(Hardback)

Manufactured Grievance will examine the growing tensions between the liberal cosmopolitanism which defines much of the British political Left, and the patriotic faith-based conservatism that runs deep in many of Britain's ethnic-minority communities.

(Hardback)

(Paperback, Main)

A witty and indispensable guide to modern-day buzzwords.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

An esteemed psychologist examines how cultural forces have conspired to bring about a crisis in the way people experience their bodies. Orbach reveals the true dimensions of the crisis, and points the way toward a process of healing.

(Hardback)

From the author of "The Bombshell Manual of Style" comes a playful exploration of the spirit, creativity, and originality of the Bohemian lifestyle.

(, Main)

Spawned in the ghettos of Kingston as mercenary street-fighters for the island's politicians, the posses began migrating to the United States in the early 1980's, just in time to catch and ride the crack wave as it engulfed the country. This title examines the issues from a British and Jamaican perspective.

(Paperback, Main)

This incendiary collection of essays about money, religion, war, power, culture and nature adds up to a striking wake-up call about the world's need for social justice, and is now available in paperback

'A dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people... I never miss reading him.' Naomi Klein

(Hardback, 40th Anniversary e.)

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(Hardback)

Caviar: piquant, luxurious and decadent, it is renowned the world over. A story of greed, indulgence, enterprise and hope, this book starts by looking back to its heyday in Tsarist Russia, America and Europe in the Roaring Twenties, before telling the story of production, trade and consumption today.

(Hardback, Illustrated edition)

A study of fashions in Chinese history and a history of China in the last half millennium told as the story of Chinese fashions. From retro hats in the sixteenth century through to the 1950's Lenin suit, it uses garments and accessories as described by people of those times to shed light on the historical meaning of fashion and fashions in China.

(Hardback)

In 2002, Walkley Award-winning photojournalist went to live with the Martu people - one of the last Indigenous groups in Australia's vast Western Desert to come into contact with Europeans. With photographs, this title captures the beauty, humour, sadness and friendship of a traditional Aboriginal tribe at odds with western culture.

(Hardback, Main)

From the visionary musician, antiquarian and musicologist Julian Cope, comes an alternative history of the last six decades of popular music.

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(Paperback)

America's most famous antiwar mom speaks out for peace, social justice, and an end to the Iraq war.

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The Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend takes the main religion of India and provides an unrivalled insight into all aspects of Hindu life, both past and present. Some thousand entries act as a key to topics including the history of Hinduism, its mythology, art, architecture, religion, laws and folklore.

(Hardback)

The CEO of AARP, the world's largest nonprofit, is changing the current conversation about what it means to get older, focusing on three core areas-health, wealth, and self-to help people embrace opportunities and to reinforce the idea that aging is something to look forward to-not something to fear.

(Hardback)

If Chuck Klosterman of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs were to take on the fast-food industry and its inextricable link to American nostalgia throughout the 20th and 21th centuries

(Paperback)

Covers everything a person needs to think about before venturing into the ecotourism market.

(Paperback)

"A dissertation on black women's pain and possibility." -Joy Reid, Cosmopolitan

(Hardback, Main)

A practical call to arms that challenges the persistent inequality of power between men and women.

(Hardback)

A fabulous and ground-breaking book on the direct relationship between a woman's amount of freedom and the economic prosperity of her country.

(Paperback, New edition)

The misery of the 312 million people who live below the poverty line in India is often overlooked. This book shows how they manage, what sustains them and the efforts made to help them. Although it pays attention to individual districts, the issues the book raises are universal in their relevance.