Social Sciences

Carl R Rogers - On Becoming a Person : A Psychotherapist's view of Psychotherapy - PB ( Originally 1967)

In this book, one of America's most distinguished psychologists describes his experiences in helping people to discover the path to personal growth through an understanding of their own limitations...

Joe Moran / Shrinking Violets

Our success as a species is built on sociability, so shyness in humans should be an anomaly. But it's actually remarkably common - we all know what it's like to cringe in embarrassment, stand...

Graham Hancock / The Sign and the Seal (Older Edition Small Paperback)

A compelling brew of mystery, crime, and science revealing the details behind the search for the lost Ark of the Covenant. The ***Lost Ark of the Covenant*** is one of the great historical mysteries...

Edward De Bono / The De Bono Code Book

A fascinating introduction to a comprehensive coding system which enables us to communicate in a higher order language. Language is the biggest barrier to human progress. Perceptions formed in the...

Susie Orbach / Fat is a Feminist Issue: Pt. 2 (Older Edition Small Paperback)

The international bestseller FAT IS A FEMINIST ISSUE started a revolution. It freed women from the trap of compulsive eating by explaining why we get fat, why we regain weight after dieting and how...

Roger Wilkes / Wallace: The Final Verdict (Older Edition Small Paperback)

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Raymond Tallis / Michelangelo's Finger

In this startlingly original and persuasive book, Raymond Tallis shows that it is easy to underestimate the influence of small things in determining what manner of creatures humans are. He reveals...

Dennis Potter / The changing forest

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Simon Heffer / The Age of Decadence

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Caitlin Matthews / The elements of the Celtic tradition

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Liz Murray / Breaking Night (Large Paperback)

Summer 1985, in the downtrodden Bronx neighbourhood of New York. At just 5 years old this would be the last time that Liz Murray could remember feeling like a child. In the years that would follow...

Julia Angwin / Dragnet Nation (Large Paperback)

An inside look at who's watching you, what they know and why it matters. We are being watched. We see online ads from websites we've visited, long after we've moved on to other interests. Our...

Ivan Illich / Deschooling Society (Large Paperback)

Schools have failed our individual needs, supporting false and misleading notions of ''progress'' and development fostered by the belief that ever-increasing production, consumption and profit are...

Piers Morgan / Woke Is Dead (Large Paperback)

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Piers Morgan welcomes the return of a common-sense world They claimed it was a movement that would change society forever. Instead, it's been buried six feet under by common...

Douglas Murray / The Madness of Crowds (Large Paperback)

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Updated with a new afterword by the author 'Douglas Murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech... A truthful look at...

Robert Hughes / Culture of Complaint (Large Paperback)

This is a call for the re-knitting of a fragmented and over-tribalized America. It is a passionate book, filled with barbed wit and asides on public life, both left and right of centre. To the right,...

Ulrich Beck / Reflexive Modernization (Large Paperback)

Three prominent social thinkers discuss how modern society is undercutting its formations of class, stratum, occupations, sex roles, the nuclear family, and more. Reflexive modernization, or the way...

Sarah Wise / The Italian Boy (Large Paperback)

Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed a series of crimes at Number 3, Nova Scotia Gardens in East London that appeared to echo the notorious Burke and Hare killings in Edinburgh three...

Moises Naim / The End of Power (Large Paperback)

The provocative bestseller explaining the decline of power in the twenty-first century--in government, business, and beyond     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same...

Alan Thein Durning / How Much is Enough? - The Consumer Society & the Future of the Earth (Large Paperback)

Early in the age of affluence that began after World War II, retailing analyst Victor Lebow declared: "Our enormously productive economy... demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we...

Daniel Stern / Diary Of A Baby (Large Paperback)

Every new parent desperately wants to know what goes on in the mind of a baby. Now a noted authority on infant development and psychiatry brings us closer than ever before to penetrating a your...

Cosmo Howard / Contested Individualization (Hardback)

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Sara Delamont / Feminist sociology (Hardback)

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David Harvey / Rebel cities (Hardback)

Mucho antes de que se creara el movimiento 15-M u Occupy Wall Street, las ciudades del mundo moderno se habían convertido en focos de la política revolucionaria, en los que emergían a la superficie...

Barbara G. Madonik / I Hear What You Say, But What Are You Telling Me? (Hardback)

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Jeffrey Gitomer / Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude (Hardback)

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Jo Cotterill / Looking at the stars (Hardback)

Amina's community is ravaged by war, and her family welcome what they hope is a liberating force. However, they face further oppression, from a regime which enforces the subordination of women, and...

