July 2025

Dan Schiller / Digital Capitalism: Networking the Global Market System (Large Paperback)

The networks that comprise cyberspace were originally created at the behest of government agencies, military contractors, and allied educational institutions. Over the past generation or so, however, a growing number of these networks began to serve...

Thierry Bardini / Bootstrapping: Douglas Engelbart, Coevolution, and the Origins of Personal Computing (Large Paperback)

Bootstrapping analyzes the genesis of personal computing from both technological and social perspectives, through a close study of the pathbreaking work of one researcher, Douglas Engelbart. In his lab at the Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s,...

M.N. Srinivas / The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and Challenges in Sociological Investigation (Large Paperback)

This is a paperback of a 1979 hardback which broke new ground in social investigation. There have, since, been other books on the experience of fieldwork, but this remains a much cited work. The eighteen essays in the volume describe the experiences...

Steve Woolgar / Virtual Society? Get Real!: Technology, Cyberbole, Reality (Large Paperback)

This book investigates the precise effects on society of the new and much vaunted electronic technologies (ICTs). All aspects of our social, cultural, economic, and political life stand to be affected by their continued massive growth, but are...

Howard Rheingold / Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology (Large Paperback)

In a highly engaging style, Rheingold tells the story of what he calls the patriarchs, pioneers, and infonauts of the computer, focusing in particular on such pioneers as J. C. R. Licklider, Doug Engelbart, Bob Taylor, and Alan Kay. The digital...

Giuseppe Mantovani / New Communications Environments: From Everyday To Virtual (Large Paperback)

This multi-disciplinary book develops three intertwined the perspective of situated action from cognitive science, a model of social context as a framework for inspiring artifact use and starting from it, and the individual and organizational impact of...

Paul N. Edwards / The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America (Large Paperback)

The Closed World offers a radically new alternative to the canonical histories of computers and cognitive science. Arguing that we can make sense of computers as tools only when we simultaneously grasp their roles as metaphors and political icons, Paul...

Phillip Knightley / The Second Oldest Profession: Spies and Spying in the Twentieth Century (Large Paperback)

The spy is as old as history but spy services are quite new. Britain founded the first, Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, in dubious circumstances in 1909. Others followed until no country considered itself a nation unless it had a corps of...

Armand Mattelart / Invention Of Communication (Large Paperback)

1996 A tour of the multiple usages and systems that each historic period puts forth in the name of communication. This genealogy maps the many means by which humans interact - from cataloguing others, to asserting power over them, to working together...

Armand Mattelart / Mapping World Communication: War, Progress, Culture (Large Paperback)

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Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing / Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection (Large Paperback)

A wheel turns because of its encounter with the surface of the road; spinning in the air it goes nowhere. Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light; one stick alone is just a stick. In both cases, it is friction that produces movement, action,...

Ricard Matthieu / Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World (Large Paperback)

The concern for the well-being of others could be the saving grace of the 21st century. Matthieu Ricard's Altruism, an erudite, brilliantly ranging synthesis of philosophy, psychology and ages old wisdom, is a radical call to kindness, which has the...

Immanuel Wallerstein / The End of the World As We Know It: Social Science for the Twenty-First Century (Large Paperback)

his book is nothing short of a state-of-the-world address, delivered by a scholar uniquely suited to the task. Immanuel Wallerstein, one of the most prominent social scientists of our time, documents the profound transformations our world is undergoing...

Colin Lankshear / New Literacies (Large Paperback)

"Lankshear and Knobel's New Changing Knowledge and Classroom Learning is a savvy and principled analysis of emerging socio-cultural conditions of digitization, the best take to date on education, Post-Lyotard." - Suzanne de Castell, Professor, Literacy...

Bruce Sterling / Shaping Things (Large Paperback)

A guide to the next great wave of technology--an era of objects so programmable that they can be regarded as material instantiations of an immaterial system. Shaping Things is about created objects and the environment, which is to say, it's...

Claudio U. Ciborra / From Control to Drift: The Dynamics of Corporate Information Infrastructures (Large Paperback)

This book presents six in-depth case studies of large corporations which offer a rich picture of the main issues involved in information infrastructure implementation and management. It provides interpretations and theories that are relevant both for...

Alastair Fuad-Luke / Design Activism: Beautiful Strangeness for a Sustainable World (Large Paperback)

Design academics and practitioners are facing a multiplicity of challenges in a dynamic, complex, world moving faster than the current design paradigm which is largely tied to the values and imperatives of commercial enterprise. Current education and...

Michael A. Jackson / Software Requirements and Specifications: A Lexicon of Practice, Principles and Prejudices (Large Paperback)

Software Reqiuirements and Specifications is the latest book from Michael Jackson, one of the foremost contributors to software development method and practice. The book brings together some 75 short pieces about principles and techniques for...

Evan Selinger / Chasing Technoscience: Matrix for Materiality (Large Paperback)

". . . an original, quirky, and illuminating collection of material concerning the relatively new and exciting field of technoscience studies. . . . [T]he editors' choice of multiple approaches to the work of four major figures is wholly suited to...

Judy Attfield / Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Life (Large Paperback)

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002 What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important...

Langdon Winner/ The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology (Large Paperback)

"The questions he poses about the relationship between technical change and political power are pressing ones that can no longer be ignored, and identifying them is perhaps the most a nascent 'philosophy of technology' can expect to achieve at the...

Tony Fry / Becoming Human by Design (Large Paperback)

The last in Tony Fry's celebrated trilogy of books continues his radical rethinking of design. Becoming Human by Design 's provocative argument presents a revised reading of human 'evolution' centred on ontological design.Examining the relation of design...

Peter Checkland / Systems Thinking, Systems Practice: Includes a 30-Year Retrospective (Large Paperback)

Thirty years ago Peter Checkland set out to test whether the Systems Engineering (SE) approach, highly successful in technical problems, could be used by managers coping with the unfolding complexities of organizational life. The straightforward transfer...

Frank Webster / Theories of the Information Society (Large Paperback)

Information has come to be regarded as a symbol of the age in which we live. Talk nowadays is of an `information technology' revolution, even of an `information society'. But just what does this mean? In Theories of the Information Society Frank...

Sasha Morton / Favourite Classics:: Treasure Island (Children's Coffee Table book)

Who could resist this tale of pirates, betrayal and buried treasure?Join the young Jim Hawkins, and Long John Silver and Captain Flint as they sail the Caribbean on their search for gold, guided only by a long-forgotten map.Beautiful watercolour...

Dennis Leonard Doyle / Bible Questions and Answers (Children's Coffee Table book)

"What did God create to fill the universe?", "why did Adam and Eve's son Cain kill his brother Abel?", "who did Jacob wrestle with on his way back to Canaan?", "who told Mary that she was going to have a baby?, "how did Jesus meet his first...

William Steig / Brave Irene (Children's Coffee Table book)

Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess, but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball. So brave Irene - a fan of snow - dresses warmly, packages up the dress and heads out into a raging storm. The deep...

Julia Donaldson / Charlie Cook's Favourite Book (Children's Coffee Table book)

Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog... From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there`s something for everyone in Charlie`s...

J.M. Barrie / Peter Pan and Wendy (Children's Coffee Table book)

J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is a thrilling adventure for all ages—the story of the boy who refuses to grow up is a tale that never gets old. It follows the Darling children, Wendy, John and Michael, who befriend the magical Peter and are...

Brown Watson / My First 1000 Words & Pictures (Children's Coffee Table book)

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Walt Disney Company / Bambi (Children's Coffee Table book)

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Blanche Fisher Wright / The Real Mother Goose (Children's Coffee Table book)

For nearly a century, The Real Mother Goose has delighted young children! For more than seventy-five years THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE has been delighting millions of children, and today the magic is as strong as ever. Heralded as the "standard" Mother...

Parragon / 365 Things to Make and Do (Children's Coffee Table book)

365 Things to Make and Do various crafts and projects greaat for keeping adults and children occupied!       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture...

Charles Perrault / Cinderella: A Fairy Tale (Children's Coffee Table book)

In this retelling of the classic story, Cinderella never complains as she does everything that her ungrateful stepmother and stepsisters tells her to do. Cinderella's good nature is rewarded when her fairy godmother transforms her rags into a ball...

Enid Blyton / Bedtime Stories For Children (Children's Coffee Table book)

This title contains lots of fun and imaginative stories from the Enid Blyton library; just the right length for reading at bedtime with the added built-in light which makes it fun to read in the dark. With charming stories about animals, fairies,...

