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The New Local Government System Peter G. Richards 9781032782188
RRP: £29.99Booksplease Price: £29.49Originally published in 1956, this book outlines the history of delegation in local government since the establishment of county councils in 1888. It describes the use made of delegation over a wide... -
The Anabasis of Cyrus by Xenophon 9780801489990
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £18.01An excellent book for anyone interested in Ancient Greek warfare, or just a rattling good tale. The NYMAS Review One of the foundational works of military history and political philosophy, and an... -
Understanding Poverty by Pete Alcock 9781403940933
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £35.27Pete Alcock provides a comprehensive introduction to the analysis of poverty and social exclusion covering the definition, measurement, distribution and causes of poverty and the policies developed... -
Pierre Bayle's Cartesian Metaphysics: Rediscovering Early Modern Philosophy by Todd Ryan
RRP: £58.99Booksplease Price: £54.98In his magnum opus, the Historical and Critical Dictionary, Pierre Bayle offered a series of brilliant criticisms of the major philosophical and theological systems of the 17th Century. Although... -
Canada at a Crossroads: Boundaries, Bridges, and Laissez-Faire Racism in Indigenous-Settler Relations by Jeffrey Denis
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.06Winner of the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, Canada at a Crossroads draws on group position theory, settler colonial studies, critical race theory, and Indigenous theorizing. Canada... -
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Merleau-Ponty and Phenomenology of Perception by Komarine Romdenh-Romluc 9780415343152
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.99Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908 - 1961) is hailed as one of the key philosophers of the twentieth century. Phenomenology of Perception is his most famous and influential work, and an essential text for... -
Delivering Social Welfare: Governance and Service Provision in the UK by Derek Birrell 9781447319177
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £69.79As the system of governance and delivery of social welfare in the UK radically changes, this important new book argues that the extent of this change is such that it could be considered a fundamental... -
Japan Through the Looking Glass by Alan MacFarlane 9781861979674 [USED COPY]
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £1.98A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY THROUGH JAPAN'S MULTI-FACETED CUSTOMS AND CULTURE 'An excellent book for anyone with an interest in Japanese culture' Sunday Telegraph 'Takes in everything from the... -
Archaeology of Identity by Margarita Diaz-Andreu
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £38.83Bringing together a wealth of scholarship which provides a unique integrated approach to identity, The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of the five key areas which have recently emerged... -
Front to Back by Sally Lewis
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89FRONT TO BACK sees urban housing as places to live rather than individual buildings. Using a unique design agenda it provides a step by step approach to achieving quality urban living. A useful... -
Reading Luke--Acts: Dynamics of Biblical Narrative by William S. Kurz
RRP: £37.00Booksplease Price: £28.20This excellent book shows how literary criticism illuminates the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, reclaiming them as biblical narrative. William Kurz explores literary aspects such as... -
Israel's Prophetic Tradition: Essays in Honour of Peter R. Ackroyd by Richard Coggins 9780521318860
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £39.21This successful volume of essays by distinguished scholars not only makes a contribution to the study of Old Testament prophets but also summarizes scholarship in a way particularly appropriate to... -
Working with Words: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Vocabulary by Ruth Gairns 9780521317092 [USED COPY]
RRP: £38.17Booksplease Price: £1.99The book discusses the linguistic and psychological theories relevant to vocabulary learning, describes with clear examples traditional and current methods of presentation and practice, and suggests... -
The French Exception: Emmanuel Macron - The Extraordinary Rise and Risk by Adam Plowright
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.23'Adam Plowright's excellent book captures the strangeness of Macron's life' Evening StandardTHE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF EMMANUEL MACRON IN ENGLISHFrom total unknown to one of Europe's most powerful men in... -
Musical Savants: Exceptional Skill in the Mentally Retarded by Leon K. Miller
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £49.89Using the case study of "Eddie" as his framework, Professor Miller challenges the prevailing notion that musical savants are essentially phenomenal tape recorders and deals with the issue of "idiot... -
Regional Frequency Analysis: An Approach Based on L-Moments J. R. M. Hosking (IBM T J Watson Research Center, New York) 9780521019408
RRP: £36.00Booksplease Price: £35.67Extreme environmental events, such as floods, droughts, rainstorms and high winds, have severe consequences for human society. Regional frequency analysis helps to solve the problem of estimating the... -
Great Ape Societies by William C. McGrew 9780521555364
RRP: £53.00Booksplease Price: £51.91The great apes (chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans) are our closest living relatives, sharing a common ancestor only five million years ago. We also share key features such as high... -
Heresy, Magic and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe by Gary K. Waite 9780333754344
Booksplease Price: £40.79Bringing together the fields of Reformation and witchcraft studies, Gary K. Waite reveals how the early-modern period's religious conflicts led to widespread confusion and uncertainty, against which... -
How to Write Better Essays by Bryan Greetham 9781137293282 [USED COPY]
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £2.54This indispensable guide takes students through each step of the essay writing process, enabling them to tackle written assignments with confidence. Students will develop their ability to analyse... -
The New Local Government System by Peter G. Richards 9781032782171
Booksplease Price: £108.12Originally published in 1956, this book outlines the history of delegation in local government since the establishment of county councils in 1888. It describes the use made of delegation over a wide... -
