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The Bending Cross: A biography of Eugene V. Debs by Ray Ginger 9781931859400
RRP: $32.24$24.77This moving biography presents the definitive story of the life of and legacy of the most eloquent spokesperson and leader of the US labour and socialist movements. Eugene Debs was a railway organiser and socialist. He ran for president five times, once... -
Environmentalism from Below: How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet by Ashley Dawson 9781642599701
RRP: $25.79$17.49A global account of the grassroots environmental movements on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Environmentalism from Below takes readers inside the popular struggles for environmental liberation in the Global South. These communities-among the... -
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World by Joshua B. Freeman 9780393356625
RRP: $19.34$16.81Factories, 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... -
When Nothing Works: From Cost of Living to Foundational Liveability by Luca Calafati 9781526173713
RRP: $19.34$14.34It'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... -
Sick-Note Britain: How Social Problems Became Medical Issues by Adrian Massey
RRP: $32.25$28.87The NHS is stretched to its limits. Yet doctors are writing 10 million sick-notes a year for people they cannot 'fix', while patients with treatable diseases queue for appointments. This is Britain's grave error: our hyper-medicalised society has falsely... -
Arise: Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence by Jane Holgate
RRP: $25.79$17.48'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 CBT Companion: CBT-based models and worksheets for practitioners and clients by Benjamin E. Cook 9781915220189
RRP: $32.24$30.50This 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... -
The Unequal Unemployed: Discrimination, Unemployment and State Policy in Northern Ireland Maura Sheehan 9781138364400
RRP: $28.37$25.34First 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... -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work Ian Allinson 9780745347813
RRP: $19.34$12.96The 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... -
Firsts, Lasts and Onlys: Tennis: A Truly Wonderful Collection of Tennis Trivia by Paul Donnelley 9781785316364
RRP: $12.89$9.44Firsts, 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... -
Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education by Gary S. Becker
RRP: $34.83$34.15"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: $19.34$12.96'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... -
Secret Narco: The Great Train Robber whose partnership with Pablo Escobar turned Britain on to cocaine Wensley Clarkson 9781913543990
RRP: $11.60$8.24This is the extraordinary story of how Charlie Wilson - renowned as one of the leaders of the Great Train Robbery gang - turned his back on so-called traditional crime to become the underworld's original narco by helping to mastermind a multi-billion... -
Beasts of the Field: A Narrative History of California Farmworkers, 1769-1913 by Richard Steven Street
RRP: $64.50$58.50Written 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 History of the German Labour Movement: A Survey by Helga Grebing 9780907582311
$50.45Helga GrebingSet against the background of the economic, social and political conditions in Germany from 1890 to the end of the Nazi era, this classic study traces the emergence and development of the German labour movement.Book InformationISBN... -
The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Class Against Class by Sean Matgamna 9781909639263
RRP: $11.60$9.89Apologies 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 -
Total Ethics Fashion: People, our fellow animals and the planet before profit by Emma Hakansson 9781761450259
RRP: $11.60$8.28Total Ethics Fashion: People, our fellow animals and the planet before profit is a deep dive into supply chain issues associated with fashion around the globe. 'Sustainable' and 'ethical' fashion have a problem: they've become marketing buzzwords rather... -
The World of Work to 2030: A practical guide to future-proofing your business and your career by Russell Beck 9781399412711
RRP: $32.25$24.74A 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,... -
OUTLANDERS: Hidden narratives from social workers of colour (from Black & other Global Majority Communities) by Siobhan Maclean 9781912130566
$20.20Apologies 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 -
No Shortcuts: Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age by Jane F. McAlevey
RRP: $20.63$19.18The 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... -
Protest and Power by David Kogan
RRP: $25.80$20.59'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'... -
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: $21.87$19.47Apologies 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... -
Striking Back: The Untold Story of an Anti-Apartheid Striker by Mary Manning
RRP: $16.76$15.21`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... -
Leptospirosis: are you at risk? (pack of 15 pocket cards) by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive
$12.29Apologies 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: $32.25$23.25A 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 Message of 1 Timothy and Titus: The Life Of The Local Church by John Stott 9781789742459
RRP: $16.76$12.05Truth 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... -
Whistleblowing at Work by David Lewis 9780485121568
$96.89Whistleblowing 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: $14.18$10.31A 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... -
Pioneer: The Autobiography of Gordon Jago by Gordon Jago 9781785318573
RRP: $25.79$20.20Few people have made such an impact on so many areas of football, in so many parts of the world, as Gordon Jago. Jago - a tall, thoughtful centre-half with Charlton Athletic - made his biggest impression as a manager. In England, he created the... -
The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries by Kathi Weeks
RRP: $29.66$26.21In 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... -
Sea-Time: An Ethnographic Adventure by Helen Sampson 9781032576060
RRP: $47.72$41.96This 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... -
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
RRP: $16.76$12.05_______________ '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... -
Safe use of work equipment: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998: approved code of practice and guidance HSE 9780717666195
$34.52Apologies 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: $10.31$7.71Visionary 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: $16.76$11.24From 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: $21.92$13.42Apologies 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)... -
Women vs Capitalism: Why We Can't Have It All in a Free Market Economy by Vicky Pryce
RRP: $23.21$21.14An urgent call to reform capitalism so that it stops failing women. Although the #MeToo movement has been hugely important, empowerment of the mind will not achieve full power for women while there remains economic inequality. Leading economist Vicky... -
Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction: for the NEBOSH National Certificate in Construction Health and Safety Phil Hughes 9780415824361
RRP: $83.84$75.52Introduction 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: $14.18$9.46'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... -
The Human League On Track: Every Album, Every Song by Andrew Darlington 9781789521863
RRP: $20.63$15.21Sheffield 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...