CBeebies / Bob the Builder: a Christmas to Remember (Children's Coffee Table book)

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P.J. Masks / Pedal Power (Children's Coffee Table book)

It's time to be a hero! By day, they are Connor, Greg and Amaya, but by night they are Catboy, Gekko and Owlette, the PJ Masks. This cool adventure storybook is based on the episode 'Catboy's Two-Wheeled Wonder' - when the PJ Masks discover that their...

Robert Louis Stevenson / Treasure Island (Children's Coffee Table book)

The classic story of high-seas adventure is brought stunningly to life by hugely popular illustrator Michael Foreman. This is the book that brought pirates into the popular imagination with its villain/hero, the peg-legged captain Long John Silver...

Walt Disney Company / Club Penguin: Official Annual 2013 (Children's Coffee Table book)

Packed with games and stories from your favourite snow-covered virtual world, this title features various activities, penguin pleasing puzzles, comics and all your favourite characters from clubpenguin.       This book is...

Little Brother Books Limited / WWE Annual 2018 (Children's Coffee Table book)

Get ready to Rumble in this year's best-selling action Annual! This year's WWE Annual is exploding with exclusive imagery from the biggest battles of the year: Wrestlemania 33 and Raw , as well as offering access to all areas of your favourite Superstars...

Pedigree Books / One Direction Special by Smash Hits Annual 2014 (Children's Coffee Table book)

Fans will not be able to get enough of Harry, Liam, Louis, Zayn and Niall in this amazing 'One Direction Special' editorial Annual from Smash Hits, the home of pop music. Featruing profiles, gorgeous posters, fun quizzes and crazy facts to keep the...

Walt Disney Company / High School Musical Annual 2010 (Children's Coffee Table book)

Featuring High School Musical 1, 2 and 3       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing...

Little Brother Books / The World of Dinosaurs by Jurassic Explorers 2022 Edition (Children's Coffee Table book)

Travel through time to the wonderful world of dinosaurs in this new 2022 Edition.Delve into the prehistoric world as you find out all about the biggest, most ferocious creatures ever to roam the Earth.Bursting with fierce facts, roar-some activities and...

Eric Kincaid / Nursery Rhymes (Children's Coffee Table book)

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100% Unofficial / 100% Unofficial Fortnite Annual 2023: A Perfect Present for all Gaming Fans (Children's Coffee Table book)

Fortnite has re-emerged from the black hole for Chapter 2! The 100% Unofficial Fortnite Annual 2021 is the perfect Christmas gift for gamers. It includes the best skins, emotes and accessories, as well as a round-up of the most impressive vehicles,...

Autumn Publishing / Beauty and the Beast (Children's Coffee Table book)

Discover the magical world of Disney in this collectible series of timeless tales from the world's most popular animation studio. Beautiful Belle dreams of a life od adventure, but when she becomes trapped in a cursed castle with a terrifying beast,...

L.O.L Surprise / Official L.O.L Surprise: 2019 Edition (Children's Coffee Table book)

The L.O.L. Surprise! phenomenon is taking over the world. Unbox and unwrap layers of surprises and fun and join the world-wide craze which has just been named `Toy of the Year 2017' Don't miss out - make sure this fully-updated, action-packed edition...

Centum Books Ltd / LOL Secret Journal (Children's Coffee Table book)

My L.O.L. Secret Handbook features all your favourite outrageous characters from series 1 and 2. Packed with facts, quotes, bios, secret messages to solve and all the inside info on your favourite squads. Tick off each doll and her Lil Sister as you...

Parragon Books / Children's treasury of tales (Children's Coffee Table book)

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Belinda Gallagher / Dinosaurs (Children's Coffee Table book)

Take a tour of the dinosaur world - ferocious carnivores, gigantic plant eaters, deadly pack hunters and tiny babies.Discover how other prehistoric creatures evolved, hunted and communicated.This book is crammed with vividly illustrated facts...

A.A. Milne / Winnie the Pooh: Two Favourite Stories (Children's Coffee Table book)

"Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree", "Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing...

Parragon / Magical Stories (Children's Coffee Table book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a second hand book may damage it, so we refrain...