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Heartman by M. P. Wright 9781785303944
RRP: £8.99£6.45It's 1965, and a young woman has vanished from the streets of Bristol. A Caribbean immigrant, unable to hear or speak, she is invisible to the police and lost to the biting winter night.Enter Joseph Tremaine Ellington. An ex-cop fleeing a broken heart... -
White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America by Joan C. Williams 9781633693784
RRP: £14.99£14.58Around the world, populist movements are gaining traction among the white working class. Meanwhile, the professional elite--journalists, managers, and establishment politicians--is on the outside looking in, and left to argue over the reasons why. In... -
Service Automation: Robots and the Future of Work: 2016 by Leslie P. Willcocks 9780956414564
£20.00The hype and fear, globally, that surrounds service automation, robots and the future of work need to be punctured by in-depth research. This book, by Professors Leslie Willcocks and Mary Lacity, captures a year's worth of learning about service... -
Love, Money, and Parenting: How Economics Explains the Way We Raise Our Kids by Matthias Doepke 9780691210162
RRP: £16.99£13.71An 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,... -
The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society by William R. Kerr
RRP: £21.99£18.37The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population, and the United States has received exceptional inflows of human capital... -
Slavery by Any Other Name: African Life under Company Rule in Colonial Mozambique by Eric Allina 9780813932729
RRP: £46.95£45.53Based on documents from a long-lost and unexplored colonial archive, Slavery by Any Other Name tells the story of how Portugal privatised part of its empire to the Mozambique Company. In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the company governed... -
American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker's Notebook by James Boggs 9780853450153
£12.70James Boggs, born in Marion Junction, Alabama in 1919, never dreamed of becoming President or a locomotive engineer. He grew up in a world where the white folks are gentlemen by day and Ku Klux Klanners at night. Marion Junction is in Dallas County where... -
The Birth of Solidarity: The History of the French Welfare State by Francois Ewald
RRP: £24.99£20.01Francois Ewald's landmark The Birth of Solidarity-first published in French in 1986, revised in 1996, with the revised edition appearing here in English for the first time-is one of the most important historical and philosophical studies of the rise of... -
The Politics of Migrant Labour: Exit, Voice, and Social Reproduction by Gabriella Alberti 9781529227734
RRP: £85.00£65.36The turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit behaviour, and seldom in relation to the cross-border mobility practices of migrant workers within and... -
Think Risk: A Practical Guide to Actively Managing Risk by Shital Thekdi
RRP: £41.99£36.75Risk is the single most prevalent and enduring factor that influences every individual, organization, and society. People often seek protection from negative risk events, but also seek to take advantage of opportunities arising from positive risk events... -
After the Gig: How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back by Juliet Schor
RRP: £21.00£17.03Management & Workplace Culture Book of the Year, 2020 Porchlight Business Book AwardsA Publishers Weekly Fall 2020 Big Indie BookThe dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited. ... -
Sewing Hope: How One Factory Challenges the Apparel Industry's Sweatshops by Sarah Adler-Milstein 9780520292925
RRP: £23.00£18.10Sewing Hope offers the first account of a bold challenge to apparel-industry sweatshops. The Alta Gracia factory in the Dominican Republic is the anti-sweatshop. It boasts a living wage three times the legal minimum, high health and safety standards, and... -
Unions Resurgent?: The Past, Present and Uncertain Future of Trade Unions in Britain J.R. Shackleton 9780255368452
RRP: £15.00£13.65Why did the first trade unions form? How have unions changed since they first emerged? What impact do they have on wages, employment and productivity? In this book, J.R. Shackleton answers these questions and guides the reader through the fascinating... -
Work-Place: The Social Regulation of Labor Markets by Jamie Peck
£42.01This book challenges the prevailing idea that labor markets are governed by universal economic processes. The author argues instead that labor markets develop in tandem with social and political institutions, and thus function in locally specific ways... -
Out of Poverty: Sweatshops in the Global Economy by Benjamin Powell
RRP: £26.99£20.94This book provides a comprehensive defense of third-world sweatshops. It explains how these sweatshops provide the best available opportunity to workers and how they play an important role in the process of development that eventually leads to better... -
Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work by Alex Rosenblat 9780520298576
RRP: £23.00£18.10Silicon Valley technology is transforming the way we work, and Uber is leading the charge. An American startup that promised to deliver entrepreneurship for the masses through its technology, Uber instead built a new template for employment using... -
Ultimate Pocket Fun: Funny Jokes by Matthew Scott 9781789507034
RRP: £3.99£3.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789507034Author Matthew ScottFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd -
Labor in the Age of Finance: Pensions, Politics, and Corporations from Deindustrialization to Dodd-Frank by Sanford M. Jacoby
RRP: £35.00£28.14From award-winning economic historian Sanford M. Jacoby, a fascinating and important study of the labor movement and shareholder capitalismSince the 1970s, American unions have shrunk dramatically, as has their economic clout. Labor in the Age of Finance... -
Skills and Skilled Work: An Economic and Social Analysis by Francis Green 9780199642854
RRP: £47.99£36.19Skills are frequently in the news and in the public eye in every country. Stories highlight concerns about education and literacy standards, grades, learning by rote, and university students being unprepared for work, as well as debates surrounding... -
Does Immigration Increase Crime?: Migration Policy and the Creation of the Criminal Immigrant by Francesco Fasani 9781108731775
RRP: £26.99£22.80Do migrants lead to an increase of crime rates in their host societies? This highly contentious issue has become a mainstay in the political debate and a lightning rod for the galvanization of populist movements, despite often lacking any empirical... -
