Politics & Social Sciences

Leading Innovation Expert Alec Ross Explains What's Next For The World, Mapping Out The Advances And Stumbling Blocks That Will Emerge In The Next Ten Years...

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...

A simple yet comprehensive guide to the types of psychologies and therapies available from Eastern and Western sources. Each chapter includes a specific ex...

Former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson -- who was at the very epicenter of the crashing financial markets -- provides a startling, first- person acco...

One of the most celebrated writers and teachers of fiction, Richard Bausch, pairs his insight and inspiration with Norton’s trusted editorial standards t...

A love-letter to the unexpected delights (and occasional despair) of so-called “first-hand food”—meals we grow, forage, fish, or even hunt from the wo...

With an assortment of readings and perspectives from some of the most respected thinkers of our time, Social Ethics: Morality and Social Policy provides a b...

The sunny days on Sesame Street never looked brighter than with this 12-month wall calendar featuring the Muppets and their wisdom.\Enjoy each and every day...

The first authoritative history of tap dancing, one of the great art forms--along with jazz and musical comedy--created in AmericaWhat the Eye Hears offers...

From The Shrouded Forests Of The Pacific Northwest To Off-the-wall Cryptozoological Conventions, One Man Searches High And Low For The Answer To The Questio...

Fox News Host And New York Times Bestselling Author Pete Hegseth Delivers His Most Important Book Yet: An Excoriating Examination Of The State Of America's ...

The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary and conservative icon Peggy Noonan offers her most insightful work, including her Wall Street Journal columns...

For seven centuries, the enigma of Baphomet has mystified both scholars and the general public. Did the Knights Templar really worship a demonic idol of th...

In The Moral Habitat, Barbara Herman offers a new and systematic interpretation of Kant's moral and political philosophy. The study begins with an investiga...

Essentials of Community Corrections offers you a concise and practical perspective on community corrections while emphasizing successful offender reentry t...

A Comic About Dinosaurs Finding Balance, Together From The Sunday Times Bestselling Team Behind Dinosaur Therapy, @dinosandcomicsCategories: Crafts, Hobbies...

Cats are incredible creatures: they can eat practically anything and live almost anywhere. Tracing their rise from prehistory to the modern cat craze, Abiga...

The State of the Union is no ordinary speech on at least two accounts: it is a fundamental statement of how a president approaches current policy debates, a...

Stacy L. Mallicoat’s Crime And Criminal Justice, Second Edition Provides Accessible And Comprehensive Coverage That Encompasses All Relevant Aspects Of Th...

When Fatal Strategies was first published in French in 1983, it represented a turning point for Jean Baudrillard: an utterly original, and for many readers...

This Book Pulls The Cover Off The Robust Use Of Us Tax-exempt, Tax-subsidized, And Public Monies To Foment Agitation, Systematically Destabilize The Israel ...

"An unforgettable reading experience."―Eric Holder With this powerful and intimate trial diary, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison asks the key quest...

Throughout the ages, great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Nietzsche, and many others have had incredibly us...

A multigenerational tale of the heroic Joestar family and their never-ending battle against evil!The legendary Shonen Jump series is now available in deluxe...

The Socialist Phenomenon Is A Powerful Survey Of Socialism And Socialist Thought From Ancient Times To The Present Day. Most Assume That Socialism And Commu...

Mark H. Moore’s now classic Creating Public Value offered advice to public managers about how to create public value. But that book left a key question u...

“No one writes about the subjects of sexuality, desire, the shadow, and diabolism with such relish, and when I read her words I feel both smarter and les...

Short-listed for the The Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. Across the world, economic recovery, growth and investment are – at best – slow. At...

It Is Sometimes Assumed That Voting Is The Central Mechanism For Political Decision Making. The Contributors To This Volume Focus On An Alternative Mechanis...

FIRST TIME OFFERED IN SPANISH! ¡POR PRIMERA VEZ EN ESPANOL! Spanish version of the 2012 Civics Flash Cards for the U.S. Naturalization Test. Recien actuali...

The Most Convenient, Accessible Guide To Locke Currently Available. Introduction / Vere Chappel -- Locke's Life And Times / J. R. Milton -- Locke's Theory O...

Bernard Lonergan (1904-'984) was a noted Canadian philosopher and theologian. He devoted his life to articulating a generalized method of inquiry and its ...

A Graphic Novel Adaptation Of Studs Terkel's Interviews And Accounts Of The Lives Of Ordinary Americans. Preface / Harvey Pekar -- Original Introduction To ...

Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Foreword / Richard D. Parsons And Jonelle Procope -- The Apollo: A Place Of Possibility / Lonnie G. Bunch Iii -- Growing Up ...

Horror Has The Gripping Ability To Captivate...and Enthrall. Audiences Love To Be Scared But Behind Every Muffled Scream Is Something Deeper And Even More F...

What did the Constitution mean at the time it was adopted? How should we interpret today the words used by the Founding Fathers? In Originalism: A Quarter-...

The Idea That We Are Mutually Dependent On The Recognition Of Our Peers Is At Least As Old As Modernity. Across Europe, This Idea Has Been Understood In Dif...

The Critique of Practical Reason is the second of Kant's three Critiques, and his second work in moral theory after the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Mor...

Patricia Williams is a lawyer and a professor of commercial law, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave and a white southern lawyer. The Alchemy of Race ...

Sam Harris’s first book, The End of Faith, ignited a worldwide debate about the validity of religion. In the aftermath, Harris discovered that most people...

The fundamental task of philosophy since the seventeenth century has been to determine whether the essential principles of both knowledge and action can be ...

In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that shaped his presidency and personal life. George W. Bus...

How the study of causality revolutionized science and the worldCause and effect: it's at the center of scientific inquiry, and yet for decades scientists ha...

In This 3rd Edition Of The Ground-breaking, Global Classic, Ruth E. Van Reken And Michael V. Pollock, Son Of The Late Original Co-author, David C. Pollock H...

Our Need For A New Perspective -- The Tragic Story Of Human Success -- Dependence On Phantom Carrying Capacity -- Watershed Year: Modes Of Adaption -- The E...

Pam Clark ... [et Al.]. Since 1914, The Famous Round Tower Of Windsor Castle Has Been The Iconic Home Of The Royal Archives--an Extraordinary Collection Of ...

Research Regarding The Significance And Consequence Of Anthropogenic Transformations Of The Earth’s Land, Oceans, Biosphere And Climate Have Demonstrated ...

Originally published in 1950. Robert Payne describes examples of modern terrorism, touching upon Hitler and Nechayev, the Nechayev Monster and The Fault in ...