Social Sciences

Despite a thousand years of glorious history, the people of England know surprisingly little about the facts and fables, people and places, events and emblems that have shaped their country...

Few of us think much of the alphabet and its familiar sing-song order once we've learned it as children. And yet the order of the alphabet, that simple knowledge that...

This second edition investigates how children, families, and communities influence one another. It focuses on how a child's development is influenced by different contexts, including disability, ethnicity, and gender as...

In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his...

In 1996, Clea Koff was a 23-year-old student studying prehistoric skeletons. Then she was sent to Rwanda by the UN to work with a team exhuming victims of the genocide....

Is the pope atheist? Why can a stubborn minority easily end up ruling? Should you take advice from a salesperson? This book is all about why having skin in the...

Based on huge research and scores of interviews, this book offers an unforgettable and richly illustrated narrative of the military action that took place in Moscow during 1941; telling portraits...

Was the Battle of Hastings a French victory? Non! William the Conqueror was Norman and hated the French. Were the Brits really responsible for the death of Joan of Arc?...

Hollywood: The Oral History covers the history of Hollywood from the Silent era up to the 21st century. What makes this book unique from any other survey of Hollywood's history...

The Great War had a profound impact on Britain. Not only did families risk their sons in active combat; every member of society was required to make a contribution to...

According to Shinto belief, the human body in Japan is part of nature and must be in harmony with the wider world. This is a cultural history of the human...

Benedetta Craveri describes the world of women and French salons in the 17th and 18th centuries. Salons brought together not only intellectuals (Voltaire was a frequent and much-sought-after guest) and...

Over 150 years after publication, still one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of the human costs of capitalism Written when Engels was only twenty-four, and inspired in particular...

'Exchanging nervous glances, Dickson turned to Grierson. Go backstage and make sure they don't kill each other, he said.' In the 1990s, a generation of independent-minded Australian musicians found themselves...

From the cooking methods of Ulysses to Victorian nursery fare, from Biblical food facts to modern food fads, Alice Thomas Ellis takes delight in all things gastronomical, and generously seasons...

A hugely entertaining exploration of Ireland's historical sites with a dark side. Fizzing with curiosity and humour and revealing fascinating and unearthed stories from our past The Darkness Echoing will...

**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** For the mothers of the disappeared in 1970s Argentina, protest was difficult. Every Thursday they marched in front of government buildings...

Banned takes us on an unexpurgated journey through the ebb and flow of Australian obscenity. throughout the last century and a half, society in general reacted against what it deemed...

Is there a "physics of society"? Ranging from Hobbes and Adam Smith to modern work on traffic flow and market trading, and across economics, sociology and psychology, this study shows...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSet against the raw, sunburnt edges of colonial Australia, Currency Lass by Margaret Reeson chronicles the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingBehind every pulpit lies a treasure trove of comedy, and Merriment of Parsons by Trevor Byard mines this rich seam with wit,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageNestled deep in the rugged mountain ranges of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the birth of Federation to the dramatic political upheavals of the Whitlam era, A Nation for a...

Edition: Twelfth EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of aesthetic philosophy and moral inquiry stands Music and Morals, the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the centre of the most watched and scrutinised institution in the modern world stands one woman whose...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA life lived in the long shadow of theatrical greatness unfolds in Zita: Her Story,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the mist-shrouded jungles and coastal villages of New Guinea emerges a tradition of artistic expression...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before European settlers drew their maps and named their towns, Australia's vast and ancient landscape...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the summer of 1957, one of the most remarkable religious events in American history unfolded beneath the...

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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels in the twentieth century have ignited as much controversy — or as much wonder — as Salman...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedBorn into a world that refuses to accept him, Tristan Smith — a physically deformed child raised in the shadow...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the flickering candlelight of medieval Europe, the boundary between the living and the dead was not a...

Edition: First US EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. At the violent crossroads of two worlds — colonial white Australia and the ancient culture of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; initials penned on the front cover and fep. Some silverfish damage on the rear cover....

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodOn the sweltering nights of August 8th and 9th, 1969, a series of savage murders in the Hollywood Hills shocked the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedFew literary figures have captured the rugged beauty of the Yorkshire Dales and the warmth of its people quite like James Herriot,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOne of the most explosive and transformative works of the twentieth century, The Female Eunuch arrived...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of war, conscience, and national identity, An Australian Experience: Words from...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of revolution and modernity, China Readings 3: Communist China presents a sweeping collection...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be mad in a world that may itself be irrational? Published...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom one of China's most celebrated modern writers comes The Butterfly and Other Stories, a collection that captures...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of one of history's most turbulent centuries blooms a flower that would become the world's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the dawn of primitive tool-making to the twilight of the Roman Empire, What Happened in History presents...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew works of English literature capture the quiet rhythms of rural life with such warmth and precision as Our Village, Mary Russell Mitford's celebrated...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodBehind every great civilization lurks a magnificent cast of misfits, dreamers, and gloriously unhinged individuals — and Britain has produced more than its fair...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFew documents offer as intimate and unguarded a window into Georgian England as The Diary of a Country Parson, the remarkable journals of the...