Sociology

Under communism there was, in the countries of Eastern Europe, a high level of gender equality in the labour market, particularly in terms of high partici...

This edited volume investigates the political and socioeconomic impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on Lebanon and Jordan, and these countries' mechanisms t...

Mainstream health science has let you down.Weight loss is not the key to health, diet and exercise are not effective weight-loss strategies and fatness is ...

Examines The Pervasive Fears And Myths Surrounding Vaccines From A Mother's Perspective And Identifies The Historical And Cultural Factors That Cause People...

jeannette Walls Grew Up With Parents Whose Ideals And Stubborn Nonconformity Were Both Their Curse And Their Salvation. Rex And Rose Mary Walls Had Four C...

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 ...

Opposites attract for two single parents in this heartfelt romance novel from New York Times bestselling author RaeAnne Thayne Sometimes, the real crime i...

Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid--the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837--was forged • Includes evidence from ...

A Scientific Exploration Of The Advanced Ancient Civilization Known As Doggerland Or Fairland That Disappeared 5,000 Years Ago. Looks At The Latest Archaeol...

The second volume of Branch's trilogy on the civil rights era. Jeff Shesol Branch spins an intricate, seamless web of politics and personalities, ambition ...

In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all...

The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginni...

A Powerful, Revealing Story Of Hope, Love, Justice, And The Power Of Reading By A Man Who Spent Thirty Years On Death Row For A Crime He Didn't Commit-- In ...

For The Past Three Years, Jon Ronson Has Traveled The World Meeting Recipients Of Famous Public Shamings, Often While Their Shamings Are In Full Force. Thes...

A sacred feminine initiation of self-love and soul care rituals, tools, and exercises. Spiritual teacher, intuitive coach, and award-winning author, Abiola ...

In 1891, 24 year old Marie, née Marya Sklodowska, moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged ...

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience." — The New York Times "[The] most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. I...

Immanuel Wallerstein. Includes Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyGeneral

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

Product Description The Greek myths are timeless classics, whose scenes and figures have captivated us since ancient times. The gods and heroes of thes...

This text combines a positive and practical approach to the study of marriage and family life. It is based on extensive and up-to-date research as reported ...

Product Description Find yourself in the fascinating Using engaging stories and a diverse cast of characters, Lisa Wade memorably delivers what C. Wrig...

Filled With The Juicy Details Of The Lives Of The Powerful Players Who Made The Metropolitan Museum Of Art What It Is Today, Rogue's Gallery Delivers The Un...

"A deeply honest and funny look at how exhausting it can be to live a human life, Unreliable Narrator is a book for anyone who wants to laugh and feel less ...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

You Are Being Lied To is a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us by the gover...

Canada Abounds In Historical Burial Places. Once You Begin Noticing Their Presence, Old Cemeteries Seem To Be Everywhere. But These Important Links To The P...

Our Social World, Third Edition, Media Update is truly a coherent essay that inspires students to develop their sociological imaginations, to see the world...

Lawyer, Activist, And Former Chatelaine Legal Columnist Linda Silver Dranoff Details Her Trailblazing Journey From A Traditional 1950s Childhood To The Batt...

A study of human behavior in social situations and the way we appear to others. Dr. Goffman has employed as a framework the metaphor of theatrical performan...

From The New York Times Bestselling Author Of California Girls Comes An All New Original Blackberry Island Novel Told With Susan Mallery's Trademark Humor A...

Every time you dress, you assert your identity. With style, you tell the world your story. In that way, style affords you opportunities to think about you...

The Real-life Alex Vause From The Critically Acclaimed, Top-rated Netflix Show Orange Is The New Black Tells Her Story In Her Own Words For The First Time--...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The...

Is this really how I want to live my life? Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see o...

we’ve Now All Heard About The Shocking Redistribution Of Wealth—to The Rich—that’s Occurred During The Last Thirty Years, And Particularly During The Last...

The groundbreaking Sunday Times bestseller from Tim Spector, author of The Diet Myth and creator of the COVID Symptom Study app. 'A hugely enjoyable and cri...

A child is one hundred times more likely to be abused or killed by a stepparent than by a genetic parent, say two scientists in this startling book. Martin ...

"In just seven years - from 1950 through 1956 - Grace Kelly embarked on a whirlwind career that included roles in eleven movies. From the principled Amy Fow...

Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively re...

An essential survival guide – both to pandemic influenza, and to the hype surrounding it.Written by an emergency physician and a public health physician, ...

A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller!"The arid land that starts in Arizona and stretches into Mexico's west coast is Ronstadt's foothold in the world. It's ...

Praise for the first edition "Finally, a social work practice text that makes a difference! This is the book that you have wished for but could never f...

This Remarkable Book Will Transform The Way We Look At Impressionist Art. The Culmination Of Twenty Years Of Research By A Preeminent Scholar In The Field, ...

Social workers take pride in their commitment to social and economic justice, peace, and human rights, and in their responses to related inequalities and s...

A Major Influence On International Civil Rights, Anticolonial, And Black Consciousness Movement, Black Skin, White Masks Is An Unsurpassed Study Of The Blac...

Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time: medieval views on sex, marriage and motherhood; the world of w...

Questions Of National Identity, Indigenous Rights, Citizenship, And Migration Have Acquired Unprecedented Relevance In This Age Of Globalization. In Exalted...