Social Sciences

Working with clients who abuse drugs or alcohol poses formidable challenges to the clinician. Addicted persons are often confronting multiple, complex pro...

Did Nixon order Watergate? Who is the mysterious "Deep Throat"? Did the CIA help bring down the Nixon administration? What is the real story about Colson? W...

As exemplified by Madame Butterfly, East-West relations have often been expressed as the relations between the masculine, dominant West and the feminine, s...

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Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most r...

This powerful treatise is one every librarian, teacher, administrator, and parent concerned with a child's success should read. Krashen argues that free vol...

A thematic history of the women s movement in India both before and after independence, this book covers the period from the nineteenth century to the prese...

Trusted for its timeliness and readability, this book introduces geography by emphasizing the relevance of geographic concepts to human problems. Two years ...

A concise handbook, THE PR STYLEGUIDE: FORMATS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS PRACTICE serves as a complete style guide and reference tool. Learn to present messages ...

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...

Taking A Sociological Perspective, Criminology: A Sociological Understanding, 5/e Offers Award-winning Coverage Of Criminology And Highlights Issues Of Race...

Through their open defiance, women like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth had a significant impact on the institution of slavery. But what of the millions...

In the 1990s, American televison audiences witnessed an unprecedented rise in programming devoted explicitly to women. Cable networks such as Oxygen Media, ...

Mothers, grandmothers, and all the other moms in your life will enjoy and relate to this collection of stories. Let her know she’s your Amazing Mom!Show y...

Crime Prevention: Approaches, Practices, and Evaluations, 9th Edition, meets the needs of students and instructors for engaging, evidence-based, impartial ...

Higher education hails Asian American students as model minorities who face no educational barriers given their purported cultural values of hard work and p...

′In his beautifully balanced, clear and broad-ranging account of a fast-changing field, Paul Hodkinson has successfully brought together myriad perspecti...

Since This Classic On Corporate Control Of The Media Was First Published In 1983, The Number Of Corporations Dominating Our Media Has Shrunk From Fifty To T...

From a new star of American journalism, a riveting murder mystery that reveals the forces roiling today’s Africa From Rwanda to Sierra Leone, African cou...

From the author of the #1 bestselling Paris 1919, a revealing portrait of Englishwomen in colonial IndiaDuring Britain's rule of India, the "Raj women" wer...

Physical Geography, Fifth Canadian Edition provides students with a complete understanding of the earth as a dynamic natural system. It is a comprehensive ...

It's 1980. Ronald Reagan Has Been Elected President, John Lennon Has Been Shot, And A Little Girl In New Jersey Has Been Hauled Off To English Classes. Her ...

As theorists have begun using geographical concepts and metaphors to think about the complex and differentiated world, it is important to reflect on their...

A History Of Spaces Provides An Essential Insight Into The Practices And Ideas Of Maps And Map-making. It Draws On A Wide Range Of Social Theorists And Theo...

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 ...

Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion.Chris Hedg...

The Nature Of The Communicator's Job Has Shifted Dramatically In The Past Decade. While Communicators Still Prepare Speeches, Press Releases, And Articles F...

PERSUASION: INTEGRATING THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICECategories: Business & Money SkillsCommunications Reference Words, Language & GrammarComm...

“This is a book of passion, a combination of personal philosophy, recent sociological studies, and history to produce a sweeping answer to ‘the German ...

Environmental disasters. Terrorist wars. Energy scarcity. Economic failure. Is this the world's inevitable fate, a downward spiral that ultimately spel...

"Criminal Behavior: A Psychosocial Approach, Seventh Edition" presents a critical and interdisciplinary look at criminals and crime, challenging students t...

How Should Christians Dispose Of The Bodies Of Their Loved Ones After Death? Does The Bible Give Us Authoritative Guidance On This Question, Or Are We Free ...

A powerful, often funny, always inspiring memoir from a beloved comedian, professional orator, actor, entertainer, gone all too soon.Candy Palmater loved to...

From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the...

From one of the world's most highly regarded social scientists comes a seminal book on forecasting that shows, for the first time, how we can all get bette...

During The Groundbreaking Charles Edenshaw Exhibition At The Vancouver Art Gallery In 2013, Poet Colin Browne Found Himself Returning Often To Study Three L...

an Intimate Look At How Twelve Mediators Achieve Extraordinary Results. At Last, Deborah Kolb's Collection Of Interview-based Profiles Of Mediators At Wor...

In the sixties, as the nation anticipated the conquest of space, the defeat of poverty, and an end to injustice at home and abroad, no goal seemed beyond A...

Racial Formation in the United States is now considered a classic in the literature on race and ethnicity. Omi and Winant discuss their groundbreaking resea...

In this deeply engaging oral history, Doug Williams, Anishinaabe elder, teacher and mentor to Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, recounts the history of the Michi...

This book examines Mental Health Courts (MHC) within a socio-legal framework. Placing these courts within broader trends in criminal justice, especially pro...

A brilliant ensemble of the world’s most visionary scientists provides twenty-five original never-before-published essays about the advances in science an...

this Is An Important Book. Homer-dixon Moves The Arguments About Environmental Scarcity And Violent Conflict Forward A Big Step. I Doubt If Much Will Be W...

Bill Geist's hilarious book describes his personal struggle with the awful aging process and with the monumental milestone called the Big Five-Oh. From the ...

Curry Is A Dish That Doesn't Quite Exist, But, As This Hilarious And Sharp Essay Points Out, A Dish That Doesn't Properly Exist Can Have Infinite, Equally A...

"This book offers insights from young trans, queer and two-spirit Indigenous people in Toronto who examine the breadth and depth of meanings that two-spirit...

In this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher Graeme Gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relations...

The July 6, 2013 Lac-mégantic Rail Disaster Is A Tragedy Unparalleled In Canadian History. It Resulted In Major Loss Of Life, Massive Environmental Destru...