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War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the... -
Goliath’s Curse: A Deep History of Societal Collapse and What it Means for Our Future by Luke Kemp 9780241741238
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £19.53A radical retelling of human history through collapse, and what it means for our uncertain future A radical retelling of human history through collapse - from the dawn of our species to the urgent... -
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Paul Ehrlich 9781503604131
RRP: £21.99Booksplease Price: £18.78There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also... -
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden Epidemic by Paul Ehrlich
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.58There's a silent epidemic in western civilization, and it is right under our noses. Our jaws are getting smaller and our teeth crooked and crowded, creating not only aesthetic challenges but also... -
Galileo's Middle Finger by Alice Dreger 9780143108115
RRP: £18.90Booksplease Price: £18.53"Smart, delightful . . . a splendidly entertaining education in ethics, activism, and science." -The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) An impassioned defense of intellectual freedom and... -
The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £20.26Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a... -
The Age of Sustainable Development by Jeffrey D. Sachs
RRP: £42.00Booksplease Price: £35.15Jeffrey D. Sachs is one of the world's most perceptive and original analysts of global development. In this major new work he presents a compelling and practical framework for how global citizens can... -
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.51Naomi Klein, author of the #1 international bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, returns with This Changes Everything, a must-read on how the climate crisis needs to spur transformational... -
Humanity on a Tightrope: Thoughts on Empathy, Family, and Big Changes for a Viable Future by Paul R. Ehrlich 9781442206496
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £12.08When we think of family, we most often think of our sisters and brothers, our cousins and grandparents, rather than our world family or even our community connections. We still identify with our... -
The World: A Family History by Simon Sebag Montefiore 9781780225616
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.68THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARFrom the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the... -
Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the new science of the human past by David Reich
RRP: £13.49Booksplease Price: £10.12The past few years have seen a revolution in our ability to map whole genome DNA from ancient humans. With the ancient DNA revolution, combined with rapid genome mapping of present human populations,... -
Capitalism and the Jews by Jerry Z. Muller
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £18.57The unique historical relationship between capitalism and the Jews is crucial to understanding modern European and Jewish history. But the subject has been addressed less often by mainstream... -
Codebreaking & Cryptograms: A Practical Guide by Elonka Dunin
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.33'The best book on codebreaking I have read', SIR DERMOT TURING 'Brings back the joy I felt when I first read about these things as a kid', PHIL ZIMMERMANN 'This is at last the single book on... -
Water, Peace, and War: Confronting the Global Water Crisis by Brahma Chellaney 9781442221390
Booksplease Price: £74.75This pioneering and authoritative study considers the profound impact of the growing global water crunch on international peace and security as well as possible ways to mitigate the crisis. Although... -
When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the Long Emergency, 2nd Edition Matthew Stein 9781933392455
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.52There's never been a better time to be prepared. "This book is an indispensable basic manual for the real-life issues that await us in the decades to come. . . [A] treasure trove of practical...