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Man V. Nature: From the Booker-shortlisted author of The New Wilderness Diane Cook 9781786078858
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.65*SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015* SHORTLISTED FOR THE LA TIMES BOOKS PRIZE 2015 A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE NOTABLE BOOK OF 2014 A BOSTON GLOBE BEST FICTION OF 2014 ... -
Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner's Guide by Robin Dunbar 9781851683567
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25Evolutionary Psychology: A Beginner's Guide is a uniquely accessible yet comprehensive guide to the study of the effects of evolutionary theory on human behaviour. Written specifically for the... -
Buddhisms: An Introduction by John S. Strong 9781780745053
RRP: $52.50Booksplease Price: $36.62Buddhism or Buddhisms? By the time they move on to Buddhism in Japan, many students who have studied its origins in India ask whether this is in fact the same religion, so different can they appear... -
Head in the Cloud: Dispatches from a Post-Fact World by William Poundstone 9781786071156
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.65Never before have we had so much information at our fingertips. You might think that we are better-informed than ever, but there's one thing we can't ask Google: 'What should I be googling?' The... -
The Seven: The Lives and Legacies of the Founding Fathers of the Irish Republic by Ruth Dudley Edwards
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95On Easter Sunday, 23 April 1916, the seven members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood's military council met to proclaim an Irish Republic with themselves as the provisional government. After a week... -
The Trials of the King of Hampshire: Madness, Secrecy and Betrayal in Georgian England by Elizabeth Foyster
RRP: $63.00Booksplease Price: $50.72A Guardian best history book of 2016 Eccentric, shy aristocrat ... or mad, bad and dangerous to know? Neighbour Jane Austen found the 3rd earl of Portsmouth a model gentleman and Lord Byron... -
Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa's Deadliest War by Ben Rawlence
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25In this extraordinary debut - called 'gripping' by The Times of London - Ben Rawlence sets out to gather the news from a forgotten town deep in Congo's 'silent quarter' where peace is finally being... -
The Fight for Beauty: Our Path to a Better Future Fiona Reynolds 9781786071040
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95We live in a world where the drive for economic growth is crowding out everything that can't be given a monetary value. We're stuck on a treadmill where only the material things in life gain traction... -
The Baha'i Faith in Words and Images by John Danesh 9781851682195
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $19.51In an age where so many are preoccupied with global issues of freedom, human rights, peace and religious intolerance, the Baha'i Faith and its teachings are more relevant than ever before. This... -
A Geography of Time by Robert V. Levine 9781851684656
RRP: $54.60Booksplease Price: $43.07In this engaging and humorous book, eminent social psychologist Robert Levine explores a dimension of our experience that we take for granted - our experience of time. Taking us on an enchanting tour... -
Oak and Ash and Thorn: The Ancient Woods and New Forests of Britain by Peter Fiennes
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25A Guardian Best Nature Book of the Year The magic and mystery of the woods are embedded in culture, from ancient folklore to modern literature. They offer us refuge: a place to play, a place to... -
Coping with an Anxious or Depressed Child: A CBT Guide for Parents and Children by Samantha Cartwright-Hatton 9781851684823
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $18.88Does your child suffer from anxiety or depression? Are you at a loss as to what to do about it? This navigational tool, written by eminent clinical psychologist Sam Cartwright-Hatton, gives... -
The Baha'i Faith in Words and Images by John Danesh
RRP: $42.00Booksplease Price: $30.05In an age where so many are preoccupied with global issues of freedom, human rights, peace and religious intolerance, the Baha'i Faith and its teachings are more relevant than ever before. This... -
Japan: A Short History by Mikiso Hane
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic... -
The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J. Andersson 9781786072085
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95WINNER OF THE MARCO POLO OUTSTANDING GENERAL TRAVEL THEMED BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2018 EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS The story begins in a public square in New Delhi. On a cold... -
The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt Winner of the Goncourt du Premier Roman Winner of the Prix des Cinq Continents Winner of the Prix Francois Mauriac THE NOVEL THAT HAS TAKEN THE... -
Quantum Physics: A Beginner's Guide by Alistair I. M. Rae 9781851683697
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25From quarks to computing, this fascinating introduction covers every element of the quantum world in clear and accessible language. Drawing on a wealth of expertise to explain just what a fascinating... -
A Girl's Guide to Spying Holly Webb 9781836431213
RRP: $16.78Booksplease Price: $12.35'A rollicking, fun read written ... Rich with historical texture that brings the past vividly to life, Holly once again proves why she's a true superstar of children's fiction.' Hannah Gold, author... -
The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story Serhii Plokhy 9781786071767
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.581961. The height of the Cold War. Just hours before work begins on the Berlin Wall, a KGB assassin and his young wife flee for the West before the Iron Curtain comes down and traps them in the East... -
Democracy and Its Crisis by A. C. Grayling
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $13.50The EU referendum in the UK and Trump's victory in the USA sent shockwaves through our democratic systems. In Democracy and Its Crisis A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of... -
The Spinning Magnet: The Force That Created the Modern World - and Could Destroy It by Alanna Mitchell 9781786075505
