Social Sciences

We fail to mandate economic sanity, " writes Garrett Hardin, "because our brains are addled by...compassion." With such startling assertions, Hardin has cut a swathe through the field of ecology...

In hisNew York Times bestseller, National Magazine Award-winning journalist Eric Schlosser charts the fast food industry's enormous impact on our health, landscape, economy, politics and culture as he transforms the...

Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Award An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers. Consider the Negroni. The...

'Andrew Martin is a railway wizard' Telegraph 'Leaves you with renewed confidence that trains can still be the most civilised way to travel' Financial Times Throughout the twentieth century, the...

There's nowhere quite like Piccadilly Circus. From the moment they emerge, blinking from the underground station, visitors to Piccadilly Circus face a sensory onslaught. Its streets and alleyways merge into...

A whistle-stop guide to some of history's brilliantly bizarre drinking games, from the notorious to the wisely forgotten. As long as there have been people, there has been drinking -...

No Na Mamo is an updated and enlarged compilation of books in the acclaimed Ka Wana series, published in 2005-2010. The books, revised and presented here as individual chapters, offer...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ANDY BURNHAM, MAYOR OF GREATER MANCHESTER 'What Manchester thinks today,...

The book titled Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: Earth Before Humans by the author Carl Sagan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A comprehensive and up-to-date account of the subject, "Human Evolution" is unique in focusing on contemporary theories of the evolution of human behaviour and in presenting a balanced review of...

Friends. Lovers. Therapists. 'Deathbots'. AI is taking on unprecedented roles for millions of us every day - but how are these new 'relationships' rewiring us? Beyond those who are using...

A history of the club that set the '80s alight, by the much-loved presenter, writer and Blitz attendee Robert Elms. The short-lived Blitz club in London's Covent Garden was more...

'Essential . . . thrilling . . . invaluable.' - Irish Times 'Absorbing . . . rippling with fun and atmosphere.' - Sight & Sound 'Hollywood's ultimate oral history.' -...

From one of the most important contemporary thinkers we have, a compelling, forceful tract about women and motherhood that demands immediate attention. Moving commandingly between pop cultural references such as...

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution is a wide-ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective. Over seventy scholars world-wide have worked on the encyclopedia,...

Is there any truth to the epidemic of sex addiction? Are our children really getting sexualised younger? Are men the only ones who like porn? Brooke Magnanti looks at all...

From a wealth of vivid autobiographical writings, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie reconstructs the extraordinary life of Thomas Platter and the lives of his sons. With masterful erudition, Le Roy Ladurie...

One of the most remarkable fossil finds in history occurred in Laetoli, Tanzania, in 1974, when anthropologist Andrew Hill (diving to the ground to avoid a lump of elephant dung...

"A pioneering member of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants who marked the symbolic beginning of a multicultural Britain." - The Guardian RAF Veteran and Prince's Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple...

Sparta - its legendary warriors and steadfast resilience are famous throughout the world as a model for toughness, justice and masculinity. The Spartans' reputation as fighters is matched only by...

" I wish I'd had this book when I needed it. Death and dying are not subjects that many people are comfortable talking about, but it's hugely important to be...

From Dr. Martha Stout's influential work The Sociopath Next Door , we learned how to identify a sociopath. Now she tells us what to actually do about it. While the...

Guy Fawkes, born in York in 1570, is one of the key figures in British history, taking a central role in a plot that would have destroyed the ruling class...

ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY FINANCIAL TIMES' READERS' FOR BEST BOOKS OF 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BOOKS EDITOR' S CHOICE 'Essential...

**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ** 'Riveting and vitally important' - Steven Pinker 'A gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change' - Anjana Ahuja, New Statesman EMPTY PLANET...

Featuring 25 remarkable and inspiring female friendships throughout history, Bosom Buddies is an illustrated celebration of these empowering relationships. From the formidable Trung Sisters, to friendly rivals Katherine Mansfield and...

BY THE WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR JOURNALISM 2023 *Includes additional material* A powerful collection of journalism on race, racism and black life and death from one of the...

FEATURING CHAPTERS ON: Ultrahand, Donkey Kong, Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Pokemon, Kirby's Adventures, Wii Sports, Animal Crossing, Nintendo Labo, Super Smash Bros, Splatoon From the instant classics...

AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR ' Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly changing New York' Observer 'A fascinating look at a...

We are a nation of crisp obsessives. Squashed into sandwiches on our lunch breaks and torn-open as centrepieces on pub tables, we buy tens of millions of packets every single...

'In Liverpool everybody wanted to be in a band. On every street corner and in every cellar there were young fellas practising with guitars. But it was rare to see...

In the early '60s, four friends from Liverpool formed a band. But this is not the 'fab four' story we know . . .Mary, Sylvia, Valerie and Pamela - also...

From the 'Winner of Winners' of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment, and the self-serving politicians that engineered its downfall. 1935 ....

The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty years. Leaving school and starting his...

'Remarkable.' THE TIMES 'Wonderful.' GUARDIAN 'Fascinating.' TELEGRAPH 'As a portrait of a place, it's hard to better.' COUNTRY LIFE 'A thrill akin to discovering buried treasure.' RICHARD MABEY 'Humane, humorous...

Is Santa Claus really a magic mushroom in disguise? Was Alice in Wonderland a thinly veiled psychedelic mushroom odyssey? Did mushroom tea kick-start ancient Greek philosophy? The 'magic mushroom' was...

I Heard You Paint Houses is a gripping work of true crime that chronicles the extraordinary confession of Frank The Irishman Sheeran, a Teamsters official and hitman who claimed responsibility...

A landmark music biography, The Rolling Stones: Fifty Years chronicles half a century of one of rock and roll's most iconic and enduring bands. Christopher Sandford presents a richly detailed...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterwork of American literary fiction, The...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of political criticism, American...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark collection in American sociological and...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A gripping work of political history and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work in political history, Apostles...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of narrative history, The...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Light of Common Day is the...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A towering work of Victorian fiction, The...