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Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth by Linda McDowell 9781405105859
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £53.81Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. Allows the... -
The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey Bartlomiej Paszylk 9781476681788
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £19.73The horror genre harbors a number of films too bold or bizarre to succeed with mainstream audiences, but offering unique, startling and often groundbreaking qualities that have won them an... -
Empires of the Imagination: A Critical Survey of Fantasy Cinema from Georges Melies to The Lord of the Rings Alec Worley 9781476681375
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £20.17The warlocks and ghosts of fantasy film haunt our popular culture, but the genre has too long been ignored by critics. This comprehensive critical survey of fantasy cinema demonstrates that the... -
Sisters On Screen by Eva Rueschmann 9781566397476
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48Perhaps the most vital, emotionally complex, and lasting attachments between women occur between sisters. Whether as best friends or antagonists, "sisters remain entangled in a common tapestry of... -
J. R. R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend by Colin Duriez 9780745955148
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.40Long before the successful The Lord of the Rings films, J.R.R. Tolkien's creations, imagination, and characters had captured the attention of millions of readers. But who was the man who dreamt up... -
Crucible of Gold (The Temeraire Series, Book 7) by Naomi Novik
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the... -
Sisters On Screen by Eva Rueschmann
RRP: £73.00Booksplease Price: £69.65Perhaps the most vital, emotionally complex, and lasting attachments between women occur between sisters. Whether as best friends or antagonists, "sisters remain entangled in a common tapestry of... -
Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth Linda McDowell (University of Cambridge, UK) 9781405105866
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.74Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young working class men. Allows the... -
Masculinities and Place Andrew Gorman-Murray 9781138547230
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.34Masculinities and Place bring together an impressive range of high-profile and emerging researchers to consolidate and expand new domains of interest in the geographies of men and masculinities. It... -
Fan Phenomena: The Lord of the Rings by Lorna Piatti-Farnell 9781783205158
Booksplease Price: £30.23Few, if any, books come close to being as beloved - or as ubiquitous - as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The book delves into the philosophy of the series and its fans, the distinctions between the... -
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 9781447275206 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £2.69A haunting and heartbreaking novel narrated from heaven as a young girl watches over her family and killer.My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on... -
Public Capital Expenditure in OECD Countries: The Causes and Impact of the Decline in Public Capital Spending by Jan-Egbert Sturm 9781858988276
Booksplease Price: £109.06This important book investigates the causes of the decline in public capital spending which has occurred in most OECD countries over the past 25 years, and estimates the macroeconomic consequences of... -
With Great Power: How Spider-Man Conquered Hollywood during the Golden Age of Comic Book Blockbusters by Sean O'Connell
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.08This is the Golden Age of comic-book blockbusters. Since his introduction in August 1962, Spider-Man's pop culture reach has extended from comic books and clothing to video games, toys, and... -
Intelligence and International Security: New Perspectives and Agendas by Len Scott 9780415661164
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £36.66The events of 9/11 and subsequent acts of jihadist terrorism, together with the failures of intelligence agencies over Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction, have arguably heralded a new age of... -
Geographies of Race and Food: Fields, Bodies, Markets Rachel Slocum 9781138250673
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £52.74While interest in the relations of power and identity in food explodes, a hesitancy remains about calling these racial. What difference does race make in the fields where food is grown, the places it... -
Year of the Ring Susana Polo 9798886635553
RRP: £32.99Booksplease Price: £23.23Gather your fellowship and retrace the remarkable journey from the Shire to Mordor with this detailed and in-depth exploration of Peter Jackson's timeless Lord of the Rings trilogy. From Tolkien's... -
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson.With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker, author of The Age of Miracles.My name was Salmon, like... -
Maybe I'm Amazed John Harris 9781399814034
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.56Obsessed with music as a child - listening to everything he could lay his hands on, going to gigs, starting a band, and then pursuing a career in music journalism - John Harris had no idea that he... -
Throne of Jade (The Temeraire Series, Book 2) by Naomi Novik
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63History takes flight in the second book of Naomi Novik's deliciously addictive series which captures the Napoleonic period perfectly and skillfully layers the timeline with imagination by adding a... -
Halo Data: Understanding and Leveraging the Value of your Data by Caroline Carruthers 9781783306176
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £21.99The past two decades have seen an explosion both in the volume of data we use, and our understanding of its management.However, while techniques and technology for manipulating data have advanced... -
Quentin Tarantino: The iconic filmmaker and his work Ian Nathan 9781781317754
