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Modern Mobility Aloft: Elevated Highways, Architecture, and Urban Change in Pre-Interstate America by Amy D. Finstein
RRP: $30.81Booksplease Price: $27.68In the first half of the twentieth century, urban elevated highways were much more than utilitarian infrastructure, lifting traffic above the streets; they were statements of civic pride, asserting... -
Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism Philip J. Stern 9780674299290
RRP: $22.71Booksplease Price: $18.45A Spectator Book of the Year "Brilliant, ambitious, and often surprising. A remarkable contribution to the current global debate about empire." -William Dalrymple, author of The Anarchy: The East... -
Why Are We Yelling: The Art of Productive Disagreement by Buster Benson
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $18.26'This is a life-changing book. Read it three times and then give a copy to anyone you care about. It will make things better' - Seth Godin, author of This is Marketing'All you need is Buster Benson... -
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World William Dalrymple 9781408864418
RRP: $40.20Booksplease Price: $18.29THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA revolutionary new history of the diffusion of Indian ideas, from the award-winning, bestselling author and co-host of the chart-topping Empire podcast'Richly... -
The Secret Teachings of Plants: The Intelligence of the Heart in Direct Perception to Nature by Stephen Harrod Buhner 9781591430353
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $16.27All ancient and indigenous peoples insisted their knowledge of plant medicines came from the plants themselves and not through trial-and-error experimentation. Less well known is that many Western... -
Evensong: Reflections on the Church in England by Richard Morris
RRP: $16.07Booksplease Price: $11.58Parish churches have been at the heart of communities for more than a thousand years. But now, fewer than two in one hundred people regularly attend services in an Anglican church, and many have... -
Germany's Hidden Crisis: Social Decline in the Heart of Europe by Oliver Nachtwey
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.51One of the German-speaking world's leading young sociologists lays out modern Germany's social and political crisis and its implications for the future of the European hegemon. Upward social mobility... -
A Place of Our Own: Six Spaces That Shaped Queer Women's Culture - 'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' (Sarah Waters) June Thomas 9780349018959
RRP: $17.41Booksplease Price: $12.41A highly readable cultural history of queer women's lives in the second half of the twentieth century'An inspiring celebration of lesbian camaraderie, activism and fun' SARAH WATERS'A cracking read,... -
The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx's Capital by Beverley Best 9781804294802
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $19.36The Automatic Fetish traces Marx's analysis of capital, step by step, through the material compiled posthumously as the third volume of Capital. Identifying the critique of value as the central... -
In the Low: Honest Prayers for Dark Seasons Justin McRoberts 9781540904256
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.47We spend time in the Low because we're human, not because we're broken. In the Low is a collection of contemplative words and images for seasons of depression. It is a book designed to meet you... -
Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project by W. Eugene Smith
RRP: $42.88Booksplease Price: $38.99New edition of poignant selected images from famed Life photographer W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh project. In 1955, having just resigned from his high-profile but stormy career with Life Magazine,... -
Is the American Century Over? Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 9780745690070
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $10.57For more than a century, the United States has been the world's most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take its place. Does this mean that we are living in a... -
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor 9780691170275
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.09Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens,... -
Corey's Rock by Sita Brahmachari
RRP: $12.05Booksplease Price: $8.13Ten-year-old Isla has moved from Edinburgh to the Orkney Islands with her parents, to start a new life after the death of Isla's beloved young brother. Isla's mother's family is from Orkney and her... -
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World by Don Tapscott 9780241237861 [USED COPY]
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $3.60'This book has had an enormous impact' Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft'Spectacular. Mind-blowing in its expansiveness and profundity' Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple'Iconic' Clay Christensen, author... -
Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World Don Tapscott 9780241237861
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $10.65'This book has had an enormous impact' Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft'Spectacular. Mind-blowing in its expansiveness and profundity' Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple'Iconic' Clay Christensen, author... -
The Scent Of Buenos Aires by Hebe Uhart
RRP: $29.48Booksplease Price: $18.53The Scent of Buenos Aires offers the first book-length English translation of Uhart's work, drawing together her best vignettes of quotidian life: moments at the zoo, the hair salon, or a cacophonous... -
We Have Never Lived on Earth by Kasia Van Schaik
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.07Kasia Van Schaik's debut story collection follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town in British Columbia after moving from South Africa... -
Parenting at Your Child's Pace: The Integrative Pediatrician’s Guide to the First Three Years Joel Warsh 9781454952497
RRP: $13.39Booksplease Price: $9.92More adults with young children are committed to integrative and holistic health, but the available information can be overwhelming and confusing. Through accessible, evidence-based guidance, Dr... -
A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War by Williamson Murray
RRP: $25.39Booksplease Price: $23.20In the course of the twentieth century, no war looms as profoundly transformative or as destructive as World War II. Its global scope and human toll reveal the true face of modern, industrialized... -
A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
RRP: $29.41Booksplease Price: $26.33A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Tablet Best Book of the...