Sociology

Steven Breckler, James Olson, and Elizabeth Wiggins want to bring social psychology alive for students. They know that the only way to do this is for studen...

intelligence That Comes From The Heart every Parent Knows The Importance Of Equipping Children With The Intellectual Skills They Need To Succeed In School...

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...

acclaimed As One Of The Most Exciting Books In The History Of American Letters, This Modern Epic Became An Instant Bestseller Upon Publication In 1974, Tr...

Cure your kids of the entitlement epidemic so they develop happier, more productive attitudes that will carry them into a successful adulthood. Whenever...

Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives.Three t...

From Water to Wine explores how Angola has changed since the end of its civil war in 2002. Its focus is on the middle class—defined as those with a house,...

This Book Is An Introduction To Issues Of The Social Determinants Of Health. Social Determinants Of Health Of The Living And Working Conditions That Shape W...

Baseball during the Great Depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. Jewish player Hank Greenberg gave t...

A Proud Grandmother Of Three, Dr. Ruth Westheimer Offers Information, Advice, And Resources For The First-time Grandparent As Well As The Experienced Pro. W...

Are you fed up with bickering politicians, self-satisfied bureaucrats, and a government that never seems to address the real problems facing our country? Ca...

Traces The Anti-progressive, Populist Tradition Of Democracy In Nineteenth And Early Twentieth-century Movements By Artisans And Farmers As Well As In Major...

Stress is a fact of modern life. And as more and more people face greater financial insecurity, longer work hours, and the increasingly complex personal a...

From The Author Of New York Times Bestseller Utopia For Realists, A Revolutionary Argument That The Innate Goodness And Cooperation Of Human Beings Has Been...

How did you feel after your last interaction with another person? Did that person — your spouse, best friend, coworker, or even a stranger — "fill your ...

A Paradigm-shifting Model Of Parenting Children In Two Homes From An Internationally Recognized Expert. A Researcher, Therapist, And Mediator, Robert Emery...

Michael Tonry. Paperback Issued, 1996. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211-228) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & ...

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learn...

Long the arena of philosophers, legal scholars, and political scientists, the interdisciplinary study of human rights has recently seen an influx of sociol...

The Author's First Encounter With A Racialized America Came At Age Seven, When Her Parents Told Her They Named Her Austin To Deceive Future Employers Into T...

two Men, Each Handsome And Unusually Adept At His Chosen Work, Embodied An Element Of The Great Dynamic That Characterized America’s Rush Toward The Twenti...

Recent polls identify Jane Goodall to be the most recognizable living scientist in the Western world. Her work with chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve...

UPDATED, WITH NEW MATERIAL BY THE AUTHOR"WOMEN WHO RUN WITH THE WOLVES isn't just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom, and love. An orac...

This Book Looks At The Role Illegality Or Undocumentedness Plays In Our Society And Economy. It Shows How The Status Was Created, And How And Why People, Es...

The Lower East Side of Manhattan is rich in stories -- of poor immigrants who flocked there in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; of beatni...

This book offers a critical introduction to the media as well as a “self defense” against the “spin” of politicians, advertising, and assorted propa...

For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line...

Sports In Society Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To Understanding The Issues And Controversies Surrounding Sports In Society. Coakley Delivers A Crit...

The Death Of Someone We Hold Dear May Be Inevitable; Being Paralyzed By Our Grief Is Not. A Growing Body Of Research Has Revealed Our Capacity For Resilient...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Awakening in the Dream comes a book that will take readers on a surprising and enthralling journey through th...

An account of upper class French society through the centuries showing how its setting - the chateaux and manoirs of the French countryside evolved in conce...

The Sirius Xm Satellite Host, X Games Skateboarder, And Mma Fighter Shares How He Overcame His Violent Childhood In Australia And His Bout With Addiction, A...

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. ...

How does poverty impact learning, work habits and decision-making? People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth-c...

When Three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived At The County Hospital Emergency Room In Merced, California, A Chain Of Events Was Set In Motion From Which Neither She...

This Nonfiction Book Examines How We Can Foster Reconciliation With Indigenous People At Individual, Family, Community And National Levels--Categories: Poli...

Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor with Me and White SupremacyAuthor Layla F. Saad wrote Me and White Supremacy to encourage people...

The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional And Psychological Abuse Is The Most Comprehensive And Helpful Book On The T...

The increasingly multicultural fabric of modern societies has given rise to many new issues and conflicts, as ethnic and national minorities demand recogn...

Bringing together the experience, perspective and expertise of Paul Farmer, Jim Yong Kim, and Arthur Kleinman, Reimagining Global Health provides an origina...

A True Story Of Tragedy, Grief, Redemption, Joy And Fulfilment Margie, A Beautiful Young Widow With Four Children, Created A Haven In Her Family Home On 2nd...

Corporate America increasingly relies on environmentally unsustainable forms of production, and not all Americans bear their costs equally. People of color ...

Reformulates Immigrant Rights Movements Within A Transnational Analysis Of Capitalism, Labor Exploitation, Settler Colonialism, State Building, And Racializ...

Within these visionary pages, meditation and dharma teacher Spring Washam meets the spirit of one of America's greatest ancestors, Harriet Tubman. The Spiri...

For readers of The Glass Castle and Wild, a stunning new memoir about family, loss and the struggle for a better future #1 International Bestseller Tara We...

on January 15, 2009, The World Witnessed One Of The Most Remarkable Emergency Landings In Aviation History When Captain Chesley "sully" Sullenberger Skill...

The Marriage Clinic presents a complete marital therapy program based on John Gottman's much heralded research on marital success and failure. Here one wil...

In the Age of Terrorism, the United States has become a much more dangerous place-for activists and dissenters, whose First Amendment rights are all too fr...