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A 1990s Childhood: From Bum Bags to Tamagotchis by Michael A Johnson 9780750984096
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.37Do you remember getting up on a Saturday morning to watch Going Live? A time when scrunchies and curtains were the height of cool? Playing Sonic the Hedgehog on your Sega Mega Drive? Then the chances... -
Life Within Limits: Well-being in a World of Want by Michael D. Jackson 9780822349150
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.14The sense that well-being remains elusive, transitory, and unevenly distributed is felt by the rich as well as the poor, and in all societies. To explore this condition of existential... -
Teaching Music Creatively Pamela Burnard (University of Cambridge, UK) 9781138187207
RRP: £30.99Booksplease Price: £27.99Fully updated in light of the latest research and practice in primary education, Teaching Music Creatively offers all teachers a comprehensive understanding of how to develop, deliver and enjoy a... -
Hey America!: The Epic Story of Black Music and the White House by Stuart Cosgrove
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £17.91This is the untold story of black music - its triumph over racism, segregation, undercapitalised record labels, media discrimination and political anxiety - told through the perspective of the most... -
The Future of the Nineteenth-Century Dream-Child: Fantasy, Dystopia, Cyberculture by Amy Billone 9780367346225
RRP: £47.99Booksplease Price: £43.51This book investigates the reappearance of the 19th-century dream-child from the Golden Age of Children's Literature, both in the Harry Potter series and in other works that have reached... -
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Relatedness, Religiosity, and the Real by Michael D. Jackson
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48In many societies and for many people, religiosity is only incidentally connected with texts or theologies, church or mosque, temple or monastery. Drawing on a lifetime of ethnographic work among... -
501 Essential Albums of the '80s: The Music Fan's Definitive Guide Gary Graff 9780760393369
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £18.54Break out the parachute pants, jelly shoes, and Aqua Net and indulge in this nostalgic illustrated trip through the 1980s' most influential albums across all genres.In 501 Essential Albums of the... -
Neverland: The pleasures and perils of fandom Vanessa Kisuule 9781838857073
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.73Why do famous musicians mean so much to us? How does the pop culture industry both mirror and magnify the worst aspects of human nature? Why is it so hard to accept that the people we love, famous or... -
The Great G.O.A.T. Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science by Paul Volponi 9781538199022
Booksplease Price: £17.42Who is the Greatest Of All Time-the G.O.A.T.? This is the question debated constantly between fans for any number of categories. Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? The greatest band?... -
The Great GOAT Debate: The Best of the Best in Everything from Sports to Science by Paul Volponi 9781538153154
Booksplease Price: £26.91Who is the Greatest Of All Time-the GOAT? This is the question debated constantly between fans for any number of categories. Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? The greatest band?... -
Mixtapes and Mixers: Totally '80s Cocktails Henry Barajas 9798886637342
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.45Party on, dudes and dudettes! Mixtapes and Mixers brings together booze and music in over 70 cocktails based on all your favorites '80s hits, like "Thriller," "Take On Me," and "Smooth Operator."... -
80s Sound and Vision Ms. Sheila Rock 9780711278776
Booksplease Price: £32.88Visually stunning and deeply insightful, 80s Sound and Vision is THE defining book of an unforgettable decade, capturing the raw energy, creativity and flamboyance of the era through its fashion and... -
Bruno Mars by Emily Herbert 9781783053551
Booksplease Price: £16.09Bruno Mars has sold over 115 million records worldwide as a singer, producer and songwriter. This book documents his childhood in Honolulu and how he found fame from the age of four.About the... -
From Crime Scene to Courtroom: Examining the Mysteries Behind Famous Cases by Cyril H. Wecht 9781616144470
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.29From crime scene to morgue to courtroom, and finally the court of public opinion, this riveting narrative is essential reading for true-crime enthusiasts. If you think the media has told you... -
Existential Anthropology: Events, Exigencies, and Effects by Regina Schulte 9781845451226
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £21.32".what is truly worthwhile in this loose grouping of essays is the ethnographic examples. Powerfully presented, beautifully written (the final three pages of the book offer poignantly evocative... -
The Psychology of Celebrity Gayle Stever 9780815369561
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.69Why are we fascinated by celebrities we've never met? What is the difference between fame and celebrity? How has social media enabled a new wave of celebrities?The Psychology of Celebrity explores... -
The Varieties of Temporal Experience: Travels in Philosophical, Historical, and Ethnographic Time by Professor Michael D. Jackson 9780231186001
RRP: £117.00Booksplease Price: £50.72What does it mean to live in time, between the unforeseeable and the irreversible? In The Varieties of Temporal Experience, Michael Jackson demonstrates the significance of a phenomenology of time... -
The Varieties of Temporal Experience: Travels in Philosophical, Historical, and Ethnographic Time by Professor Michael D. Jackson
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £25.08What does it mean to live in time, between the unforeseeable and the irreversible? In The Varieties of Temporal Experience, Michael Jackson demonstrates the significance of a phenomenology of time... -
The Black Culture Industry by Professor Ellis Cashmore
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.80Cashmore's controversial study argues that black culture has been converted into a commodity, usually in the interests of white owned corporations. Using detailed studies of the marketing of Motown,... -
Software Requirements And Specifications by M. Jackson
RRP: £61.99Booksplease Price: £46.13Software Reqiuirements and Specifications is the latest book from Michael Jackson, one of the foremost contributors to software development method and practice. The book brings together some 75 short... -
