Sociology

In Recent Years, Membership Has Dropped In Traditional Voluntary Associations Such As Rotary Clubs, Jaycees, And Bowling Leagues. At The Same Time, Concern ...

Draws On The Wisdom That All Southern Mothers Impart To Their Daughters To Reveal Everything One Needs To Know About Marriage, Love, Raising Children, And L...

The second novel, and first quick read title, from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass. My Dad's a Policeman is a dramatic and e...

Acclaimed by instructors and students alike for its fresh, innovative approach to the discipline, Elements of Sociology is back and better than ever. Filled...

Narratology Has Been Conceived From Its Earliest Days As A Project That Transcends Disciplines And Media. The Essays Gathered Here Address The Question Of H...

J. Elspeth Stuckey. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 129-140).Categories: Education & TeachingSchools & Teaching

Combining richly detailed empirical research on transnational connections with bold and imaginative theoretical argument, this innovative study offers fres...

A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo...

the Third Wave Makes Startling Sense Of The Violent Changes Now Battering Our World. Its Sweeping Synthesis Casts Fresh Light On Our New Forms Of Marriage A...

In this New York Times bestseller, Janice Kaplan spends a year living gratefully and transforms her marriage, family life, work and health. Her pioneering ...

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A History Of The Class System In America From The Colonial Era To The Present Illuminates The Crucial Legacy Of The Underprivileged White Demographic, Citin...

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Which Is More Dangerous, A Gun Or A Swimming Pool? What Do Schoolteachers And Sumo Wrestlers Have In Common? Why Do Drug Dealers Still Live With Their Moms?...

"Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book Review The Wealt...

French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North Am...

When Asked Simple Questions About Global Trends--what Percentage Of The World's Population Live In Poverty; Why The World's Population Is Increasing; How Ma...

What Has To Happen So That We Are Forced To Redefine Our Idea Of Childhood? The Appearance Of Thirty-two Violent Children Of Unknown Origin Completely Disru...

A powerful exposé that calls into question Edward Snowden's hero status and uncovers how vulenerable our national security systems have become.Edward Snow...

You see stupidity everywhere. This book can fix that. This book will change your life. Every day you're driven nuts by the people around you making common ...

An urgent and moving exploration of the Alzheimer's epidemic, The Forgetting is a dazzling meditation on the nature of memory and self and on the disease t...

A critical cultural materialist introduction to the study of global entertainment media. In Global Entertainment Media, Tanner Mirrlees undertakes an anal...

(2007 Independent Publisher Award, Bronze Medalist in Reference) Newly expanded and updated, The Early Intervention Dictionary defines more than 4,000 medi...

The Spellbinding Story Of Chris Mccandless, Who Gave Away His Savings, Hitchhiked To Alaska, Walked Into The Wilderness Alone, And Starved To Death In 1992,...

The shocking treatise that was a bestselling international media sensation upon its 2007 publication in France now makes its eagerly anticipated English-lan...

Million-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic ch...

'Clever, compelling, canine and utterly mesmerising' - Helen Lederer\Stupendo the dog has died. But that's just the beginning of his story.\To love and prot...

This #1 New York Times bestseller is not just a book about a trial. It's a book about a woman. Marcia Clark takes us inside her head and her heart. Her voic...

Between the World and MeCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

From one of the most trusted names in medical references comes an accessible, all-inclusive guide for older adults that shares what measures to take to opt...

The Violent Actions Of A Few Extremists Can Alter The Course Of History, Yet There Persists A Yawning Gap Between The Potential Impact Of These Individuals ...

WOMEN DON'T OWE YOU PRETTY will tell you to...love sex, hate sexism,protect your goddamn energy,life is short, dump them,And that you owe men nothing, least...

For anyone who has experienced the suicide of a loved one, coworker, neighbor, or acquaintance and is seeking information about coping with such a profound ...

An enchanting short story from Madeline Miller that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion, now in hardcover for the first time **A small har...

How many people in your life have refrigerator rights? • How many people are you really, truly, connected to-not by social media, email, or phone, but by ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER\From the former Governor of the Bank of Canada, a far-seeing guide to the powerful economic forces that will shape the decades ahead.\Th...

The sharp and surprising true story of a woman who finally sets out to understand her past, and the mother she had one day hoped to forget. Full of unexpect...

'john Searle Has A Distinctive Intellectual Style. It Combines Razor-sharp Analysis With A Swaggering Chip-on-the-shoulder Impudence That Many Of His Oppone...

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Fevered notes scribbled on napkins after first dates. Titillating text messages. It's-not-you-it's-me relationship-enders. In Other People’s Love Letters...

Walk with the indigenous people who settled North America —and with their descendants, whose more than 500 tribes range from the Arctic Circle across the ...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable ...

In 1968, Olivia Hussey Became One Of The Most Famous Faces In The World, Immortalized As The Definitive Juliet In Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo & Juliet. No...

To Combat The Vampires Of Our Society And To Isolate The Systematic Ways In Which Our Once Productive Industries And Our Government Have Been Breached, Rati...

From the National Book Award-winning author of the “brave…deeply humane…open-minded, critically informed, and poetic” (The New York Times) The Noo...

"Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a d...

The Official Oral History Book Of The Office, Featuring Exclusive Interviews With Every Major Player And Never-before-seen Photos, Pulling Back The Curtain ...

Freedom, Sen Argues, Is Both The End And Most Effective Means Of Sustaining Economic Life And The Key To Securing The General Welfare Of The World's Entire ...