Nicolette Jones / The Plimsoll Sensation (Hardback)

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Jean P. Sasson / Princess Sultana's circle (Hardback)

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Jeremy Ahearne / French cultural policy debates (Hardback)

Since the foundation in 1959 of the Ministry of Culture, cultural policy in France has enjoyed a profile unparalleled in any other country. French Cultural Policy Debates: A Reader makes available...

Martin Sixsmith / War of Nerves (Hardback)

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John Gross / A Double Thread (Hardback)

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John Naisbitt / Global paradox (Hardback)

In two previous blockbuster international best-sellers, John Naisbitt comprehensively identified the major trends that have swept through every sector of our world in the last fifteen years: from the...

Marjorie Darke / A Question of Courage (Hardback)

A young English seamstress becomes involved in the Suffragette movement before World War I.     This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown...

Erich Fromm - The Crisis of Psychoanalysis : Essays on Freud, Marx and Social Psychology - Pelican PB 1973 (Originally 1970)

A Pelican PB, 1973, of Erich Fromm's The Crisis of Psychoanalysis  Originally 1970. Crease to centre of spine, and light tanning to pages, no other marks noted.   

William Davis / The Rich: A Study of the Species (Older Edition Small Paperback)

The Rich has topped America's bestseller lists and received international acclaim for its insight into the lives and fortunes of the world's wealthiest and most powerful people. Renowned...

Iddo Tavory / Abductive Analysis (Large Paperback)

In Abductive Analysis, Iddo Tavory and Stefan Timmermans provide a new navigational map for theorizing qualitative research. They outline a way to think about observations, methods, and theories that...

Barry Hindess / Discourses of Power (Large Paperback)

In this accessible yet provocative text Barry Hindess provides a new interpretation of concepts of power within Western social thought, from Hobbes' notion of "sovereign power" to Foucault's account...

Peter Jackson / Commercial Cultures (Large Paperback)

Why do fashion houses pay exorbitant rents for retail space in London and New York from which they sell very few clothes? Why are some mothers happy to buy and sell children's clothes from charity...

Pierre Bourdieu / Political Interventions (Large Paperback)

Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential critical social theorists of the second half of the twentieth century, once described sociology as "a combat sport." This comprehensive collection of his...

E. Kay Trimberger / The New Single Woman (Large Paperback)

Drawing on stories from diverse women who have been single for many years, Trimberger explodes the idea that fulfillment comes only through coupling with a soulmate. Instead she presents an exciting...

Vic Seidler / Transforming Masculinities (Large Paperback)

Critically exploring the ways in which men and masculinities are commonly theorized, this multidisciplinary text opens up a discussion around such relationships, and shows that, as with feminisms,...

Zygmunt Bauman / The Individualized Society (Large Paperback)

We are spurred into action by our troubles and fears; but all too often our action fails to address the true causes of our worries. When trying to make sense of our lives, we tend to blame our own...

Pierre Bourdieu / The Logic of Practice (Large Paperback)

Now available in paperback, this book offers a major statement of Bourdieu?s theoretical approach, illustrating it with examples from anthropology. It will consolidate his reputation as one of the...

Pierre Bourdieu / In Other Words (Large Paperback)

Pierre Bourdieu has established himself as one of the leading social thinkers in the world today and his work is increasingly influential throughout the social sciences and humanities. This volume of...

Howard S. Becker / Writing for Social Scientists (Large Paperback)

Students and researchers all write under pressure, and those pressures-most lamentably, the desire to impress your audience rather than to communicate with them-often lead to pretentious prose,...

Pierre Bourdieu / An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology (Large Paperback)

Over the last three decades, Pierre Bourdieu has produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory and research of the post war era. Yet, despite the his influence, no single...

Pierre Bourdieu / Homo Academicus (Large Paperback)

In this highly original work, Pierre Bourdieu turns his attention to the academic world of which he is part and offers a brilliant analysis of modern intellectual culture. The academy is shown to be...

Dorothy E. Smith / Texts, Facts and Femininity (Large Paperback)

Texts, Facts and Femininity is a collection of essays which illustrate the full range of work by this leading feminist scholar on social relations as texts. It includes Smith's famous essay K is...

Bob Pease / Recreating Men (Large Paperback)

One of the most central issues for women's prospects for equality is whether man can and will change. Changing the social relations of gender will involve changing men's subjectives as well as their...

John R. W. Speller / Bourdieu and Literature (Large Paperback)

Bourdieu and Literature is a wide-ranging, rigorous and accessible introduction to the relationship between Pierre Bourdieu's work and literary studies. It provides a comprehensive overview and...

Nico Stehr / The Moralization of the Markets (Large Paperback)

Nothing affects the modern economy and society more than decisions made in the marketplace, especially, but not only, decisions made by consumers. Although it is not startling to suggest that...