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Television Violence and Public Policy by James T. Hamilton 9780472109036
Booksplease Price: $126.82Since 1954, violence in television programming has been the subject of legislative debate, congressional hearings, agency pronouncements, and presidential commentary. Most recently, ratings of... -
A Psychoanalytic Approach to Visual Artists by James W. Hamilton
RRP: $50.30Booksplease Price: $45.72James Hamilton's engaging book offers us his own unique insight into the unconscious factors involved in the creative processes associated with painting, filmmaking, and photography by studying the... -
Revelation: The Spirit Speaks to the Churches by James M. Hamilton
RRP: $36.11Booksplease Price: $26.24James Hamilton gives thirty-seven sermons on the relevance of the book of Revelation, explaining the prophecies therein and their importance for all peoples."Hamilton has done his homework-and... -
Work and Our Labor in the Lord by James M. Hamilton
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.35Well-known biblical scholar James Hamilton explores the theme of work throughout the whole Bible-its original purpose, how it was affected by the fall, and how we should think about it today. Part of... -
Hobbes's Creativity by James J. Hamilton 9783031277320
RRP: $141.89Booksplease Price: $131.84This book approaches Hobbes's philosophy from a completely new perspective: his creativity. Creativity is the production of something which experts consider to be original, valuable and of high... -
With the Clouds of Heaven: The Book of Daniel in Biblical Theology by James M. Hamilton 9781783591374
RRP: $23.21Booksplease Price: $16.71Perceiving within evangelical studies the lack of a robust canonical biblical-theological treatment of the book of Daniel, James Hamilton explores how it contributes to the Bible's unfolding... -
Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery by Terry Graff
RRP: $64.50Booksplease Price: $44.32Shortlisted, Best Atlantic Published Book Award and Canadian Regional Design AwardA major publication comprising 240 pages with 75 colour plates and 60 black-and-white photographs provides extensive... -
The Sweet Bond of Christian Love: A Collection of Quotes from Robert Murray McCheyne by R. M. McCheyne 9781527110649
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97Enjoy the very best of beloved 19th Century preacher Robert Murray McCheyne in this short collection of quotes. Despite not living to see his 30th birthday, Robert Murray McCheyne’s impact on the... -
The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian 9780393881745
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.77Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior captain commanding a line-of-battle ship in the Royal Navy's blockade... -
Indigenous Visual Cultures in Latin America: Seeing, Being, and Meaning Tamara L Bray 9781477333082
RRP: $56.76Booksplease Price: $54.95Reframing the study of Indigenous visual culture, this volume explores how images and objects generate affect and relation in non-Western contexts, foregrounding alternative modes of material... -
Jet Man: The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution Duncan Campbell-Smith 9781788544702
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $10.86The story of Frank Whittle - RAF pilot, mathematician of genius, inventor of the jet engine and British hero. 'Wonderful' David Edgerton, TLS 'A fascinating account' Aeroplane Monthly 'Casts... -
Granta 90: Country Life - Dispatches From What's Left Of It by Ian Jack 9780903141789
RRP: $30.95Booksplease Price: $21.47Country Life: how it is lived, how it has changed, and how the changes are far from over. An issue that ranges from English fox-hunters to the rice-planters of the Ganges delta. Featuring Tim Adams... -
Granta 91: Wish You Were Here by Ian Jack 9780903141802
RRP: $30.95Booksplease Price: $21.10LAST GASPS Thoughts about Alan while waiting for Harold, by Simon Gray The author of the celebrated and widely-acclaimed The Smoking Diaries returns to print with a tender, affecting, and of course... -
Captain James Cook and the Search for Antarctica by James C Hamilton 9781526753571
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $25.19Two hundred and fifty years ago Captain James Cook, during his extraordinary voyages of navigation and maritime exploration, searched for Antarctica - the Unknown Southern Continent. During parts of... -
Raymond Williams's Sociology of Culture: A Critical Reconstruction by Paul M. Jones 9780333666623
Booksplease Price: $59.70This detailed study of Williams unlocks his late sociology of culture. It covers previously overlooked aspects, such as his critique of Birmingham cultural studies, his use of an Adorno-like approach... -
'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past by Beverley Southgate 9780367738266
RRP: $59.33Booksplease Price: $55.57Linking fiction with history and historical theory, 'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past focuses on a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century novelists -... -
Time Series Analysis by James Douglas Hamilton 9780691042893
RRP: $90.30Booksplease Price: $73.89The last decade has brought dramatic changes in the way that researchers analyze economic and financial time series. This book synthesizes these recent advances and makes them accessible to... -
Objects of Empire: The Ceramic Tradition of the Imperial Inca State Tamara L Bray 9781477330685
RRP: $67.08Booksplease Price: $55.50A comparative, empire-wide study of the ceramics associated with the imperial Inca state, theorizing the role of these highly recognizable vessel forms in legitimizing Inca rule and establishing... -
All the News That's Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News by James T. Hamilton 9780691123677
RRP: $51.60Booksplease Price: $44.31That market forces drive the news is not news. Whether a story appears in print, on television, or on the Internet depends on who is interested, its value to advertisers, the costs of assembling the... -
Before Dark: Collected Poems by Martin Anderson 9781848619609
RRP: $25.74Booksplease Price: $24.45Before Dark reflects Martin Anderson's peripatetic lifestyle of three decades. During a weekend in Paris in 1971, whilst teaching at the University of Grenoble, he met T.T. Wong, a young Chinese... -
