Social Sciences

Imagine a world where whole epochs will pass, cultures rise and fall, between a telephone call and the reply. Think of the human race multiplying 500-mill...

A veteran war correspondent journeys to remote mountain communities across the globe-from Albania and Chechnya to Nepal and Colombia-to investigate why so ...

This reader reflects the genesis, scope, and direction of women’s activism in a single Latin American country. It collects the voices of forty-one dive...

Looking for a reader on globalization that is just as exciting as the topic itself? That comprehensively covers the issues and perspectives you and your stu...

In 2007, A Short Blog Post On Valleywag, The Silicon Valley-vertical Of Gawker Media, Outed Paypal Founder And Billionaire Investor Peter Thiel As Gay. Thie...

A Human Voyage Is A Ground-up Canadian Text Designed To Help Students Understand Biological Anthropology And The Evolution Of Humanity. Comprehensive, Balan...

UNDERSTANDING HUMANS: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY shows students how anthropologists and archaeologists go about their work as the...

This book develops the Sustainable Governance Approach and the principles of Community-Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM). It provides practical exa...

Readers will learn to research and write papers in the social sciences with this thorough and complete guide to research in the social sciences. Part of a...

World-renowned urbanist Richard Florida's bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first centuryIn his modern classic The Rise...

Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963 “Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say, ‘Wait.’ But ...

Join Jalaja Bonheim On A Fascinating Journey Of Exploration As She Invites Dozens Of Women From A Wide Range Of Spiritual Traditions And Backgrounds To Tell...

drawing On Experience Gleaned From Many Years Of Traveling, Studying, And Teaching In Italy, Killinger (history, Valencia Community College, Orlando, Flori...

Grants for Physically & Mentally Disabled, 2001-2002Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesPhilanthropy & Charity

Istanbul is a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the ...

This book presents an overview of the prominent quantitative and qualitative data that exists on gangs. Academically sound, it synthesizes gang research ...

The Author, Former Chief Of The Investigative Support Unit Of The Fbi's National Center For The Analysis Of Violent Crime, Discusses How He And His Colleagu...

Eleanor Herman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 257-274) And Index.Categories: Medical Books PsychologySocial Psychology & Interactions

"Appiah has written a remarkably impressive book, one that makes a number of important advances on the existing literature and stands as an important cont...

Robert Downham died on Wednesday, August 23, 1967 of Reticulum Cell Sarcoma. Three weeks before he died, he did not know he was sick. Nine days after diagn...

The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln Set Off The Greatest Manhunt In American History. From April 14 To April 26, 1865, The Assassin Led Union Cavalry And Detectiv...

Letters To My Palestinian Neighbor Is One Israeli's Powerful Attempt To Reach Beyond The Wall That Separates Israelis And Palestinians And Into The Hearts O...

This Concise Guide Offers Not Only The Practical 'how-to' For Doing Business In The People's Republic But Also The Valuable 'why' For Understanding Chinese ...

Peace Was A Talented Young African-american Man Who Escaped The Slums Of Newark For Yale University, Only To Succumb To The Dangers Of The Streets -- And Of...

Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In Bodies of Inscription Margo D...

A nation lost its innocence on November 22, 1963, the day that President John F. Kennedy was killed by an assassin's bullet in Dallas. Thirty-five years lat...

In this dual autobiography, father and son discuss their war experiences in Vietnam, how the tragedy of cancer--caused by exposure to Agent Orange--has affe...

A Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of the Year A Quill & Quire Book of the Year A CBC Books Nonfiction Book of the Year A Maclean's 20 Books You Need to Re...

Dude, you're a dad now!Picking up where From Dude to Dad left off, author and founder of the popular Diaper Dude parenting brand Chris Pegula dives into th...

“When I was a boy, I cried. But now I see it well.” Steve Saint was only five years old when his father was brutally killed by Waodani warriors, men from ...

A thumb print left at the scene of a grisly murder. Fingerprints taken from a getaway car used in a bank robbery. A palm print recovered from the shattere...

Stories of Art is James Elkins's intimate history of art. Concise and original, this engaging book is an antidote to the behemoth art history textbooks fro...

Two leading gender experts and Harvard researchers reveal a new paradigm for fairness at work and offer professionals at every level, in any kind of organiz...

Contains A Reference To Authors And Illustrators Of Children's Literature And Includes Biographical Sketches, Photos, And Lists Of Resources That Profile Fo...

Key Terms in Language and Culture is a new collection of 75 short original essays written by leading scholars in linguistic anthropology and related fields...

Despite substantial research during the last two decades in the area of gender and science, no anthology or textbook has introduced students in a comprehen...

The 1977 Sorokin Award–winning story of Buffalo Creek in the aftermath of a devastating flood.On February 26, 1972, 132-million gallons of debris-filled m...

A horrifying look at one of the bloodiest scandals in the history of the American presidency, Fast and Furious is this season's sensational, mustread book ...

In a world of modern, involved, caring parents, why are so many kids aggressive and cruel? Where is intelligence hidden in the brain, and why does that ma...

The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the...

"This book is not meant to scare but to educate. Children need to learn the words and phrases in the book and use them to say NO!; to tell their parents if ...

In his old age, Plenty-coups (1848–1932), the last hereditary chief of the Crow Indians, told the moving story of his life to Frank B. Linderman, the wel...

Roxane Gay's New York Times bestselling debut collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism—a modern classic from one of the most promin...

Charles C. Bullock, Michael J. Mahon, Charles L. KillingsworthCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesSocial Work

Bill Bryson, who gave glorious voice to The Mother Tongue, now celebrates her magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty w...

Origami meets the age-old art of swaddling in Baby-Gami and no longer does baby wrapping have to be an intimidating undertaking. Easy-to-follow instructions...

1. Images Of The Inuit. Film Imagery Of The Happy-go-lucky Eskimo. Nanook Reborn As Joseph Idlout. Stark Images Of Another North. Henry Larsen's Views On In...

Posing as a jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone worked undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Ma...