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Success Habits For Dummies by Dirk Zeller
RRP: £19.99£13.75Discover the ultimate success habits for a healthy and prosperous life Whether we like it or not, a big part of what we do in life is governed by habits. Even more importantly, habits can lead us to think and feel in certain patterns. Since habits are so... -
Peter Owen, Not a Nice Jewish Boy: Memoirs of a Maverick Publisher by Peter Owen 9781781558485
RRP: £25.00£17.62In this wry, candid and sometimes poignant memoir, Peter Owen recalls his lonely Jewish boyhood in Nazi Germany and migration to England where he survived the London Blitz, a teenage dalliance with aspiring actress Fenella Fielding, and working with a... -
The Fracking Debate: The Risks, Benefits, and Uncertainties of the Shale Revolution by Daniel Raimi
RRP: £16.99£13.65Over roughly the past decade, oil and gas production in the United States has surged dramatically-thanks largely to technological advances such as high-volume hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as "fracking." This rapid increase has generated... -
Regime Stability, Social Insecurity and Bauxite Mining in Guinea: Developments Since the Mid-Twentieth Century by Penda Diallo
RRP: £19.99£17.69This book explores how bauxite mining has affected local and national political dynamics in Guinea over the past 55 years, providing an overview of mining interactions with social, economic and political spheres.Guinea is amongst the world's top... -
The Developmental State by Meredith Woo-Cumings
RRP: £25.99£22.49Developmental state, n.: the government, motivated by desire for economic advancement, intervenes in industrial affairs. The notion of the developmental state has come under attack in recent years. Critics charge that Japan's success in putting this... -
One Health: Science, politics and zoonotic disease in Africa by Kevin Bardosh
RRP: £25.99£22.63Zoonotic diseases - pathogens transmitted from animals to people - offer particularly challenging problems for global health institutions and actors, given the complex social-ecological dynamics at play. New forms of risk caused by unprecedented global... -
The Political Economy of Israel by Myron J. Aronoff
RRP: £43.99£38.44The resurgence of political economy as an important topic reflects the deep interpenetration of politics and economics. There are few economic issues of consequence that are not shaped by government decisions, and there are few governments whose agendas... -
Sufficient: A Modern Guide to Sustainable Living by Tom Petherick
RRP: £6.99£5.11Sufficient' is a book to inspire, educate and encourage a process of change towards a simple, gentle and sustainable way of living. Many of us want to make a shift in our lives by slowing down and consuming less, embracing artisan foods and... -
Speeches by Tony Benn by Tony Benn 9780851248103
RRP: £16.00£15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851248103Author Tony BennFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksDimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 3mm -
The Capability Approach: Concepts, Measures and Applications by Flavio Comim 9780521154529
RRP: £45.99£41.86The capability approach developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has become an important new paradigm in thinking about development. However, despite its theoretical and philosophical attractiveness, it has been less easy to measure or to translate into... -
Manual for Developing Intercultural Competencies: Story Circles by Darla K. Deardorff
RRP: £19.99£17.69This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different... -
Deindustrialization, Distribution, and Development: Structural Change in the Global South by Andy Sumner 9780198853008
RRP: £56.00£50.59The term rust belt has rarely been associated with developing countries. In fact, it is commonly used to discuss deindustrialization in advanced nations, particularly the US. However, this book argues that such a belt is now threatening the middle-income... -
Changing The World We Create: Beyond climate crises, polarised societies and failed leadership by Mark Drewell
RRP: £14.40£12.10A reference guide for change agents, leaders and activists everywhere for business leaders, politicians, policymakers, researchers and thought-leaders, social entrepreneurs, community leaders and philanthropists... in fact, everyone and anyone who knows... -
Rethinking Capitalist Development: Primitive Accumulation, Governmentality and Post-Colonial Capitalism by Kalyan Sanyal
RRP: £29.99£26.64In this book, Kalyan Sanyal reviews the traditional notion of capitalism and propounds an original theory of capitalist development in the post-colonial context.In order to substantiate his theory, concepts such as primitive accumulation, governmentality... -
Power, Empowerment and Social Change by Rosemary McGee
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book uncovers how power operates around the world, and how it can be resisted or transformed through empowered collective action and social leadership. The stakes have never been higher. Recent years have seen a rapid escalation of inequalities, the... -
Economic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies by Frederic L. Pryor 9780521613477
RRP: £32.99£29.23Drawing upon the disciplines of economics, anthropology, statistics, and history, and employing a new and unified analytic approach, Frederic L. Pryor reformulates in this book the entire field of comparative economic systems. He examines large samples... -
How Stella Saved the Farm: A Tale about Making Innovation Happen by Vijay Govindarajan 9781250002129
RRP: £22.00£14.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250002129Author Vijay GovindarajanFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 223mm... -
Politically Exposed Persons: Preventive Measures for the Banking Sector by Theodore S. Greenberg 9780821382493
£26.93In recent years, revelations of grand corruption and the plunder of state assets have led to greater scrutiny of financial relationships with politically exposed persons (PEPs) - senior government officials, family members and close associates - and... -
Energy and Geopolitics by Per Hogselius
RRP: £36.99£32.53The idea that energy shapes and is shaped by geopolitics is firmly rooted in the popular imagination - and not without reason. Very few countries have the means to secure their energy needs through locally available supplies; instead, enduring... -
Managing Community Resettlement: Putting Livelihoods First by Robert Gerrits 9781032397214
RRP: £45.99£40.13Each year millions of people are displaced from their homes and lands. While international environmental and social performance standards on land access and involuntary resettlement exist, no framework supporting livelihood restoration has been developed... -