Business Statistics: for Non-Mathematicians by Sonia Taylor 9780230506466
Booksplease Price: £76.10Business Statistics is a student-friendly book written to encourage first year business students to understand (and enjoy!) their first experience of statistics. Each topic is well illustrated, with... -
America's Pursuit of Precision Bombing, 1910-1945 by Stephen L. McFarland 9780817355036
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £23.21Describes the refinement of American military technology.ReviewsThis is a first-rate book.... At its core, this is a meticulously researched, nicely written 'biography' of the widely renowned, but in... -
Modern X-Ray Analysis on Single Crystals: A Practical Guide by Peter Luger 9783110308235
RRP: £144.50Booksplease Price: £97.30An excellent book for professional crystallographers! In 2012 the crystallographic community celebrated 100 years of X-ray diffraction in honour of the pioneering experiment in 1912 by Max von Laue,... -
Orchestral Technique: A Manual for Students by Gordon Jacob 9780193182042
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £77.29This comprehensive but concise guide for the student of orchestration is also an excellent book of reference for the practicing musician. Each instrument is considered within its respective group and... -
Working with Words: A Guide to Teaching and Learning Vocabulary by Ruth Gairns 9780521317092
RRP: £38.17Booksplease Price: £32.06The book discusses the linguistic and psychological theories relevant to vocabulary learning, describes with clear examples traditional and current methods of presentation and practice, and suggests... -
Mental Models and the Interpretation of Anaphora Alan Garnham 9781138883123
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £55.84The interpretation of anaphora - how we interpret expressions such as definite pronouns (he, she, it) and verbal elliptical phrases (such as "did so, too") in the course of ordinary conversation or... -
The Therapeutic Community Movement: Charisma and Routinisation Nick Manning 9780415030571
Booksplease Price: £33.00There are now more than 1000 therapeutic communites world wide. Yet the fervour which heralded the approach has cooled. Nick Manning tells the story of the therapeutic community movement. Against... -
Music and the Emotions: The Philosophical Theories by Malcolm Budd 9780415087797
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £39.69It has often been claimed, and frequently denied, that music derives some or all of its artistic value from the relation in which it stands to the emotions. This book presents and subjects to... -
Global Ethics: An Introduction by Kimberly Hutchings 9781509513949
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £49.05This revised edition of Kimberly Hutchings's best-selling textbook provides an accessible introduction to the field of Global Ethics for students of politics, international relations and... -
Numerical Modeling Of Ocean Dynamics by Zygmunt Kowalik 9789810213343
RRP: £56.00Booksplease Price: £50.53While there are several excellent books dealing with numerical analysis and analytical theory, one has to practically sift through hundreds of references. This monograph is an attempt to partly... -
The Macroeconomic Debate: Models of the Closed and Open Economy by Brian Hillier 9780631177586
RRP: £57.95Booksplease Price: £54.11This textbook enables readers to understand the current debate amongst macroeconomists by examining the major theoretical controversies that have raged in macroeconomics since the publication of... -
Workplace Leadership by Robin Lindbeck 9781793568861
RRP: £92.00Booksplease Price: £83.55Through an engaging selection of scholarly articles, Workplace Leadership provides students with valuable insight into practical leadership skills and capabilities. It articulates leadership as a... -
Principles of Functional Analysis by Martin Schechter 9781470480851
RRP: £76.00Booksplease Price: £73.35This excellent book provides an elegant introduction to functional analysis ... carefully selected problems ... This is a nicely written book of great value for stimulating active work by students... -
Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the Post-Washington Consensus by Ben Fine
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £37.14This excellent book, newly available in paperback, addresses the growing dissatisfaction with the neo-liberal post-Washington consensus. The concern of the contributors in writing this collection was... -
Development Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the Post-Washington Consensus by Ben Fine 9781138153387
RRP: £96.99Booksplease Price: £90.68This excellent book, newly available in paperback, addresses the growing dissatisfaction with the neo-liberal post-Washington consensus. The concern of the contributors in writing this collection was... -
What Would My Class Look Like If I Believed in Myself More? by Carolyn Orange 9781475806519
Booksplease Price: £56.13This book is a treasure trove of information, generously sprinkled with gems of wisdom and insights for helping teachers to eradicate doubt and uncertainty about their teaching. The dynamism of the... -
Heidegger's Analytic: Interpretation, Discourse and Authenticity in Being and Time by Professor Taylor Carman 9780521820455
RRP: £94.00Booksplease Price: £89.99This 2003 book offers an interpretation of Heidegger's major work, Being and Time. Unlike those who view Heidegger as an idealist, Taylor Carman argues that Heidegger is best understood as a realist... -
Physical Properties of Crystals: Their Representation by Tensors and Matrices by J. F. Nye 9780198511656
Booksplease Price: £88.83First published in 1957, this classic study has been reissued in a paperback version that includes an additional chapter bringing the material up to date. The author formulates the physical... -
Roman Constantinople in Byzantine Perspective: The Memorial and Aesthetic Rediscovery of Constantine’s Beautiful City, from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance by Paul Magdalino 9789004698895
Booksplease Price: £68.14This book studies the research perspective in which the literary inhabitants of Late Antique and medieval Constantinople remembered its past and conceptualised its existence as a Greek city that was... -
Mum and Dad Glue by Kes Gray 9780340957110
RRP: £7.99Booksplease Price: £5.66This comforting, reassuring picture book will help young children come to terms with divorce and separation.A little boy tries to find a pot of parent glue to stick his mum and dad back together...