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Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass by Darren McGarvey
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.95Brutally honest and fearless, Poverty Safari is an unforgettable insight into modern Britain, and will change how you think about poverty.The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller.Winner of the Orwell... -
Poverty Safari: Understanding the Anger of Britain's Underclass by Darren McGarvey 9781951627089
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £15.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951627089Author Darren McgarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher... -
The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain by Darren McGarvey
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION**LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'The standout, authentic voice of... -
The Social Distance Between Us: How Remote Politics Wrecked Britain by Darren McGarvey 9781529104080
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £14.70*A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION*'An Orwell for today's poor' - The Times'This is McGarvey at his best' - Observer'Breaks your heart and boils... -
The Seaside: England's Love Affair by Madeleine Bunting 9781783787197
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.76"...a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid." - Travis Elborough England's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines... -
The Seaside: England's Love Affair by Madeleine Bunting
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £13.86"...a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid." - Travis Elborough England's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines... -
Show Me the Bodies: How We Let Grenfell Happen by Peter Apps
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.82***WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*** 'Never before, in years of reviewing books about buildings, has one brought me to tears. This one did.' Rowan Moore, Observer Book of... -
Why You Won't Get Rich: How Capitalism Broke its Contract with Hard Work by Robert Verkaik
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.55From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality. Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought... -
Corrections in Ink: Dispatches from an American Prison by Keri Blakinger 9781785789380
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.76An electric memoir that follows a young woman from chasing Olympic dreams on the ice rink, through addiction and prison, to finally discovering her voice as a journalist. Keri Blakinger had always... -
Why You Won't Get Rich by Robert Verkaik
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.67From the bottom to the top of our economy, capitalism is too blunt an instrument to tackle Britain's epidemic of inequality. Soaring rents, unfair taxation and a growing gig economy have brought... -
Corrections in Ink: Dispatches from an American Prison by Keri Blakinger
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.58'A groundbreaking debut from an extraordinary writer ... a testament to where a woman can go after rock-bottom'PIPER KERMAN, New York Times bestselling author of ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACKKeri... -
Head Hand Heart: The Struggle for Dignity and Status in the 21st Century by David Goodhart
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21A FINANCIAL TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020The acclaimed new book from the celebrated author of The Road to Somewhere'Brilliant, will become a classic' Daily Telegraph'Utterly compelling ..... -
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis, by the 2023 Orwell Prize-winning journalist and author Daniel Lavelle 9781472279125
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.05***Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished... -
Down and Out: Surviving the Homelessness Crisis by Daniel Lavelle
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £16.91***Shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished... -
Estates: An Intimate History by Lynsey Hanley 9781783788651
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.76Lynsey Hanley was born and raised just outside of Birmingham on what was then the largest council estate in Europe, and she has lived for years on an estate in London's East End. Writing with... -
All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us by Kieran Yates
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £9.83'I tore through the pages. A book I'll read over and over again' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie ____________________________________________We've all had our share of dodgy landlords,... -
All In It Together: England in the Early 21st Century Alwyn Turner 9781788166737
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.54'Turner's seductive blend of political analysis, social reportage and cultural immersion puts him wonderfully at ease with his readers' David Kynaston 'Reading Alwyn Turner's account of life in... -
Snakes and Ladders: The great British social mobility myth Professor Selina Todd 9781784740818
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £10.27Politicians claim social mobility is real - a just reward for ambition and hard work. This book proves otherwise.From servants' children who became clerks in Victorian Britain, to managers made... -
Snakes and Ladders: The great British social mobility myth by Professor Selina Todd
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21'Intensely readable... A stimulating and necessary redress' David Kynaston, SpectatorPoliticians say social mobility is real... this book proves otherwise.From servants' children who became clerks in... -
Who Cares: The Hidden Crisis of Caregiving, and How We Solve It - the 2023 Orwell Prize Finalist by Emily Kenway 9781472288493
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.05*FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023*'A visceral, unsparing picture of our current situation' ROB DELANEY'A radical vision for how we might do things better ' LADY BRENDA HALE ... -
