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Politics of Memory: Making Slavery Visible in the Public Space by Ana Lucia Araujo
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £44.79The public memory of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, which some years ago could be observed especially in North America, has slowly emerged into a transnational phenomenon now encompassing... -
It Begins with a Question: An Introduction to Philosophy by K. D. Borcoman 9781621315834
Booksplease Price: £64.99It Begins with a Question: An Introduction to Philosophy is a pioneering philosophy text designed to be a companion to online learning and instruction. The book takes advantage of the many... -
In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion by Mu-chou Poo 9780791436301
Booksplease Price: £27.36This book is the first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years. It provides a historical investigation of broadly shared religious beliefs and goals in ancient China... -
Working with English Grammar: An Introduction by Louise Cummings
RRP: £27.00Booksplease Price: £26.42This clear and concise introduction offers students of linguistics and English language a comprehensive overview of English grammar, including word structure, major and minor word classes, phrases,... -
Remote Warfare: New Cultures of Violence by Rebecca A. Adelman 9781517907471
RRP: £96.00Booksplease Price: £77.69Considers how people have confronted, challenged, and resisted remote warfare Drone warfare is now a routine, if not predominant, aspect of military engagement. Although this method of delivering... -
Philosophical Essays, Volume 2: The Philosophical Significance of Language by Scott Soames 9780691136837
RRP: £58.00Booksplease Price: £46.84The two volumes of Philosophical Essays bring together the most important essays written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty-one essays spanning... -
Language, Usage and Cognition by Joan L. Bybee 9780521851404
RRP: £99.00Booksplease Price: £94.11Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels: languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; utterances within a... -
Real Life, Real Family: A Guide to Raising Empowered Children Gia Casey 9781419770159
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.20In the highly anticipated follow-up to national bestseller Real Life, Real Love, RaaShaun "DJ Envy" and Gia Casey share hard-won lessons from over two decades of parenting. Everyone in the Caseys'... -
Hate Speech Law: A Philosophical Examination Alex Brown 9781138062740
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.64Hate speech law can be found throughout the world. But it is also the subject of numerous principled arguments, both for and against. These principles invoke a host of morally relevant features (e.g... -
Reclaiming Patriotism by Amitai Etzioni 9780813943244
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.02Amitai Etzioni has made his reputation by transcending unwieldy, and even dangerous, binaries such as left/right or globalism/nativism. In his new book, Etzioni calls for nothing less than a social... -
Contemporary U.S.-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21st Century? by Jorge I. Dominguez 9781138786325
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34Drawing on the research and experience of fifteen internationally recognized Latin America scholars, this insightful text presents an overview of inter-American relations during the first two decades... -
Vulnerability and the Politics of Care: Transdisciplinary Dialogues by Victoria Browne
Booksplease Price: £77.30Vulnerability is a fundamental aspect of existence, giving rise to the need for care in various forms. Yet we are not all vulnerable in the same way, and not all vulnerabilities are equally... -
Understanding Conflict and Violence: Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Approaches by Tim Jacoby
RRP: £57.99Booksplease Price: £52.08This book examines and interprets a wide range of approaches to the causes of violence and conflict. The causes of violence and conflict are often left untheorized, or they are discussed as an... -
Security Sector Reconstruction and Reform in Peace Support Operations by Michael Brzoska 9781138981560
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £45.63This volume provides a framework for analyzing security sector reform under international tutelage.Following violent conflict and military interventions, international organizations or coalitions of... -
Facilitating Transformational Dialogues: Creating Socially Just Communities Stephanie D. Hicks 9780807786031
RRP: £101.00Booksplease Price: £85.12This much-needed guide provides the specific skills and materials necessary to facilitate effective dialogues across identity differences. We are living through arguably one of the most divisive... -
Language, Usage and Cognition by Joan L. Bybee 9780521616836
RRP: £42.00Booksplease Price: £38.81Language demonstrates structure while also showing considerable variation at all levels: languages differ from one another while still being shaped by the same principles; utterances within a... -
The Golden Bell by Robert L. Stone 9781915036537
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.55Arriving in Cordoba as a young man in 1088 to learn medicine, Yehuda Halevi is enchanted by a world in which Muslim, Jewish and Christian courtiers share poetry and philosophy in their elegant... -
Remote Warfare: New Cultures of Violence by Rebecca A. Adelman
RRP: £22.99Booksplease Price: £20.36Considers how people have confronted, challenged, and resisted remote warfare Drone warfare is now a routine, if not predominant, aspect of military engagement. Although this method of delivering... -
Sport in Islam and in Muslim Communities Alberto Testa 9781138067912
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34As Islam's visibility in global society increases, Muslim populations grow, and Muslim countries compete to take up positions at the heart of global sport, the interplay between sport and Islam... -
A Conceptual Investigation of Justice by Kyle Johannsen 9780367372064
RRP: £50.99Booksplease Price: £46.08Conceptual analysis has fallen out of favor in political philosophy. The influence of figures like John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin has led political philosophy to focus on questions about what should... -
