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Secret Narco: The Great Train Robber whose partnership with Pablo Escobar turned Britain on to cocaine by Wensley Clarkson 9781913543990
RRP: £8.99£6.20This 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... -
Safe use of work equipment: Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998, approved code of practice and guidance by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive 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 -
Material Girls: Women, Men and Work by Lindsey German 9781905192175
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905192175Author Lindsey GermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Bookmarks PublicationsPublisher Bookmarks PublicationsWeight(grams) 290g -
The ETTO Principle: Efficiency-Thoroughness Trade-Off: Why Things That Go Right Sometimes Go Wrong by Professor Erik Hollnagel
RRP: £47.99£41.81Accident investigation and risk assessment have for decades focused on the human factor, particularly 'human error'. Countless books and papers have been written about how to identify, classify, eliminate, prevent and compensate for it. This bias towards... -
The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus: The Life Of The Local Church by John Stott 9781789742459
RRP: £12.99£9.09Truth 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... -
The Case for Good Jobs: How Great Companies Bring Dignity, Pay, and Meaning to Everyone's Jobs by Zeynep Ton
RRP: £23.00£16.95Named 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... -
Trade Union Renewal by Adrian Kane 9781782055846
RRP: £14.95£12.53The book argues that trade unionism must break into the new worlds of work by radically transforming contemporary trade union structures and culture which renders the movement largely alien to younger workers employed in the gig and digital economies... -
The Human Contribution: Unsafe Acts, Accidents and Heroic Recoveries by James Reason 9780754674023
RRP: £48.99£43.06This book explores the human contribution to the reliability and resilience of complex, well-defended systems. Usually the human is considered a hazard - a system component whose unsafe acts are implicated in the majority of catastrophic breakdowns... -
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'... -
A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy by Jane McAlevey
RRP: £12.99£8.48From 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£10.06Apologies 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)... -
Guidelines for Implementing Process Safety Management by CCPS
RRP: £105.95£92.07The 2nd edition provides an update of information since the publication of the first edition including best practices for managing process safety developed by industry as well as incorporate the additional process safety elements. In addition the book... -
Battling Eight Giants: Basic Income Now by Guy Standing
£17.13Today in one the richest countries in the world, 60% of households in poverty have people in jobs, inequality is the highest it has been for 100 years, climate change threatens our extinction and automation means millions are forced into a life of... -
Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time by James Suzman
RRP: £12.99£9.09_______________ '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... -
A Definitive Guide to Behavioural Safety by Tim Marsh
RRP: £47.99£41.81This book makes the case that far too much work undertaken under the banner of 'behavioural safety' is overly person-focused. 'If you can walk on hot coals, you can do anything - so be safe' needs to be dismissed out of hand, but also more advanced... -
The Raging 2020s: Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for Our Future by Alec Ross
RRP: £10.99£7.12'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... -
Troublemaking: Why You Should Organise Your Workplace by Lydia Hughes
RRP: £9.99£8.17There has been an explosion of organising among workers many assumed to be unorganisable, from delivery drivers in London to tech workers in Silicon Valley. The culmination of years of conversations on picket lines, in community centres, and in union... -
The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can be Done to Improve it by David Weil
RRP: £22.95£18.38For much of the twentieth century, large companies employing many workers formed the bedrock of the U.S. economy. Today, as David Weil's groundbreaking analysis shows, large corporations have shed their role as direct employers of the people responsible... -
Precarious Lives: Job Insecurity and Well-Being in Rich Democracies by Arne L. Kalleberg 9781509506507
RRP: £17.99£16.04Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are being shifted from employers and governments to workers. Arne L. Kalleberg examines the impact of the... -
Environmentalism from Below: How Global People's Movements Are Leading the Fight for Our Planet by Ashley Dawson 9781642599701
RRP: £19.99£13.56A 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... -
The End of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives by Jonathan Malesic
RRP: £24.00£18.83Going beyond the how and why of burnout, a former tenured professor combines academic methods and first-person experience to propose new ways for resisting our cultural obsession with work and transforming our vision of human flourishing. Burnout has... -
Who Governs Britain?: Trade Unions, the Conservative Party and the Failure of the Industrial Relations Act 1971 by Sam Warner
