Arts & Social Sciences Books

This market-leading, foundational education text is accessible for all students and designed to engage and inspire them, while staying realistic, practical and jargon-free.Available as a full-colour printed textbook with an...

Publisher's Synopsis   This is the Pandora's Box of self-help books. - Conan O'BrienDaniel Sloss's stand-up comedy engages, enrages, offends, unsettles, educates, comforts, and gets audiences roaring with laughter - all...

Everyone knows what is feels like to be in pain. Scraped knees, toothaches, migraines, giving birth, cancer, heart attacks, and heartaches: pain permeates our entire lives. We also witness other...

Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are...

How can school leaders shape organisations that offer consistently high quality, rounded and equitable education in the context of rapid change? How can wider education systems support and encourage all...

Throughout the history of psychology, attempting to objectively measure the highly dynamic phenomenon of human behaviour has given rise to an underappreciated margin of error. Today, as the discipline experiences...

"One of the best US Cold War History books of all time" - BookAuthorityA bold argument that tackles current trends, such as rising nationalism, arguing that they strengthen rather than...

What explains Putin's enduring popularity in Russia? In The Red Mirror, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova uses social identity theory to explain Putin's leadership. The main source of Putin's political influence, she finds, lies...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Despite the central importance that water has held for civilizations both ancient...

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an even-handed and judicious guide to the world's most intractable dispute. Writing in an engaging, jargon-free Q&A format, Dov Waxman provides clear...

Kinky in the Digital Age is a comprehensive, empirically deep exploration of gay men's social and sexual experiences of kink. It bolsters the voices of these men in an unprecedented way...

Publisher's Synopsis This guide shows you how to disconnect your digital life and reconnect with the real world through 100 easy to follow tips. Includes facts, step-by-step plans, yoga workouts....

Publisher's Synopsis The powerful, insightful follow-up to the critically acclaimed, multi-million #1 bestselling memoir Becoming In her inspiring follow-up to Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and...

Publisher's Synopsis Discover the amazing science for reclaiming your humanity and being happy!  We all feel it sometimes-all of us, we really do. Tired, hopeless, stretched too thin, a little scared...

Publisher's Synopsis *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2020 -- BEST POETRY**BOOK OF THE YEAR OBSERVER**BOOK OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL TIMES *The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist, poet, and cultural phenomenon: Margaret Atwood.Dearly is...

Publisher's Synopsis The easy way to become a more mindful leader Want to become a more mindful leader? With Mindful Leadership For Dummies, you'll find accessible and authoritative guidance for cultivating...

Letters to a Young Poet is a collection of letters written by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke to an aspiring poet Franz Xaver Kappus, a 19-year-old military cadet at Theresian...

The Conquest of Happiness is a sagacious book which addresses the problems of ubiquitous unhappiness in the age of anxiety. First published in 1930, it remains the primary lucid source...

Publisher's Synopsis PUBLIC SPEAKING: CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY, 2e delivers a practical, up-to-date resource that will sharpen your public-speaking skills and empower you to make the best choices for your speech...

The author of Six Secrets of Change describes how and why the principal's role must change to maximize student achievement Principals are often called the second most crucial in-school influencers (after teachers)...

A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century “What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from . . ....

The world is witnessing a rapid rise in the number of victims of human trafficking and of migrants—voluntary and involuntary, internal and international, authorized and unauthorized. In the first two...

"In its comprehensive sweep, deep probing and acute critical analysis, Finkelstein's study stands alone."—Noam Chomsky"No one who ventures an opinion on Gaza . . . is entitled to do so...

How to Enjoy Art: A Guide for Everyone provides the tools to understand and enjoy works of art. Debunking the pervasive idea that specialist knowledge is required to understand and appreciate...

“I have seen yesterday. I know tomorrow.” This inscription in Tutankhamun’s tomb summarizes The Fifth Beginning. Here, archaeologist Robert L. Kelly explains how the study of our cultural past can predict...

How to rewire your brain to improve virtually every aspect of your life-based on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology on neuroplasticity and evidence-based practices Not long ago, it...

“Heartbreaking and inspiring,” Nelson Mandela’s Prison Letters reveals his evolution “into one of the great moral heroes of our time” (New York Times). First published to mark the centenary of...

Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical canon at a moment when we can access all music—across time and cultures“Nicholas Kenyon is an amiable and enthusiastic guide to...