers Oram Press/Pandora ListPublisher Rivers Oram Press -
Sex and the Weimar Republic: German Homosexual Emancipation and the Rise of the Nazis by Laurie Marhoefer
RRP: £32.00£29.13Liberated, licentious, or merely liberal, the sexual freedoms of Germany's Weimar Republic have become legendary. The home of the world's first gay rights movement, the republic embodied a progressive, secular vision of sexual liberation. Immortalized -... -
Epileptic by David B.
RRP: £25.00£18.47The most acclaimed European graphic novel of the last ten years, Epileptic is David B.'s story of his brother's battle with epilepsy - but it turns into a penetrating and sometimes lacerating self-examination on the author's part, as he delves into his... -
The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception by Debora L. Spar
RRP: £22.00£18.95Despite legislation that claims to prohibit it, there is a thriving market for babies spreading across the globe. Fueled by rapid advances in reproductive medicine and the desperate desires of millions of would-be parents, the acquisition of... -
Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done by Laura Vanderkam
RRP: £14.99£9.80'Laura Vanderkam is one of the world's leading experts in time management and productivity . . . her insights in Off the Clock can change your life' - Dorie Clark, author of Stand Out'Laura Vanderkam delivers a compelling and evidence-based argument that... -
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State by Friedrich Engels
RRP: £14.99£11.01The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound...