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Among the Ten Thousand Things by Julia Pierpont
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.39Longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2016 An anonymous package arrives in the post: a cardboard box containing sheaves of printed emails chronicling New York-artist Jack's secret... -
Thirst for Salt by Madelaine Lucas
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18A heady story about a life-changing summer romance, perfect for fans of A Theatre for Dreamers and Sorrow & Bliss 'A love affair so richly and attentively imagined it carries the grace and... -
The Torah: A Beginner's Guide by Joel S. Kaminsky
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98There is no question that the Torah is one of the most influential documents in Western civilization. It is the source of widely known characters like Joseph, Moses, and Noah, and timeless stories... -
Mayday!: A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs and Daredevils by David Darling
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.59In a world without aircraft, to believe flight might be possible required a certain kind of character. You had to be starry-eyed, a possessor of practical ingenuity, nerves of steel and a level of... -
Libya: From Colony to Revolution by Ronald Bruce St. John
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.60Since Qaddafi's ousting in 2011, Libya has been beset by instability and conflict. To understand the tumultuous state of the country today, one must look to its past. With great clarity and... -
Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide Peter Cave 9781851689378
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Philosophy, the "love of wisdom", is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world - the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of questions: How... -
The Middle East: A Beginner's Guide by Philip Robins
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18The wave of popular uprisings that swept through the Middle East promised to pave the way for democracy. It brought down dictators and captured the popular imagination, but for most of the region,... -
A Short History of the First World War Gary Sheffield 9781780743646
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.51The First World War was a watershed in world history. Tragic but far from futile, its origins, events and legacy have roused impassioned debate, creating multiple interpretations and confusion for... -
Crimes Against Humanity: A Beginner's Guide by Adam Jones 9781851686018
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Murder, extermination, enslavement, ethnic cleansing, rape, and torture: all these actions constitute 'crimes against humanity' when carried out in a widespread or systematic way. And unfortunately,... -
The Fifth Dimension: An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm by John Hick 9781851689910
Booksplease Price: $26.39Many of us today are all too willing to accept a humanist and scientific account of the universe which considers human existence as a fleeting accident. The triumph of John Hick's gripping work is... -
Homer: A Beginner's Guide Elton T. E. Barker 9781780742298
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Widely revered as the father of Western literature, Homer was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the epic poems which immortalised such names as Achilles, Cyclops, Menelaus, and Helen of Troy... -
Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide by Jacqueline DeCarlo 9781851685219
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18What's wrong with buying regular coffee? Does Fair Trade necessarily mean ethical trade? What impact can consumers have on global economics? Fair Trade: A Beginner's Guide reveals why Fair Trade... -
Understanding Religion: A Thematic Approach by Moojan Momen 9781851685998
RRP: $25.79Booksplease Price: $18.45Drawing from all major religious traditions in the world, as well as a variety of non-religious disciplines such as psychology, philosophy and sociology, Momen's study is an innovative, thematic... -
Journalism: A Beginner's Guide by Sarah Niblock 9781851687039
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Journalism today is moving faster than ever before. With web 2.0, blogging, huge media conglomerates, 24-hour news-networks, and tight legal frameworks, this introduction investigates the role of... -
The Northern Ireland Conflict: A Beginner's Guide by Aaron Edwards 9781851687299
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98The Northern Ireland conflict was one of the most bloody, protracted, and bitter campaigns of terrorist violence in modern history. Rooted in the partition of Ireland in 1921, over 50,000 people were... -
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Life in the Universe: A Beginner's Guide by Lewis Dartnell 9781851685059 [USED COPY]
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $2.61Astrobiology, the study of life and its existence in the universe, is one of the hottest areas of scientific research. Lewis Dartnell considers some of the fascinating questions facing researchers... -
Wisdom of the Tao by Julian F. Pas 9781851682324
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18The way of the Tao is one of peace - of serenity, meditation and inner contentment. For centuries the followers of the Tao have drawn strength from its great wisdom, its faith in the laws of the... -
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The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment by Martin Ford 9781780748481 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $2.99Intelligent algorithms are already well on their way to making white collar jobs obsolete: travel agents, data-analysts, and paralegals are currently in the firing line. In the near future, doctors,... -
Neanderthals Among Us: The Making of a Prehistoric Human by Peter Sahlins 9781836432548
RRP: $32.25Booksplease Price: $25.26Why are we so obsessed with a group of archaic humans who disappeared 40,000 years ago? Neanderthals Among Us brings together an accessible history of scientific debates over human origins and... -
Postmodernism: A Beginner's Guide by Kevin Hart
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Adopting the role of tour guide, award-winning writer Kevin Hart leads the reader through the pitfalls, conundrums and complexities that characterize postmodernism, while providing an overview of the... -
Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet by Suheil Bushrui
