Social Sciences

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest...

This textbook provides students with a concise introduction to the development of communication theory. Written in an engaging style, it offers an account ...

Great exhibition catalog featuring festival art from the Caribbean. 161 mostly color illustrations / photographs of art works and costumes - masks, African ...

A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many o...

An Account Of The Chicago World's Fair Of 1893 Relates The Stories Of Two Men Who Shaped The History Of The Event--architect Daniel H. Burnham, Who Coordina...

This is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the brilliant minds behind the world's biggest campaigns including Colin Kaepernick, Emma Wats...

The Brothers Grimm Snow-white and other stories is a beautifully illustrated storybook for children aged 5+. Containing four famous favourites by master sto...

Susan Bordo Untangles The Myths, Ideologies, And Pathologies Of The Modern Female Body. Bordo Explores Our Tortured Fascination With Food, Hunger, Desire, A...

In this new fifth edition of Social Welfare in Canadian Society, author Rosalie Chappell provides a critical look at chronic and emerging social issues, as ...

A magisterial account of the worst disasters to strike humankind—the Great Irish Potato Famine—conveyed as lyrical narrative history from the acclaimed...

Donald Goines Was A Pimp, A Truck Driver, A Heroin Addict, A Factory Worker, And A Career Criminal. He Was Also One Of World's Most Popular Black Contempora...

In The Ethics of Immigration, Joseph Carens synthesizes a lifetime of work to explore and illuminate one of the most pressing issues of our time. Immigratio...

This Volume Shows How Public And Private Forms Of Power Regulate Three Main Aspects Of Social Reproduction: Biological Reproduction; Reproduction Of Labour ...

New Vocabularies in Film Semiotics provides a comprehensive lexicon of semiotic concepts, defining over 500 critical terms. The authors address key aspects ...

Written for Canadians, by Canadians, Our Society provides students with an up-to-date analysis of the major diversities that characterize Canadian society. ...

In This Thoughtful Treatise Spurred By The 2015 Death Of African-american Academic Sandra Bland In Jail After A Traffic Stop, New Yorker Writer Gladwell (th...

This book explores the musical interest and needs of children in their daily lives. Based upon their expressed thoughts and actual musicking behaviors, thi...

Tomson Highway is one of Canada's foremost playwrights and novelists. In Comparing Mythologies he addresses a theme that is central to much of his work: the...

For Readers Of The Book Of Negroes, Bound For Canaan, House Girl And The Illegal Comes The Story Of A Fifteen-year-old Escaped Slave Named Cecelia Reynolds,...

Enjoy this collection of Ontario's paranormal history by best-selling Ghost Stories author Barbara Smith. You'll find tales from Timmons, Prescott, Gananoqu...

When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. After a series of setbacks, he was ...

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race ...

A Masterful blend of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, and lively personal reportage, Maya Comos tells a constellation of stories, from the historical...

Edited, with an Introduction, by Anton C. Pegis with selections from SUMMA THEOLOGICA and SUMMA CONTRA GENTILESCategories: Politics & Social SciencesSoc...

The focus of this text on ethical decision-making reflects the reality of practice in human services where we are increasingly faced with complex and conten...

An Important Book For Anyone Interested In Global Issues, Writing On The Edge Features Twelve Essays That Take The Reader To Countries In Crisis. Award-winn...

Based on her own widely respected book The Indispensable Woman, Ellen Sue Stern has taken the observations and recovery program which made that book so valu...

Men's Fraternity: The Great Adventure - Viewer Guide by Robert Lewis helps men break free from the bondage of boredom and rediscover the exciting purpose t...

When J.j. Harper Of The Island Lake Tribal Council Was Fatally Shot On A Wintry Winnipeg Street In 1988, The City Police Department Was Quick To Absolve The...

The Internet and smartphone are just the latest in a 250 year long cycle of disruption that has continuously changed the way we live, the way we work and th...

The creators of MuggleNet.com, the Web's leading Harry Potter fan site, draw on their intimate knowledge of the previous six books in the series, a personal...

Believe it or not, it really is possible to talk so that both children and teens will listen. Sometimes, however, you probably feel like you communicate wit...

After Having A Nationally Televised Panic Attack On Good Morning America, Harris Knew He Had To Make Some Changes. A Lifelong Nonbeliever, He Found Himself ...

Best-selling author and ministry leader Thom S. Rainer drew an exceptional response when he posted a 500-word declaration about church membership to his dai...

Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. R.L. Evans "One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a m...

Between The Great Rivers Tigris And Euphrates Lies The Rich Alluvial Land Of Mesopotamia (now In Modern Iraq), Which Supported A Complex And Prosperous Soci...

This compilation showcases the most famous murders, suicides, unexplained deaths, scandalous romances, illegitimate children, cover-ups, and more. Starting ...

This First Major Collection Of Paula Vogel's Work Surveys A Remarkable Decade Of Her Writing For The Stage. Vogel's Singular Voice Is Exhilarating, Comic An...

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

Can There Still Be Anything New To Say About The Erotic, Sexy Play, And Desire? Yes , Because What Drives Each Of Us To Any Sexual Fixation--from Feet Or Fa...

If You're A Single Lesbian Who Wants Deeply Fulfilling Lasting Love, This Book Was Written For You. You'll Learn Exactly Why And How The Conscious Approach ...

From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of Reviving Ophelia, A Guide To Wisdom, Authenticity, And Bliss For Women As They Age. Women Growing Older Conten...

Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those...

This book makes available to students and other nonspecialists a varied collection of over three hundred translated texts and more than fifty illustrations ...

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

In this New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a hard-hitting but user-friendly examination of race in AmericaWidespread reporting on aspects of whi...

The Book of the Courtier (1528) is a series of fictional conversations by courtiers of the Duke of Urbino that takes place in 1507, while Castiglione was h...

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