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this New Edition Brings This Study Of Inner-city Life Up To Date. publishers Weekly anthropologist Bourgois Chose Addicts, Thieves, And [drug] Dealers To ...

“Jessica Spector has compiled the most challenging and thorough volume yet on philosophic themes surrounding the vexed questions of pornography and prosti...

In This Urgent, Authoritative Book, Bill Gates Sets Out A Wide-ranging, Practical - And Accessible - Plan For How The World Can Get To Zero Greenhouse Gas E...

From the mailbox of the Prime Minister's Office to your bookshelf, a list of more than 100 books that every Canadian should read. This largely one-sided cor...

Former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson -- who was at the very epicenter of the crashing financial markets -- provides a startling, first- person acco...

From The Publisher: Jonathan Safran Foer Spent Much Of His Teenage And College Years Oscillating Between Omnivore And Vegetarian. But On The Brink Of Father...

This book traces the spiritual journey of Satish Kumar: child monk, peace pilgrim, ecological activist, and educator. In it he recounts the sources of inspi...

Knowing Victims explores the theme of victimhood in contemporary feminism and politics. It focuses on popular and scholarly constructions of feminism as ‘...

The Rise And Fall Of Peace On Earth Examines That Singularly Peaceful Quarter Century. Its Initial Three Chapters Describe How And Why Peace Came To Be Esta...

James Grant’s story of America’s last governmentally untreated depression: A bible for conservative economists, this “carefully researched history…m...

The greatest threat to privacy today is not the NSA, but good-old American companies. Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously ga...

Asia's History Has Been Shaped By Her Waters. In Unruly Waters, Historian Sunil Amrith Reimagines Asia's History Through The Stories Of Its Rains, Rivers, C...

Our Baffling New Multipolar World Grows Ever More Complex, Desperately Calling For New Ways Of Thinking, Particularly When It Comes To Political Risk. To Da...

Historically there have been few options available for individuals seeking help for treatment-resistant loved ones suffering from substance abuse. Coautho...

In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics prog...

A Respected Economist And Columnist For The New York Times Shares A Collection Of His Most Influential Columns, Along With Commentary, That Critically Analy...

It's December 1997, And A Man-eating Siberian Tiger Is On The Prowl Outside A Remote Village In Russia's Far East. The Tiger Isn't Just Killing People, It's...

Offers concrete advice on handling the physical, mental, emotional, and financial needs of the aged and includes new and updated sections on spirituality, e...

WINNER 2014 – Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-FictionForget everything you think you know about global warming. The really inconvenient truth...

An Unprecedented Behind-the-scenes Portrait Of The Trump Presidency From The Anonymous Senior Official Whose First Words Of Warning About The President Rock...

This new edition has been substantially rewritten and includes new sections on globalized capitalism and modernism and postmodernism, and a new chapter on ...

Why haven't the poorest Africans been able to prosper in the twenty-first century? Celebrated economist George Ayittey thinks the answer is obvious: economi...

Written in a refreshing conversational style, this text thoroughly prepares students, program administrators, and new evaluators to conduct evaluations or t...

Dennis Guest. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [366]-378) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesSocial Work

this Is A Comprehensive Text, Providing An Introduction To Current Knowledge About Various Types Of Violence Against Children. The Author Deals With Sexua...

Norms And Values -- Unleashed -- The Law Of Group Polarization -- The Expressive Function Of Law -- The Uses And Limits Of Nudges -- Nudging : A Very Short ...

"Read this disturbing but vital book." -- Tucker Carlson “One of the most intellectually compelling and rational defenses of Christianity’s role in Ame...

In eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through ...

An insider’s view of the U.S. government’s response to the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, as recounted by the people who made the key decisions I...

Dying, Death and Grief is written for anyone who provides support to adults following bereavement. The author explains the theoretical background to attachm...

The Second Edition of The Business of Media: Corporate Media and the Public Interest provides students with the critical, yet careful, analysis of the rapid...

In cities across North America, teenage runaways are struggling to stay alive. Some don't make it to adulthood. Some do, but their lives rarely rise above ...

a Harrowing Yet Poignant Examination Of A Famous Lynching That Considers America's Ongoing Struggles With Race, Equality, And Justice. washington Post Bo...

A New Edition Of A Definitive History Of American Environmental Policy, Focusing On Policies From 1970 To The Trump Administration And Their Historical Cont...

Answering Frequently Asked Questions About Early Childhood Education And Childcare (ecec) In Canada, This Accessible Investigation Seeks To Establish Proper...

Explore The Vestiges Of The Hamlets And Villages That Have Been Swallowed Up By Toronto’s Relentless Growth. Over More Than Two Centuries, Toronto Has Bal...

The Historical Foundations Of Women's Power In The Creation Of The American Welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands: Women, Voluntary A...

United Nations Champion of the Earth, climate scientist, and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe changes the debate on how we can save our future in this...

Alcoholics Anonymous, 1976 3rd Edition, edited and published by AA World Services, Inc. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Wom...

Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us, ...

Guns In America Have A History. The Violence They Cause Came About From A Series Of Decisions. To Reverse Them There Is A Series Of Solutions. This Is Your ...

In the fall of 2021, Dr. Julie Ponesse saw her academic career of 20 years fall apart after she refused a Canadian university's COVID vaccine mandate. This ...

Fox News Host And New York Times Bestselling Author Pete Hegseth Delivers His Most Important Book Yet: An Excoriating Examination Of The State Of America's ...

Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market―the apparent "w...

Social Work Terms -- Milestones In The Development Of Social Work And Social Welfare. By Robert L. Barker.Categories: ReferenceDictionaries & Thesauruse...

written By A Practicing Architect And Gerontologist, The Complete Guide To Alzheimer's-proofing Your Home Shows You How To Create A Home Environment That ...

Now available in a completely revised sixth edition, this is the leading textbook for professionals preparing to work with children with disabilities and t...

The race for the White House in 1968 was a watershed event in American politics. In this brilliantly succinct narrative analysis, Lewis L. Gould shows how t...