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Teams That Work: The Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness by Scott Tannenbaum 9780197764596
£13.32Why do some teams thrive, while others struggle? In the modern workplace, employees collaborate. Managers are expected to be effective team leaders and employees are expected to be valued teammates. But many teams struggle. Being part of a struggling... -
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass by Darren McGarvey
RRP: £10.99£7.51Brutally honest and fearless, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain, and will change how you think about poverty.The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.Winner of the Orwell Prize.Named the most 'Rebellious Read of the 21st Century'... -
No Ordinary Day: Espionage, betrayal, terrorism and corruption - the truth behind the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher by Matt Johnson 9781802471441
RRP: £11.99£7.40SHORTLISTED FOR TWO CRIMECON.UK 2024 TRUE CRIME AWARDS IN THE 'OUTSTANDING INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING' AND 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' CATEGORIES Behind one of the greatest tragedies in UK policing history lies an incredible political scandal 'An important... -
Safety at street works and road works: a code of practice by Great Britain: Department for Transport 9780115531453
£11.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780115531453Author Great Britain: Department for TransportPage Count 105Imprint TSOPublisher TSO -
The Future of the Professions: How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, Updated Edition by Richard Susskind
RRP: £11.99£8.43This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them. In an internet-enhanced society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers,... -
Painting Abstract Landscapes by Gareth Edwards 9781785009730
RRP: £18.99£16.05Abstract landscape painting expresses emotion while still capturing the essence of a landscape. This compelling book explores this suggestive style first developed by Turner. Using the hauntingly-beautiful paintings of Gareth Edwards, it explores the... -
Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth by Ingrid Robeyns 9780241578193
RRP: £25.00£18.02'The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth' Richard Wilkinson'One of the most talked-about books to the moment ... Limitarianism floats the heretical idea that fixing society isn't just about saving the poorest from... -
Unconditional Freedom: Universal Basic Income and Social Power by David Casassas 9780745348636
RRP: £19.99£15.76'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... -
Firsts, Lasts and Onlys: Tennis: A Truly Wonderful Collection of Tennis Trivia by Paul Donnelley 9781785316364
RRP: £9.99£7.11Firsts, Lasts & Onlys is a tennis fan's delight, chock-full of astonishing events, time-honoured anecdotes and extraordinary facts. The book takes a light-hearted but authoritative look at every major tennis tournament in the world, including the... -
Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? by David G. Blanchflower 9780691181240
RRP: £25.00£19.99A candid assessment of why the job market is not as healthy as we thinkDon't trust low unemployment numbers as proof that the labor market is doing fine-it isn't. Not Working is about those who can't find full-time work at a decent wage-the... -
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World by Adrian Wooldridge
RRP: £12.99£9.09THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award*'This unique and fascinating history explains why the blame now being piled upon meritocracy for many social ills is misplaced-and... -
Audit Culture: How Indicators and Rankings are Reshaping the World by Cris Shore 9780745336459
RRP: £19.99£15.76All aspects of our work and private lives are increasingly measured and managed. But how has this 'audit culture' arisen and what kind of a world is it producing? Cris Shore and Susan Wright provide a timely account of the rise of the new industries... -
The Unfair Advantage: BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD-WINNER: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed by Ash Ali
RRP: £10.99£7.77WINNER OF BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021 AND BEST START UP/SCALE UP BOOK AWARD 2021 'A powerful way to think about success as an entrepreneur.' Ali Abdaal, Productivity YouTuber, Podcaster & Ex-Doctor 'Crucial business advice that you won't... -
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
RRP: £10.99£7.77Provocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's The Craftsman is an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well for its own sake - as a template for living. Most of us have to work. But is work just a means to an end? In trying to make a... -
Managing health and safety in construction: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, guidance on regulations by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive 9780717666263
£24.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717666263Author HSEFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint HSE BooksPublisher HSE Books -
Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav
RRP: £12.99£11.01Silicon Valley titans, politicians, techno-futurists and social critics have united in arguing that we are living on the cusp of an era of rapid technological automation, heralding the end of work as we know it. But does the much-discussed 'rise of the... -
Papermaking: An Artist's Guide by Lucy Baxandall 9781785009976
RRP: £12.99£12.86Papermaking is truly a craft for everybody - it is accessible, sustainable and enjoyable for all ages. This book is a step-by-step guide for everyone who wants to make paper at home or in a classroom setting. With clear instructions and over 140 photos,... -
The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989: guidance on regulations by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive 9780717666362
£24.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717666362Author Great Britain: Health and Safety ExecutiveFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint HSE BooksPublisher HSE Books -
The Underground Sea by John Berger 9781805302995
RRP: £16.99£11.58The 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 Overworked Consumer: Self-Checkouts, Supermarkets, and the Do-It-Yourself Economy by Christopher K Andrews 9781498543804
RRP: £37.00£32.66The Overworked Consumer examines how the growing use of self-service technology in the U.S. economy has contributed to Americans' feelings of busyness and overwork by asking them to perform a variety of tasks in work-like settings for free. Focusing on... -
Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights 1906-2006 by Diane Kirkby
£111.13Winner of the Australia and New Zealand Law and History Society (ANZLHS) Prize for 2023 Maritime workers occupy a central place in global labour history. This new and compelling account from Australia, shows seafaring and waterside unions engaged in a... -
The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action by Donald A. Schon
RRP: £32.99£29.56A leading M.I.T. social scientist and consultant examines five professions - engineering, architecture, management, psychotherapy, and town planning - to show how professionals really go about solving problems. The best professionals, Donald SchAn... -
Safety Differently: Human Factors for a New Era, Second Edition by Professor Sidney Dekker
RRP: £48.99£42.66The second edition of a bestseller, Safety Differently: Human Factors for a New Era is a complete update of Ten Questions About Human Error: A New View of Human Factors and System Safety. Today, the unrelenting pace of technology change and growth of... -
Peter Bakes by Peter Sawkins 9781785303500
RRP: £20.00£15.29BAKING TO BRING A SMILE TO EVERYONE'S FACEWhen Peter Sawkins became the youngest ever winner of the Great British Bake Off in 2020, it was a landmark moment on a journey that began when he started baking flapjacks and shortbread aged five.In his debut... -
Heat Pumps for the Home: 2nd Edition by John Cantor 9781785007798
RRP: £16.99£14.10In recent years, heat pumps have emerged as a promising new form of technology with a relatively low environmental impact. Moreover, they have presented householders with an opportunity to reduce their heating bills. Heat pumps can heat a building by... -
Diamonds in the Mud by Brian Reade 9781913406639
RRP: £20.00£14.69'Powerful, vital and visionary' - Jimmy McGovern SOMETHING unusual happened in Britain during the spring of 2020. As the nation went into lockdown to fight a killer pandemic our view of what constituted a hero changed. Suddenly celebrity... -
Inspecting Personal Fall Protection Equipment: United Kingdom 2nd Edition by Dr DF Merchant 9780956078452
RRP: £29.95£22.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956078452Author Dr DF MerchantFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint UVSAR GlobalPublisher UVSARWeight(grams) 216g -
Bait And Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the Corporate Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich 9781862078970
RRP: £9.99£5.82Intrigued by reports of increasing poverty and despair within America's white-collar corporate workforce, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to infiltrate their world as an undercover reporter and learn about the problems facing middle-class executives at first... -
Migrant Labour in Japan by Yoko Sellek 9780333804322
RRP: £44.99£44.97This book explores the impact of foreign migrant workers on elements of sovereign power in Japan and examines how the country's immigration control has been reshaped by the existence of these workers. It traces the changing situation of foreign migrant... -
The Poor in Western Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries by Stuart Woolf
RRP: £41.99£36.75First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions between the poor and the class-conscious proletariat. Taking... -
Mick Lynch: The Making of a Working-Class Hero by Gregor Gall 9781526173096
RRP: £20.00£14.53In the summer of 2022, the little-known leader of a small union became a 'working-class hero'. Facing down media pundits who thought they could walk all over him, he offered a robust critique of the government and provided workers with an authentic voice... -
Scattered Sand: The Story of China's Rural Migrants by Hsiao-Hung Pai
£21.24Each year, 200 million workers from China's vast rural interior travel between cities and provinces in search of employment: the largest human migration in history. This indispensable army of labour accounts for half of China's GDP, but is an unorganized... -
Striking Back: The Untold Story of an Anti-Apartheid Striker by Mary Manning
RRP: £12.99£11.61`Young shopworkers on Henry Street in Dublin, who in 1984 refused to handle the fruits of apartheid, provided me with great hope during my years of imprisonment, and inspiration to millions of South Africans.' Nelson Mandela Dunnes Stores cashier... -
Reincarnation and Karma, An Introduction: The meaning of existence - from pre-birth plans to one's task in life by Judith von Halle 9781912992379
RRP: £9.99£7.11What is the meaning of life? As human beings, we cannot avoid this most basic question of earthly existence. Is consciousness simply an accident of the universe, as modern science would claim? On the other hand, many established religions suggest that... -
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City by Katherine S. Newman 9780375703799
RRP: £16.53£12.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375703799Author Katherine S. NewmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 311g -
Nickel and Dimed: Undercover in Low-Wage America by Barbara Ehrenreich
RRP: £9.99£6.70Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. Leaving her home, she took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Nickel and Dimed... -
Useful Work v. Useless Toil by William Morris
RRP: £7.99£5.79Visionary English Socialist and pioneer of the Arts and Crafts movement, William Morris argued that all work should be a source of pride and satisfaction, and that everyone should be entitled to beautiful surroundings - no matter what their class... -
When Nothing Works: From Cost of Living to Foundational Liveability by Luca Calafati 9781526173713
RRP: £14.99£11.12It's hard to escape the feeling that in Britain today nothing works. In the face of mounting inflation and widespread industrial action, this book offers an incisive analysis of the UK's problems and a new approach to tackling them.Economic growth and... -
The World of Work to 2030: A practical guide to future-proofing your business and your career by Russell Beck 9781399412711
RRP: £25.00£18.88A book that helps make sense of the megatrends playing out in the world today and, as a result, how individuals can future-proof their businesses and careers. In the context of work, consider two headlines that we face on a regular basis. Firstly,... -
The Battle of Grangemouth: A Worker's Story by Mark Lyon 9781912064007
RRP: £14.00£13.78An account of the assault on the Union at Grangemouth in 2013, when workers were forced to accept cuts in their pay andconditions by the owner's threat of closure. Written by the Grangemouth convenor, The Battle of Grangemouth is a vital storyin trying...