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Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound hum...

Intended as a guide to the terms and phrases that partially shape the origins, purpose, logic, meaning, and methods of the practices known as qualitative i...

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tender reckoning of what it means to be a heterosexual woman a...

Foundations -- Planning And Preparation -- Quantitative Data Collection And Analysis -- Qualitative Data Collection And Analysis -- Communicating With Other...

Sacred Hoops Revisited -- Foreword / Senator Bill Bradley -- Introduction -- 1. The Second Coming -- 2. A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Starts With One Breath...

Introducing Intercultural Communication uses examples and case studies from around the world to situate communication theory in a truly global perspective....

In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the...

Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.Millions of Americans w...

Popular marriage counselor and seminar leader John Gray provides a unique, practical and proven way for men and women to communicate and relate better by a...

Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcyc...

Connect with the Boundless Energy and Life-Changing Magick of Dragons Discover how to work magick with the mighty dragon clans in this powerful book from b...

With passion, wit, and good common sense, the celebrated poet Mary Oliver tells of the basic ways a poem is built-meter and rhyme, form and diction, sound...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny-but their behavior often drives away those closest to them...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITYThe effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our t...

Unlike many other ancient mythologies, Hinduism thrives in the modern world. One billion followers and countless others have been captivated by its symboli...

A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 Sometime around 1750, English entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of steam and coal, and the world was...

A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an aberration, but a regu...

written From A Global Perspective On Risk, Hazards, And Disasters, Introduction To International Disaster Management Provides Practitioners, Educators A...

The Silent Half : Le Contadine Del Sud Before The First World War / Emiliana P. Noether -- The Civil Code Of 1865 And The Origins Of The Feminist Movement I...

Now in a fully revised, updated, and expanded second edition, this informative clinical resource and text presents Froma Walsh's family resilience framewo...

Embraced with zeal by a wide array of activists and policymakers, the restorative justice movement has made promises to reduce the disproportionate rates ...

Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced stereotyped and der...

In 2009, The National Academy Of Sciences (nas) Authored The Report Strengthening Forensic Science In The United States: A Path Forward. In It, The Committe...

How could an urban American Indian tribe, having survived relentless earlier governmental attempts to declare its culture extinct, be once again on the verg...

This meticulously researched book explores the concept of fame in all its fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why do so many entertainers do so mu...

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`it's Easy To Be Snobbish About Media Culture; The Great Merit Of Roger Silverstone's Book Is To Make The Reader Understand Just How Important That Culture ...

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN Raising up men has never been easy, but today is seems particularly tough. The young and old need heroes to embody the eternal q...

Frank Ching. Parallel Title In Chinese Characters. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 471-511.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences...

Near The Ontario-michigan Border, Canada's Densest Concentration Of Chemical Manufacturing Surrounds The Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Living In The Polluted He...

Metamorphoses of the Zoo marshals a unique compendium of critical interventions that envision novel modes of authentic encounter that cultivate humanity's b...

Presents A Comprehensive Analysis Of The Ecological Resources And Technologies Required For Sustaining Households, Communites, Regions, And Nations. Why Wor...

The Author Scales The Mountain Of Names, The Great Pyramid Of Ancestry And Relationship That Unites All Human Beings. Part I: A History Of The Human Family:...

Product Description Risk Management for Events is a comprehensive and practical guide that supports academic and professional development programs to p...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, H. G. Wells predicted that statistical thinking would be as necessary for citizenship in a technological world ...

When Daniel Lubetzky Started Kind Healthy Snacks In 2004, He Aimed To Defy The Conventional Wisdom That Snack Bars Could Never Be Both Tasty And Healthy, Co...

Human Resource Management For The Event Industry Still Remains The Only Text To Introduce Students To The Unique Application Of Hr Principles In The Context...

This is the second edition of the immensely successful international text Poverty and Development in the 1990s. Each chapter introduces the student to a k...

This collection of Canadian research publications is designed to introduce students to the major issues in criminology -- definitions, measurements, explana...

This anthology reconsiders the meanings of multiculturalism in the West. In introducing a new conceptual language, the volume stresses the importance of dis...

This new book brings together leading scholars from around the world to provide an international and interdisciplinary overview of twentieth-century devel...

An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop’s most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenome...

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet...

Explore the world of crime and punishmentPolice, forensics, and detective stories dominate our TV screens and bookshelves—from fictional portrayals such a...

Introduction, Storytelling As Social Conscience: The Power Of Autobiography / Becky Thompson And Sangeeta Tyagi -- Word Problems / Kate Rushin -- Part I. Bl...

In a society that worships youth and relegates its seniors to second-class citizen status, many elderly women end up ignored, mourning their lost youth. It...

'global Sex' Is The First Major Work To Take On The Globalization Of Sexuality, Examining The Ways In Which Desire And Pleasure - As Well As Ideas About Gen...