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.60Kahlil Gibran's bestselling poetic masterpiece, The Prophet, originally published in 1923, continues to inspire millions worldwide with its timeless words of love and mystical longing. Yet Gibran's... -
Bluff: The Game Central Banks Play and How it Leads to Crisis by Anjum Hoda
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.60The accepted narrative of the global financial crisis of 2007-09 is that the central banks saved us from an inferno caused by Wall Street greed. While there is no doubt they did save us, did the... -
Ancient Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide by William J. Prior
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Philosophers didn't always busy themselves with life's big questions. The earliest ancient philosophers were primarily concerned with the world of nature, including phenomena such as earthquakes and... -
Metamorphosis: Unmasking the Mystery of How Life Transforms by Frank Ryan
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18In this enchanting work of scientific exploration, acclaimed science author Frank Ryan explains how metamorphosis - the intricate trick of nature by which caterpillars transform into butterflies -... -
A Treasury of Baha'i Prayers: Selections from the writings of Baha'u'llah, the Bab and 'Abdu'l-Baha by Juliet Mabey
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.60A delightful selection of prayers from the writings of Baha'u'llah, the Bab and 'Abdu'l-Baha. Echoing the richly detailed style of a mediaeval Book of Hours, award-winning artist Rob Hain has... -
The History of Medicine: A Beginner's Guide by Mark Jackson
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98As scientists confidently look forward to average life expectancies hitting 100+ years in some Western societies, it's easy to forget how precarious our grasp on good health has been. It is a... -
The State vs. Nelson Mandela: The Trial that Changed South Africa by Joel Joffe 9781780745800
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98The only account of this seminal trial, written by Mandela's defence lawyer and with a new foreword by Denis Goldberg, accused alongside Mandela and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 11 July... -
From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time Sean Carroll 9781851688951
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $11.60Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief History of Time, pioneering theoretical physicist Sean Carroll takes our investigation into the nature of time to the next level... -
Daoism: A Beginner's Guide James Miller 9781851685660
Booksplease Price: $30.52Spanning the centuries and crossing the globe, this engaging introduction covers everything Daoist, from the religion of the ancients to 21st century T'ai Chi and meditation. Complete with a... -
A History of London in 50 Lives by David Long 9781780745701
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98'By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.' - Samuel Johnson It is the people who make London what it is. The men and women living within its walls, with all their... -
Mafia and Organized Crime: A Beginner's Guide by James O. Finckenauer 9781851685264
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $8.37Famous for being ruthless, cruel, and cool, the Mafia has always captured the darker side of the imagination. Here, James Finckenauer debunks the myths surrounding the Mafia to reveal the harsh... -
Great Thinkers on Great Questions by Roy Abraham Varghese 9781851686551
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98This innovative and challenging book presents cogent answers from some of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century to fifteen of the most enduring questions posed by humanity. For questioning... -
Judaism: A Beginner's Guide by Lavinia Cohn-Sherbok 9781851687480
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98In this clear and authoritative guide, Lavinia and Dan Cohn-Sherbok concisely examine the Jewish faith and its practices and explore what it really means to be a Jew today. From the nature of God to... -
Africa: A Beginner's Guide by Tom Young 9781851687534
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18Vast, diverse, dynamic, and turbulent, the true nature of Africa is often obscured by its poverty-stricken image. In this controversial and gripping guide, Tom Young cuts through the emotional hype... -
Aesthetics: A Beginner's Guide Charles Taliaferro 9781851688203
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.18What is art? Why do we find some things beautiful but not others? Is it wrong to share MP3s? These are just some of the questions explored by aesthetics, the philosophy of art. In this sweeping... -
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Heart Specialist by Claire Holden Rothman 9781851687947 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $3.17An incredible story of perseverance and passion, The Heart Specialist sets the young, headstrong Agnes White against the prejudice and arrogance of the medical establishment in a battle that will... -
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Zoom: How Everything Moves, from Atoms and Galaxies to Blizzards and Bees by Bob Berman 9781780745497 [USED COPY]
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $3.10Sitting still in a quiet room, you might just be able to convince yourself that nothing is moving. But air currents swirl about you. Blood rushes through your veins. The atoms in your chair jiggle... -
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Paul: A Beginner's Guide by Morna D. Hooker 9781851685646 [USED COPY]
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $3.86The Apostle Paul has shaped the course of Christian ethics for centuries and is widely regarded as the most influential theologian in the Christian tradition. In this authoritative introduction,... -
Olya's Story: A Survivor's Personal and Dramatic Account of the Persecution of Baha'is in Revolutionary Iran by Olya Roohizadegan
RRP: $14.18Booksplease Price: $9.98It was a time of house burnings, mob violence, kidnapping, mass imprisonment, torture, endless trials, summary executions and secret burials. This was Iran in the early 1980s, and everyday reality... -
Falling to Heaven by Jeanne Peterson
RRP: $11.60Booksplease Price: $8.39Tibet, 1954. The highest pass of the Himalayas is enveloped in silence save the flapping of prayer flags. Seven thousand feet below, two Americans travelling on foot arrive in the remote town of...