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Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids by Matthias Doepke 9780691210162
RRP: £16.99£13.65An international and historical look at how parenting choices change in the face of economic inequalityLove, Money, and Parenting investigates how economic forces shape how parents raise their children. In countries with increasing economic inequality,... -
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World by Joshua B. Freeman 9780393356625
RRP: £14.99£12.97Factories, with their ingenious machinery and miraculous productivity, are celebrated as modern wonders of the world. Yet from William Blake's "dark Satanic mills" they have also fuelled our fears of the future. Telling the story of the factory, Joshua B... -
Reincarnation and Karma, An Introduction: The meaning of existence - from pre-birth plans to one's task in life Judith von Halle 9781912992379
RRP: £9.99£7.21What 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... -
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... -
Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence by Jane Holgate
RRP: £19.99£13.55'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAlevey In Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organising experience,... -
The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland Maura Sheehan 9781138364400
RRP: £21.99£19.64First published in 1999, this volume is about unemployment and discrimination, with a focus on Northern Ireland and its debate over patterns of inequality between unemployed Catholics and Protestants. The Unequal Unemployed uses the important and... -
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... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work Ian Allinson 9780745347813
RRP: £14.99£10.05The 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... -
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education by Gary S. Becker
RRP: £27.00£26.47"Human Capital" is Becker's study of how investment in an individual's education and training is similar to business investments in equipment. Becker looks at the effects of investment in education on earnings and employment, and shows how his theory... -
Dark Academia: Despair in the Neoliberal University by Peter Fleming 9780745341064
RRP: £14.99£10.05'Fleming's books are sparklingly sardonic and hilariously angry' - Guardian There is a strong link between the neoliberalisation of higher education over the last 20 years and the psychological hell now endured by its staff and students. While... -
Is There Life After Death?: The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die by Anthony Peake 9781839401077
RRP: £11.99£8.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781839401077Author Anthony PeakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 by Richard Steven Street
RRP: £50.00£45.35Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history-the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the... -
The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Class Against Class by Sean Matgamna 9781909639263
RRP: £8.99£6.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909639263Author Sean MatgamnaFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Phoenix PressPublisher Phoenix PressWeight(grams) 384g -
The CBT Companion: CBT-based models and worksheets for practitioners and clients by Benjamin E. Cook 9781915220189
RRP: £24.99£23.26This comprehensive workbook brings together in one handy volume a wealth of easy-to-apply CBT-based models and worksheets to help your clients move on. Maybe they're stuck in a pattern of self-harmful beliefs and behaviours that is destroying their... -
OUTLANDERS: Hidden narratives from social workers of colour (from Black & other Global Majority Communities) by Siobhan Maclean 9781912130566
£15.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912130566Author Wayne ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 351Imprint Kirwin Maclean AssociatesPublisher Kirwin Maclean AssociatesWeight(grams) 680g -
The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus: The Life Of The Local Church by John Stott 9781789742459
RRP: £12.99£9.19Truth matters. The apostle Paul's passion for truth runs throughout his Pastoral Letters - that it may be faithfully guarded and handed on. John Stott is at pains to convey Paul's passionate concern for the future of the gospel, and for younger pastors... -
Protest and Power by David Kogan
RRP: £20.00£15.72'A meticulously researched and balanced history' The Times 'Highly-readable and well-researched' The Sunday Times 'Faultless account of the twists and turns undertaken by the hard left of the Labour Party to retain relevance and the hope of power'... -
No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey
RRP: £15.99£14.87The crisis of the progressive movement is so evident that nothing less than a fundamental rethinking of its basic assumptions is required. Today's progressives now work for professional organizations more comfortable with the inside game in Washington DC... -
Bully in Sight: How to Predict, Resist, Challenge and Combat Workplace Bullying - Overcoming the Silence and Denial by Which Abuse Thrives by Tim Field 9780952912101
RRP: £16.95£15.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780952912101Author Tim FieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Success UnlimitedPublisher Success UnlimitedWeight(grams) 438gDimensions(mm) 133mm * 203mm... -
Leptospirosis: are you at risk? (pack of 15 pocket cards) by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive
£9.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717664559Author Great Britain: Health and Safety ExecutiveFormat PaperbackPage Count 7Imprint HSE BooksPublisher HSE Books -
