Sociology

I Wrote This Book Not Sure I Could Follow The Road To Character, But I Wanted At Least To Know What The Road Looks Like And How Other People Have Trodden It...

Edited By Barrington Walker. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Social SciencesEmigration & Immigration

Statistics: A Tool for Social Research, Third Canadian Edition, helps to construct and develop the skills necessary for social science majors to become stat...

One of Barack Obama's Recommended Reads\From one of our sharpest and most important political thinkers, a brilliant big-picture vision of the greatest chall...

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

q. Why Are There Almost As Many Jokes About Death As There Are About Sex? a. Because They Both Scare The Pants Off Us. thomas Cathcart And Daniel Klein...

A groundbreaking manifesto about what our nation’s top schools should be—but aren’t—providing: “The ex-Yale professor effectively skewers elite co...

Discusses how the willingness to accept one's own risks is an essential attribute for defining what it means to understand the world, succeed in life, contr...

The Sequel To The #1 New York Times Bestselling Phenomenon Strange Planet, Featuring More Hilarious And Poignant Adventures From The Fascinating Inhabitants...

Irreverent And Inspiring Advice For Awakening Your Creative Potential, From The Pulitzer Prize-winning Art Critic. This Beautiful And Useful Small-format Ha...

This classic text, now revised and updated, presents objective and thorough accounts of the many types of criminology theories in a clear and readable fashi...

Science As A Vocation -- Politics As A Vocation. Max Weber ; Edited And With An Introduction By David Owen And Tracy B. Strong ; Translation By Rodney Livin...

Students And Researchers All Write Under Pressure, And Those Pressures--most Lamentably, The Desire To Impress Your Audience Rather Than To Communicate With...

A Conclusion To The Award-winning Historian's Three-volume History Of Slavery In Western Culture Includes Coverage Of The Influential Haitian Revolution, Th...

"The Virgin River books are so compelling--I connected instantly with the characters and just wanted more and more and more." --#1 New York Times bestsellin...

Stunning. A Precise Puncturing Of The Post-racial Bubble. --nafkote Tamirat For Readers Of Between The World And Me And We Should All Be Feminists, An Intim...

Dr. Harley's Wise Counsel Shows How To Build An Affair-proof Marriage By Understanding And Fulfilling The Needs Of Your Spouse (over 700,000 Copies Sold).Ca...

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Renowned Scientists Christakis And Fowler Present Compelling Evidence For The Profound Influence People Have On One Another's Tastes, Health, Wealth, Happin...

A Profound Rumination On The Concept Of Freedom From The New York Times-bestselling Author Of Tribe Throughout History, Humans Have Been Driven By The Quest...

with Classic Simplicity And A Painter's Feeling For Atmosphere And Detail, Isak Dinesen Tells Of The Years She Spent From 1914 To 1931 Managing A Coffee P...

The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who rais...

“we Can Do Extraordinary Things When We Lead With Love,” Barbara Becker Reminds Us In Her Debut Memoir Heartwood. When Her Earliest Childhood Friend Is ...

To understand Russian history without understanding serfdom—the peasant-lord relationship that shaped Russia for centuries—is impossible. Still, before...

Vicky Beeching, called “arguably the most influential Christian of her generation” in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By...

#1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs returns to sun-drenched Bella Vista, where the land's bounty yields a rich harvest…and family secrets tha...

The late 1960s and early 1970s, in New York City and America at large, were years marked by political tumult, social unrest—and the best professional bas...

“A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-me...

How To Become A Great Leader People Are Yearning To Make An Impact And Create Much Needed Change. Building A Business, Starting A Movement, Generating A New...

Ilarion Merculieff weaves the remarkable strands of his life and culture into a fascinating account that begins with his traditional Unangan (Aleut) upbring...

A highly infectious, deadly virus from the central African rain forest suddenly appears in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. There is no cure. In a few days...

From the inimitable New Yorker journalist Lillian Ross—“a collection of her most luminous New Yorker pieces” (Entertainment Weekly, grade: A).A staff ...

Introduction To International Development Integrates The Work Of Leading Experts From Disciplines As Varied As Geography, History, Sociology, Political Scie...

Accomplished Young Journalist Ian Frisch, Whose Writing Has Appeared In The New Yorker, Vice, Playboy And The New York Times, Threads Together A Personal St...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communitie...

'I always wanted to be historical,' Gertrude Stein once quipped. In 1932, Stein began writing the 'autobiography' of her longtime friend and companion, Alic...

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children’s departure for college, and her own recent...

Worlds of Women is a groundbreaking exploration of the "first wave" of the international women's movement, from its late nineteenth-century origins through...

Feminist theorist, Sheila Jeffreys, charts and condemns male supremacist and racist components in the commercially lucrative lesbian sexual scene.Categories...

The Historical Foundations Of Women's Power In The Creation Of The American Welfare State, 1830-1930 / Kathryn Kish Sklar -- Borderlands: Women, Voluntary A...

A Groundbreaking Book About The Direct Relationship Between A Woman's Rights And Freedoms And The Economic Prosperity Of Her Country. The Authors Speak To H...

A Memoir By A Former British National Heath Service Employee And Single Parent Describes Her Battles With Early Onset Alzheimer's, The Management Techniques...

In The New 5th Edition Of Contested Knowledge, Renowned Social Theorist Steven Seidman Proclaims The Demise Of The Era Of The Great Universalist Theorists R...

This best-selling text provides an incisive and engaging introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. Students are given a thorough expla...

This up-to-date fifth edition provides a critical introduction to the sociological understanding of education. Expertly written, the text unpacks complex th...

Disease and death are a part of life, but so too is being well. The lively voices found in this book are not shy about stating the ways in which the widely ...

This concise introduction to the study of aging challenges students to think critically about key topics in the field such as the aging of populations in Ca...

William C. Wicken. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [281]-293) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences SociologyReference