Sociology

In 97 Orchard, Jane Ziegelman explores the culinary life that was the heart and soul of New York's Lower East Side around the turn of the twentieth centur...

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In Out Of Captivity, Gonsalves, Stansell, And Howes Recount For The First Time Their Amazing Tale Of Survival, Friendship, And, Ultimately, Rescue, Tracing ...

Critics across the country have raved about Joyce Carol Oates’s ground-breaking memoir A Widow’s Story, lauding its blazing honesty and raw emotion, ca...

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A shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before ma...

In This Instant New York Times Bestselling Account Of Violence And Espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning Investigative Reporter Ronan Farrow Exposes Serial Abus...

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

Chopra Turns To The Most Profound Mystery: What Happens After We Die? Is This One Question We Were Not Meant To Answer, A Riddle Whose Solution The Universe...

John Gray, New York Times bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, reveals that the key to creating and maintaining successful relati...

More Relationship Advice In This Much Anticipated Follow-up To The #1 New York Times Bestseller And International Sensation, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A M...

With A Poet's Gifted Ear, A Novelist's Sense Of Narrative, And A Journalist's Unsentimental Eye, Mitchell S. Jackson Candidly Explores His Tumultuous Youth ...

Stormie Omartian's bestselling The Power of a Praying series (more than 28 million copies sold) is rereleased with fresh new covers and new material to rea...

All The Way Tells The Story Of Someone Who Has Travelled Far From Home To Realize A Dream, Someone Who Has Known Glory And Cheering Crowds, But Also The Dem...

sarfraz Manzoor Was Two Years Old When, In 1974, He Emigrated From Pakistan To Britain With His Mother, Brother, And Sister. Sarfraz Spent His Teenage Year...

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From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's ...

From One Of The World’s Most Renowned Cave Divers, A Firsthand Account Of Exploring The Earth’s Final Frontier: The Hidden Depths Of Our Oceans And The ...

Best-selling author and ministry leader Thom S. Rainer drew an exceptional response when he posted a 500-word declaration about church membership to his dai...

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This Way Up: Old Friends, New Love, and a Map for the Road AheadCategories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyReference

This Handbook Brings Together Foundational And Leading-edge Research Exploring Dimensions Of Improving Quality Of Life In Communities Of Place. Social Indic...

Presents the official results of the government's investigation into the Kennedy assassinationCategories: Politics & Social SciencesSociology

The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in US history, drawing upon never-before-seen material and to be published upon her re...

bestselling Author John Gray Turns To The Most Powerful And Profound Relationship In People's Lives--the Bond Between Parents And Child--to Show Parents Ho...

Deborah Dundas is a journalist who grew up poor and almost didn't make it to university. In On Class, she talks to writers, activists, those who work with...

In This Bold And Visionary Book, Two Leading Christian Thinkers Explore The Alien Status Of Christians In Today's World And Offer A Compelling New Vision Of...

In the tradition of Susan Cain's Quiet and Scott Stossel's My Age of Anxiety, Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan reclaims the concept of "weird" and turns i...

The only wide-open space Rance McKettrick wants to see in his future is his hometown in his rearview mirror. The down-to-earth ex-rancher is determined to m...

After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslav...

defines Specific Job Descriptions For Both Fathers And Mothers; Describes The Hidden Problems Of Boy-specific Needs, Such As Close Contact With His Father ...

The Narrator's Dying Fiancée Sends Him To An Abandoned Amusement Park Where, With His Host, Henry, He Begins A Journey Of Self-discovery Filled With Allego...

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to understanding codependency and unlocking its hold on your...

Distinguished Historians Examine The Genesis, Development, And Impact Of Slavery In America And Explore Related Areas Of Study. Modern Tensions And The Orig...

Decline can be avoided. Decline can be detected. Decline can be reversed. Amidst the desolate landscape of fallen great companies, Jim Collins began to ...

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The World’s Dumbest Criminals meets Inventing Anna, The Tinder Swindler and Catch Me If You CanCon artists all have one thing in common: the audacity.This...

Staying Alive provides a fresh perspective on the issues surrounding health, health care, and illness. In addition to the traditional approaches of health s...

Presents A Meditation And Portrait Of The Experience Of Dying That Elucidates The Decisions That Can Be Made To Allow Each Person An Understanding Of Death,...

In a digital moment where both the democratizing and totalitarian possibilities of media are unprecedented, the need for complex, ethical, and imaginative d...

From the author of the New York Times bestseller Adult Children of Alcoholics -- an invaluable guide for women dealing with alcoholic partners. Categories...

Friendship, even for the most able, requires hard work, and the odds are heavily stacked against those with autism spectrum conditions. Designed for younger...

Children with autism pose a perplexing and inconsistent puzzle when it comes to their social skills and communication development. You need research-based ...

Mapping out a diverse journey through documentary distribution, this book is a comprehensive global how-to reference guide, providing insights into the land...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — Georg...

A Manual For Survival And Success That Asks The Most Important Question Today's Leaders, In Any Industry, Can Ask Themselves: What Would Google Do? To Demon...

This is the little book that started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first ti...

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staf...