Social Sciences

The best queer history book you'll read this year. LONGLISTED FOR THE BREAD & ROSES AWARD Shoulder to Shoulder is a love letter to the LGBTQ+ pioneers of solidarity 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...

An empowering and gripping story of a pioneer of women's rights written by a critically-acclaimed writer and historian, for fans of Hallie Rubenhold, Hermione Lee and prize-winning Victorian histories. 'Makes...

What has data ever done for us? Georgina Sturge, House of Commons Library statistician and author of the critically acclaimed Bad Data , explores the rich history of the times...

'Sits you at the dressing table of history: a place of dreams, doubts, self-harm and hopes' - Sunday Times At the heart of this history is the female body. The...

A powerful, intimate memoir of Eritrean-British journalist, Hannah Azieb-Pool, who returns to Eritrea at the age of 30 to meet her family for the first time. What a story. So...

This book shows how managers, workers and organization members exhibit symptoms of addiction - denying and avoiding problems, assuming that there is no other way of behaving, manipulating events to...

'Our relationship with nature has changed . . . radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion,...

Are our brains wired to hate? Does online hate incite violence on the streets? With hate crimes at an all-time high, what can we do to help turn the tide?...

How Australia Compares is a handy reference that compares Australia with 17 other developed democracies on a wide range of social, economic and political dimensions. Whenever possible, it gives not...

Based on frank and revealing interviews with mothers and sons of all ages, Babette Smith's ground-breaking book tells the truth about this crucial relationship. She probes behind the myths and...

A bold new interpretation of modern history as a continual struggle among three prevailing power groups: merchant, soldier, and sage Noted Oxford historian David Priestland argues history is, at base,...

The book titled Harrods: The Story of Society's Favourite Store by the author Sean Callery. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Delving into the recent history of the BBC, once thought of as the last bastion of British paternalism, this book explores the truth behind accusations that the appointment of Sir...

The book titled Brief Lives by the author John Aubrey. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

THIS OTHER EDEN is a captivating narrative of seven great gardens, beautiful canvases that represent not just pleasure grounds but a country's evolution. Showpieces of grand design, they are also...

This wide-ranging study vividly presents the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a deadly outbreak of the plague that claimed one-quarter of the Venetian...

The book titled Hearth and Home: History of Material Culture by the author Norman John Greville Pounds. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

This work describes London's social life, its growth and the experiences of living in the city. With the redevelopment of Docklands and much of the East End, London is now...

An enthralling account of day-to-day life in a medieval French village. Using records gathered by the Catholic Church in its pursuit of heretics, the book recreates the lives of a...

A look at the hidden patterns of behaviour which underpin our daily life, based on research in environmental psychology and urban anthropology. Topics discussed are the concept of personal space...

This book is intended for students and researchers in gender studies, economics, soacila and welfare policy and the socilogy of the family.

This book is about a contemporary social phenomenon which is known by a number of different names: "the Volunteers' Movement", "the Service Movement" or just "Hizmet". Hizmet is also often...

Author: George Alexander LensenBinding: HardbackPublished: Sophia University-Tokyo in cooperation with The Diplomatic Press, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: plastic dust jacket worn...

Author: Richard BroomeBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some marks and sun bleaching to dust cover, plastic jacket torn on...

The book titled The Twilight Years: Paris in the 1930's by the author William Wiser. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins...

In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag , acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and...

The book titled Christmas Past by the author Gavin Weightman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

For the last 25 years, sociobiologists have come under continuous attack by a group of left-wing academics, who have accused the former of dubious and politically dangerous science. Many have...

Have humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until organized states developed? Is war an expression of human nature or an artifact of civilization? Questions...

"NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER From the former vice president and #1 "New York Times" bestselling author comes "An Inconvenient Truth" for everything--a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers...

Originally published in 1992 to commemorate the centenary of Australia's oldest political party, this study contains an additional chapter which covers the two Paul Keating challenges and the political reversals...

*Now a major movie starring Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Sebastian Stan and Nick Offerman* The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders that...

Author: Paul Boreham, Alec Pemberton, Paul WilsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: University of Queensland PressCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic work presents a rigorous...

Author: The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsLight In The East: China's Enlightened Empire; The Advent...

Author: Keith DunstanBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1979Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThe Store On The Hill chronicles the vibrant life and enduring spirit...

Author: John Arden; Robert Bernen; Kyril Bonfiglioli; Neil Boyd; Patrick Skene Catling; Frederick Forsyth; John Gardner; Harry Harrison; Erik Haugaard; Richard Llewellyn; Peter Luje; Malcolm Macdonald; Wolf Mankowitz; Anne McCaffreyBinding:...

Author: John J. W. Rogers And P. Geoffrey FeissBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic text, People And The Earth: Basic Issues In The Sustainability...

Author: Heide Museum of Modern ArtBinding: HardbackPublished: Heide Museum of Modern Art, 2013Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsFuture Primitive’ brings together works by 19 artists from Australia and New...

The book titled The Stories Behind the Labels: The History, Romance and Characters by the author Andrew Jones. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

- Firm Sale - A celebration of the British countryside and how it has changed over the last 140 years using photography from the Francis Frith Collection - the world's...

The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who...

The powerful true story of the first flight across the Atlantic - and of the ordinary heroes who risked their lives to race in pursuit of progress 'David Rooney is...

Author: K. M. AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, Australia, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis richly produced historical survey presents a visual and narrative account of major...

Author: Laurence OliphantBinding: HardbackPublished: William Blackwood and Sons, 1853Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Boards...

Author: Helen VellacottBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis captivating memoir, A Girl At Government House, chronicles the unique experiences of an English girl navigating...

Author: Michael CannonBinding: HardbackPublished: Currey O'Neil, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMichael Cannon's Australia Spirit Of A Nation chronicles the rich and complex history of the Australian continent,...