Sociology

An exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior drawn from scientific research, psychology, and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, Mean M...

Traces The History Of Emancipation And Its Impact On The Civil War, Discussing How Lincoln And The Republicans Fought Primarily For Freeing Slaves Throughou...

Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill, roughly 60 percent take it for non-contraceptive reasons...

Grief Can Be A Catalyst For Social Transformation.Categories: Health, Fitness & DietingPsychology & Counseling

War Is A Highly Complex And Dynamic Form Of Social Conflict. This New Book Demonstrates The Importance Of Using Sociological Tools To Understand The Changin...

INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An urgent primer on race and racism, from the host of the viral hit video series "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Blac...

Heralded by the New York Times and Time magazine as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success, Emotionally Focused Therapy works because it view...

The definitive critical introduction to American society. In American Society: How It Really Works, Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers ask several key questi...

Tells The Heartbreaking Story Of Young Elena Desserich's Battle With Brain Cancer As Told Through The Eyes Of The Parents Who Survived Her. Brooke And Keith...

After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness in the hearts of Christians around the world. His Letter...

'the Chinese Believe That Before You Can Conquer A Beast, You Must First Make It Beautiful.' This Chinese Proverb Has Been The Key To Sarah Wilson Understan...

Tells The Heartbreaking Story Of Young Elena Desserich's Battle With Brain Cancer As Told Through The Eyes Of The Parents Who Survived Her. Brooke And Keith...

A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves w...

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 Bestselling Author Of no Logo Shows How The Global Free Market Has Exploited Crises And Shock For Three Decades From Chile To Iraq mark Engler - Disse...

With sensitivity and insight, this series offers suggestions for healing activities that can help survivors learn to express their grief and mourn naturally...

Offers An Updated Definition Of Feminism For The Twenty-first Century, One Rooted In Inclusion And Awareness. In This Essay -- Adapted From Her Tedx Talk Of...

In this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his ...

Reprint of a seminal 1928 work from the father of public relations and modern political spin Library Journal Released in 1928, this was the first book th...

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her true calling. From...

An Eminent Sociologist--and Coauthor, With Aziz Ansari, Of The #1 New York Times Bestseller Modern Romance--makes The Provocative Case That The Future Of De...

Student workbookCategories: Reference Encyclopedias & Subject GuidesArt

'No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Di...

ForewordChapter IUnderstanding Family Violence from a Societal PerspectiveFamily: Haven or NightmareApplying a Social PerspectiveThe Violence of SocietyThe ...

Mama, do you love me? Yes I do Dear One. How much? In this universal story, a child tests the limits of independence and comfortingly learns that a parent'...

Move over zombies and adolescent vampires. There’s a new threat in town-and it’s only twelve inches tall. How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack is...

In his poignant memoir, Charles Foran presents a portrait of his gruff-but-fond father wrestling with the end of life as Charlie acts as witness, solace, an...

The biography sensitive to the tragic pattern of the story of a great subject: Oscar Wilde - psychologically and sexually complicated, enormously quotable,...

This national bestseller tells the story of James McBride and his mother—a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the South, who fled to Harlem, m...

Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of...

Two separate lives, one heartbreaking secret When Phyllis Whitsell was just eight months old, her mother died of tuberculosis. At least, that what’s Phyl...

Exploring the subtle political philosophy within the Biblical narrative, this book presents enduring insights that complement Ancient Greek philosophy for c...

A Lot Of Plays Are Bad. And One Bad Play, It Seems, Can Turn Us Off Theater For Good. So, What Can We Learn From The Bad Play? Jordan Tannahill, After Talki...

A Candid, Compulsively Readable, Hilarious, And Heartbreaking Memoir Of Resilience And Redemption At Age Four, Molly Shannon's World Was Shattered When She ...

Overture: An Introduction To The American Age -- The Dawn Of The American Age -- Earthquake: The U.s.-jihadist War -- Population, Computers, And Culture War...

The classic primer for parents needing advice on explaining the facts of life has been adapted for African American families. Color illustrations throughou...

By Wilma Parnell, With Robert Taber.Categories: Medical Books PsychologyAdolescent Psychology

In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her true calling. From...

Dizzy Gillespie has secured his place in the jazz pantheon as one of the most expressive and virtuosic improvisers in the history of music. But he was much...

Now in paperback, the #1 San Francisco Chronicle bestseller that is an enchanting and lyrical look at the life, the traditions, and the cuisine of Tuscany,...

Teachers select The Real World because students love it. Kerry Ferris and Jill Stein set out to write a book that was sorely needed for sociology courses:...

Kate T. Williamson.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

Does your child have a favorite subject, activity, or hobby? Children learn in multiple ways, and educator Thomas Armstrong has shown hundreds of thousands ...

Do you wake up dreading the day? Do you feel ciscouraged with what you've accomplished in life? Do you want greater self-esteem, productivity, and joy in d...

Near the end of her classic wartime account, Susie King Taylor writes, "there are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did during the...

This Book Follows Marilyn During The Year Before Her Death, And The Mass Hysteria That Followed In The Wake Of Her Assassination. No Death In The 20th Centu...

Used in place of traditional reading programs to give at-risk readers the appropriate kinds of structure, pacing, and practiceCategories: Politics & Soc...

The Routledge Handbook Of The Politics Of Migration In Europe Provides A Rigorous And Critical Examination Of What Is Exceptional About The European Politic...