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How Artifacts Afford: The Power and Politics of Everyday Things
A conceptual update of affordance theory that introduces the mechanisms and conditions framework, providing a vocabulary and critical perspective. A conceptual update of affordance theory that introduces the mechanisms and...
Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations
From Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, the youngest comedy writers ever for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and masterminds behind the viral 2018 Yale graduation speech, comes a hilarious...
Little Golden America
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Odnoetazhnya Amerika (One-Storied America) First published in the U.S.S.R. 1936. Little Golden America. First published in England in 1944. Translated from the Russian by Charles Malamuth This is one of...
Scouse Republic: An Alternative History of Liverpool
'Liverpool beguiles, Liverpool bewilders. Swift's superb analysis gets to the scarred heart of this troubled, beautiful and spirited city' Paul Du Noyer '[Swift] has a terrific eye for the telling...
Trump: The Prison Diaries: MAKE PRISON GREAT AGAIN with the funniest
In this explosive first-person account of swapping the White House for the Big House, Donald Trump aims to Make Prison Great Again. MARCH 31 It's been two weeks since they...
The Friendship Cure: Reconnecting in the Modern World
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Reconnecting in the modern world Despite our interconnectedness, we are stuck in the greatest loneliness epidemic of our time. Journalist Kate Leaver believes that friendship is the essential cure for...
The Absence: Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer
As a member of Big in Japan, The Slits and, most famously, Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Creatures, 'Budgie' was an era-defining drummer in the much-mythologised post punk scene...
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World: The hilarious and
'Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm' Telegraph 'Exceptionally funny from cover to cover, it is not only an entertaining read but also deeply...
Look Again: The Power of Noticing What was Always There
'Such a vivid, human and original book,' Tim Harford What if we could find a way to see everything anew? For fans of Thinking, Fast and Slow and The Power...
The Mystery of Numbers
Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran,...
50 Ideas that Changed the World of Work: The Essential Guide to the
The world of work is full of ideas. Some are useful, shaping what we do and the way we do it - but it can often be hard to sort...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
* THE TIMES BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 * 'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' - The Times 'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and...
Goth: A History
'Goth can plausibly claim to be the near-definitive word on the subject' - Guardian Goth is an entertaining and evocative personal history of Goth music and culture, told by a...
Japan Unbound
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The book titled Japan Unbound by the author Nathan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Chasing the Dark: Encounters with the supernatural
'One of the best books about the paranormal I have read... Uncannily good' DANNY ROBINS 'A fascinating testimony to our nervous hunger to map the hazy, haunted territory at the...
Muslims Don't Matter
'Burns with righteous anger. An urgent read for our times' Riz Ahmed 'There is no more powerful fighter for the cause that Muslims do, should and must matter than Sayeeda...
Trump: The Prison Diaries: MAKE PRISON GREAT AGAIN with the funniest
In this explosive first-person account of swapping the White House for the Big House, Donald Trump aims to Make Prison Great Again. MARCH 31 It's been two weeks since they...
The Book of Ties
In this superb volume, a remarkable array of visual documents from all over the world and a lively and informative text filled with amusing anecdotes and often surprising information, reveal...
Moveable Feasts: A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A joy and an education for anyone who loves Paris' Diana Henry, author of From the Oven to the Table 'A delicious journey through Paris' Sami Tamimi Paris has a...
How the World Eats: A Global Food Philosophy
How we live is shaped by how we eat. You can see this in the vastly different approaches to growing, preparing and eating food around the world - from the...
The History of Ideas: Equality, Justice and Revolution
* THE TIMES BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 * 'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' - The Times 'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and...
Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France: A Times Best Food and
'A perfect balance of history, food, anecdotes and recommendations ... Carolyn's enthusiasm for French gastronomy is legendary' Michel Roux Jr 'Wondrous, witty, delicious and fun. Every page made me hungry'...
Amuse Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France: A Times Best Food and
'A perfect balance of history, food, anecdotes and recommendations ... Carolyn's enthusiasm for French gastronomy is legendary' Michel Roux Jr 'Wondrous, witty, delicious and fun. Every page made me hungry'...
Confronting Leviathan: A History of Ideas
'Bracingly intelligent ... a wonderful read' - Guardian 'Incredibly timely ... presented [with] wonderful elegance and clarity' - Irish Times Based on the History Of Ideas podcast series by Talking...