RRP: £85.00£74.51Providing fresh insights from the archival record, Who governs Britain? revisits the 1970-74 Conservative government to explain why the Party tried - and failed - to reform the system of industrial relations. Designed to tackle Britain's strike problem... -
Rebel Footprints - Second Edition: A Guide to Uncovering London's Radical History by David Rosenberg
RRP: £14.99£9.80The 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... -
Tree Faller's Manual: Techniques for Standard and Complex Tree Felling Operations by ForestWorks
£26.76The Tree Faller's Manual is an essential handbook for forest operators and others who need to fell trees manually using a hand-held chainsaw. This manual builds on the information provided by the Chainsaw Operator's Manual. Tree felling is a high risk... -
Leptospirosis: are you at risk? (pack of 15 pocket cards) by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive
£9.28Apologies 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 -
Workers Can Win: A Guide to Organising at Work by Ian Allinson
RRP: £14.99£9.80The 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... -
First aid at work: The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981, guidance on regulations by Great Britain: Health and Safety Executive 9780717665600
£17.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780717665600Author HSEFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint HSE BooksPublisher HSE Books -
International Human Resource Management by Peter Dowling 9781473773790
£58.49The eighth edition of this market-leading text explores the core issues in international human resource management from a practical and academic perspective. Written by a team of internationally recognised experts, International Human Resource Management... -
Is There Life After Death?: The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die by Anthony Peake 9781839401077
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies 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 -
Tangerine Dream in the 1970s by Stephen Palmer 9781789521610
RRP: £14.99£10.95Long, unfurling tracks; huge stacks of gear; music like that of no other group; trailblazing live gigs based on improvisation. This is the legacy of Tangerine Dream, the legendary German group piloted by Edgar Froese, whose impact on music, and... -
The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey 9780691172798
RRP: £25.00£20.59"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."-David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand... -
Learning to Labour: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs by Mr. Paul Willis
RRP: £37.99£33.38This book which has now established itself as a classic study of working class boys describes how Paul Willis followed a group of 'lads' as they passed through the last two years of school and into work. The book explains that for 'the lads' it is their... -
Supercharge Productivity Habits: 50+ Simple Hacks to Organize Your Tasks, Overcome Procrastination, Increase Efficiency and Work Smarter to Become a Top Performer by John R Torrance 9781647800543
RRP: £16.99£11.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647800543Author John R TorranceFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint High Performance MediaPublisher High Performance MediaWeight(grams)... -
Education, Training and the Global Economy by David Ashton 9781852789732
RRP: £34.95£31.69Across the industrialized and developing world, education and training are regarded as paramount to economic growth, but this view is rarely questioned or analysed. This major book is an in-depth multi-disciplinary investigation of the link between... -
Guidelines for Initiating Events and Independent Protection Layers in Layer of Protection Analysis by Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) 9780470343852
RRP: £96.95£84.42The book is a guide for Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) practitioners. It explains the onion skin model and in particular, how it relates to the use of LOPA and the need for non-safety instrumented independent protection layers. It provides... -
The Technology Trap: Capital, Labor, and Power in the Age of Automation by Carl Benedikt Frey
RRP: £14.99£12.15"Made me look at the industrial revolution, invention, sleeping beauties, contexts and the forces that shape our societies differently."-David Byrne, New York Times Book ReviewHow the history of technological revolutions can help us better understand... -
Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941 by Michael Barnhart
RRP: £27.99£24.14The roots of Japan's aggressive, expansionist foreign policy have often been traced to its concern over acute economic vulnerability. Historian Michael Barnhart tests this assumption by examining the events leading up to World War II in the context of... -
Employment with a Human Face: Balancing Efficiency, Equity, and Voice by John W. Budd 9780801472602
RRP: £21.99£19.19John W. Budd contends that the turbulence of the current workplace and the importance of work for individuals and society make it vitally important that employment be given "a human face." Contradicting the traditional view of the employment relationship... -
A Dictionary of Human Resource Management by Professor Edmund Heery 9780199298761
RRP: £62.00£49.21The authoritative source of precise and easy to understand definitions of words, terms, and phrases that are used in the fields of Human Resource Management, Personnel, and Industrial Relations, this new edition of the Dictionary of Human Resource...