Social Sciences

Under communism there was, in the countries of Eastern Europe, a high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high partici...

This edited volume investigates the political and socioeconomic impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon and Jordan, and these countries' mechanisms t...

A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication is the go-to text for any course that adopts a cognitive and psychological approach to the study of mass commu...

Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving from ...

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting...

The American Irish: A History, is the first concise, general history of its subject in a generation. It provides a long-overdue synthesis of Irish-American ...

a New York Times Bestseller That Has Changed The Way Readers View The Ecology Of Eating, This Revolutionary Book By Award Winner Michael Pollan Asks The Se...

Explores the role of firefighting in human history while chronicling the world's most famous fires. An innovative, vividly illustrated chronicle of humankin...

Introduction -- In The Beginning -- Booth Finds His Destiny -- William And Catherine -- An Army Is Formed -- The Sounds Of Music -- Early Persecution -- Wom...

The Neanderthals had brow ridges to keep the sun out of their eyes, but why don't we? When a leading scientist walked into a wall and broke his nose, he de...

New York Times Bestseller! Let former Minnesota Governor, actor, and superstar professional wrestler Jesse Ventura walk you through the assassinations of J...

The Bible has had an immeasurable influence on Western culture, touching on virtually every aspect of our lives. It is one of the great wellsprings of Wes...

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

A Powerful, Revealing Story Of Hope, Love, Justice, And The Power Of Reading By A Man Who Spent Thirty Years On Death Row For A Crime He Didn't Commit-- In ...

Creating effective copywriting is of vital importance in today's design and communication industries. Well-targeted copy and a strong brand voice are essent...

No function of the pastor is as visible and stress inducing as preaching. Being a good preacher requires learning the mental, emotional, spiritual and physi...

For The Past Three Years, Jon Ronson Has Traveled The World Meeting Recipients Of Famous Public Shamings, Often While Their Shamings Are In Full Force. Thes...

A sacred feminine initiation of self-love and soul care rituals, tools, and exercises. Spiritual teacher, intuitive coach, and award-winning author, Abiola ...

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience." — The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. I...

Equally suitable for undergraduates and specialists in the humanities, this collection provides an in-depth introduction to debates within post-colonial the...

Product Description The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of thes...

This book presents a distinctive approach to organizational consultation and planned change that reflects current research and theorizing about organizati...

Stories, Poems, Carols, And Recollections Of Christmas By World-famous Authors, With 120 Illustrations By Norman Rockwell.Categories: Arts & Photography...

In 1880, the California woman safeguarded the Republic by maintaining a morally sound home. Scarcely forty years later, women in the Pacific state won full...

This Book Examines The Diagnostic Overlap And Frequent Confusion Between The Newly Named Dsm-5 Diagnostic Categories Of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (ndds),...

In an environment where increasing amounts of information (and fake news) flood the internet on websites and social media, the information professional's jo...

An Introductory Textbook Which Uses Short Bite-sized Snap Shots To Introduce The Key Debates And Approaches, Technologies And Genres In Popular Music, This ...

Social Work Practice with Older Adults: An Evidence-Based Approach helps future social workers identify effective evidence-based treatment options for agin...

Filled With The Juicy Details Of The Lives Of The Powerful Players Who Made The Metropolitan Museum Of Art What It Is Today, Rogue's Gallery Delivers The Un...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

The Canadian West has a history littered with tales of robbers and murderers. These frontier days were long before faxes, DNA analysis and e-mail, and the b...

You Are Being Lied To is a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us by the gover...

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An account of the lives of Fred and Rose West, the Gloucestershire couple who abused and murdered their own children, as well as visitors to their house.Cat...

From the finance editor of The New York Times, an examination of Bill Gates--one of the most powerful, fascinating, and contradictory figures of the past fo...

Why Bureaucracy? -- Managerial Ideologies And The Origins Of The Human Relations Movement? -- The Human Relations Model -- The Neo-weberian Model: Decision ...

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The Black Leader Discusses His Political Philosophy And Reveals Details Of His Life, Shedding Light On The Ideas That Enabled Him To Gain The Allegiance Of ...

Based on more than forty years of practical experience in dealing the wide variety of problems that arise in the conservation of museum objects, this book i...

Over the last decade, Carol Gray's Social Stories approach has become established as a highly effective way of teaching social and life skills to children ...

A world-renowned child psychiatrist takes us inside his pioneering work with trauma victims to offer a groundbreaking new perspective on how stress and vi...

Lifted by a track record of accomplishments, you’re a manager. No doubt, despite it all, you’ll sooner or later feel a gnawing sense of incompetence. Yo...

The Arquives, The Largest Independent Lgbtq2+ Archive In The World, Is Dedicated To Collecting, Preserving, And Celebrating The Stories And Histories Of Lgb...

Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively re...

A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller!"The arid land that starts in Arizona and stretches into Mexico's west coast is Ronstadt's foothold in the world. It's ...

Now A Netflix Original Series Discover The Classic, Behind-the-scenes Chronicle Of John E. Douglas’ Twenty-five-year Career In The Fbi Investigative Suppo...

*****Basil Johnston's rollicking tales about life on a modern Indian reserve put MOOSE MEAT & WILD RICE on the map of Canadian comedy along with Stephen...

Paris Hilton has a lifestyle most girls dream about. Her name is on everyone's lips — but can she help it if she was born rich and privileged? Now, with a...