Social Sciences

Robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic, this collection of 125 lively tales tells the story of Ireland. Spanning the centuries from the first wars of the a...

• Bestselling author Barbara Hand Clow examines legendary cataclysms and shows how we are about to overcome the collective fear they have instilled in us...

T. D. Jakes has helped millions of women discover the glorious truth of who they are. His bestseller The Lady, Her Lover and Her Lord was a groundbreaking...

North America is in the grips of a drug epidemic; with the introduction of fentanyl, the chances of a fatal overdose are greater than ever, prompting many t...

Written by a premier author team, now including Angela Trethewey, Organizational Communication: Balancing Creativity and Constraint draws on contemporary re...

Kristen Campbell/Eichhorn, Candice Thomas/Maddox, Melissa WanzerCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesCommunication & Media Studies ...

a Perfect Core Text For Introduction To Communication Or Communication Theory Classes, questions Of Communication Puts Theory Into Context By Using An Acc...

A no-nonsense and helpful guide on how to cope with a slew of mental-health issues that are hellbent on ruining the lives of millions of people worldwide. ...

An Incisive Follow-up To The New York Times Bestseller White Fragility Asserting That It Is White Progressives Who Are Responsible For Inflicting The Most D...

Mindfulness Offers A Path To Well-being And Tools For Coping With Life's Inevitable Hurdles. And Though Mindfulness May Sound Exotic, You Can Cultivate It--...

Love your crazy family? These hilarious and heartwarming stories introduce you to the 101 wacky, yet lovable, relatives in our writers’ lives. You won’t...

Program Evaluation And Performance Measurement: An Introduction To Practice Offers A Conceptual, As Well As Practical, Introduction To Program Evaluation An...

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...

In Pathways to Bliss, Campbell examines the personal, psychological side of myth. Like his books Myths to Live By and The Power of Myth, Pathways to Bliss d...

One Of The Most Important Works Of Twentieth-century American Literature, Zora Neale Hurston's Beloved 1937 Classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Is An End...

from It's Inception By Dj Kool Herc To Its Modern Form, Can't Stop, Won't Stop Follows The History Of The Most Pivotal Music Phenomenon's Of Our Time, Hip...

Evaluates The Negative Impact Of Digital Network Technologies On The Economy And Particularly The Middle Class, Citing Challenges To Employment And Personal...

Step aside Hygge. Lagom is the new Scandi lifestyle trend taking the world by storm. This delightfully illustrated book gives you the lowdown on this transf...

Do You Want To Learn How To Express Yourself Honestly And Compassionately? How To Live In Choice Rather Than Submit Or Rebel? These Are Two Of The Key Disti...

This collection of articles includes the work of newer, younger urban scholars. There are new chapters on Canadian perspectives on globalization and world c...

It's snowing in Bali. Among Bali's drug dealers it's the code for a huge cocaine shipment having just landed. For the men who run the country's drug empires...

In the tradition of "The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea" harkens back to a natural disaster that struck terror in the hearts of many. In this narrative, reader...

Roderick Nash's classic study of America's changing attitudes toward wilderness has received wide acclaim since its initial publication in 1967. The Los An...

Human Geography explores how human behaviour affects the earth's surface, initiating a process of discovery that engages with subjects such as globalization...

They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American Empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers—all began the trek across the wilder...

An ancient title of respect for women, the word “cunt” long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving wo...

Interpersonal Communication: A Guided Tour for Canadians helps students learn the skills needed to observe communication and make effective communication ch...

Hashish History -- Hashish-making -- Hashish Cultures -- Constituents And Quality Of Hashish -- Consumption Of Hashish -- High-tech Hashish-making. Robert C...

Across the world, we see an explosion of unpredictable violence committed by alienated young men. Jamil Jivani recounts his experiences working as a youth ...

Reclaiming traditions based on plants and herbs has never been more important than it is today. Widespread use of chemicals, hormones, and additives introd...

A physician, professor of neurology and author, Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) has been described by the New York Times as 'a kind of poet laureate of contemporar...

though Apocryphal In Nature, These Books--suppressed By The Church Fathers--are Fascinatiing And Beautifully Written. Here You Can Read For Yourself Many ...

the Blue Sweater Is The Inspiring Story Of A Woman Who Left A Career In International Banking To Spend Her Life On A Quest To Understand Global Poverty An...

These traditional teaching legends come straight from the oral traditions of the Sechelt Nation. Simple enough to be understood by young children, yet compe...

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

The tenth anniversary edition of Adrienne Rich's classic investigation of "the power and powerlessness embodied in motherhood in patriarchal culture" (the a...

As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christi...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians ...

Defines specific job descriptions for both fathers and mothers; describes the hidden problems of boy-specific needs, such as close contact with his father a...

A teacher's feedback on student schoolwork can be a powerful force for learning—if it contains a helpful message and is delivered with certain considerat...

For twenty-five years, The Social Work Interview has been the textbook of choice in social work and other human service courses, as well as an essential p...

Drones Are In The Newspaper, On The Tv Screen, Swarming Through The Networks, And Soon, We're Told, They'll Be Delivering Our Shopping. But What Are Drones?...

Pt. I. The Basics Of Collaborative Dialogue. 1. Secrets To Talking. 2. Secrets To Listening. 3. Secrets To Dialogue -- Pt. Ii. Dealing With Differences. 4. ...

Danny L. Jorgensen's book certainly provides a good handbook to supplement the more general comments on participant observation found in other texts. . . ...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion ...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and liv...

THE BRILLIANT AND CONTROVERSIAL CRITIQUE OF AMERICAN CULTURE WITH NEARLY A MILLION COPIES IN PRINT In 1987, eminent political philosopher Allan Bloom publ...