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Descartes: The Renewal of Philosophy by Steven Nadler
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £15.20A critical biography of Rene Descartes, whose first principle ("I think therefore I am.") reshaped modern philosophy. Often called 'the father of modern philosophy', Rene Descartes' contributions to... -
Leo Tolstoy by Andrei Zorin 9781789141993
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.78When he arrived in Moscow in 1851, a young Leo Tolstoy set himself three immediate aims: to gamble, to marry and to obtain a post. At that time he managed only the first. The writer's momentous life... -
Squirrel Nation: Reds, Greys and the Meaning of Home by Peter Coates 9781789147704
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.19Squirrel Nation is a history of Britain's two species of squirrel over the past two hundred years. The red squirrel, although rare, is among the most cherished of native species. Grey squirrels, by... -
Hannah Arendt by Samantha Rose Hill
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.79Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first... -
Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence by Joanna Bourke 9781789145991
RRP: £27.00Booksplease Price: £19.05The first truly global history of sexual violence, by acclaimed historian Joanna Bourke.Book InformationISBN 9781789145991Author Joanna BourkeFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Reaktion... -
The Puzzle of Lefthandedness by Rik Smits 9781861898739
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £34.84Left-handedness seems to be no big deal. Many of us are left-handed and those of us who aren't don't tend to give left-handedness much thought. Yet throughout history left-handers have been... -
Nemesis of Power: a History of International Relations Theories by Harald Kleinschmidt 9781861890580
Booksplease Price: £38.27The Nemesis of Power is the first book to look at the history of international relations theories. Many theorists have investigated the nature of power, studying it in its social, political,... -
Byron by David Ellis
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £11.85In this new book, David Ellis traces Byron's life from rented lodgings in Aberdeen to the crumbling splendours of Newstead Abbey and then on to his grand tour of the East. Describing his exile from... -
Yew by Fred Hageneder
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.35Europe's most ancient species of tree, the yew has many unique characteristics: it is a 'conifer' without resin or cones, and though it has an extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis, it can grow... -
Slums: The History of a Global Injustice by Alan Mayne
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £21.80More than half of the world's population now lives in urban areas, but a billion of these people reside in neighbourhoods characterized by entrenched disadvantage. These neighbourhoods, known as... -
The Invention of Oscar Wilde by Nicholas Frankel
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.84One should either wear a work or art, or be a work of art', Wilde once declared. In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde's self-creation as a 'work of art' and a carefully... -
Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan Tahir Kamran 9781789149135
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £22.94This book takes us on a sweeping journey through the ebbs and flows of Pakistan’s history, from the ancient Indus Valley Civilization to contemporary times. The book uncovers influences from Turkey,... -
Dining Out: A Global History of Restaurants Elliott Shore 9781789140576
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £25.13A global history of restaurants beyond white tablecloths and ma tre d's, Dining Out presents restaurants both as businesses and as venues for a range of human experiences. From banquets in... -
Dutch Design: A History by Simon Thomas Mienke 9781861893802
Booksplease Price: £29.74From the colourful abstraction of the Rietveld chair to the dry wit of the 'milkbottle lamp' by design cooperative Droog, modern design in the Netherlands has always been a hotbed of experimentation... -
Whiskey: A Global History by Kevin R. Kosar 9781861897800
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £13.92Whiskey: poets have celebrated it, preachers have condemned it, and blood has been shed over it. Governments, distillers and the public have fought over whiskey as it changed from a sometimes lethal,... -
Amaravati: Art and Buddhism in Ancient India Jas Elsner 9781789148695
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £38.87This exploration of the exceptional Buddhist stupa (reliquary mound) at Amaravati, one of ancient India's most extraordinary monuments, presents a fresh perspective on the rich visual culture of... -
Lion by Deirdre Jackson 9781861896551
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £15.52Majestic, noble, brave lions, with their tawny coats and luminous eyes, have inspired countless stories, traditions and beliefs. Whether we are seduced by their beauty or drawn to danger, we want to... -
Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun by Jennifer L. Shaw
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £20.18Now available in paperback, this is the first work in English to tell the full story of Claude Cahun's art and life. It both recounts her life and analyses her complex writings and images, making... -
Spider by Katarzyna Michalski 9781861897756
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £13.90The spider has a rich symbolic presence in the human imagination. Seen as representing death, due to its poisoned fangs and pitiless, predatory nature, the spider can also represent both creativity... -
Photography and Travel by Graham Smith 9781861899125
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £18.26Photography and Travel provides a lively account of the 170-year partnership between photography and travel. Graham Smith reviews the nineteenth century, from France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Japan to... -