The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview by Steve Bradley 9780128153918
RRP: £95.95£91.07The Economics of Education: A Comprehensive Overview, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive and current overview of the field of that is broadly accessible economists, researchers and students. This new edition revises the original 50 authoritative... -
Athletes Who Rock: Stories of Sacrifice, Setbacks and Success in Sports, Music and Life by Motez Bishara 9781803780290
RRP: £27.00£18.94Athletes Who Rock! shares the inspiring backstories of 15 individuals who have achieved the near-impossible: success in the ultra-competitive worlds of pro sports and music. Although their lives are a dream for many, few have understood what it takes to... -
An Indian Table by Bryony Hill 9781913062606
RRP: £9.99£8.22In an attic packed full of family memorabilia, Bryony Hill unearthed an extraordinary collection - portraits, watercolours, sketches and stories - dating back to the 18th century. Amongst those treasures, she stumbled across her great- and great-great... -
The Robots Are Coming: A Human's Survival Guide to Profiting in the Age of Automation by John Pugliano
RRP: £14.99£9.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612436692Author John PuglianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 246g -
The Economics of Discrimination by Gary S. Becker 9780226041162
RRP: £24.00£23.03This second edition of Gary S. Becker's The Economics of Discrimination has been expanded to include three further discussions of the problem and an entirely new introduction which considers the contributions made by others in recent years and some of... -
Unemployment: Macroeconomic Performance and the Labour Market by Richard Layard 9780198284345
RRP: £82.99£67.02This book is concerned with why unemployment is so high and why it fluctuates so wildly. It shows how unemployment affects inflation, and discusses whether full employment can ever be combined with price stability. It asks why some groups have higher... -
UNITE History Volumes 1-6 by Mary Davis 9781835532287
RRP: £29.99£27.38Sold as a multi-volume set - the individual volumes are also available for purchase. This is the complete collection of six paperback volumes on the history of the Transport & General Workers' Union (now called UNITE), from 1880 to 2010. The history of... -
Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy - International Student Edition by Ronald G. Ehrenberg
RRP: £55.99£48.56Modern Labor Economics: Theory and Public Policy, now in its fourteenth edition, continues to be the leading text for one-semester courses in labor economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It offers a thorough overview of the modern theory of... -
Menagerie by Cheryl Pearson 9781912915385
RRP: £10.00£7.00Menagerie is a collection of poems about animals, divided into three sections: water, earth and air. Some poems examine a creature from close-up, almost allowing the reader to see the world through the animal's eyes, while the poet is more present in... -
Dignity Not Debt: An Abolitionist Approach to Economic Justice by Chrystin Ondersma 9780520391475
RRP: £24.00£20.38An earth-shaking reimagining of household debt that opens up a new path to financial security for all Americans. American households have a debt problem. The problem is not, as often claimed, that Americans recklessly take on too much debt. The problem... -
Little Dead Rabbit by Astrid Alben 9781913513283
RRP: £16.50£11.96During the lockdown of 2020/21 poet Astrid Alben and graphic designer Zigmunds Lapsa worked closely together on Little Dead Rabbit, a book-length poem that is part adult fairy-tale, part concrete poem about a little dead rabbit the poet found on the... -
Work in the Future: The Automation Revolution by Robert Skidelsky
RRP: £24.99£20.29This short, accessible book seeks to explore the future of work through the views and opinions of a range of expertise, encompassing economic, historical, technological, ethical and anthropological aspects of the debate. The transition to an automated... -
Leadership and Democracy: History of The National Union of Public Employees: v. 2: 1928-1993 by Stephen Williams 9781907103377
RRP: £30.00£29.49This official history of NUPE covers its years of membership expansion, growing recognition and entry onto the national industrial and political stage. From a position of near obscurity in the 1920s, NUPE grew into one of the most important forces in the... -
The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations by Jeff Wald 9781642934359
RRP: £26.00£15.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642934359Author Jeff WaldFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm *... -
Exploring Trade Union Identities: Union Identity, Niche Identity and the Problem of Organizing the Unorganized by Bob Smale
RRP: £47.99£37.05The world of work has changed and so have trade unions with mergers, rebrandings and new unions being formed. The question is, how positioned are the unions to organize the unorganized? With more than three quarters of UK workers unrepresented and the... -
Sports Agents and Labour Markets: Evidence from World Football by Giambattista Rossi
RRP: £45.99£40.13The sports agent has become a highly significant figure in contemporary sport business. The role of the agent is essential to our understanding of labour markets and labour relations in an increasingly globalised sports industry. Drawing on extensive... -
The Gift of Global Talent: How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society by William R. Kerr 9781503605022
RRP: £27.99£21.00The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population, and the United States has received exceptional inflows of human capital... -
Videogames and Education by Harry J. Brown 9780765619976
RRP: £43.99£38.44Video games challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to the role of interactive media in cultural learning. It searches for... -
Negotiating Globally: How to Negotiate Deals, Resolve Disputes, and Make Decisions Across Cultural Boundaries by Jeanne M. Brett
RRP: £58.00£50.26A framework for anticipating and managing cultural differences at the negotiating table In today's global environment, negotiators who understand cultural differences and negotiation fundamentals have a decided advantage at the bargaining table. This... -
The Craftsman by Richard Sennett 9780300151190
RRP: £19.00£13.01Craftsmanship, says Richard Sennett, names the basic human impulse to do a job well for its own sake, and good craftsmanship involves developing skills and focusing on the work rather than ourselves. The computer programmer, the doctor, the artist, and...