Social Sciences

About the Author\Harold R. Johnson (1954–2022) was the author of six works of fiction and six works of nonfiction, including Firewater: How Alcohol is Kil...

THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS is a glorious celebration of the Great American Game, and of the city that loves it so. It is a love affair that began in 1874, whe...

The last five years saw a significant return of epidemic infectious disease, culminating in COVID-19. In our new post-COVID-19 world, how do we prevent fu...

At the age of 87, Mike Wallace is a legendary figure in broadcast journalism. Now, after 60 years of reporting on important events around the world, he shar...

Here is the riveting story of how a second-rate newspaper rose to national greatness, only to become a casualty of war-a civil war within the family that ow...

Yogis Have Been Using Cannabis To Enhance Spiritual Practice For Millennia. Unfortunately, We've Lost This Tradition In The Modern Practice Of Yoga, And Alo...

Have You Ever Been Called Too Black Or Not Black Enough? Have You Ever Befriended Or Worked With A Black Person? If You Answered Yes To Any Of These Questio...

Be honest, guys: Have you ever made a foolish or harmful decision when angry? Have you ever said or done something in the heat of the moment that you wish y...

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965: A Companion Volume to the PBS Television Series, Hardcover Book by Juan WilliamsCategories: Histo...

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 ...

When is rape not a crime? When it's pornography—or so First Amendment law seems to say: in film, a rape becomes "free speech." Pornography, Catharine MacKi...

The Diverse Essays Collected Here Constitute An Exploration Of The Emerging Interdisciplinary Field Of Visual Culture, And Examine Why Modern And Postmodern...

Practitioners in the social, behavioral, and health fields often work with perpetrators and survivors of interpersonal violence. Many are asked to make pre...

This volume collects a wealth of articles covering a range of topics of practical concern in the field of ethics, including active and passive euthanasia,...

The efficient use of statistics can transform excellent research into dynamic, persuasive scholarship. To demystify the process of calculating data, Simpl...

Ratline is the documented history about the mechanisms by which thousands of other Nazi war criminals fled to the remotest parts of the globe--including qu...

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a ...

Jumping The Broom Is A Unique And Beautiful Book That Will Be Treasured By Each Of Its Readers. The First Comprehensive Wedding Guide Written And Designed E...

“Uttering lines that send liberals into paroxysms of rage, otherwise known as ‘citing facts,’ is the spice of life. When I see the hot spittle flying...

The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive...

*A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer?**A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE**A Washington Post “Book to Read This Summer”**AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK ...

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 ......

GIVING: How Each of Us Can Change the World is an inspiring look at how individual endeavors can save lives and solve problems, and it offers compelling ex...

Focusing on Hollywood before the Production Code drove many gay actors underground, this biography illuminates the life of a major 1930s film star who enjoy...

Written In Accessible, Nontechnical Language, This Book's Twenty-three Essays Provide Invaluable Conservation Guidelines For A Variety Of Materials And Medi...

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

how Have Major Civilizations Of The Last Two Millennia Treated People Who Were Attracted To Their Own Sex? In A Narrative Tour De Force, Louis Crompton Ch...

A groundbreaking and accessible history of heaven—from the earliest biblical conceptions of the afterlife to the theologians who frame our understandings ...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Westies and Paddy Whacked offers a front-row seat at the trial of Whitey Bulger, and an intimate view of the w...

When And Why Do Groups Target Each Other For Extermination? How Do Seemingly Normal People Become Participants In Genocide? Why Do Some Individuals Come To ...

An Assessment Of The Revolutionary Potential Of Artificial Intelligence And Robotics Traces How Technology Arrived At This Point And How Artificial Life, Ma...

America's Founding Genius Is Diversity Of Thought. Which Is Why Social Justice Activists Won't Win By Labeling Those Who Disagree With Them. At A Time When ...

A journalist reflects on the recent past and offers a wide-ranging perspective on the startling changes now reshaping the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, a...

In This Book, Author Pamela Toulouse Provides Current Information, Personal Insights, Authentic Resources, Interactive Strategies And Lesson Plans That Supp...

The basis for the Academy Award®-winning movie!"A moving, vital testament to one of slavery's 'many thousand gone' who retained his humanity in the bowels...

A classic work, Munitions of the mind traces how propaganda has formed part of the fabric of conflict since the dawn of warfare, and how in its broadest d...

When community and family support systems are weak or unavailable, and when internal resources fail, populations that struggle with chronic, persistent, acu...

Elegantly Tracing The Intellectual History Of Computer Science, Foer Puts The Dna Of The Very Idea Of Tech Under The Microscope. Google, Facebook, Apple, An...

"The new edition of Research Methods in Health continues to provide an excellent broad based introduction to the subject. New or expanded sections, for ex...

In This Utterly Engrossing Biography, The Author Of The Bestselling The Mailroom Goes Beyond The Myth Of Legendary Surfer Miki Dora To Reveal The Truth Behi...

A Heart-healthy Diet For Men Over Age 50 Outlines Four Different Approaches To Dieting That Can Be Adapted For Optimizing Blood-sugar Levels, Reducing Weigh...

In the summer of 2003,The New York Times Magazinesent Stephen J. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. Levitt, a heralded young ...

In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons...

Readers of Edgar Allan Poe's tales -- just think of The Premature Burial -- may comfort themselves with the notion that Poe must have exaggerated: surely p...

The classic work that refutes the lies we tell ourselves about race, poverty and the poor.Here are three myths about poverty in America: – Minority child...

In a work unlike anything she's written before, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates unveils a poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected deat...

In May 1995, a photograph and an anonymous note arrived at The Harvard Crimson that said "Keep this picture. There will soon be a very juicy story involving...

Offers women advice about men, marriage, family relationships, and fulfillment, and discusses independence, self-respect, and the attitudes parents teach th...