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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System--And Themselves by Andrew Ross Sorkin
RRP: $28.38$17.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and Loeb Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143118244Author Andrew Ross SorkinFormat PaperbackPage... -
The Last of the Hunters: Life with the Fishermen of North Shields by Peter Mortimer 9781905512218
RRP: $9.02$7.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905512218Author Peter MortimerFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Five Leaves PublicationsPublisher Five Leaves Publications -
London's Industrial Past by Mark Amies 9781445698021
RRP: $20.63$14.00London's Industrial Past gives the reader an opportunity to read about a selection of factories that were once scattered across the city. While older generations may look back at the names that have gone with great affection, for the younger reader it... -
NEEDLES AND PLASTIC: FLYING NUN RECORDS, 1981–1988 by Matthew Goody
RRP: $37.40$27.18In this remarkable tale of creativity and chaos, do-it-yourself innovation and extraordinary attempts at world domination, Needles and Plastic tells the inside story of one of New Zealand - and the world's - great independent music labels. Hundreds of... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson
RRP: $19.34$12.64The Covid, climate and cost of living crises all hang heavy in the air. It's more obvious than ever that we need radical social and political change. But in the vacuum left by defeated labour movements, where should we begin? For longtime workplace... -
South Wales Collieries Volume 6: Mining Disasters by Owen David
RRP: $19.34$14.55The story of mining in South Wales has been one of the people who extracted the black gold from the hillsides and valleys of the area. Their hard work has often been accompanied by danger and countless thousands have lost their lives in the valleys of... -
The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order by Sean McFate
RRP: $19.34$17.93It was 2004, and Sean McFate had a mission in Burundi: to keep the president alive and prevent the country from spiraling into genocide without anyone knowing that the United States was involved. The United States was, of course, involved, but only... -
The Complete Financial History of Berkshire Hathaway: A Chronological Analysis of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger's Conglomerate Masterpiece by Adam J. Mead 9780857199126
RRP: $77.40$52.50For the first time the complete financial history of Berkshire Hathaway is available under one cover in chronological format. Beginning at the origins of the predecessor companies in the textile industry, the reader can examine the development of the... -
Wool & Water: The Gloucestershire Woollen Industry and its Mills by Jennifer Tann 9780752462158
RRP: $25.80$19.49In the woollen industry's heyday Gloucestershire had over 200 mills, producing cloth which was transported to markets all over the world: to Europe, Hudson's Bay, India; it clothed the British Army and was used for coronations and even the Pope's robes... -
Self as Coach, Self as Leader: Developing the Best in You to Develop the Best in Others by Pamela McLean 9781119562559
RRP: $30.96$20.34Become a more effective leader by discovering the resources you already have Pamela McLean, CEO and cofounder of the Hudson Institute for Coaching, has been at the forefront of the field for the past three decades, using clinical and organizational... -
The North Wales Quarrymen, 1874-1922 by R. Merfyn Jones 9781783161751
RRP: $19.34$15.04On a Saturday morning in November 1865, between 1,200 and 1,500 men gathered above the small town of Bethesda, to launch a society which they called the United Society of Welsh Quarrymen. Although there had been earlier revolts of quarrymen, this was the... -
Compassionate Capitalism: How Corporations Can Make Doing Good an Integral Part of Doing Well by Marc Benioff 9781564147141
RRP: $18.05$15.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781564147141Author Marc BenioffFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Career PressPublisher Red Wheel/Weiser -
Dangerous Days on the Victorian Railways: Feuds, Frauds, Robberies and Riots by Terry Deary
RRP: $12.89$5.06The Victorians risked more than just delays when boarding a steam train . . .Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but while they squabbled over who deserved the title of 'The Father of the Locomotive' and enjoyed their fame and fortune,... -
Sheffield at Work: People and Industries Through the Years by Melvyn and Joan Jones
RRP: $20.63$14.00Sheffield has been dubbed 'Steel City' but it was and still is much more than that, and it is for much more than manufacturing metal ingots that Sheffield earned its national and international reputation. For centuries it produced cutlery, files, a vast... -
Economic Evaluation in Clinical Trials by Henry A. Glick 9780199685028
RRP: $76.11$73.34It is becoming increasingly important to examine the relationship between the outcomes of a clinical trial and the costs of the medical therapy under study. The results of such analysis can affect reimbursement decisions for new medical technologies,... -
Resurrecting Retail: The Future of Business in a Post-Pandemic World by Doug Stephens
RRP: $25.79$17.49Few crises in modern history have so completely disrupted every aspect of daily life as has the COVID-19 pandemic. What began as a small medical ripple in Wuhan, China, a city many of us had never heard of, quickly erupted into a tsunami of epic... -
Helena Rubinstein: The Woman Who Invented Beauty by Michele Fitoussi 9781908313461
RRP: $16.76$11.13She understood women. She understood beauty. And she started a revolution. Helena Rubinstein was born into a poor Polish family at the end of the nineteenth century; by the time of her death in 1965 she had built a cosmetics empire that spanned the... -
Westbury Cement Works: An Illustrated History by Simon Knight
RRP: $19.34$12.51From 1962 to 2009 Westbury Cement Works produced over 700,000 tonnes of cement a year. For thirty-seven years its iconic 400-foot-tall chimney breathed its steamy breath under the hills of the White Horse escarpment - the escarpment that provided the... -
Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation by Kathryn E. Newcomer 9781118893609
RRP: $95.46$85.28The leading program evaluation reference, updated with the latest tools and techniques The Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation provides tools for managers and evaluators to address questions about the performance of public and nonprofit programs... -
Tourism: Principles and Practice by Alan Fyall