Burned Alive: Giordano Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition by Alberto A. Martinez
Booksplease Price: £42.68In 1600 the Catholic Inquisition condemned the philosopher Giordano Bruno for his heretical beliefs. He was then burned alive in a public place in Rome. Historians, scientists and teachers usually... -
What Is Time?: An Enquiry by Truls Wyller
Booksplease Price: £13.59We refer to time constantly and we measure its passing - but do we know what it actually is? In What Is Time?, Truls Wyller enquires into time's complex nature, juxtaposing the latest scientific... -
Russia as Empire: Past and Present by Kees Boterbloem
Booksplease Price: £34.57Covering more than one thousand years of tumultuous history, Russia as Empire shows how the medieval empire of Kyivan Rus’ metamorphosed into today’s Russian Federation. Kees Boterbloem vividly and... -
Zebra by Christopher Plumb 9781780239354
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £11.76Common and exotic, glamorous and ferocious, sociable and sullen: zebras mean many things to many people. The extraordinary beauty of their striped coats makes them one of the world's most... -
Astray: A History of Wandering by Eluned Summers-Bremner
RRP: £18.00Booksplease Price: £13.86This book explores how, far from being limited to deviation from known pathways or desirable plans of action, wandering is an abundant source of meaning, as intimately involved in the history of our... -
Oishii: The History of Sushi by Eric C. Rath 9781789143836
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.54Sushi and sashimi are by now a global sensation and have become perhaps the best known of Japanese foods but they are also the most widely misunderstood. Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that... -
Birch Anna Lewington 9781789140118
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.24Elegant and beautiful, rich in history and supremely useful, birches have played an extraordinary yet largely unrecognized part in shaping both our natural environment and the material culture and... -
Silver: Nature and Culture by Lindsay Shen 9781780237565
Booksplease Price: £19.14From silver spoons to silver bullets, silver permeates our everyday culture and language. For millennia we've used it to buy what we need, adorn our bodies and trumpet our social status. Silver... -
The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe by Taylor McCall
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £14.51This book is the first modern history of medieval European anatomical images. Richly illustrated, it explores the many ways in which medieval surgeons, doctors, monks and artists understood and... -
Werner Herzog: Ecstatic Truth and Other Useless Conquests by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £28.60Werner Herzog came to fame in the 1970s as the European new wave explored new cinematic ideas. With films like Signs of Life (1968), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser... -
Cinema India by Rachel Dwyer 9781861891242
Booksplease Price: £29.12This is the first book to concentrate on the visual culture of Indian cinema, specifically Bombay-based cinema since 1913. Cinema is one of India's most vibrant cultural products, as well as a major... -
Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann 9781836390619
RRP: £17.95Booksplease Price: £13.69Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor offers a fresh perspective on the Habsburg ruler, shedding new light on a reign often coloured by myths of madness. Contrary to popular... -
When Artists Curate: Contemporary Art and the Exhibition as Medium by Alison Green 9781780239330
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £23.18An increasing proportion of exhibitions are curated by artists rather than professional curators. In this ground-breaking book Alison Green provides the first critical history of visual artists... -
In Defense of Processed Food by Anastacia Marx de Salcedo 9781789147674
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.78Taking in turn a scientific, feminist, economic and public-health perspective, this book gleefully demolishes much of the received wisdom surrounding processed food. Anastacia Marx de Salcedo argues... -
Goldfish by Anna-Marie Roos 9781789141351
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £11.76Living work of art, consumer commodity, scientific hero and environmental menace: the humble goldfish is the ultimate human cultural artefact. A creature of supposedly little memory and short... -
Joseph Beuys by Claudia Mesch 9781780237350
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £13.14Joseph Beuys is arguably the most important and most controversial German artist of the late twentieth century, not least because his persona is interwoven with Germany's fascist past. This book... -
The End: Artists' Late and Last Works by Carel Blotkamp 9781789141313
RRP: £27.00Booksplease Price: £24.54When is a work of art finished? Can it be complete in a mental sense? And who decides? In this highly original and wide-ranging study, Carel Blotkamp explores the concept and manifestations of 'the... -
Korean Art from the 19th Century to the Present by Charlotte Horlyck 9781780237367
RRP: £47.00Booksplease Price: £40.79Korean artists are a permanent fixture on today's international art scene, as interest in modern and contemporary art from South as well as North Korea has grown in strength. Museums and individual... -
Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe by Roberta J. M. Olson 9781789140545
RRP: £42.00Booksplease Price: £32.54Since time immemorial, the nocturnal skies have mesmerized people, and heavenly bodies have inspired the imaginations of artists, poets, and scientists. This book showcases the superstars of the... -
Carnivorous Plants by Dan Torre 9781789147780
RRP: £15.95Booksplease Price: £12.25Carnivorous plants are a unique group, possessing modified leaves to trap, kill and consume small creatures. As a result they are often depicted as killers in films and literature, yet some regard...