The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning Robert Skidelsky 9780241244616
RRP: £25.00£18.02A sweeping history of and meditation on humanity's relationship with machines, showing how we got here and what happens nextFaith in technological fixes for our problems is waning. Automation, which promised relief from toil, has reactivated the... -
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,... -
Whistleblowing at Work by David Lewis 9780485121568
£75.11Whistleblowing has become a burning issue in contemporary society. When is whistleblowing appropriate? How is it best carried out? And how should managers and employers handle the issue? This book treats whistleblowing at work in a group of key... -
Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century by David Goodhart
RRP: £10.99£7.99A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling ... one of the most important intellectuals in the... -
The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries by Kathi Weeks
RRP: £22.99£20.32In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. While progressive political movements, including the Marxist and feminist movements, have fought for equal... -
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
RRP: £12.99£9.19_______________ 'A fascinating exploration that challenges our basic assumptions of what work means' - Yuval Noah Harari 'There is eminently underlinable stuff on most pages ... Fascinating' - The Times 'One of those few books that will turn... -
Sea-Time: An Ethnographic Adventure by Helen Sampson 9781032576060
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book is an ethnography that draws upon 25 years of qualitative research and shipboard fieldwork in the merchant cargo shipping sector. It explores the lives and work of seafarers and how these have changed over time. Change over time and the... -
Safe use of work equipment: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: approved code of practice and guidance HSE 9780717666195
£24.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717666195Author HSEFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint HSE BooksPublisher HSE Books -
Useful Work v. Useless Toil by William Morris
RRP: £7.99£5.98Visionary 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... -
A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey
RRP: £12.99£8.71From longtime labor organizer Jane McAlevey, a vital call-to-arms in favor of unions, a key force capable of defending our democracyFor decades, racism, corporate greed, and a skewed political system have been eating away at the social and political... -
Why We Work by Barry Schwartz
RRP: £16.99£10.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476784861Author Barry SchwartzFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Simon & Schuster/ TedPublisher Simon & Schuster/ TedWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm)... -
Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction: for the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety Phil Hughes 9780415824361
RRP: £64.99£58.54Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction has been specially written for the thousands of students who complete the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety each year. Fully revised in alignment with the April 2015 syllabus,... -
The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future by Alec Ross
RRP: £10.99£7.33'This book will challenge you to rethink some of your assumptions about democracy, capitalism, and globalization.' - Adam Grant Huge corporations are acting like nations, global wealth is going to billionaires and ordinary people are suffering. It's set... -
A Seventh Man by John Berger
£15.62Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a... -
The The Mayor of Casterbridge. by Thomas Hardy 9781912714957
RRP: £20.00£14.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912714957Author Thomas HardyFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern Publishing -
The Most Beautiful Job in the World by Giulia Mensitieri 9781350110168
RRP: £23.99£19.83"A powerful expose of Parisian haute couture" - Book of the Week, Times Higher Education Fashion is one of the most powerful industries in the world, accounting for 6% of global consumption and growing steadily. Since the 1980s and the birth of the... -
Introduction to Fire Safety Management Andrew Furness 9780750680684
RRP: £58.99£52.49Andrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management, including the legal framework, causes and prevention of fire and explosions, fire protection measures, fire risk assessment, and fire investigation. Fire... -
The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Jobs by Zeynep Ton
RRP: £23.00£16.85Named one of the Best Business Books of 2023 by the Financial TimesThinkers50 2023 Winner: Talent AwardFrom MIT professor and pre-eminent voice on Good Jobs comes a leadership guide for choosing excellence and providing good jobs that offer a living... -
The Human League On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Andrew Darlington 9781789521863
RRP: £15.99£11.61Sheffield in the late-1970s was isolated from what was happening in London in the same way that Liverpool had been in 1963. A unique generation of electro-experimental groupings evolved in the former Steel City around Cabaret Voltaire and The Future. The... -
Rebel Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History David Rosenberg 9780745338552
RRP: £14.99£10.05The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital. Transporting readers from well-known landmarks to history-making hidden corners, David...