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The Price of Inequality by Joseph Stiglitz
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we are experiencing such destructively high levels of inequality - and why this is not inevitable The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best... -
Nervous States: How Feeling Took Over the World by William Davies
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16A dazzlingly original analysis of how emotions shape the times we are living in by one of Britain's most exciting thinkers'A masterpiece' New York Times'Insightful and well-written' Yuval Noah... -
Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way by Kieran Setiya 9781529156164
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15A NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2022"Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but,... -
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This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto by Suketu Mehta 9781787331426 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £4.24An impassioned defence of global immigration from the acclaimed author of Maximum City.Drawing on his family's own experience emigrating from India to Britain and America, and years of reporting... -
![No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein 9780241320884 [USED COPY]](https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-zkx5lhzlf8/images/stencil/444x444/products/9704734/10721435/9780241320884__08508.1781361080.jpg?c=1 "No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein 9780241320884 [USED COPY]")
No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein 9780241320884 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £4.15**The New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller**'An ordinary person's guide to hope. Read this book' Arundhati Roy'As accessible as it is brilliant' Owen Jones'An absolute must-read. This book is... -
The Anthropocene Reviewed: The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller by John Green
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.41A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John GreenThe Anthropocene is the current geological... -
Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23*The International Bestseller*'Superb, hugely enjoyable ... a spirited examination of the hubris and hypocrisy of the super-rich who claim they are helping the world' Aditya Chakrabortty,... -
The Compassion Project: A case for hope and humankindness from the town that beat loneliness Julian Abel 9781783253364
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.56'A wonderful book' - Dr. Rangan Chatterjee'Highly convincing' - Daily Express'Pioneering' - The Telegraph'The strength of the book lies in its description of how community life can have a... -
The New Breed: How to Think About Robots by Kate Darling
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'A must read for anyone interested in the emerging ethics of robotics' Irene M. PepperbergA bold, optimistic exploration of the relationship between robots and humans based on our history with... -
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond 9780141998794
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023 A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EvictedThe United States is the richest... -
Friday is the New Saturday: How a Four-Day Week Can Save Capitalism by Dr Pedro Gomes 9781803996615
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.31THE FIVE-DAY WORKING WEEK MUST CHANGE: HERE'S HOW.'Fingers crossed that this book will shake up the five-day working week.' - Sir Christopher Pissarides, 2010 Nobel Laureate in EconomicsFriday is the... -
What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract Minouche Shafik 9781529112795
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 FT / McKinsey BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDOne of the world's most influential economists sets out the basis for a new social contract fit for the 21st century.'Excellent..... -
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add... -
It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders 9781802063110
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.74THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Galvanizing and uplifting' The Guardian'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen JonesIt's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want... -
Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by KOHEI SAITO 9781662602726
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £11.88"Accessible and convincing."-Sally Rooney"[A] well-reasoned and eye-opening treatise . . . [Kohei Saito makes] a provocative and visionary proposal." -Publishers Weekly, (starred review)"Saito's... -
The End of Violence: Eliminating the World’s Most Dangerous Epidemic by Gary Slutkin 9781911709138
Booksplease Price: £14.44'Gary Slutkin is one of the most important thinkers and activists in the vital effort to understand and reduce violence....an invaluable contribution.' Steven Pinker, author of The Better Angels of... -
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Lowborn: Growing Up, Getting Away and Returning to Britain's Poorest Towns by Kerry Hudson 9781784708603 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £2.41A powerful, personal agenda-changing exploration of poverty in today's Britain.'Totally engrossing and deliciously feisty' Bernardine Evaristo'Staggering... An absolute inspiration' Douglas Stewart,... -
Democracy Rules by Jan-Werner Muller
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'Lively. . . This is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll . . . A book that encourages thinking, observation and discernment'... -
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies... -
The Dark Knight and the Puppet Master by Chris Clarke
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31'A splendid critique' James O'Brien, Times Literary Supplement'Richly nuanced, the most stimulating book I have read on Labour in ages' Martin Kettle, Guardian'A brilliant book ... a reading of... -