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability by Dan Smyer Yü 9780367699819
RRP: £39.99£35.06Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities... -
Uganda: The Dynamics of Neoliberal Transformation by Jorg Wiegratz 9781786991089
RRP: £24.99£21.78For the last three decades, Uganda has been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa. Globally praised as an African success story and heavily backed by international financial institutions, development agencies and bilateral donors, the country... -
Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: £35.00£27.74The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, comprise an ambitious and sweeping agenda that unites economic, social, and environmental aims. What resources do the world's religious and secular traditions offer in support of... -
The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits by Erling Holden
RRP: £41.99£36.75Thirty years ago, the UN report Our Common Future placed sustainable development firmly on the international agenda. The Imperatives of Sustainable Development takes the ethical foundations of Our Common Future and builds a model that emphasizes three... -
Sources of International Comparative Advantage: Theory and Evidence by Edward E. Leamer 9780262620512
£28.13This is the first book to present a clear empirical picture of the international exchange of goods and of the resources that account for the exchanges that occur. It fully articulates the Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international comparative advantage, in... -
Turbulent and Mighty Continent: What Future for Europe? by Anthony Giddens 9780745680972
RRP: £18.99£16.87Winner of the 2014 European Book Prize. A "United States of Europe", Winston Churchill proposed in 1946, could "as if by a miracle transform" that "turbulent and mighty continent". "In this way only", he continued, "will hundreds of millions of toilers... -
Strategic Corporate Conservation Planning: A Guide to Meaningful Engagement by Margaret O'Gorman 9781610919401
RRP: £26.00£21.70Industries that drive economic growth and support our comfortable modern lifestyles have exploited natural resources to do so. But now there's growing understanding that business can benefit from a better relationship with the environment. Leading... -
Soy, Globalization, and Environmental Politics in South America by Gustavo De L. T. Oliveira 9780367891299
RRP: £39.99£35.06Soy in South America constitutes one of the most spectacular booms of agro-industrial commodity production in the world. It is the pinnacle of modernist agro-industrial practices, serving as a key nexus in food-feed-fuel production that underpins the... -
The Sustainability Scorecard: How to Implement and Profit from Unexpected Solutions by Urvashi Bhatnagar
RRP: £26.00£17.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523093786Author Urvashi BhatnagarFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
Global Development and Human Rights: The Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond by Paul Nelson 9781487521257
RRP: £20.99£19.02From 2000 to 2015 the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) mobilized external aid to finance life-changing services in the global South. However, in doing so, the organization failed to meet the challenges often associated with human rights initiatives,... -
Awakening Giants, Feet of Clay: Assessing the Economic Rise of China and India by Pranab Bardhan 9780691156408
RRP: £22.00£17.36The recent economic rise of China and India has attracted a great deal of attention--and justifiably so. Together, the two countries account for one-fifth of the global economy and are projected to represent a full third of the world's income by 2025... -
Sustainable Construction Processes: A Resource Text by Steve Goodhew 9781405187596
RRP: £56.95£49.77This book explores the concepts and practicalities that lead to sustainable construction. It breaks new ground by providing the reader with the underlying principles of how to build sustainably and then assesses many of the tools required for the task... -
The Hungry World: America's Cold War Battle against Poverty in Asia by Nick Cullather 9780674725812
RRP: £25.95£20.64Food was a critical front in the Cold War battle for Asia. "Where Communism goes, hunger follows" was the slogan of American nation builders who fanned out into the countryside to divert rivers, remodel villages, and introduce tractors, chemicals, and... -
Business on a Mission: How to Build a Sustainable Brand by Andy Last
RRP: £32.99£29.16Business on a Mission is a simple to follow guide for how organisations can adapt to the changing world and evolving expectations of stakeholders to build more purpose-led, sustainable businesses. It features proven models and case study examples of how... -
Science and Public Reason by Sheila Jasanoff 9780415624688
RRP: £53.99£46.87This essay collection explores how democratic governments construct public reason-that is, the forms of evidence and argument used in making state decisions accountable to citizens. The term public reason as used here is not simply a matter of... -
7 Secrtes of Persuasion: Leading-Edge Neuromarketing Techniques to Influence Anyone by James C. Crimmins 9781632650603
RRP: £12.99£11.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632650603Author James C. CrimminsFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint New Page Books,USPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Leadership, Psychoanalysis and Society by Michael Maccoby
RRP: £31.99£28.33Leadership, Psychoanalysis, and Society describes leadership as a relationship between leaders and followers in a particular context and challenges theories of leadership now being taught. This book includes essays that view leadership from... -
Three Spanish Querelle Texts: Grisel and Mirabella, the Slander Against Women, and the Defense of Ladies Against Slanderers. a Bilingual Edition and Study by Pere Torrellas 9780772721341
RRP: £28.00£27.39This bilingual edition of the Three Spanish Querelle Texts is very well-conceived and will attract a wide audience among specialists and non-specialists alike. Francomano provides the first modern English translations of texts that enjoyed European-wide... -
The Beautiful Business: An Actionable Manifesto to Create an Unignorable Business with Love at the Core by Steven Morris 9781950466283
RRP: £25.49£22.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950466283Author Steven MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 338Imprint Conscious Capitalism PressPublisher Conscious Capitalism PressWeight(grams)... -
Non-stop Spider-man Vol. 1 by Joe Kelly 9781302927486
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781302927486Author Joe KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Marvel ComicsPublisher Marvel Comics