Natural Agency: An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action by John Bishop 9780521063975
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.21From a moral point of view we think of ourselves as capable of responsible actions. From a scientific point of view we think of ourselves as animals whose behaviour, however highly evolved, conforms... -
Natural Agency: An Essay on the Causal Theory of Action by John Bishop 9780521374309
RRP: £104.00Booksplease Price: £98.54From a moral point of view we think of ourselves as capable of responsible actions. From a scientific point of view we think of ourselves as animals whose behaviour, however highly evolved, conforms... -
Changes in Care: Aging, Migration, and Social Class in West Africa by Cati Coe
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £96.15Africa is known both for having a primarily youthful population and for its elders being held in high esteem. However, this situation is changing: people in Africa are living longer, some for many... -
Taking Wittgenstein at His Word: A Textual Study by Robert J. Fogelin 9780691142531
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £41.96Taking Wittgenstein at His Word is an experiment in reading organized around a central question: What kind of interpretation of Wittgenstein's later philosophy emerges if we adhere strictly to his... -
Troubled Apologies Among Japan, Korea, and the United States by Alexis Dudden 9780231141765
RRP: £109.00Booksplease Price: £85.37Whether it's the Vatican addressing its role in the Second World War or the United States atoning for its treatment of native Hawai'ian islanders, apologizing for history has become a standard... -
Tending the Holy: Spiritual Direction Across Traditions by Norvene Vest 9780819219183
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £16.95"God is mystery," writes Norvene Vest in the Introduction to Tending the Holy, "and every form of religion is an effort to respond faithfully to the mystery of God by whatever name. The Divine breaks... -
Interactive Democracy: The Social Roots of Global Justice by Carol C. Gould 9781107607415
RRP: £26.00Booksplease Price: £24.60How can we confront the problems of diminished democracy, pervasive economic inequality, and persistent global poverty? Is it possible to fulfill the dual aims of deepening democratic participation... -
Critical Dementia Studies: An Introduction Richard Ward (University of Stirling, UK) 9781032118802
RRP: £135.00Booksplease Price: £119.99This book puts the critical into dementia studies. It makes a timely and novel contribution to the field, offering a thought-provoking critique of current thinking and debate on dementia... -
Governance in Post-Conflict Societies: Rebuilding Fragile States by Derick W. Brinkerhoff
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.94Foreword Frederick D. Barton Preface Derick W. Brinkerhoff 1. Governance Challenges in Fragile States: Re-Establishing Security, Rebuilding Effectiveness, and Reconstituting Legitimacy Derick W... -
Waiting on Grace: A Theology of Dialogue by S. J. Michael Barnes 9780198842194
RRP: £91.00Booksplease Price: £87.62Whereas much theology of religions regards 'the other' as a problem to be solved, this book begins with a Church called to witness to its faith in a multicultural world by practising a generous yet... -
Fear and Crime in Latin America: Redefining State-Society Relations by Lucia Dammert 9781138849020
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99The feeling of insecurity is a little known phenomenon that has been only partially explored by social sciences. However, it has a deep social, cultural and economic impact and may even contribute to... -
The Cambridge Companion to Hume by David Fate Norton 9780521859868
RRP: £72.00Booksplease Price: £70.12Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics,... -
Interactive Democracy: The Social Roots of Global Justice by Carol C. Gould 9781107024748
RRP: £78.00Booksplease Price: £71.39How can we confront the problems of diminished democracy, pervasive economic inequality, and persistent global poverty? Is it possible to fulfill the dual aims of deepening democratic participation... -
Climate Change Risk Management in Banks: The Next Paradigm by Saloni P. Ramakrishna 9783110757910
RRP: £67.50Booksplease Price: £40.28Banks, like other businesses, endeavor to drive revenue and growth, while deftly managing the risks. Dubbed the next "frontier" in risk management for financial services, climate related risks are... -
Critical Dementia Studies: An Introduction Richard Ward 9781032118833
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37This book puts the critical into dementia studies. It makes a timely and novel contribution to the field, offering a thought-provoking critique of current thinking and debate on dementia... -
The Omnibus <i>Homo Sacer</i> by Giorgio Agamben
RRP: £84.00Booksplease Price: £69.80Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer is one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. A twenty-year undertaking, this project is a series of interconnected investigations of staggering... -
Comparative Human Rights Law by Sandra Fredman
RRP: £69.00Booksplease Price: £49.04Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions. Does the death penalty breach human rights? Does freedom of speech include racist speech? Is there a right to health? This book... -
Beyond Sovereignty: Collectively Defending Democracy in the Americas by Tom Farer 9780801851667
Booksplease Price: £26.30How can external actors-governments, regional organizations, the United Nations, financial institutions, nongovernmental organizations-affect the process of democratic transition and consolidation?... -
Interfaith Dialogue: Global Perspectives by Edmund Kee-Fook Chia 9781137596970
Booksplease Price: £90.56This book addresses issues central to today's Catholic Church, focusing on the relationship between various religions in different contexts and regions across the world. The diverse array of... -
The Cambridge Companion to Hume by David Fate Norton
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £32.78Although best known for his contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, Hume also influenced developments in the philosophy of mind, psychology, ethics,...