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Accountable: How we Can Save Capitalism by Warren Valmanis
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.38"Uses a combination of great stories and thoughtful analysis to suggest that we must find a way to change the purpose of our corporations if we are to build a society that works for all of us... -
Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing by Peter Robison
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.74'The astoundingly well reported and beautifully told story of the downfall of what was once a great American company. A must-read' Bethany McLean, bestselling author of The Smartest Guys in the Room... -
American Dreams, American Nightmares: Culture and Crisis in Residential Real Estate from the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Daniel Horowitz 9781469671499
RRP: £79.00Booksplease Price: £67.40Two decades punctuated by the financial crisis of the Great Recession and the public health crisis of COVID-19 have powerfully reshaped housing in America. By integrating social, economic,... -
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt 9780141019017 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.19Assume nothing, question everything.This is the message at the heart of Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner's rule-breaking, iconoclastic book about crack dealers, cheating teachers and bizarre baby... -
Molly's Game: The Riveting Book that Inspired the Aaron Sorkin Film by Molly Bloom 9780008274429 [USED COPY]
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £2.69A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN, AND STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN, IDRIS ELBA, KEVIN COSTNER... -
The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor by John Kay 9780140296723 [USED COPY]
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £1.98Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model - unfettered self-interest, privatization and low tax -... -
The Journals of Captain Cook by James Cook
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New... -
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call if what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history.From the... -
Sold Out!: How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy by James Rickards
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Empty shelves, petrol station queues and energy shortages: crises more familiar to those who lived through the 1960s and 1970s have now become a reality for many as global shipping times are... -
Market Mover: Lessons from a Decade of Change at Nasdaq Robert Greifeld 9781529343779
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.45Robert Greifeld was CEO of NASDAQ for over a decade, during which time it was named Company of the Year, ranked one of the best performing companies in the U.S., included in Fortune's annual list of... -
Why Wall Street Matters by William D. Cohan
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23If you like your smartphone or your widescreen TV, your car or your pension, then, whether you know it or not, you are a fan of Wall Street.William D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards, has... -
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live by Jared Diamond
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.89From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our... -
The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 by Gregory Zuckerman 9780241309735
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.74NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BUSINESS BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE FT AND MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019'Reads more like a delicious page-turning novel...Put it on your holiday... -
Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell by John Preston 9780241388686 [USED COPY]
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £1.98WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise... -
Economics for Social Workers: The Application of Economic Theory to Social Policy and the Human Services by Michael Anthony Lewis
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £23.69This primer for social work students introduces the general definitions and concepts of economics and uses case studies in social work to develop applied knowledge. The case studies include stories... -
The Forgotten Girls: An American Story by Monica Potts
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £13.43RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I couldn't put it down. . . an important book, raw and simple enough that you can't help but feel it deeply' James Rebanks, author of The... -
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich by Chrystia Freeland
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Forget the 1% - it's time to get to grips with the 0.1% ...There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider - and now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck... -
Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47This is the story of one man's fight against a multibillion dollar colossus. A man who stood up for what was right, whatever the cost. The brilliant young forensic pathologist had no idea that the... -
This Is Not A Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook by Extinction Rebellion 9780141991443 [USED COPY]
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £1.97Extinction Rebellion are inspiring a whole generation to take action on climate breakdown. Now you can become part of the movement - and together, we can make history.It's time. This is our last... -
Jesus: Nativity - Passion - Resurrection by Geza Vermes
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.16The Nativity, Passion and Resurrection are the three defining episodes in the life of Jesus, forming the foundations of the Christian tradition. But what is the truth behind these epoch-making... -
Thrive: The Power of Psychological Therapy by Richard Layard
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95A ground-breaking argument for better treatment of mental health from Richard Layard (author of Happiness) and David M. Clark.Britain has become a world leader in providing psychological therapies... -
The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy by Christopher Leonard 9781982166649
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.35The New York Times bestseller from business journalist Christopher Leonard infiltrates one of America's most mysterious institutions-the Federal Reserve-to show how its policies spearheaded by... -
Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2019 by Tim Benson 9781786331977 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.03A hilarious companion to the year's political turmoil, featuring the work of Martin Rowson, Steve Bell, Peter Brookes, Nicola Jennings and many more . . . 2019 was the year of Brexit, obviously. But... -
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.74The completely updated, final edition of the global bestseller - one of the most influential books of the 21st century'Few books can be said to have changed the world, but Nudge did. The Final... -
Fall: Winner of the Costa Biography Award 2021 John Preston 9780241388686
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.31WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2021THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEARA dramatic, gripping account of the rise... -
The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co. by William D. Cohan
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.73William D. Cohan's The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co. is the astonishing story of the world's most elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. ... -
The Truth About Markets: Why Some Nations are Rich But Most Remain Poor by John Kay
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Capitalism faltered at the end of the 1990s as corporations were rocked by fraud, the stock-market bubble burst and the American business model - unfettered self-interest, privatization and low tax -... -
Andrew Carnegie by David Nasaw
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £14.67Celebrated historian David Nasaw, whom The New York Times Book Review has called "a meticulous researcher and a cool analyst," brings new life to the story of one of America's most famous and... -
The Trading Game: A Confession Gary Stevenson 9781802062731
Booksplease Price: £9.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorGary Stevenson left his trading career behind, convinced that solving inequality was the only way to repair... -
Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind by Doug MacLean 9781982149963
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.62Doug MacLean, former NHL coach, general manager, team president, and one of the game's biggest personalities, reveals how teams build for greatness-or fail to-on hockey's most anticipated day. A... -
Molly's Game: The Riveting Book that Inspired the Aaron Sorkin Film by Molly Bloom 9780008278366
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY AARON SORKIN, AND STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN, IDRIS ELBA, KEVIN COSTNER... -
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Chimpanzee: how our animal heritage affects the way we live by Jared Diamond 9780099913801 [USED COPY]
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £2.27From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs and SteelMore than 98 % of human genes are shared with two species of chimpanzee. The 'third' chimpanzee is man. Jared Diamond surveys our... -
The Quants: The maths geniuses who brought down Wall Street by Scott Patterson
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £11.09You're a genius. Nobody plays the financial markets better than you. What could possibly go wrong?Quants - quantitative analysts - were the maths masterminds let loose on Wall Street in the belief... -
The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III by Adam Smith
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Books I-III laid the foundations of economic theory in general and 'classical' economics in particular, and... -
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324 by Emmanuel le Roy Ladurie
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a rich cast of... -
The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution, 1700-1850 by Joel Mokyr
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £15.97Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? What explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way?In the years... -
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51The Irish potato famine of the 1840s, perhaps the most appalling event of the Victorian era, killed over a million people and drove as many more to emigrate to America. It may not have been the... -
The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95'One of the most engrossing books I have ever read' Daily TelegraphJohn Kenneth Galbraith's now-classic account of the 1929 stock market collapse remains the definitive book on the most disastrous... -
Why Aren't They Shouting?: A Banker's Tale of Change, Computers and Perpetual Crisis by Kevin Rodgers
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.46'Eloquent, entertaining and accessible.' FT AdviserWhen Kevin Rodgers embarked on his career in finance, dealing rooms were filled with clamouring traders and gesticulating salesmen. Nearly three... -
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £7.74Bee Wilson is the food writer and historian who writes as the 'Kitchen Thinker' in the Sunday Telegraph, and is the author of Swindled!. Her charming and original new book, Consider the Fork,...