The Presence of Persons: Essays on Literature, Science and Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century by William Myers 9780367888190
RRP: $41.27Booksplease Price: $40.24This book deals with important aspects of nineteenth-century culture, literary, philosophical and scientific, which remain live issues today. It examines in detail the writings of Dickens, Charlotte... -
Engineer in Gray: Memoirs of Chief Engineer James H. Tomb, CSN by James H. Tomb 9780786449262
RRP: $37.40Booksplease Price: $32.50Chief Engineer James Hamilton Tomb (1839-1929) devoted almost 12 years to naval service--first in the Confederate States' Navy during the American Civil War and then in the Marinha do Brasil... -
Men-of-War: Life in Nelson’s Navy by Patrick O’Brian 9780008355999
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.84Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself. ... -
Granta 75: Brief Encounters by Ian Jack 9780903141468
RRP: $30.95Booksplease Price: $21.14'I was approached by a courteous young man who handed me a visiting card engraved with his name, Joseph, and his profession: Senior Officers' Pimp.' Norman Lewis embarks on his career as a British... -
Granta 61: The Sea - Voyages, Mysteries, Discoveries, Disasters : How Much Do We Know? by Ian Jack 9780903141161 [USED COPY]
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $2.55We came from the sea, and we would be nothing without it. Without the sea, no clouds, no rain, no rivers, no life. Seven-tenths of the world's surface is sea. We play at its edges, we put down nets... -
Granta 83: This Overheating World by Ian Jack 9780903141628
RRP: $30.95Booksplease Price: $21.10Not so much the state we're in as the mess we're getting into. The world we were born into has gone. We shall never completely recapture its climate, its seasons, the way its plants grew and its... -
Residual Media by Charles R. Acland 9780816644728
RRP: $27.08Booksplease Price: $23.62In a society that breathlessly awaits "the new" in every medium, what happens to last year's new? Ample critical energy has gone into the study of new media, genres, and communities. But what becomes... -
Philosophy of the Performing Arts by David Davies 9781405188029
RRP: $90.24Booksplease Price: $81.86PHILOSOPHY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS "David Davies's Philosophy of the Performing Arts is long-awaited. Not since Paul Thom's For an Audience has a book in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition... -
Philosophy of the Performing Arts David Davies (McGill University, Canada) 9781405188036
RRP: $38.64Booksplease Price: $35.87PHILOSOPHY OF THE PERFORMING ARTS "David Davies's Philosophy of the Performing Arts is long-awaited. Not since Paul Thom's For an Audience has a book in the Anglo-American philosophical tradition... -
The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific by Gananath Obeyesekere
RRP: $58.05Booksplease Price: $47.25Here Gananath Obeyesekere debunks one of the most enduring myths of imperialism, civilization, and conquest: the notion that the Western civilizer is a god to savages. Using shipboard journals and... -
The Art of Cycling by James Hibbard 9781529410280
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.95'An exceptional read' - Paul Kimmage, author of Rough RideA meditative love letter to the sport of cycling, THE ART OF CYCLING traces the journey of a former professional racer regaining his love for... -
Mad About You by Sinéad Moriarty 9780241963388 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63Booksplease Price: $2.48'A perfect mix of intrigue, emotion and humour, this is a really gripping and enjoyable read****' Closer'The inevitable comparisons with Marian Keyes are justified and well deserved - Moriarty's... -
The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era by Randall E. Parker 9781847209757
RRP: $68.31Booksplease Price: $63.35Comprising a series of unique and informative interviews, this original book focuses on the evolution and current state of the economic literature on the Great Depression. Renowned economists assess... -
A Monstrous Commotion: The Mysteries of Loch Ness Gareth Williams 9781409158745
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $13.55The Loch Ness Monster: a creature that should have died out with the dinosaurs, or a legend built on hoaxes and wishful thinking?Sir Peter Scott, internationally renowned naturalist and president of... -
Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian 9780393037098
RRP: $53.54Booksplease Price: $45.80All Patrick O'Brian's strengths are on parade in this novel of action and intrigue, set partly in Malta, partly in the treacherous, pirate-infested waters of the Red Sea. While Captain Aubrey worries... -
The Wet And The Dry: A Drinker's Journey by Lawrence Osborne 9781846554629
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $16.98'I am taking a few months off to travel and wander, drinking my way across the Islamic world to see whether I can dry myself out, cure myself of a bout of alcoholic excess. It is a personal crisis, a... -
The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era by Randall E. Parker 9781845421274
Booksplease Price: $152.49Comprising a series of unique and informative interviews, this original book focuses on the evolution and current state of the economic literature on the Great Depression. Renowned economists assess... -
The Letter of Marque by Patrick O'Brian
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.84Thrown out of the navy for a crime he did not commit, Jack Aubrey has lost everything he held most dear. In command of his beloved Surprise, but in a civilian capacity, Jack Aubrey must... -
Democratic Communications: Formations, Projects, Possibilities by James F. Hamilton 9780739118672
Booksplease Price: $66.05While it has always been hard to do, establishing a clear difference between mainstream media and alternative media has grown even more difficult within the past twenty years. With the emergence of... -
The Levelling Sea: The Story of a Cornish Haven and the Age of Sail by Philip Marsden
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $9.98The story of Britain's colourful maritime past seen through the changing fortunes of the Cornish port of Falmouth. Within the space of few years, during the 1560s and 1570s, a maritime...