Social Sciences

In the tradition of his contemporary classic Parliament of Whores, the man who The Wall Street Journal calls "the funniest writer in America" is back with E...

Ace the AP Human Geography Exam with this Premium version of The Princeton Review's comprehensive study guide—including 6 full-length practice tests with ...

every Man Was Once A Boy. And Every Little Boy Has Dreams, Big Dreams: Dreams Of Being The Hero, Of Beating The Bad Guys, Of Doing Daring Feats And Rescui...

It was December 3, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal, a cloud of toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing and injuring thousands of peo...

Back in print for the first time in decades! THE UNIDENTIFIED and CREATURES OF THE OUTER EDGE, the classic early works of Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman, n...

The report submitted by Kenneth Starr, independent counsel, is accompanied by a White House response and analysis by a reporter for the Washington PostCateg...

This is the moving and powerful account of two  remarkable boys struggling to survive in Chicago's  Henry Horner Homes, a public housing complex  disfigur...

Traces the role of utopian thinking as the rationale for religious wars, genocide, enslavement, plunder, economic domination, and campaigns of world conques...

The third in the Now Read This series, Pearl & Cords's guide briefly describes and organizes approximately 500 of the most popular and current contempor...

Pt. 1. The Research Sites. 1. Botswana. 2. Ireland. 3. United States. 4. Hong Kong -- Pt. 2. Cross-cultural Comparisons. 5. Age And Well-being. 6. Age And T...

This is the new edition of the Modern Language Association's handbook, the origin of which goes back to the "style sheet" first published in 1951; Books fo...

Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed...

A Humorous Description Of Motherhood From The Supermom Type To The Mother Who Puts Her Children Outside To Play When The Chill Factor Is 40 Below. By Erma B...

Into The Maelstrom Of Unprecedented Contemporary Debates About Immigrants In The United States, This Perfectly Timed Book Gives Us A Portrait Of What The Ne...

Adults have a wide array of books to help explore earth-based spirituality. But what if they want to include their children? Here is a handbook to help par...

Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle. ...

"Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Kore...

Learn to read your emotions and desires, and those of people you deal with every day. A graphology expert instructs readers in the basics of handwriting an...

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...

An investigative reporter offers an incisive portrait of Andrea Yates and her drowning of her five young children, incorporating the information from more t...

A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.Canada’s most distin...

Margaret Humphreys. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesChildren's Studies

From Jack the Ripper to the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (VICAP), the Encyclopedia of Serial Killers provides an exhaustive overview of what ...

“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Well...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Of The Rational Optimist And Genome Returns With A Fascinating, Brilliant Argument For Evolution That Definitively Dis...

An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina—and consequently, how we understand...

The controversial, critically-acclaimed, bestselling book that kickstarted the third wave of feminism is now available with a new introduction and a new loo...

This Book Balances An Authoritative, Up-to-date Discussion Of Current Practices With A Vision Of What Land Use Planning Should Become. It Explores The Socie...

This fully revised and updated edition of Social Psychology is an engaging exploration of the question, "what makes us who we are?" presented in a new, str...

A seminal work of twentieth-century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett’s first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at th...

Always Get the Name of the Dog is a guide to journalistic interviewing, written by a journalist, for journalists. It features advice from some of the best w...

At the outbreak of the First World War, an entire generation of young men charged into battle for what they believed was a glorious cause. Over the next fou...

Finally, a complete resource on shoring and stabilization of emergency scenes. This new book takes the reader step-by-step through the basic principles of ...

the Greatest Business Book Of All Time (bloomsbury Uk), in Search Of Excellence Has Long Been A Must-have For The Boardroom, Business School, And Bedside ...

How Can You Be A Hundred Percent Sure You Will Win A Bet? Why Did So Many Pompeiians Stay Put While Mount Vesuvius Was Erupting? Are You More Likely To Work...

This Is The Dramatic Account Of The Search For Evidence In Recently Opened Files On The Assassination Of The Thirty-fifth President Of The United States ......

you Can Quote Lines From sixteen Candles (“last Night At The Dancemy Little Brother Paid A Buck To See Your Underwear”), Your Ipod Playlist Includes More ...

Renown writer and artist Douglas Coupland's valentine to Canada looks at how it feels to be a Canadian now and imagines what it might feel like to be a Cana...

Praise for When the Headline Is You "Business media continue to be the most credible sources of information on companies. Jeff Ansell's book When the Head...

An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards-and the costs-of raisin...

In David Mamet’s latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the ...

if You Want To Play The Game, You've Got To Know The Rules. In His International Bestseller the Game, Neil Strauss Delved Into The Secret World Of Pick-u...

The First Book About The Bp Disaster By A World-renowned Oceanographer, A Sea In Flames Examines The Environmental And Social Consequences Of The Spill From...

400 Kilometres is the third play in Drew Hayden Taylor’s hilarious and heart-wrenching identity-politics trilogy. Janice Wirth, a thirty-something urb...

He beat them, he abused them, and he tortured them. He broke their dreams. But they came back stronger.‘Terrie and Paul are two of the bravest people I ha...

Cowards don’t make history; and the women of Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were no cowards. Courageous enough to create revolutionary change in their daily...

Police services across the country have undertaken major organizational reforms, significantly altering the structure and delivery of policing services. As ...

This Introductory Policing text covers the history of policing in Canada, the current structure and operation of policing, the legal context and the power p...