100 Best Selling Albums of the 90s by Peter Dodd
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56Nevermind, Achtung Baby, Use Your Illusion 1&2 - the 90s saw some classic albums produced by artists such as Nirvana, U2, Gun n' Roses and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as a resurgence in country... -
Madonna in the Eighties by Chris Wade 9780244371098
RRP: £13.00Booksplease Price: £12.66This book takes a look at the cultural and musical impact Madonna's music, films and persona had on the world in the 1980s. It was the decade she helped define with a series of classic albums (from... -
What Is Existential Anthropology? by Albert Piette 9781785337437
RRP: £27.95Booksplease Price: £24.36What is existential anthropology, and how would you define it? What has been gained by using existential perspectives in your fieldwork and writing? Editors Michael Jackson and Albert Piette each... -
In Sierra Leone by Michael D. Jackson
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.14In 2002, as Sierra Leone prepared to announce the end of its brutal civil war, the distinguished anthropologist, poet, and novelist Michael Jackson returned to the country where he had intermittently... -
Excursions by Michael D. Jackson 9780822340751
Booksplease Price: £33.87A village in Sierra Leone. A refugee trail over the Pyrenees in French Catalonia. A historic copper mine in Sweden. The Shuf mountains in Lebanon. The Swiss Alps. The heart of the West African... -
The Bee Gees: The Biography by David Meyer 9780306820250
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £24.44The first narrative biography of the Bee Gees, the phenomenally popular vocal group that has sold more than 200 million records worldwide- sales in the company of the Beatles and Michael Jackson. ... -
The Final Curtain: Celebrity Deaths Catherine Olen 9780764334726
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.96Celebrity grave hunter Catherine Olen guides you through a portal into the mysterious land of the dead in Hollywood. Whether you are curious about the unsolved mysteries around Rudolph Valentino,... -
My Bass and Other Animals by Guy Pratt
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.19Guy Pratt's life as bass player to the stars. The book behind the successful comedy show.Guy Pratt came of age just as playing bass became cool, with the likes of Paul Simonon and Bruce Foxton... -
The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse Vickie Claiborne 9781032736143
RRP: £37.99Booksplease Price: £34.95The Morse Code: Decoding the Career of Iconic Lighting Designer Peter Morse explores key developments and evolving techniques, processes, and technology within contemporary theatrical lighting design... -
AC/DC in the Studio: The Stories Behind Every Album by Jake Brown 9781782194262
Booksplease Price: £10.00AC/DC have undergone several line-up changes since releasing their first album, High Voltage, in 1975. However, they have gone from strength to strength and are celebrating their 40th anniversary in... -
Myth, Mind and the Screen: Understanding the Heroes of our Time by John Izod 9780521796866
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £35.67Myth, Mind and the Screen is a systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films (including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano) as well as a variety of... -
Michigan's Haunted Legends and Lore by Kristy Robinett 9780764342400
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.42Journey across the State of Michigan, rich in history, to read over 40 tales of the strange, the unusual, and the haunted of centuries past. Discover the spectral cries of the lost souls under a... -
Shodasha Varga: The 16 Divisional Charts of Vedic Astrology by Komilla Sutton 9781910531594
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £32.15The Shodasa Vargas or sixteen divisional charts are an essential technique that is studied in vedic astrology in order to understand the true nature of an individual. Each varga focuses on a... -
The NewsBreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decade's Biggest Stories by Larry Garrison 9781595552877
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £8.22When it comes to high-level journalism, you're either "in the know" or you're out of business. Larry Garrison is in the know. Part producer, part storyteller, and part news broker, Garrison... -
Pack of Dogs by Michael Gillette
RRP: £17.50Booksplease Price: £12.52Content Michael Gillette's mesmerising illustrations blend beloved, iconic music legends, both past and present, with their dog counterparts. A celebration of pup and pop culture for music and and... -
The River of Winged Dreams by Aberjhani 9780557445851
RRP: £6.38Booksplease Price: £6.37THE RIVER OF WINGED DREAMS both continues the series established with SONGS OF THE ANGELIC GAZE and THE BRIDGE OF SILVER WINGS, and at the same time offers reading audiences something completely new... -
Calvin Harris - the $100 Million Dj by Douglas Wight
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.28He's made $100 million, is the hottest DJ in the world and has worked with the pop royalty - but who is Calvin Harris? And how did he go from stacking shelves in his local supermarket to such... -
Back to the Fifties: Nostalgia, Hollywood Film, and Popular Music of the Seventies and Eighties by Michael D. Dwyer 9780199356843
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £31.52Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Hollywood studios and record companies churned out films, albums, music videos and promotional materials that sought to recapture, revise, and re-imagine the 1950s... -
Dear Green Sounds - Glasgow's Music Through Time and Buildings: The Apollo, Glasgow Pavilion, Mono, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and More Kate Molleson 9781849341936
RRP: £15.00Booksplease Price: £12.59Glasgow has always been known for its live music, and at the heart of any music community it is the live venues and buildings that are important, and play host to local and touring acts. One of the... -
Editing and Montage in International Film and Video: Theory and Technique by Luis Fernando Morales Morante
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69Editing and Montage in International Film and Video presents a theoretical and practical approach to the art of editing. In this book, Luis Fernando Morales Morante explores the international...