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £20.60Get an intimate look at the cult filmmaker of our generation. Packaged in a handsome slipcase and loaded with stunning pictures from the Kobal archives, this biography explores the genesis of... -
Internationalism in the Age of Nationalism by Glenda Sluga
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48The twentieth century, a time of profound disillusionment with nationalism, was also the great age of internationalism. To the twenty-first-century historian, the period from the late nineteenth... -
The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 3): The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring & Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth) Christopher Tolkien 9780008669294
RRP: £100.00Booksplease Price: £75.05Third in a series of hardcover boxed sets celebrating the literary achievement of Christopher Tolkien, featuring double-sided dustjackets. Set 3 contains The Return of the Shadow, The... -
Steven Spielberg: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work Ian Nathan 9780711295230
RRP: £28.00Booksplease Price: £20.60This comprehensive and in-depth study delves into the life and works of the most famous director who has ever lived, Steven Spielberg. Spielberg is the medium's defining artist - the embodiment of... -
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under Sam Heughan 9781804190807
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26WITH A FOREWORD BY SIR PETER JACKSONBuckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforgettable wild ride.They're back! Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to the... -
HUXLEY: The Oracle Ben Mauro 9780500029473
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £23.68The new prequel in the sci-fi universe HUXLEY, this spellbinding visual storybook is a unique vision of a post-apocalyptic future from leading game and film designer Ben Mauro. HUXLEY's original run... -
The Chief Data Officer's Playbook by Caroline Carruthers
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £18.43This fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling Chief Data Officer's Playbook offers new insights into the role of the CDO and the data environment. Written by two of the world's leading... -
Tongues of Serpents (The Temeraire Series, Book 6) by Naomi Novik
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.28Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the... -
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan 9781804190777
Booksplease Price: £13.60*With a foreword by Sir Peter Jackson*Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforgettable wild ride.They're back! Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to... -
Clanlands in New Zealand: Kiwis, Kilts, and an Adventure Down Under by Sam Heughan 9781804190760
Booksplease Price: £27.09*With a foreword by Sir Peter Jackson*Buckle up, grab a dram, and get ready for another unforgettable wild ride.They're back! Stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish are no strangers to... -
Temeraire (The Temeraire Series, Book 1) by Naomi Novik
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.63Naomi Novik's stunning series of novels follow the global adventures of Captain William Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire as they are thrown together to fight for Britain during the... -
Chop Shop Andrew Post 9781787582842
RRP: £9.95Booksplease Price: £7.38"Chop Shop is a wild blend of pulp fiction with dark comedy; its engrossing plot always seems just about to spin out of control." - Foreword Amber Hawthorne and Jolene Morris, roommates and... -
A Commodified World: Mapping the Limits of Capitalism by Colin C. Williams 9781842773550
Booksplease Price: £40.94A Commodified World critiques the notion that in Late Capitalism all economic relations become always ever more commodified, while 'non-capitalist' activities disappear. It demonstrates that a... -
Master Sketchbooks: Iconic Sci-Fi and Fantasy Artists Share Their Process 9781915992130
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £23.45Featuring ten iconic artists who have captivated science-fiction and fantasy fans for decades, Master Sketchbooks will take you on a journey into magical worlds and endlessly creative minds.These are... -
The Wisdom of the Shire: A Short Guide to a Long and Happy Life Noble Smith 9781444759662
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.26Coinciding with the release of the first of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, his follow-up to the huge Lord of the Rings success, The Wisdom of the Shire is a practical and fun guide - for Tolkien... -
J.R.R. Tolkien by Peter Hunt 9781137263995
Booksplease Price: £26.90J.R.R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential and popular of all fantasy writers. Although his position and status have long been controversial, his popularity has not faded. His best-loved works,... -
The Crab with the Golden Claws by Herge 9781405266963 [USED COPY]
RRP: £6.99Booksplease Price: £2.61One of the most iconic characters in children's booksThe world's most famous travelling reporter must handle the heat of the Sahara ... and the company of a new friend.Faced with a drowned sailor,... -
As Far as I Remember by Michael E. Kerr 9781841135656
Booksplease Price: £40.24This candidly written autobiography of Sir Michael Kerr chronicles the life of one of Britains most prominent judges of the 70s and 80s from his Continental childhood up to his career in the Court of... -
The Liturgical Sermons: The Reading-Cluny Collection, 2 of 2; Sermons 134-182; And a Sermon Upon the Translation of Saint Edward, Confessorvolume 2 by Aelred 9780879071875
Booksplease Price: £41.36Aelred (1110-1167) served Rievaulx Abbey, the second Cistercian monastery in England, for twenty years as abbot. During his abbacy he wrote thirteen treatises, some offering spiritual guidance and... -
J.R.R. Tolkien by Peter Hunt 9781137264008
Booksplease Price: £81.47J.R.R. Tolkien is arguably the most influential and popular of all fantasy writers. Although his position and status have long been controversial, his popularity has not faded. His best-loved works,...