RRP: $79.97$72.45Thanks to its engaging writing style and accessible structure, Fletcher has become the ultimate one-stop text for any student studying Tourism. Its broad appeal and popularity increases with each new edition, making it excellent value for any student who... -
Default: The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring by Gregory Makoff 9781647123970
RRP: $30.96$26.95The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Unlike individuals or corporations that become insolvent, nations do not have access to bankruptcy protection from their creditors. When a country defaults on... -
Little Germany: A History of Bradford's Germans by Susan Duxbury-Neumann
RRP: $21.92$14.80Little Germany takes us back to the nineteenth century, when Bradford, West Yorkshire, was the wool capital of the world. Over the centuries, Germany and Great Britain have been close trading partners. When Bradford became renowned for its rapidly... -
Middlesbrough's Iron and Steel Industry by Dr. Joan Heggie
RRP: $20.63$14.00Middlesbrough and Teesside are renowned for their association with the iron and steel industry. Iron has been produced there on an industrial scale since the 1850s, when Cleveland ironstone was discovered in the Eston Hills. By 1866, there were... -
Henry Poole & Co.: The First Tailor of Savile Row by James Sherwood
RRP: $45.15$30.22Known as the founding tailor of Savile Row, Henry Poole & Co. has been dressing the world's most important men and women for over two centuries. Their craft of bespoke tailoring has been meticulously documented through the generations in a complete set... -
The Dawn of Green: Manchester, Thirlmere, and Modern Environmentalism by Harriet Ritvo 9780226720869
RRP: $23.22$22.69Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm surface lurks the legacy of a nineteenth-century conflict that pitted industrial progress against natural... -
A Woman's Place Is in the Brewhouse: A Forgotten History of Alewives, Brewsters, Witches, and CEOs by Tara Nurin 9781641603423
RRP: $23.16$17.08Dismiss the stereotype of the bearded brewer. It's women, not men, who've brewed beer throughout most of human history. Their role as family and village brewer lasted for hundreds of thousands of years-through the earliest days of Mesopotamian... -
Physical Asset Management: With an Introduction to the ISO 55000 Series of Standards by Nicholas Anthony John Hastings 9783030628383
RRP: $90.29$81.66This book presents a systematic approach to the management of physical assets from concept to disposal, building upon the previous editions and brought up-to-date with the new international standards ISO55002 and ISO/TS50010. It introduces the general... -
Mergers & Acquisitions: Understanding M&A Processes for Large- and Medium-Sized Companies by Maximilian Dreher 9783030998448
RRP: $70.94$41.73Mergers & acquisitions are an essential instrument of strategic corporate management for companies of all sizes. The success of an M&A project highly depends on an optimal transaction preparation, fast execution and the experience of all parties involved... -
The Public Relations Handbook by Alison Theaker
RRP: $45.14$40.31The Public Relations Handbook, 6th edition provides an engaging, in-depth exploration of the dynamic and ever-evolving public relations industry. Split into four parts exploring key conceptual themes in public relations, the book offers an overview of... -
American Business History: A Very Short Introduction by Walter A. Friedman 9780190622473
RRP: $11.60$8.32By the early twentieth century, it became common to describe the United States as a "business civilization." President Coolidge in 1925 said, "The chief business of the American people is business." More recently, historian Sven Beckert characterized... -
Agriculture and Industry in South-Eastern Roman Britain by David Bird 9781785703195
RRP: $51.60$42.80The ancient counties surrounding the Weald in the southeastern corner of England have a strongly marked character of their own that has survived remarkably well in the face of ever-increasing population pressure. The area is, however, comparatively... -
A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World by Thomas Crump
RRP: $14.18$9.55From the beginning of the eighteenth century to the high water mark of the Victorian era, the world was transformed by a technological revolution the like of which had never been seen before. Inventors, businessmen, scientists, explorers all had their... -
Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon by Paul David Blanc
RRP: $38.70$32.57When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations,... -
The Last Years of Coal Mining in Yorkshire by Steve Grudgings 9780992855451
RRP: $32.24$32.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992855451Author Steve GrudgingsFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Folly Books LtdPublisher Folly Books Ltd -
Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World by Brian Loomes
RRP: $64.50$52.64First compiled in 1929 as a pioneer work by the late G.H. Baillie, this directory of watchmakers and clock makers of the past soon established itself as the standard reference source and has been used ever since by watchmakers and clockmakers,... -
Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming by McKenzie Funk
RRP: $28.37$18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143126591Author McKenzie FunkFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 288g -
The Circular Economy: A User's Guide by Walter R Stahel 9780367200176
RRP: $42.56$37.62A Circular Economy seeks to rebuild capital, whether this is financial, manufactured, human, social or natural, and offers opportunities and solutions for all organisations. This book, written by Walter Stahel, who is widely recognised as one of the key... -
Emperor of Industry: Lord Armstrong of Cragside by Ken Smith 9781857951271
RRP: $9.02$8.97Who invented the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong Gun? Who founded Elswick Works, once Tyneside's largest employer? Who built Newcastle's famous Swing Bridge? Who owned the first house in the world to be lit by hydro-electricity? All this was the work... -
Fishing: How the Sea Fed Civilization by Brian Fagan
RRP: $19.34$16.81Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization In this history of fishing-not as sport but as sustenance-archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an... -
Successful Management Strategies and Tools: Industry Insights, Case Studies and Best Practices by Marc Helmold 9783030776633
RRP: $64.49$41.73This book equips managers and professionals with effective management tools and strategies, as well as important concepts to help them combat current challenges and problems. It provides a holistic and practical approach to lean and quality management...