Michael Rosen's Book of Play: Why play really matters, and 101 ways to
Today, we don't get nearly enough play in our lives. At school, kids are drilled on exams, while at home we're all glued to our phones and screens. Former children's...
America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
It's the end of the world as we know it... Someday soon, you might wake up to the call to prayer from a muezzin. Europeans already are. And liberals will...
Frankenstein Lives: The Legacy of the World's Most Famous Monster
It's alive! ...Again! Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Creature in thrilling images and captivating commentary. Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley's conception of...
A History of Soviet Civilization
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The book titled A History of Soviet Civilization by the author Andrei Sinyavsky. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
In Defense of Sin
Titillating, intriguing and occasionally unsettling, "In Defense of Sin" allows readers to judge for themselves if they should follow the Ten Commandments or if sin is now simply a thing...
Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership
Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill were two totally opposite leaders- both in what they stood for and in the way in which they seemed to lead. Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts...
Who's Your City?: How the Creative Economy Is Making Where You Live
From the best-selling author of "The Rise of the Creative Class" comes a brilliant new book on the surprising importance of place, with advice on how to find the right...
How Good We Can Be: Ending the Mercenary Society and Building a Great
Britain is beset by a crisis of purpose. For a generation we have been told the route to universal well-being is to abandon the expense of justice and equity and...
Men Talk
Men's lives today are very different from those lived by their fathers. Many men are now asking what they want out of life and whether their existence is as satisfying...
Trust: The Social Virtues And the Creation of Prosperity
After the end of the Cold War, it is clear that the chief policy issue facing the United States and other industrial democracies will be that of economic competitiveness. In...
Conrad Black - A Life in Progress: A Life in Progress
The book titled Conrad Black - A Life in Progress: A Life in Progress by the author Conrad Black. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...
Bad News: The Decline Of Reporting, The Business Of News, And The
At a time when the world has been blindsided by failures of intelligence, a veteran CBS News correspondent reveals how the news media has betrayed our trust and endangered our...
Hidden Histories of Science
This volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by culture. It highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of life. It explores areas...
Neverland: The Pleasures and Perils of Fandom
Vanessa Kisuule is a big Michael Jackson fan. This fixation once gave her great joy, but now it keeps her up at night. In her bracingly honest, energetic and lively...
Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century
What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can - if you know where to look An aristocrat carves obscenities into a tavern window with his diamond ring....
Frankenstein Lives: The Legacy of the World's Most Famous Monster
It's alive! ...Again! Frankenstein Lives brings to life the enduring legacy of Mary Shelley's Creature in thrilling images and captivating commentary. Beginning with the story of Mary Shelley's conception of...
The Making of Modern Australia
Filled with reminiscences about Australia since World War Two plus William s own anecdotes and observations, THE MAKING OF MODERN AUSTRALIA touches on the celebrations, sorrows and spirit of the...
Locke: Two Treatises of Government Student edition
This is a new revised version of Dr. Laslett's standard edition of Two Treatises. First published in 1960, and based on an analysis of the whole body of Locke's publications,...
1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the
In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that...
Identity and Everyday Life
The notion of "everyday life" is ubiquitous in the contemporary intellectual scene. While scholars frequently use this concept to signal a romantic return to the "common people," Berger and Del...
Moveable Feasts: A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST FOOD & DRINK BOOK OF THE YEAR
'A joy and an education for anyone who loves Paris' Diana Henry, author of From the Oven to the Table 'A delicious journey through Paris' Sami Tamimi Paris has a...
Numbermania: How Figures Are Taking Over Our Lives and How To Set
'An entertaining and thought-provoking antidote to the tyranny of numbers in the modern world.' -Alex Bellos, author of Can You Solve My Problems? 'A smart and insightful read that will...
Boobs: A tongue in cheek social history of our obsession with breasts
For most of her life, unconcernedly flat-chested author and academic Dr Lisa Portolan had never really thought about her breasts, or boobs in general. But then she met Amanda Goff...
God Created Humanism: The Christian Basis Of Secular Values
In this compelling account of the origins and evolution of our secular worldview, Theo Hobson shows how Christian values continue to underpin our public morality, how faith remains indispensable to...