A Radical Romance: A Memoir of Love, Grief and Consolation by Alison Light
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.61WINNER OF THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE'The greatest memoirs offer all the complex shades and colours that we expect in fiction. A Radical Romance is more than just some summing-up: it is a work of art'... -
That Peckham Boy: Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back by Kenny Imafidon 9781529176551
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.87'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero.' Bear Grylls'If you are compelled by a hero's journey, then Kenny Imafidon is a hero for this... -
Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives by Carolyn Steel
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.03*According to the Trussell Trust, food bank use between April and Sept 2018 was up 13% on the same period in 2017.* ... -
Poor: The No. 1 bestseller – ‘Moving, uplifting, brave heroic’ BBC Woman’s Hour by Katriona O'Sullivan 9780241996768
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21The No. 1 BestsellerBiography of the Year, Irish Book Awards 2023The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award, Irish Book Awards 2023'One of the best [books] I have read about the complexities of poverty . ... -
The State of It: Stories from the Frontline of a Broken Care System by Chris Wild 9781789463903
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £6.64'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey'Incredibly compelling' Denise WelchCAN WE FIX HOW... -
That Peckham Boy: Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back by Kenny Imafidon 9781911709190
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.27'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero.' Bear Grylls'If you are compelled by a hero's journey, then Kenny Imafidon is a hero for this... -
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell 9781787302532
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.56'Orwell was the great moral force of his age' SpectatorYou can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.When he was a struggling writer in his twenties,... -
The State of It: Stories from the Frontline of a Broken Care System by Chris Wild
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.37'The authentic inside track... Gripping' Lemn Sissay'An important and hugely powerful book... So inspiring, I loved The State of It' Neil Morrissey'Incredibly compelling' Denise WelchCAN WE FIX HOW... -
Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them by Polly Curtis
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.54'BRILLIANT . . . I LOVE THIS BOOK' LEMN SISSAY'A MUST-READ BOOK' JACQUELINE WILSON'EXTRAORDINARY' OLIVER BULLOUGH'EVERYONE SHOULD READ THIS BOOK' HILARY COTTAMMeet the mother whose children were... -
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond 9780141998794
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2023 A searing study of American poverty from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of EvictedThe United States is the richest... -
Behind Closed Doors: SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING: Why We Break Up Families - and How to Mend Them by Polly Curtis
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.89Shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Political Writing'Brilliant . . . I love this book' LEMN SISSAY'A must-read book' JACQUELINE WILSON'Extraordinary' OLIVER BULLOUGH'Everyone should read this book'... -
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £11.27BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, OBAMA 2021 BOOK PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.' In China she was the... -
Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood by Qian Julie Wang 9780241514702
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, OBAMA 2021 BOOK PICK and INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Hunger was a constant, reliable friend in Mei Guo. She came second only to loneliness.' In China she was the... -
National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy by Roger Eatwell
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA crucial new guide to one of the most urgent political phenomena of our time: the rise of national populismAcross the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel... -
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21"Kehinde Andrews is a crucial voice walking in a proud tradition of Black radical criticism and action" Akala"An uncompromising account of the roots of racism today" Kimberle Crenshaw "This... -
Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old Bailey by Her Honour Wendy Joseph
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.21THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2023'Wendy Joseph's gripping account of the law at work reads like a cliffhanger.' Sunday Times'Absolutely superb. 5... -
Stitched Up: Stories of life and death from a prison doctor by Dr Shahed Yousaf
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.37'Stories that will curl your toes, make you laugh out loud and break your heart all at the same time.'PROFESSOR DAME SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains Why would anyone want to work with thieves,... -
Generation Rent: How Greed Killed the Housing Dream by Chloe Timperley
Booksplease Price: £15.23The Guardian top 5 books on the housing crisis in the UK ''The housing crisis is just getting started,' warns Timperley in this important book.' - MARTIN CHILTON, THE INDEPENDENT 'An essential... -
Undercurrent: shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards 2023 by Natasha Carthew 9781399706513
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.22SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023'A powerful story of social inequality' RAYNOR WINN'Important and beautifully lyrical' THE TIMES'A fierce, urgent memoir' AMY-JANE BEERTo grow up in rural... -
A Home of One's Own by Hashi Mohamed
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £4.71As cities expand and rents rise, what does it really mean to have a home? 'A marvel, by an inspiring and deeply humane writer' - Philippe Sands A home is important because it offers sanctuary...