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95Many times through deep history Earth's magnetic poles have switched places, leaving our planet's protective shield weaker and life vulnerable to devastating solar storms. The last time it happened... -
Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change It: Wisdom of the Great Philosophers on How to Live by Daniel Klein 9781780749327
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25"Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it." The words of Reinhold Niebuhr provide the title and set the tone for what is a wryly humorous look at some of the great philosophical... -
Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom is Under Threat and Why it Matters by Anthony Lester
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95Human Rights Equality Free Speech Privacy The Rule of Law These five ideas are vitally important to the way of life we enjoy today. The battle to establish them in law was long and... -
The Spinning Magnet: The Force That Created the Modern World - and Could Destroy It by Alanna Mitchell
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $27.64Many times through deep history Earth's magnetic poles have switched places, leaving our planet's protective shield weaker and life vulnerable to devastating solar storms. The last time it happened... -
This Land Is Your Land: On A Road Trip to Make Sense of America Beverly Gage 9781836430582
RRP: $46.20Booksplease Price: $32.05America's getting old. It's soon to celebrate its 250th birthday. It's getting harder and harder for its citizens to find anything to agree on, even the nation's history. But it's still possible to... -
The Tetris Effect: The Cold War Battle for the World's Most Addictive Game by Dan Ackerman 9780861547814
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.2521 February 1989. Three men fly into Moscow, representing software giants from Britain, America, and Japan. Each of them is determined to undercut the others in order to secure a technology so... -
The Reputation Game: The Art of Changing How People See You by Rupert Younger
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25It's a game you're already playing, whether you like it or not. You can choose to ignore it and remain at the mercy of what others say about you, or you can take the time to learn how it works. For... -
Breadline Britain: The Rise of Mass Poverty Stewart Lansley 9781780745442
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.58Poverty in Britain is at post-war highs and - even with economic growth -is set to increase yet further. Food bank queues are growing, levels of severe deprivation have been rising, and increasing... -
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Daniel Klein
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $15.48Here's an accusation - Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything. When it comes to language, it all depends on what your definition of 'is' is. And one for the existentialists - you haven't lived... -
Oneiron Laura Lindstedt 9781786075116
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95'This book is stunning, phenomenal, wow.' Cecelia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You WINNER OF THE FINLANDIA PRIZE Seven women meet in a white, undefined space seconds after their deaths ... -
The Tiger and the Acrobat by Susanna Tamaro
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.65INCLUDES SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED LINE DRAWINGS Little Tiger is not like other tigers. Not content to spend her days alone, roaming the snow forests of Siberia hunting prey, she prefers instead to... -
The Triumph of Christianity: How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World Bart D. Ehrman 9781786074836
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $18.88How did Christianity become the dominant religion in the West? In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of... -
Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Webs?: And 317 Other Everyday Mysteries of Science by Robert Matthews 9781851689002
RRP: $16.78Booksplease Price: $12.35Why can't we tickle ourselves? Which properties give you the best chance of winning Monopoly? What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Is it possible to hurt your brain if you think too much?... -
The Firm: The Inside Story of McKinsey, The World's Most Controversial Management Consultancy by Duff McDonald 9781780745923
RRP: $25.18Booksplease Price: $17.58They helped invent the bar code. They revolutionized business schools and created the corporate practices that now rule our world. McKinsey employees are trusted and distrusted, loved and despised... -
Shadow Wars: The Secret Struggle for the Middle East by Christopher Davidson
RRP: $35.68Booksplease Price: $26.06In this unparalleled investigation, Christopher Davidson exposes the true extent of Western interference in the Middle East over the past one hundred years. Drawing on the examination of hundreds of... -
A Very Dangerous Woman: The Lives, Loves and Lies of Russia's Most Seductive Spy Deborah McDonald 9781780747972
RRP: $27.28Booksplease Price: $18.88Moura Budberg: spy, adventurer, charismatic seductress and mistress of two of the century's greatest writers, the Russian aristocrat Baroness Moura Budberg was born in 1892 to indulgence, pleasure... -
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
RRP: $23.08Booksplease Price: $16.25THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNING AUTHOR A TIME MAGAZINE TOP 10 NOVEL OF 2016 | SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2016 FROM THE WINNER OF THE... -
Nineteenth-Century Art: A Beginner's Guide by Laurie Schneider Adams
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95Munch's The Scream. Van Gogh's Starry Night. Rodin's The Thinker. Monet's water lilies. Constable's landscapes. The nineteenth-century gave us a wealth of artistic riches so memorable in their... -
How to Predict Everything: The Formula Transforming What We Know About Life and the Universe by William Poundstone
RRP: $20.98Booksplease Price: $14.95How do you predict something that has never happened before? There's a useful calculation being employed by Wall Street, Silicon Valley and maths professors all over the world, and it predicts... -
Tuff by Paul Beatty
RRP: $18.88Booksplease Price: $13.78'Beatty insistently finds poetry in the projects, dignity on the street.' Guardian 'Beatty's blunt, impious, streetwise eloquence [is] transfixing' New York Times 'The writing here is seamless and...