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Sector Myths by Mariana Mazzucato
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.4210TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION: UPDATED WITH A NEW PREFACE'Superb ... At a time when government action of any kind is ideologically suspect, and entrepreneurship is unquestioningly lionized, the book's... -
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 9781784161859 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £8.37The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies... -
The Future of Medicine: How We Will Enjoy Longer, Healthier Lives (WIRED guides) by James Temperton
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.50By the end of this century, living beyond 100 will be the rule rather than the exception. What medical breakthroughs and new technologies will make this possible?In this brilliantly wide-ranging,... -
Imaginable: How to see the future coming and feel ready for anything by Jane McGonigal
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.49World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear.How can we be confident about making... -
Capital: Volume I by Karl Marx
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.68'A groundbreaking work of economic analysis. It is also a literary masterpice' Francis Wheen, GuardianOne of the most notorious and influential works of modern times, Capital is an incisive critique... -
The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy by Mariana Mazzucato
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23WINNER OF THE 2019 MADAME DE STAEL PRIZE AND THE 2018 LEONTIEF PRIZE FOR ADVANCING THE FRONTIERS OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018Who really creates... -
No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics by Naomi Klein
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23**The New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller**'An ordinary person's guide to hope. Read this book' Arundhati Roy'As accessible as it is brilliant' Owen Jones'A genuine page turner' Michelle... -
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock (THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER) by Jenny Odell 9781529924619
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46**THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**'The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that 'time is money.' . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing'... -
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.42"Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action" Akala"An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today" Kimberle Crenshaw "This... -
The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23The Voyage of the Beagle is Charles Darwin's account of the momentous voyage which set in motion the current of intellectual events leading to The Origin of Species. This Penguin Classics edition is... -
The Ten Types of Human: A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be by Dexter Dias
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.45The inspiration behind the hit podcast THE 100 TYPES OF HUMAN with DEXTER DIAS and BBC 5 Live host NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE'This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.' - Julia Hobsbawm, author of... -
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation Cathy O'Neil 9781802060317
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Shame is being weaponized by governments and corporations to attack the most vulnerable. It's time to fight backShame is a powerful and sometimes useful tool. When we... -
Sorry for Your Trouble: The Irish Way of Death by Ann Marie Hourihane
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.11The Irish do death differently. Funeral attendance is a solemn duty - but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd control, creative parking solutions and a high-end sound system... -
How to Know Everything: Ask better questions, get better answers Elke Wiss 9781787467682
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.15The international bestseller that will sharpen your mind, broaden your perspective and transform your relationships._____________________________________________________WHY ARE WE SO BAD AT ASKING... -
Four Years in the Cauldron: The Gripping Story of an Irishman Making Sense of America by Brian O'Donovan
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and... -
Sorry for Your Trouble: The Irish Way of Death by Ann Marie Hourihane 9781844885244
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31The Irish do death differently.Funeral attendance is a solemn duty - but it can also be a big day out, requiring sophisticated crowd control, creative parking solutions and a high-end sound system... -
Leave Your Lights On!: How Joyful Decisions Can Save Our Planet by Elizabeth Dunn 9781805463627
Booksplease Price: £13.06'Improve your happiness and wellbeing while also reducing your carbon footprint? Many would argue that this is too good to be true; Dunn and Zhao expertly show us that it is not' Hannah Ritchie,... -
The War Against the BBC: How an Unprecedented Combination of Hostile Forces Is Destroying Britain's Greatest Cultural Institution... And Why You Should Care by Patrick Barwise
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.The BBC is our most important cultural institution, our best-value entertainment... -
This Land: The Story of a Movement by Owen Jones
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'The best political book I have read for a long while' Rod Liddle, The... -
Four Years in the Cauldron by Brian O'Donovan
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £11.43SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2021The riveting story of a nation at a crucial crossroadsFrom the start of his stint as RTE's Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan's lively and...